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The great fire

By Jim Murphy. 1995

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Award winning fictionAdventure and exploration, Award winning non-fiction, United States history
Human-narrated audio

An account of the conflagration that levelled much of Chicago in 1871. Chronicles events from the fire's outbreak and rapid…

spread to its extinguishment by rain, as reported by survivors and in documents of the period. Examines the origins, circumstances, and official failures that contributed to the disaster. Grades 5-8. A 1996 Newbery Honor Book. c1995.

Survivors!: true death-defying escapes

By Larry Verstraete. 2003

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Award winning fictionAdventure and exploration, Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction
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Think about your worst fears - being attacked by a wild animal, swept away by a killer storm, trapped in…

a wrecked car or a burning building. Here are 29 stories of real people who survived life-threatening situations. Each section includes Survival Tips that give readers essential information about what to do in dangerous circumstances. Some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2004 Silver Birch Award. Grades 4-7. Bestseller 2005. 2003.

Ship of gold in the deep blue sea: The History And Discovery Of America's Richest Shipwreck

By Gary Kinder. 1998

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Award winning fictionAdventure and exploration
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Interweaves an account of the 1857 sinking of the SS Central America that carried a cargo of gold bullion and…

minted coins with the story of the shipwreck's discovery in 1988 by Tommy Thompson. Describes Thompson's feat of developing technology to locate and retrieve artifacts from a wooden-hulled ship in eight thousand feet of water. Winner of the 2000 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1998.

On board the Titanic: what it was like when the great liner sank (I was there book)

By Shelley Tanaka, Ken Marschall. 1996

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Award winning fictionAdventure and exploration, Award winning non-fiction
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The story of the Titanic, once the world's largest ocean liner, as told through the experiences of two of its…

survivors. Detailed explanations about the ship, passengers, and crew are interwoven with an account of its tragic sinking in 1912. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 1997 Silver Birch Award. c1996.

At the edge: daring acts in desperate times

By Larry Verstraete. 2009

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Award winning fictionAdventure and exploration, Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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A young man in Nunavut fights off a polar bear to save his friend, a Canadian peacekeeper in the Congo…

risks his own life to save those of stranded tourists, and ordinary people show extraordinary character during the Halifax Explosion, the Holocaust, Hurricane Katrina, the Tiananmen Square protests, and September 11, 2001. Over twenty true-life stories about life-threatening situations and the wrenching choices made by the people facing them. Winner of the 2010 Silver Birch Award for Non-fiction. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2009.

The shining mountain: two men on Changabang's west wall

By Peter Boardman, Joe Tasker. 1984

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Award winning fictionAdventure and exploration, Award winning non-fiction, Sports and games, Travel and geography, Asian travel and geography
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Recounts the endurance and determination of two British mountain climbers in making a forty-day ascent up the treacherous west wall…

of Changabang Mountain in the Indian Himalayas. Winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys Memorial Prize. 1984.

The boat who wouldn't float

By Farley Mowat. 1969

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Award winning fictionAdventure and exploration, Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Humour, Canadian travel and geography
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Mowat and a partner buy an old boat in Newfoundland with plans to repair it and sail to adventures around the world. 1969.

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