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Alexander, Lloyd. THE DRACKENBERG ADVENTURE.
(1989)
In 1873, seventeen-year-old Vesper Holly and her
guardians travel to an obscure European grand
duchy, where their archenemy Dr. Helvitius is
pursuing a lost treasure and engineering the
county’s annexation by a neighboring kingdom.
Grades 5-9. (jFICTION/ALEXANDER/LLO)
Alexander, Lloyd. THE ILLYRIAN ADVENTURE.
(2000)
On a visit to a remote European kingdom in 1872, a
fearless sixteen-year-old orphan and her guardian
research an ancient legend and become enmeshed in
a dangerous rebellion. Grades 5-9.
(jFICTION/ALEXANDER/LLO)
Alexander, Lloyd. THE JEDERA ADVENTURE. (1989)
The further adventures of Vesper Holly and her
faithful guardian Brinny as they travel to the remote
country of Jedera where they brave many dangers
trying to return a valuable book borrowed many
years ago by Vesper’s father. Grades 5-9.
(jFICTION/ALEXANDER/LLO).
Alexander, Lloyd. THE PHILADELPHIA ADVENTURE.
(1990)
In 1876, on the eve of the Centennial exposition in
Philadelphia, twenty-year- old Vesper Holly and her
friends clash yet again with the archfiend Dr.
Helvitius, whose evil schemes plunge them into
danger in the wild Pennsylvania countryside.
Grades 5-9. (jFICTION/ALEXANDER/LLO).
Avi. THE ESCAPE FROM HOME. (1996)
Driven from their impoverished Irish village,
fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother
meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool
while all three wait for a ship to America; their fates
continue to intertwine on board ship and in the New
World. Grades 7- up (jFICTION/AVI)
Burgess, Melvin. THE COPPER TREASURE. (2000)
In mid-nineteenth century London, three young
boys try to retrieve a valuable roll of copper from
the bottom of the Thames River. Grades 4-
7.(jFICTION/BURGESS/MEL)
Bosse, Malcolm J. CAPTIVES OF TIME. (1987)
Orphaned by the brutal murder of their parents,
Anne and her gentle but mute brother suffer great
hardships as they travel across a dangerous,
pestilence- ridden Europe to their uncle, an armorer
and clockmaker, and, after his death, to a distant
city to deliver the commissioned plans of his
precious clock. Grades 7-9.
(jFICTION/BOSSE/MAL).
Brink, Carol R. CADDIE WOODLAWN. (1973)
Caddie, an eleven-year-old tomboy, grows up in the
mid-nineteenth century on the Wisconsin frontier.
Grades 4-7. (jNEWBERY/BRINK/CAR).
Burnford, Sheila. THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. (1987)
A siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young
labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through
the Canadian wilderness to find their family. Grades
4-6. (jFICTION/BURNFORD/SHE).
Byars, Betsy. TROUBLE RIVER (1969)
A twelve-year-old boy builds a raft, but he has no
idea that it will serve as a means of escape for him
and his grandmother when hostile Indians threaten
their cabin. Grades 3-7. (jFICTION/BYARS/BET)
Chambers, John W. FRITZI’S WINTER. (1979)
Separated from her family during their last week-
end visit to Fire Island, a Siamese cat struggles to
survive on her own during the long winter months
that follow. Grades 4-6.
(jFICTION/CHAMBERS/JOH).
Collodi, Carlo. ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO. (1946)
Pinocchio, a wooden puppet full of tricks and
mischief with a talent for getting into and out of
trouble, wants more than anything else to become a
real boy. Grades 3-6. (jFICTION/COLLODI/CAR).
Cooper, Clare. EARTHCHANGE. (1986)
After a catastrophe turns Earth into an inhospitable
wilderness, young Rose sets out to find help for her
grandmother and a baby, warding off wolves and
fierce humans, and finally reaching a group of
survivors with scientific interests in restoring Earth
to its original beauty. Grades 4-6.
(jFICTION/COOPER/CLA).
Crilley, Mark. AKIKO IN THE SPRUBLY ISLANDS. (2000)
Ten-year-old Akiko and her newly made friends
survive a skugbits storm, crash in the Moonguzzit
Sea, and are captured by the army of Queen Pwip as
they continue their mission to rescue the son of the
king of the planet Smoo. Grades 4-7 (jSCIENCE
FICTION/CRILLEY/MAR)
Crilley, Mark. AKIKO AND THE GREAT WALL OF
TRUDD. (2001)
Akiko and Mr. Beeba, Spuckler, Gax, and Poog
continue on their perilous journey across the planet
Smoo to rescue Prince Froptoppit. Grades 4-7
(jSCIENCE FICTION/CRILLEY/MAR)
Crilley, Mark. AKIKO IN THE CASTLE OF ALIA
RELLAPOR. (2001)
Akiko and her friends reach the final stage of their
mission to rescue Prince Froptoppit from the castle
of Alia Rellapor. Grades 4-7 (jSCIENCE
FICTION/CRILLEY/MAR)
Dahl, Roald. JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. (1996)
An adventure story about James and the animals he
meets while trying to get away from his two aunts,
Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. Grades 3-up.
(jFICTION/DAHL/ROA).
Defoe, Daniel. ROBINSON CRUSOE. (1991)
A shipwreck’s lone survivor is challenged to stay
alive. Adventurous incidents in his everyday life
lead to his discovery of other island inhabitants.
Grades 4-up. (jFICTION/DEFOE/DAN).
Du Bois, William Pene. TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS. (1947)
Professor William Waterman Sherman left San
Francisco on August 15th, 1883, in a balloon, with
the intention of flying across the Pacific Ocean.
Grades 4-8. (NEWBERY/DUBOIS/WIL).
Dumas, Alexandre. THE THREE MUSKETEERS. (1953)
A young Frenchman achieves his dream to become
one of the prestigious musketeers who guard the
king and his court, experiencing many adventures
on the way. Grades 4-up.
(jFICTION/DUMAS/ALE).
Dyer, T.A. A WAY OF HIS OWN. (1981)
A lame boy from a very primitive nomadic tribe is
abandoned by his family and, together with a girl
stolen from another tribe, tries to survive a cruel
winter. Grades 7-9. (jFICTION/DYER/T.A.).
Eckert, Allan. INCIDENT AT HAWK’S HILL. (1971)
Young Ben wanders away from his home on a
sprawling prairie near Winnepeg in the 1870’s. A
thunderstorm strikes and he takes refuge in a badger
hole. The McDonald family continues to search for
Ben long after neighbors give him up for dead.
Grades 7-up. (jFICTION/ECKERT/ALL)
Fleischman, Sid. BY THE GREAT HORN SPOON (1988)
Jack’s adventures begin when he and his aunt’s
butler stow away on a ship bound for California.
The Gold Rush of 1849 is part of the adventure.
Grades 4-6. (jFICTION/FLEISCHMAN/SID).
Fleischman, Sid. THE WHIPPING BOY. (1986)
In this briskly told tale of high adventure, taut with
suspense and rich with colorful characters, the
whipping boy and Prince Brat must at last confront
each other. Grades 2-6.
(NEWBERY/FLEISCHMAN/SID)
Gallagher, Jim. SEARCH FOR LOST TREASURE. (1999)
Describes many of the best known treasures of the
world, including Captain Kidd's treasure, the Lost
Regalia of Scotland, the Rosetta stone, and the Koh-
i-noor diamond. Grades 5- up.
(jFICTION/GALLAGHER/JIM)
George, Jean Craighead. JULIE OF THE WOLVES. (1972)
A runaway Eskimo girl, alone except for the
wolves, survives a journey across Alaska. Grades 3-
7. (NEWBERY/GEORGE/JEA).
George, Jean Craighead. MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
(1988)
Sam Gribley does what many young people dream
of doing. He spends a winter alone on a mountain in
the Catskills. Grades 3-7.
(jFICTION/GEORGE/JEA).
George, Jean Craighead. ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE
MOUNTAIN. (1991)
Sam’s peaceful existence in his wilderness home is
disrupted when his sister runs away and his pet
falcon is confiscated by a conservation officer.
Grades 4-6. (jFICTION/GEORGE/JEA).
Hill, Kirkpatrick. TOUGHBOY AND SISTER. (1990)
The death of their drunken father strands a ten-year-
old tough boy and his younger sister at a remote
fishing cabin in the Yukon, where they spend a
summer trying to cope with dwindling food supplies
and hostile wildlife. Grades 3-7.
(jFICTION/HILL/KIR).
Hill, Kirkpatrick. WINTER CAMP. (1993)
Eleven-year-old Toughboy and his younger sister
must survive the harsh Alaskan winter trapping
camp. Grades 4-6. (jFICTION/HILL/KIR).
Lawrence, Iain. THE BUCCANEERS. (2001)
In the eighteenth century sixteen-year-old John
Spencer sails from England in his schooner, the
Dragon, to the Caribbean, where he and the crew
encounter pirates, fierce storms, fever, and a strange
man who some fear may be cursed. Grades 7–up.
(jFICTION/LAWRENCE/IAI)
Mikaelsen, Ben. RESCUE JOSH McGUIRE. (1991)
When thirteen-year-old Josh runs away to the
mountains of Montana with an orphaned bear cub
destined for laboratory testing, they both must fight
for their lives in a sudden snowstorm. Grades 4-6.
(jFICTION/MIKAELSEN/BEN).
Moeri, Louise. SAVE QUEEN OF SHEBA. (1994)
After miraculously surviving a Sioux Indian raid on
the trail to Oregon, a brother and sister set out with
few provisions to find the rest of the settlers. Grades
4-7. (jFICTION/MOERI/LOU).
O’Dell, Scott. ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS. (1990)
This unusual story is based on the fact that in the
1800s, an Indian girl spent 18 years alone on a
rocky island off the coast of California. Grades 5-
up. (NEWBERY/O’DELL/SCO).
O’Dell, Scott. ZIA. (1978)
Zia and her brother journey to San Nicolas Island to
rescue Karana, who finds it hard to adjust to mission
life as she continues to long for her island life. This
is a sequel to Island of the Blue Dolphins. Grades 4-
8. (jFICTION/O’DELL/SCO).
Paulsen, Gary. HATCHET. (1987)
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends
fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive
initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by
his mother, and learning also to survive his parents’
divorce. Grades 5-9. (jFICTION/PAULSEN/GAR).
Speare, Elizabeth. SIGN OF THE BEAVER. (1983)
A young boy is separated from his pioneering
family in the woods of Maine. Helped by Indians,
Matt gains insight into a new cult. Grades 5-9.
(jFICTION/SPEARE/ELI).
Sperry, Armstrong. CALL IT COURAGE. (1971)
A Polynesian boy who sails off alone in a
canoe to gain and prove his courage survives a
storm at sea, a tiger shark, a wild bear, and other
hazards before triumphantly sailing home. Grades
5-7. (NEWBERY/SPERRY/ARM).
Steig, William. ABEL’S ISLAND. (1985)
Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very
civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and
endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to
survive and return to his home. Grades 4-6.
(jFICTION/STEIG/WIL).
Stevenson, Robert. TREASURE ISLAND. (1994)
Jim Hawkins had no idea, when he picked up the
oilskin packet from Captain Flint’s sea chest, that
here lay the key to untold wealth—a treasure map.
When Jim sails on the Hispaniola as Cabin-boy,
with the awesome Long John Silver, he embarks on
an adventure unrivalled for excitement and
suspense. Grades 4-up.
(jFICTION/STEVENSON/ROB).
Sutcliff, Rosemary. THE SWORD AND THE CIRCLE. (1981)
The author recounts the quests, adventures, jousts,
and loves of the Knights of the Round Table as well
as what happened to King Arthur himself. Grades 4-
7. (jFICTION/SUTCLIFF/ROS).
Taylor, Theodore. THE CAY. (1993)
Phillip is separated from his mother by a shipwreck,
leaving him blind and marooned on a Caribbean
Island. He befriends a wise West Indian sailor who
helps him to survive. Grades 6-9.
(jFICTION/TAYLOR/THE).
Taylor, Theodore. SWEET FRIDAY ISLAND. (1994)
Vacationing on what they think is an uninhabited
island, fifteen-year-old Peg and her father find their
adventure turned into a fight for survival. Grades 7-
9. (jFICTION/TAYLOR/THE).
Taylor, Theodore. TIMOTHY OF THE CAY. (1993)./
Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on
a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man
Timothy, twelve-year-old white Phillip is rescued
and hopes to regain his sight with an operation.
Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from
his days as a young cabin boy. Grades 7-9.
(jFICTION/TAYLOR THE).
Voigt, Cynthia. HOMECOMING. (1981)
Abandoned by their mother, four children begin a
search for a home and an identity Grades 5-up.
(jFICTION/VOIGT/CYN).
Verne, Jules. AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS.
(1996)
In 1872 Phileas Fogg wagers that he can circle the
earth in eighty days; and traveling by steamer,
railway, carriage, sledge, and elephant he wins his
bet in seventy-nine days, twenty-three hours, and
fifty-seven minutes. Grades 5- up.
(jFICTION/VERNE/JUL).
Wyss, Johann. SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON. (1986)
A terrifying storm leaves a Swiss pastor, his wife
and their four young sons shipwrecked on a tropical
island. Thankful to be alive, with resilience,
ingenuity and boundless enthusiasm, the Robinson
family face the challenge of an extraordinary
existence. Grades 3-6. (FICTION/WYSS/JOH).
Zindel, Paul. REEF OF DEATH. (1998)
While helping a beautiful Aboriginal girl search for
her people's missing treasure near the Great Barrier
Reef, seventeen-year-old PC finds himself fighting
an evil scientist and a deadly underwater monster.
Grades 6-10 (jFICTION/ZINDEL/PAU)
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