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The Illyrian Adventure
by
Lloyd Alexander
In
1872, Vesper Holly researches an ancient legend and gets caught up in a
dangerous rebellion.
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
by
Isabel Allende
Alexander and his grandmother, a magazine writer, travel to the Himalayas to
find a sacred statue before it is stolen by an outsider.
Crispin: the Cross of Lead
by
Avi
In
medieval England, Crispin flees his village because he is falsely accused of
murder.
Backwater
by Joan Bauer
Ivy Breedlove treks into the mountain wilderness to interview a reclusive
aunt about their family’s history.
Jumping the Nail
by
Eve Bunting
California teenagers dare each other to jump off dangerous cliffs into the
ocean.
The Goats
by
Brock Cole
Howie and Laura are stripped and left on an island by their fellow campers.
They decide to survive on their own until Parent’s Weekend.
Flash Fire
by
Caroline Cooney
Danna and Hall are home alone when a California flash fire and looters
threaten their home.
A Girl Named Disaster
by
Nancy Farmer
Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and
starvation on her journey to Zimbabwe.
Monkey Island
by
Paula Fox
Clay is forced to live on the streets of New York City when his mother
disappears from their hotel room.
Ghost Canoe
by
Will Hobbs
Nathan, fishing with the Makah in the Pacific Northwest, finds himself
holding a vital clue to finding a Spanish treasure.
Alex Rider
series by Anthony Horowitz
Sixteen-year-old Alex continues his uncle’s work with MI6, the British
intelligence agency.
Night Journey
by
Kathryn Lasky
Rache persuades her great-grandmother to tell the story of her escape from
czarist Russia.
The Arm of the Starfish
by
Madeleine L’Engle
A
marine biology student reporting to his
summer job off the coast of Portugal finds himself at the center of a power struggle.
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Shackleton’s Stowaway
by
Victoria McKernan
Based on the true story of an 18-year-old who stowed away on an expedition
to the Antarctic.
The Blue Sword
by
Robin McKinley
Harry, bored with her life in a remote orange-growing colony, discovers
magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a king.
A Killing Frost
by
John Marsden
Ellie and her friends, a small group of teenagers trying to survive in the
Australian countryside, resist the invading enemies.
Bloody Jack
by
L.A. Meyer
A
13-year-old beggar girl from London disguises herself as a boy and connives
her way onto a British warship looking for pirates.
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
After a plane crash, 13-year-old Brian spends 54 days alone in the Alaskan
wilderness.
Pirates!
by
Celia Rees
In
1722, Nancy leaves her family’s Jamaican plantation to escape an arranged
marriage. Her friend Minerva, a slave, goes with her and they become
pirates who travel the world.
Holes
by Louis Sachar
Stanley, whose family is cursed, is wrongfully sent to a correctional camp
in the Texas desert, where he finds treasure and his first real friend.
Reef of Death
by
Paul Zindel
PC
finds himself fighting an evil scientist and a sea monster while helping an
Aboriginal girl search for her people’s treasure.
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