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More Lifetime Adventures
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Survival Adventures
- Steig
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Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and return to his home. (gr. 3-6)
- Hirsch
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When an impatient queen longs to taste the delicious but fragile melidrop fruit, two explorers use "Inventiveness, Desperation, and Perseverance" to try to bring it to her. (gr. 4-6)
- Ryan
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In 2000, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen became the first women to ski across the continent of Antarctica. (gr. 4–6)
- George
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Sam runs away from the city to live off the land in the Catskill Mountains, where he makes a home in a tree and hunts with a peregrine falcon named Frightful. (gr. 4–7)
- London
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This is the story of a house dog sold to Alaska as a sled dog for the gold rush of 1898. (gr. 4–7)
- O'Dell
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Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends 18 years not only surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.(gr. 4–7)
- Voigt
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When their mother abandons them, 13-year-old Dicey leads her three younger siblings hundreds of miles on a search for a home. (gr. 5-7)
- Lasky
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Soren, a young barn owl, is captured and sent to St. Aegolius, a mysterious school for abandoned owls, where he must learn to fly in order to escape with his friend Gylfie. Book one of Guardians of Ga ‘Hoole. (gr. 5-8)
- Smith
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Determined, after his mother’s accidental death, to foil his stepfather’s plans for his future, 14-year-old Jacob travels alone to Africa in search of his father. (gr. 5–9)
- Farmer
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While journeying to Zimbabwe, 11-year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits. (gr. 6-9)
- Armstrong
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In the not-too-distant future, where nearly everyone has died as the result of a terrible virus, a small band of kids sets off to look for help in the strangely empty world. (gr. 7–10)
- McCaughrean
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Left penniless in 18th-century England, 14-year-old Nathan Gull and his mousy sister Maud accompany Tamo, the son of a notorious pirate, to his homeland of Madagascar.(gr. 7-10)
- Mikaelsen
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After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative and is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.(gr. 7-11)
- Price
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When the Corporation sends 21st-century anthropologist Andrea through a time tube to infiltrate a 16th-century Scottish border clan, she is torn between horror at the clan's murderous raids and her growing affection for the people - especially a man named Per. (gr. 7-12)
Other Worlds of Adventure
- Osborne
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Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic tree house, which whisks them back in time to exciting adventures.(gr. 2-4)
- Greenburg
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Shrunk accidentally by his new invention, the Atom-Sucker, Andrew and his cousin Judy wind up lost inside a damp and sticky cave - the dog's nose.(gr. 3-5)
- Eager
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A library book of magic proves to be fractious for five children, who must learn the book’s rules and tame its magic. (gr. 4–7)
- Hoeye
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When Linka Perflinger, a jaunty mouse, brings a watch into his shop to be repaired and then disappears, Hermux Tantamoq is caught up in a world of dangerous search for eternal youth as he tries to find out what happened to her. (gr. 4–7)
- L'Engle
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Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. (gr. 4-7)
- Crilley
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Ten-year-old Akiko has an unexpected adventure when she is whisked away to a distant planet and put in charge of the rescue mission that must search for the kidnapped Prince Froptoppit.(gr. 5-7)
- Funke
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Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father can “read” fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. (gr. 5–8)
- Christopher
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Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods.(gr. 6–9)
- Chabon
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Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy. (gr. 6-10)
- Hoffman
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While sick in bed with cancer, Lucien begins making journeys to a place in a parallel world that resembles Venice, Italy, and he becomes caught up in the political intrigues surrounding the Duchessa who rules the city. (gr. 6-10)
- Pullman
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Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North. (gr. 6–12)
- Adams
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Arthur Dent travels the galaxy with his intrepid pal Ford Prefect, getting into horrible messes and generally wreaking hilarious havoc (gr. 6-12)
- Goodman
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In a future Australia, the saucy 18-year-old daughter of a famous newscaster and a sperm donor teams up with a hermaphrodite from the planet Choria in a time-travel adventure that may significantly change both of their lives. (gr. 7-12)
Real Life Adventures
- Myers
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Seaman, Meriwether Lewis's Newfoundland dog, describes first-hand Lewis and Clark's expedition, from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. (gr. 3-5)
- Potter
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At the age of 7, children’s author Giselle Potter toured Italy with her family’s tiny theater company, living in a mobile home and sleeping in a trunk.(gr. 3-5)
- Kehret
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Determined to find his father and relive their good times, 12-year-old Spencer takes his cat, slips away from home in Seattle, and sets out for San Francisco's Candlestick Park. (gr. 3-5)
- Fleischman
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Their archaeologist mother fails to return from Mexico, and someone is stalking their Albuquerque house, so 12-year-old Kevin and his older sister flee to Venice, California, where they hope that new identities will keep them safe. (gr. 4-6)
- Lekuton
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A fascinating account written by a man who lives half of the year with his family on the African savannah and the other half of the year teaching history at the Langley School in Virginia. (gr. 4-6)
- Karr
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In 1860, a 15-year-old boy attempts to herd one thousand turkeys from Missouri to Denver, Colorado, in hopes of selling them at a profit. (gr. 4-6)
- Cushman
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A 12-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery. (gr. 5-7)
- Korman
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This is book one of Korman's exciting new series, Everest. (gr. 5-7)
- Ryan
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Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California. (gr. 5-7)
- Park
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Tree-ear, a 13-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself. (gr. 6-8)
- Paulsen
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Teenage Gary and his friends engage in idiotic (yet hilarious) death-defying stunts involving army-surplus parachutes, bikes and a boxing bear. (gr. 6-8)
- McCann
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Photographs accompany 16 real-life stories of teenagers who describe in their own words a journey that changed their lives. (gr. 6-10)
- Callan
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Thinking she has killed her half-brother, 12-year-old Taf flees her abusive home and sets out to find her long-missing father. On her way from Idaho to Pendleton, Oregon, she discovers not only adventure and sorrow, but also a number of people who love her. (gr. 7-10)
- Venables
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This book describes many of the attempts to scale Mount Everest, including the author's own experiences. (gr. 7-10)
- Schwager
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Twenty-five young women share their adventures in such activities as skydiving, building homes and mountain climbing, demonstrating the value of courage, commitment and a positive attitude. (gr. 8-12)