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Julie's wolf pack (Julie of the Wolves Ser.)
Par Jean George, Wendell Minor. 1997
This sequel to Julie (DB 40306, BR 10116) chronicles six years of the wolf pack family led by Kapu. The…
Eskimos call these wolves "Julie's wolf pack" because of the past connection between Julie and the wolves. Now on their own, the members of the pack face famine and disease. When Kapu is captured for a scientific experiment, Julie intervenes on his behalf. For grades 5-8Gallows Hill
Par Lois Duncan. 1997
When her mother marries, Californian Sarah Zoltanne is forced to spend her senior year in a small Missouri town. At…
the Halloween festival, Sarah reluctantly agrees to play fortune teller. Using her Hungarian grandmother's crystal ball, Sarah really sees things that frighten her--especially when they happen. Some violence. For grades 6-9Brian's winter
Par Gary Paulsen. 1996
Thirteen-year-old Brian was rescued from the Canadian wilderness at the end of summer in The Hatchet (RC 30535). But what…
if, instead, he had faced the harsh winter in the woods? This survival story pits the stranded young outdoorsman against the cold, loneliness, and worst of nature. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe Scarlet Pimpernel
Par Emmuska Orczy. 1989
Europe, 1792. With the republican mob in frenzy, French aristocrats are being guillotined indiscriminately. A group of British adventurers, led…
by the mysterious "Scarlet Pimpernel," are spiriting innocent victims out of Paris. French agent Chauvelin arrives in England to discover the leader's true identity and enlists the help of a clever French beauty married to the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney. For senior high and older readersJason's gold
Par Will Hobbs. 1999
When fifteen-year-old wanderer Jason Hawthorn decides to join the Klondike gold rush, he learns that his older brothers beat him…
to it. Jason spends a difficult year trying to find them, befriending writer Jack London and others along the way. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 1999Take it easy
Par David Hill. 1995
New Zealand. Rob Kennedy, still mourning his mother's passing, joins five other teenagers for a week-long hike through rugged mountains.…
But when they wake up one morning, their adult guide is dead. For junior and senior high readersThe unprotected witness
Par James Stevenson. 1997
Even though Pete's father was in the federal witness protection program, he was killed, and there is still the matter…
of missing money. The gangsters who want the money figure Pete knows where it is hidden. When Pete finds the telephone bugged, he realizes that he is an unprotected witness who needs friends more than ever. Sequel to The Bones in the Cliff (BR 10483). For grades 4-7The maze
Par Will Hobbs. 1998
Fourteen and orphaned, Rick Walker escapes from the brutal detention center to which he was unfairly sent. He discovers a…
biologist's remote camp in Utah's Canyonland National Park, where he helps to monitor fledgling condors, learns to hang glide, and outwits some sinister locals. For grades 6-9. 1998The baboon king
Par Anton Quintana. 1999
Always feeling like an outsider because of his mixed Kikuyu and Masai parentage, Morengru "the hunter" unintentionally kills a Kikuyu.…
Banished from his village, Morengru further questions his existence while living with a troop of baboons. Some violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. Mildred L. Batchelder Award. 1998Big red
Par Jim Kjelgaard. 1992
Seventeen-year-old Danny Pickett takes a shine to a big red Irish setter on a nearby ranch. Naming the dog "Red,"…
he uses him to help hunt a dangerous bear who's been killing livestock. Prequel to Irish Red (DB 49526, BR 12531). For grades 4-7. 1945Weirdo's war
Par Michael Coleman. 1998
Daniel's schoolmates call him "Weirdo" because he doesn't fit in: he performs calculations as a hobby. Forced on a week-long…
school outing, Daniel is paired with the bully who gave him the nickname. When the boys become trapped in a cave, they must put their differences aside to survive. For grades 5-8Stranded
Par Ben Mikaelsen. 1995
Twelve-year-old Koby, who has lost a foot in an accident, tries to save two stranded pilot whales near her home…
in the Florida Keys, despite her physical handicap. She faces problems at home as her parents contemplate divorce and she would like to prove her self-reliance to them. For grades 6-9Abigail takes the wheel (I Can Read Bks.)
Par Avi. 1999
Abigail Bates and her brother Tom travel to school every day between New Jersey and New York aboard her father's…
boat, the Neptune. But one day when two ships collide in Hudson Bay, Abigail has to take over the wheel while her father steers one of the damaged ships. For grades 2-4Mad about Madeline: the complete tales (Madeline)
Par Ludwig Bemelmans. 1993
A collection of all six rhymed stories about Madeline. The first--published in 1939--introduces Madeline, the smallest of twelve girls who…
live together in Paris with Miss Clavel. She has various adventures involving animals, gypsies, travel, a boy called Pepito, and a magical Christmas. For grades K-3. 1961Tucket's ride (Tucket Adventures Ser. #Bk. 3)
Par Gary Paulsen. 1977
Francis Tucket is only a few years older than Lottie and Billy, the orphans he rescued in Call Me Francis…
Tucket (DB 43950, BR 10437). Searching for Oregon they end up in Mexico territory, right in the middle of the war. Francis kills an American soldier in self defense, landing himself in a mess of trouble. For grades 5-8Me and my little brain
Par John Fitzgerald. 1971
J.D. wants to be as crafty as his older brother, Tom, who is known as "The Great Brain." Although J.D.'s…
moneymaking schemes fail miserably, his little brain does figure out how to rescue his adopted younger brother from a desperate outlaw. For grades 4-7. 1971Where the red fern grows: the story of two dogs and a boy
Par Wilson Rawls. 1984
Darkness, be my friend
Par John Marsden. 1999
In this sequel to A Killing Frost (BR 11739) teenagers Homer, Lee, Kevin, Fi, and Ellie try to lead normal…
lives in New Zealand. But when Colonel Finley asks them to return to Australia to fight the invaders, they reluctantly agree, hoping to find their families. For junior and senior high and older readers. Some violence. 1996River danger
Par Thomas Dygard. 1998
Because Eric's father has broken his ankle, Eric, seventeen, agrees to take care of his eleven-year-old brother, Robbie, on a…
week-long canoe trip. The first day out the brothers encounter some suspicious men, and before the trip is over, it is Robbie who must save Eric. For grades 6-9Whispers in the fog (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories ##153)
Par Carolyn Keene. 2000
Nancy Drew and her gang--George, Bess, and Ned--take a vacation in northern California to visit a friend. Katie Firestone is…
a sea-kayaking champion who also owns a whale-watching tourist boat. But after the group arrives, someone begins sabotaging Katie's business. For grades 4-7. 2000