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The Club Dumas
By Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Sonia Soto. 1996
The authentication of a handwritten chapter of Dumas's The Three Musketeers embroils rare-book hunter Lucas Corso in a literary intrigue.…
The chapter's owner is found hanged, but was the death suicide or homicide? The beautiful widow has her own interest in rare books. Corso goes from Madrid to Paris to figure it out. 1996. Uniform title: Club Dumas.The Colossus rises (Seven wonders. #1)
By Peter Lerangis. 2013
Jack McKinley is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem. In a few months, he is going to die. He…
needs to find the seven magic loculi that, when combined, have the power to cure him. The loculi are relics from a lost civilization that has not been seen in thousands of years. And in order to find them, Jack will have to travel to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. For grades 5-8 and older readers. Followed by “Lost in Babylon”. 2013.The Commodore: a novel of the sea
By Jan De Hartog. 1986
The book of Boy
By Catherine Murdock. 2018
In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his…
way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2019 Newbery Honor Book Medal. 2018.The Candymakers and the great chocolate chase (The Candymakers. #1.)
By Wendy Mass. 2017
Logan, Miles, Philip, and Daisy embark on a tour to promote the winning candy bar and experience an adventurous journey…
full of hidden treasures, secret worlds, and candy. Sequel to "The Candymakers". Grades 2-4. 2017.The breath of dawn (Spencer family series. #3.)
By Kristen Heitzmann. 2013
Morgan Spencer is shattered in the wake of his wife's death. After two years of mourning on his brother's ranch,…
Morgan meets Quinn Riley, and hope blossoms that he could love again. But Quinn is fleeing a dangerous man bent on revenge, and she won't risk the Spencer family's safety by sticking around. If Morgan is going to win Quinn's heart, he'll first have to keep her safe. Sequel to "The still of night". 2013.The castaways (Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy. #3.)
By Iain Lawrence. 2007
Bad luck continues to follow Tom Tin and his mates as they find themselves aboard a formerly abandoned ship, are…
taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways they rescue, and sail to a Caribbean island where they make important new friends and enemies. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The cannibals". 2007.The cannibals (Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy. #2.)
By Iain Lawrence. 2006
Tom Tin and his friend Midgely - with assorted juvenile criminals - escape the ship taking them to serve their…
terms in Australia and head for a Pacific island, forgetting Tom's father's warnings about headhunters and cannibals. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The convicts", followed by "The castaways". 2006.The castle of adventure
By Enid Blyton. 2008
Philip, Dinah, Jack and Lucy-Ann discovered an old castle on the hill, but it is difficult to reach - and…
there is a mystery about it. Who is signalling at night from the tower? And why are the local people afraid to go to the castle? Grades 4-7. Originally published 1946. 2008.The Castle Corona
By Sharon Creech. 2007
The buccaneers (High seas trilogy. #3.)
By Iain Lawrence. 2002
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 5-8. Sequel to "The smugglers". 2002.The Britannia contract
By Paul Mann. 1993
The British royal yacht Britannia, with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip aboard, is hijacked by the IRA. Their goal is…
to force a withdrawal of all British troops from Northern Ireland within 7 days. As anarchy reigns in Belfast and pro-Irish violence erupts in the United States, the American president must decide where his interests lie. Descriptions of violence. 1993.The canyon of bones (Skye's West Ser. #15)
By Richard S Wheeler. 2008
1850s. Barnaby Skye and his Crow Indian wife Victoria agree that Skye should take a second Indian wife to produce…
a son. Skye marries Blue Dawn, a beautiful young Shoshone woman, and the trio is hired to guide English explorer and journalist Graves Mercer to see a mysterious canyon full of dinosaur bones. On the trek, they endure prairie fires, superstitious natives, and Mercer's arrogance, which endangers the whole party. Sequel to "Fire arrow", followed by "Virgin River". Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2008. (Skye's West ; 15)The bush soldiers
By John Hooker. 1984
Five stranded soldiers, two British, three Australian, try to survive as they trek across a bleak stretch of Australia in…
1943 destroying anything that might help the invading Japanese. The story of their adventures and privations alternates with flashbacks to the story of the heroic Sawtell, a dutiful member of the Australian Volunteer Defence Corps. Some strong language. 1984.The blue roan child
By Jamieson Findlay. 2002
Syeira lives in Haysele, a land of horses and horse-sensitives. When the wild mare Arwin's tow colts are taken from…
her, Syeira decides to help Arwin rescue them, even if she must risk her life to do so. But their mission proves harder than they imagined. For junior high readers. 2002.The boat (Sven Hassel War Classics)
By Lothar Günther Buchheim. 1999
This is the story of a German U-boat, her commander and crew, as they embark upon yet another hazardous patrol…
in the Battle of the Atlantic. Explicit descriptions of sex. Strong language. 1999. Uniform title: Das Boot.The black pearl
By Scott O'Dell. 1995
The black room (The lost trilogy ; #2)
By Gillian Cross. 2005
What has happened to Robert? He's told his friend Tom a wild story of surviving danger and death in an…
underground cavern. Tom doesn't believe it - but he still gets caught up in Robert's desperate search for a girl called Lorn. Robert says that she saved his life - and if they don't find her before winter, she will die. For junior and senior high readers. Sequel to "The dark ground" (DC33236). Followed by "The nightmare game". 2005. (The lost trilogy ; 2)The blossoms and the green phantom (Blossom Family Ser. #Bk. 3)
By Betsy Cromer Byars. 1987
The notice on the barn door said KEEP OUT - SECRET WORK GOING ON INSIDE, but still Junior Blossom's family…
hadn't tried to come in. He had just made the world's greatest invention and his family didn't even care. More adventures of the unusual American family with the uncanny ability of getting into scrapes - especially the oldest, Pap, and the youngest, Junior. Grades 4-7. 1987.The Blossoms meet the Vulture Lady (Blossom Family Ser. #Bk. 2)
By Betsy Cromer Byars. 1986
Junior had put the cage in exactly the place the coyotes loved. It would be just like the TV cartoons:…
in walks the animal, then WHAM! down comes the door, locking tight. Only when you're a Blossom, things don't turn out quite as you expect them. Very soon his trap is to bring him face to face with Mad Mary, the Vulture Lady. Grades 4-7. 1986.