Book List - Adventure

Fire On The Wind
Crew, Linda
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The summer before her fourteenth birthday, a fierce forest fire rages throughout northwestern Oregon and threatens the logging camp where Stories and her family live.

The Mexican Revolution, 1910-20
Jowett, Philip S., 1961-
972.08 J87
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This very short history of the Mexican Revolution is notable for its attention to the military tactics, uniforms, and weaponry of the period. Includes many photographs and color illustrations.

Into The Wild
Krakauer, Jon
979.8 K89 1997
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Christopher sells all his possessions so that he can hitchhike to the Alaskan wilderness in search of the ultimate experience of this life.

Hostage
Myers, Edward
x
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While hiking with a group of other teens in the Utah desert, Alyssa and Rob attempt to foil the plans of a fossil stealing kidnapper.

Hatchet
Paulsen, Gary
x Ed.d
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After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brain spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by this mother -- and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

Canyons
Paulsen, Gary
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Two boys who are separated by the canyons of time and different cultures, face challenges which transforms them to men.

Rogue Wave
Taylor, Theodore
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Eight gripping tales capture the power of the sea and the lives of the people drawn to it.

 

Other authors to read:

Cooney, Caroline B.

Farmer, Nancy

Sweeney, Joyce