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3621) Survive in the outdoors!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Sophia and Alonso have been packed off to their grandpa's for a fishing trip, and they're dreading spending a whole day in the woods without any cell service. But Grandpa opens their eyes to the wonders of the outdoors, and its dangers--from tick bites to hypothermia. And when a sprained ankle delays their return to civilization, the kids have to learn not only how to perform forest-friendly first aid, but how to safely spend the night in the woods...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"In 1881, U.S. Army Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and his crew set sail for the Arctic. Their mission was to collect scientific data on the polar climate. They also had a second, secret goal: to achieve Farthest North, the record for highest latitude reached by explorers. But when resupply ships failed to arrive two years in a row, the team's dreams of glory turned into a nightmarish fight for survival in one of the most remote and harshest regions in...
3623) Disney dogs 2
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Benji, the hunted: Benji is left in the wilderness after an accident. Rascal: A boy, a dog, and a pet raccoon provide merriment for the family. Where the red fern grows: A young boy longs for his own red-bone hunting dogs. The journey of Natty Gann: In the 1930s, a tomboyish girl runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2,000 miles away.
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Series
#MurderTrending volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Appears on list
Description
#Murdertrending: Falsely accused of murdering her stepsister, seventeen-year-old Dee fights to survive paid assassins on Alcatraz 2.0, the most popular prison on social media.
All Your Twisted Secrets: Invited to a mysterious scholarship dinner, six very different high school students find themselves trapped in a room where one of them must die to save the lives of the others.
People Like Us: "When a girl is found dead at her elite boarding school,...
Author
Series
Descender volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
" One young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet" -- summary provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In Israel, Judd and Lionel try to help Westin Jakes. In Wisconsin, Vicki unwittingly endangers herself and the rest of the Young Tribulation force. In Petra, Sam watches a bombardment which might stop the work there.
3627) The long hunter
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
After Indians kill his parents and kidnap his sister, fourteen-year-old Matt searches for her, gaining along the way survival skills from his experiences and a yearning for a true home and family.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"The valley of horses is the only true place Honey remembers since her family stumbled upon it in their converted ice cream truck while escaping from the rest of the world, and the illnesses that was spreading there. Honey’s parents, her brother Rumi, and her NanNan become self-sufficient, living off the land and sharing the valley with mystical horses who seem to have a wisdom of their own. But there is a magic in the valley that prevents Honey...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Returning with deep psychological scars after a tour of duty in Iraq, soldier Lauren Clay guides her younger brother to an upstate New York oil field that has become the subject of her obsession and begins teaching him survival skills while revealing her experiences.
3631) The divided earth
Author
Series
Nameless City volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The Nameless City--held by the rogue Dao prince Erzi--is under siege by a coalition of Dao and Yisun forces who are determined to end the war once and for all... Rat and Kai must infiltrate Erzi's palace and steal back the ancient and deadly formula for napatha--the ancient weapon of mass destruction Erzi has unearthed--before he can use it to destroy everything they hold dear!"-- Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Appears on list
Description
"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
Author
Series
I survived volume 12
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Eleven-year-old Dexter has always wanted to see a tornado. So when he gets the incredible opportunity to go storm chasing with the famous Dr. Norman Rays, he has to say yes! Dr. Rays is the host of Tornado Mysteries, the show that Dex and his older brother, Jeremy, watched every night until Jeremy joined the U.S. Navy SEALs and left Joplin.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"After recovering from the dog attack she survived as an apprentice, Brightheart is once again a warrior of ThunderClan. But moons of battle and betrayal have left her with lingering suspicions about where her Clanmates' loyalties lie. So when freshkill starts going missing from camp, she fears the worst. Alongside her mate Cloudtail, Brightheart decides to investigate without alerting the other warriors. But as she struggles to track down the culprit,...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"An all-new harrowing maritime tale of the sinking and rescue efforts surrounding the HMS Bounty--the actual replica used in the 1962 remake of the 1935 classic Mutiny on the Bounty--which sank during Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard. On Tuesday, October 24, 2012, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail the HMS Bounty from New London, Connecticut, to St. Petersburg, Florida. Walbridge was well aware that a hurricane was forecast...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Lost in the Barrens: A canoe accident leaves two teenage boys lost in one of Canada's most desolate regions. Their only chance for survival is to work as a team.
Rugged gold: Martha, a widowed socialite raising her son Lloyd, finds love again with Don, a rugged outdoorsman who convinces her to move north. When Lloyd and Don go missing during a dangerous earthquake, Martha is forced to endure an Alaskan winter on her own.
Pony express rider: A young...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In 1413, a young maidservant accompanies her deeply religious mistress, Dame Margery Kempe, on a pilgrimage to Rome. Includes author's note on Kempe, writer of "The Book of Margery Kempe," considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language.
3639) The Parliament
Author
Pub. Date
c2024.
Description
Madigan Purdy is stuck in her home town library. When tens of thousands of owls descend on the building, rending and tearing at anyone foolish enough to step outside, Mad is tasked with keeping her students safe, and distracted, while they seek a solution to their dilemma. Perhaps they’ll find the inspiration they seek in her favorite childhood book, The Silent Queen…With food and fresh water in low supply, the denizens of the library will have...
3640) Adrenalin ride
Author
Series
Take it to the extreme volume 3
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Peter and Jake are excited to be in on the development of a bike trail west of the Canadian Rockies but things are not what they seem and the boys are plunged into the decent of their lives.