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A feast of freedom: tasty tidbits from the City Tavern
By Walter Staib, Jennifer Fox, Fernando Juarez. 2010
Acadia National Park: Eye of the whale (Adventures with the Parkers #11)
By Mike Graf. 2013
Peril on Long's Peak: Rocky Mountain National Park (Adventures with the Parkers #8)
By Mike Graf, Marjorie Leggitt. 2012
In the seventh book in the Adventure with the Parkers series, the family heads to Colorado to visit the high…
peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park. When the snow clears, the park's many famous sights are on display: Trail Ridge Road, spectacular wildflowers, elk, waterfalls, and unique alpine tundra. The family's big adventure is a hike up Longs Peak, a Colorado "fourteener." But afternoon storms begin to pelt the family during their training hikes, and they begin to question the wisdom of a nighttime summit ascent. Award winner. For grades 5-8Secrets of the Sequoias: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
By Mike Graf, Joyce Turley. 2016
Tag along with the Parkers - twins James and Morgan and their parents - and learn all about sequoias as…
they hike among the giant trees, explore dark caves, scramble up huge granite domes, and cool off in the spray from amazing waterfalls. They even climb to the top of 14,494-foot Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower forty-eight states. There's a new adventure at every turn, from encountering black bears to meeting an old man who lives in a giant log. For grades 3-6Alice Ramsey's grand adventure
By Don Brown. 1997
Speed
By Nathan Clement. 2013
Revving up behind a pace car, a competitive group of stock cars takes off with a wave of the green…
flag and engages in an action-packed race filled with squealing tires, bumps, spins, and rushing support crews. For preschool-grade 2The best of Zane Grey, outdoorsman: hunting and fishing tales (Classics of American Sport)
By Zane Grey, George Reiger. 1972
Twenty short stories about outdoor sports adventures by western writer Zane Grey (1872-1939). Contains "Colorado Trails" and "Roping Lions in…
the Grand Canyon." Includes 1992 foreword by George Reiger. Reiger credits Grey's experiences as an avid conservationist and explorer for inspiring his stories. 1972Ten thousand islands: The Identity of America's Most Exclusive Serial Killer Revealed
By Randy Wayne White, Robert Graysmith. 2001
Doc Ford agrees to help a woman whose teenage daughter's grave has been desecrated. Fifteen years earlier, the girl had…
discovered an ancient Calusa Indian medallion before committing suicide. Now someone wants it enough to go to murderous lengths. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2000The commodore (Aubrey/Maturin Novels Ser. #17)
By Patrick O'Brian, Patrick Obrian. 1995
As in sixteen previous tales in this series, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin occupy center stage. Upon their return to…
England, the seafaring duo face several domestic adjustments. Just as life on land becomes very interesting, Captain Aubrey is ordered to Africa. But the Napoleonic Wars are not over, so another, secret order redirects the commodore to Ireland to intercept the French. Some strong languageWhat's in Flora's Shoebox?
By Sarah Jane Conklin, Venus Angelica. 2022
Flora has been travelling all around the world and has seen wonderous things. How does she remember all the places…
she has been? Does she take artifacts home? Or does she buy souvenirs? What’s in Flora’s little red box under her bed?Dread nation
By Justina Ireland. 2018
After the dead rise on the battlefields of Gettysburg, America passes the Negro and Native Reeducation Act that requires children…
of color attend combat schools to battle the undead. Jane McKeene, trained to protect the elite, gets caught up in a conspiracy. Violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018Overboard!: Survivor diaries (Survivor Diaries)
By Terry Lynn Johnson. 2017
Eleven-year-old Travis and twelve-year-old Marina, separated from their families after being thrown into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of…
Washington, battle hypothermia as they struggle to survive. Includes Coast Guard-approved cold-water survival tips. For grades 3-6. 2017Dust storm!: Survivor diaries (Survivor Diaries)
By Terry Lynn Johnson, Jani Orban. 2018
Separated from their group during a geocaching trip, sixth-graders Jen Chiu and her mortal enemy, Martin Diaz, are caught in…
a dust storm in the desert near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Includes survival tips from the New Mexico Search and Rescue Council. For grades 3-6. 2018Shadowhouse fall: Shadowshaper cypher, book 2 (The shadowshaper Cypher Ser. #2)
By Daniel José Older. 2017
After a few shadowshapers receive strange cards depicting beasts, Sierra Santiago uses her powers to battle whatever is hunting them…
in real life. She will do anything to protect her loved ones. Strong language and some violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2017Shadowshaper (The shadowshaper Cypher Ser. #1)
By Daniel José Older. 2015
When the murals painted on the walls of her Brooklyn neighborhood start to change and fade in front of her,…
Sierra Santiago discovers the members of her Puerto Rican family are powerful shadowshapers that must prepare to battle evil. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2015Fake ID
By Lamar Giles, L. R Giles. 2014
Nick Pearson, a teen in the Federal Witness Protection Program, moves to a new town and finds himself trying to…
solve a murder mystery when his first friend is found dead. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2014Paddle-to-the-Sea: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner (Sandpiper books)
By Holling Clancy Holling. 1980
A First Nations boy sets a foot-long canoe afloat on Ontario's Lake Nipigon. As the little dugout drifts through the…
Great Lakes to the ocean, strangers honor the message carved in the wood: "Please put me back in water. I am Paddle-to-the-Sea." For grades 3-6. Caldecott Honor Book. 1941Father Bear comes home (I Can Read Level 1 Ser.)
By Else Holmelund Minarik. 1959
Four episodes about Little Bear in which he waits impatiently for his father to come home from a day of…
fishing, has the hiccups, meets a mermaid, and plays with Owl. Beginning chapter book. For grades K-3. 1959Omoo
By Herman Melville. 2007
Melvilles continuing adventures in the South Seasnow for the first time in Penguin Classics Following the commercial and critical success…
of Typee, Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea adventure-romances with Omoo. Named after the Polynesian term for a rover, or someone who roams from island to island, Omoo chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel and is based on Melvilles personal experiences as a crew member on a ship sailing the Pacific. From recruiting among the natives for sailors to handling deserters and even mutiny, Melville gives a first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth century filled with colorful characters and vivid descriptions of the far-flung locales of Polynesia. .Crossing the Heart of Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure
By Julian Smith. 2012
“This rapturous adventure narrative…shows that love really does conquer all.” —Hampton Sides, New York Times bestselling author of Blood and…
Thunder “Charming, wise, and captivating.” —Dean King, bestselling author of Skeletons on the Zahara