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The mammoth hunters: Earth's Children, Book Three (Earth's Children Ser. #Bk. 3)
Par Jean M Auel. 1985
Ice Age Europe. Eighteen-year-old Ayla, ostracized by the "flathead" clan that reared her, allies with the mammoth-hunting Mamutoi. Attended by…
her lover, Jondalar, Ayla gradually wins acceptance through her powers as a healer. Sequel to The Valley of Horses (BR 16780). Explicit descriptions of sex. 1985Surviving Antarctica: reality TV 2083
Par Andrea White. 2005
By 2083 a deteriorating American civilization is dominated by "reality" television programs. Five fourteen-year-olds reenact Scott's 1910 failed expedition to…
the South Pole as contestants on the Historical Survivor series. They overcome obstacles with the covert help of a Department of Entertainment employee. For junior and senior high readers. 2005Sabotaged: the missing (The missing Ser. #3)
Par Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2010
Time travelers Jonah and Katherine help another missing child, Virginia Dare, return home to the past. But their journey to…
the sixteenth-century Roanoke Colony is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving Jonah, Katherine, and Virginia in the wrong time period. Sequel to Sent (BR 19515). For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2011Torn: the missing (The missing Ser. #4)
Par Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2012
Time travelers Jonah and Katherine arrive in James Bay in 1611 to rescue missing child John Hudson, son of the…
explorer Henry Hudson. When mutiny on the Discovery nears, Jonah and Katherine's knowledge of history becomes a lifeline. Sequel to Sabotaged (BR 20679). For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2011Outcast of Redwall (Redwall)
Par Brian Jacques. 1996
Orphan badger Sunflash the Mace undergoes many ordeals before claiming his heritage as badger lord of Salamandastron. Aided by the…
faithful kestrel Skarlath, Sunflash battles evil ferret warlord Swartt Sixclaw. Swartt's outcast son, Veil, who was lovingly raised at Redwall, finds his loyalties divided. For grades 5-8. 1995Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Longstocking Ser.)
Par Astrid Lindgren. 1950
The widow of the south
Par Robert Hicks. 2005
1864. Carrie McGavock's Tennessee plantation becomes a Confederate hospital. Caring for wounded sergeant Zachariah Cashwell rejuvenates Carrie, who is mourning…
her children's deaths. Decades later, before 1,500 graves can be plowed for farmland, Carrie has the soldiers reburied in her backyard--then Zachariah returns. Some strong language. 2005Passport diaries: A Novel
Par Tamara T Gregory. 2005
After being suspended from work for clashing with her boss more than once, African American attorney Kia Carson from L.A.…
takes a European vacation alone. In Greece she bumps into colleague Drew Crokos, who's visiting relatives, and they fall in love. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2005The warrior's path: A Novel (Sacketts Ser. #3)
Par Louis L'Amour. 2001
1630. When Yance Sackett's sister-in-law and another young woman are kidnapped by Indians, Yance and his brother Kin traverse the…
Warrior's Path from the Carolinas to Massachusetts Bay colony. Once the captives are rescued, Kin sails to Jamaica to find the culprits among pirates, cutthroats, and ruthless "businessmen." 1980The voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle Ser.)
Par Hugh Lofting. 1988
Pearls of Lutra (Redwall)
Par Brian Jacques. 1997
Redwall Abbey has a hidden treasure of six large, pink pearls. Hedgehog maid Tansy is determined to find them but…
so is Emperor Ublaz, who stole them years ago from the otters of Holt Lutra. Meanwhile Martin the Warrior attempts to rescue the kidnapped Abbott Durral. For grades 5-8. 1996The two minute rule
Par Robert Crais. 2006
After serving ten years in prison, forty-six-year-old bank robber Max Holman is released on parole only to discover his estranged…
son--an LAPD policeman--has been murdered. Max contacts ex-FBI agent Katherine Pollard--the very agent who arrested him--to help him find his son's killers. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2006Tracker
Par Gary Paulsen. 1984
Thirteen-year-old John Borne looks forward to hunting deer for food as time to spend with his grandfather. But this year…
his grandfather is dying of cancer and John will hunt alone. As he tracks a doe through the woods, John ponders taking life and comprehending death. For grades 5-8. 1984The jungle book: the Mowgli stories (Books of wonder)
Par Rudyard Kipling, Jerry Pinkney. 1995
Eight stories about the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves in a jungle in India.…
Presented in Kipling's preferred arrangement. Includes a ninth non-Mowgli tale "Rikki-tikki-tavi," about a valiant mongoose. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1894Beowulf: a new telling (Laurel-Leaf Books)
Par Robert Nye. 1968
Long ago Grendel, a ferocious monster, terrorized the Danes until Beowulf, a valiant Anglo-Saxon warrior, vanquished him. A narrative interpretation…
based on the Old English epic poem. For grades 5-8. 1968Outlaw princess of Sherwood: a tale of Rowan Hood
Par Nancy Springer. 2003
When King Solon the Red tried to marry off his daughter Princess Ettarde, she ran away and joined Rowan Hood's…
outlaw band. Now to lure Ettarde, the king imprisons her mother, the queen, in a cage in cold Sherwood Forest. Sequel to Lionclaw (BR 14876). For grades 4-7. 2003The last of the sky pirates (The edge Chronicles Ser. #Bk. 5)
Par Paul Stewart. 2005
Rook Barkwater's quest to become a librarian knight leads to a dangerous journey into the Deepwoods. Joining the last sky…
pirate, Captain Twig, to oppose the Guardians of the Night, Rook also learns more about his own past. Sequel to Curse of the Gloamglozer (BR 16152). For grades 6-9. 2002Pashazade: the first arabesk (Arabesk Ser.)
Par Jon Courtenay Grimwood. 2005
After escaping from prison, ZeeZee flies to Ottoman North Africa and assumes the identity of Pashazade Ashraf al-Mansur. Suspected of…
murdering a woman claiming to be his aunt, Ashraf searches for the real killer and his own true heritage. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2001So yesterday: a novel
Par Scott Westerfeld. 2004
Hunter, a New York City teenager paid by corporations to spot what is "cool," combines his analytical skills with his…
girlfriend Jen's creative talents to find his missing boss Mandy. They thwart a plot to subvert a consumer system based on trends and profit. For senior high readers. 2004Blue moon (Orca soundings)
Par Marilyn Halvorson. 2004
Seventeen-year-old Bobbie Jo buys a blue roan mare and tries to train her to be a champion barrel racer. Neighbor…
and classmate Cole McCall helps coach the horse, but he proves to be a big distraction. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. For senior high readers. 2004