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Windcatcher Avi J/F Avi
Eleven-year-old Tony dreads a summer by the sea, but ends up finding a sailing adventure. (128 p.)
Adrift Allan Baillie J/F Baillie
While playing pirates with his little sister and her cat in an old crate he finds on the beach, a young boy
suddenly discovers that they are adrift on the sea and that he must somehow keep them all alive. (119 p.)
The Wolf Margaret Barbalet J/F Barbalet
With the passage of time, the wolf that has terrified a famly for the better part of a year loses its ability to
inspire fear. (30 p.)
Andy's Mountain Bianca Bradbury J/F Bradbury
An eleven-year-old boy and his grandfather resist the State's attempts to take possesson of their farm
which is in the path of a proposed highway. (150 p.)
The Night the Monster Came Mary Calhoun J/F Calhoun
After finding footprints in the snow, Andy is sure that Bigfoot is stalking his house. (62 p.)
Black Stallion Walter Farley J/F Farley
Sailing home from India on the steamer Drake, Alec and a wild horse are the only survivors after a storm
deposits them on an island. (241 p.)
Stone Fox John Reynolds Gardiner J/F Gardiner
Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the prize money from a dog sled
race he enters. (85 p.)
Toughboy and Sister Kirkpatrick Hill J/F Hill
Ten-year-old Toughboy and his younger sister become stranded at a remote fishing cabin in the Yukon,
where they spend the summer trying to cope with dwindling food supplies and hostile wildlife. (128 p.)
Terror at the Zoo Peg Kehret J/F Kehret
Twelve-year-old Ellen and her younger brother Corey are excited about their overnight camp-out at the
zoo, until they discover that they are locked inside with a desperate excaped convict. (131 p.)
The Pirate Uncle Margaret Mahy J/F Mahy
Well-behaved Nicholas and Caroline try to reform their pirate uncle when they spend a holiday at his New
Zealand beach home. (128 p.)
Snowbound Harry Mazer J/F Mazer
In this survival story, Tony and Cindy spend their days fighting starvation, frostbite and broken bones to try
to find a way out of the barren wilderness. (146 p.)
Shiloh Phyllis Naylor J/F Naylor
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family
and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat dogs.
(144 p.)
Soup Robert Peck J/F Peck
The adventures and misadventures of two boys growing up in a small Vermont town. (96 p.)
Night of the Twisters Ivy Ruckman J/F Ruckman
A fictional account of the night that devastating tornadoes hit a Nebraska town, as experienced by a
twelve-year-old, his family and friends. (153 p.)
On the Long Trail Home Elisabeth J. Stewart J/F Stewart
Meli and her brother Tahlikwa escape from the Cherokee people being herded westward on the Trail of
Tears, determined to return to their beloved mountain home. (106 p.)
Colt Nancy Springer J/F Springer
A young boy with a physical handicap learns, through a horseback riding program, to overcome his fears
and to help others in dealing with their own problems. (121 p.)
Belinda's Hurricane Elizabeth Winthrop J/F Winthrop
While waiting out a fierce hurricane in her grandmother's house on Fox Island, Belinda has a chance to get
to know her grandmother's neighbor. (54 p.)
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