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The Place of Lions
Eric Campbell J/F Campbell
When the plane flying Chris and his father crashes on the Serengeti Plain, Chris sets
out alone to get help and finds that his journey is paralleled by that of an aging lion.
(185 p.)
Flight #116 Is Down
Caroline Cooney J/F Cooney
Teenager Heidi Landseth helps rescue people from a plane crash on her family's
property, and the experience changes her life forever. (201 p.)
Fire On the Wind
Linda Crew J/F Crew
The summer before her fourteenth birthday, a fierce forest fire rages throughout
northwestern Oregon and threatens the logging camp where Storie and her family
live. (198 p.)
Wilderness Peril
Thomas Dygard J/F Dygard
Two teenage boys camping in the Minnesota woods encounter a desperate airplane
hijacker attempting to escape with three-quarters of a million dollars. (194 p.)
My Side of the Mountain
Jean Craighead George J/F George
Sam learns to survive by his wits when he camps out alone in his self-built Catskill
mountain tree house and lives off the land for twelve months. (178 p.)
Bearstone
Will Hobbs J/F Hobbs
A troubled Indian boy goes to live with an elderly rancher whose caring ways help
the boy become a man. (198 p.)
Island of the Loons
Dayton O. Hyde J/F Hyde
During the year he is held prisoner by an escaped convict on an uninhabited island in
Lake Superior, a young boy watches his captor change from a desperate criminal to
a gentler man absorbed in the abundant wildlife of the island. (155 p.)
California Blue
David Klass J/F Klass
When seventeen-year-old John Rodgers discovers a new sub-species of butterfly
that may necessitate closing the mill where his dying father works, he and his father
find themselves on opposite sides of the environmental conflict. (199 p.)
Beyond the Divide
Kathryn Lasky J/F Lasky
In 1849, a fourteen-year-old Amish girl defies convention by leaving her secure home
in Pennsylvania to accompany her father across the continent by wagon train (252 p.)
When the Mountain Sings
John MacLean J/F MacLean
Thirteen-year-old competitive skier Sam experiences the excitement and intensity of
preparing for his first championship. (168 p.)
Island of the Blue Dophins
Scott O'Dell J/F Hobbs
This story records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for
18 years on an isolated island off the California coast when her tribe migrated and
she was left behind. (184 p.)
The Haymeadow
Gary Paulsen J/F Paulsen
Fourteen-year-old John comes of age and gains self-reliance during the summer he
spends up in the Wyoming mountains tending his father's heard of sheep. (195 p.)
Ice Warrior
Ruth Riddell J/F Riddell
When his mother's remarriage moves him from sunny California to snowy Minnesota,
twelve-year-old Rob feels totally out of place until he discovers ice-boating, which he
hopes will be the means to prove himself to his highly competitive father. (138 p.)
What Could Go Wrong?
Willo Davis Roberts J/F Roberts
During a frightening trip spent in airplanes and airports between Seattle and San
Francisco, eleven-year-old Gracie and her two cousins get involved in a chaotic
series of events which race them into danger. (169 p.)
The Cay
Theodore Taylor J/F Taylor
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine
during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow to the head, and
an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a
new kind of vision, courage and love from his companion. (137 p.)
Three Dog Winter
Elizabeth Van Steenwyk J/F Van Steenwyk
The world of sled dog racing in northern Montana forms the background for a
twelve-year-old boy's adjustment to his father's death, his mother's remarriage, and
the integration of two families into one. (144 p.)
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