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1) Downriver
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader and try to run the dangerous white water of the Grand Canyon.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Golding's classic, startling, and perennially bestselling portrait of human nature remains as provocative today as when it was first published. This beautiful new edition features French flaps and rough fronts, making it a must-have for fans of this seminal work.
3) The Texan
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this breathtaking novel, New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston weaves a beguiling tale of two feuding families—the Blackthornes and the Creeds—and of two extraordinary people: loner Owen Blackthorne and beautiful, headstrong Bayleigh Creed, irresistibly drawn to each other despite the desperate odds against their love.
Owen Blackthorne is a lone wolf, a man who doesn’t need
4) Volcano!
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tom and Kevin have to rely on their instincts to survive when a volcano erupts while they are camping and their lives are put in danger by the lava.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Josh McGuire knows an orphaned bear cub he's found will be given to researchers if the game warden tracks it to his dog house. Instead, he runs away with the cub to the mountains, vowing to protect it until hunting laws are changed. But the Montana wilderness is a dangerous place, and saving the cub's life may cost Josh his own. Rescue Josh McGuire has won the International Reading Association Award and Western Writers of America...
Author
Language
English
Description
Now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba. An atmospheric, suspenseful and gripping story of two people finding love while fighting to survive.
When a blizzard strands them in Salt Lake City, two strangers agree to charter a plane together, hoping to return home; Ben Payne is a gifted surgeon returning from a conference, and Ashley Knox, a magazine writer, is en route to her wedding. But when unthinkable...
When a blizzard strands them in Salt Lake City, two strangers agree to charter a plane together, hoping to return home; Ben Payne is a gifted surgeon returning from a conference, and Ashley Knox, a magazine writer, is en route to her wedding. But when unthinkable...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Two children make sure their parents' love story gets a second chance in this compelling romance from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Anderson.
Two years ago, Ellie Grant would have fallen apart at any reminder of her ex-husband, Tucker. But now she doesn't bat an eye when "their song" comes on the radio. She's unfazed by the thought of Tucker's perky new girlfriend. Ellie is totally over him. And things are better for Tucker as well....
8) Snowbound
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In this powerful biographical novel, Richard Wheeler tells the amazing tale of the American explorer and hero, John Fremont, and his attempt to find a railway route to the west along the 38th parallel.
Trapped in the snowbound Colorado mountains, Fremont must fight his way out. He battles the frigid elements in a harrowing journey over the backbone of the continent. In this tale of desperate danger and fierce courage, Wheeler presents the reader...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
"Alaska, 1974. Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter north where they will live off the grid in America's last true frontier. Cora will do anything for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown. Thirteen-year-old Leni, caught in the riptide of her parents' passionate, stormy relationship, has little...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When an earthquake hits the isolated island in northern California where his family had been camping, twelve-year-old Jonathan Palmer must find a way to keep himself, his partially paralyzed younger sister, and their dog alive until help arrives.
11) Crash
Author
Series
Stay alive volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When the plane carrying the Junior Action News Team crash lands in Alaska, the group must try to stay alive in the wilderness.
12) Two alone
Author
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
Description
Stranded in the remote mountains of the north after a plane crash, two strangers--a strong-willed businesswoman and a Vietnam vet--must find a way to trust each other in order to survive the danger that surrounds them.
13) Breakdown
Author
Series
Stay alive volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When the bus carrying a group of kids home from summer camp breaks down on an abandoned road during a heatwave, the group must survive the elements and find help, over sixty miles away.
14) Down the Yukon
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In the wake of Dawson City's Great Fire of 1899, sixteen-year-old Jason and his girlfriend Jamie canoe the Yukon River across Alaska in an epic race from Canada's Klondike to the new gold fields at Cape Nome.
15) The hike
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"There's a killer on their trail. Burned out by both her marriage and work, Liz desperately needs an escape. More than that, she needs an adventure, a total reset. So when it is her turn to plan the annual vacation with her three best friends, she persuades them to spend four nights wild camping in the stunning mountains of Norway. Following a trail that climbs through lush valleys, towering peaks, and passed jewel-blue lakes, Liz is sure that the...
16) Jason's gold
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon Territory in 1897 reaches fifteen-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 10,000-mile journey to strike it rich.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
This high stakes drama is set against the harsh beauty of the Maine wilderness charting the journey of four friends as they fight to survive the aftermath of a white water rafting accident. With intimately observed characters, visceral prose, and pacing as ruthless as the river itself, The River at Night is a nonstop and unforgettable thriller by a stunning new voice in fiction.
Stifled by a soul-crushing job, devastated by the death of her brother,...
Author
Series
Adventures of Wilder Good volume 5
Publisher
Paul Dry Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Wilder and two friends go on a ten-day hike in Colorado. No grown-ups allowed!"--
19) Wilder and Sunny
Author
Series
Adventures of Wilder Good volume 3
Publisher
Paul Dry Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When disaster strikes during a fishing expedition with his mentor, Gale, and his "secret" girlfriend, Sunny, Wilder must take charge and help Gale during a night out in the Colorado wilderness.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
What if the woods were full of them? And of course they were, the woods were full of everything you didn't like, everything you were afraid of and instinctively loathed, everything that tried to overwhelm you with nasty, no-brain panic. The brochure promised a "moderate-to-difficult" six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, where nine-year-old Trisha McFarland was to spend Saturday with her older brother, Pete, and...
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