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From slave to soldier: based on a true Civil War story (Ready-to-Read)
By Deborah Hopkinson, Brian Floca. 2005
Tennessee, Civil War. Young Johnny hates being a slave and chooses freedom by joining the Union Army. Johnny proves his…
bravery by driving the mule team and supply wagon by himself at night to bring food to hungry soldiers. Short chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2005Fire flight: A Novel
By John J. Nance. 2003
Retired airtanker pilot Clark Maxwell takes to the skies to help fight wildfires raging in Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons.…
After a deadly plane crash and a series of mysterious incidents, Maxwell suspects foul play and launches an investigation of the aging DC-6 fleet's owner. Some strong language. 2003The dolphins of Laurentum (The Roman Mysteries Ser. #4)
By Caroline Lawrence, Roaring Brook Press. 2003
Italy, A.D. 79. Following The Assassins of Rome (DB 57894) Flavia Gemina's family is bankrupt after their trading ship sinks.…
Flavia and her friends Lupus, Nubia, and Jonathan plan to retrieve sunken treasure, but the slave dealer who killed Lupus's parents is also after the loot. For grades 5-8. 2003The man with the silver Oar
By Robin Moore. 2002
In 1718, fifteen-year-old Quaker Daniel Collins leaves his uncle's household in colonial Philadelphia to stow away on a ship whose…
mission is to track down a notorious pirate. Daniel is later surprised to discover the buccaneer's true identity. For grades 5-8. 2002The secrets of Vesuvius (The Roman Mysteries Ser. #2)
By Caroline Lawrence, Roaring Brook Press. 2001
Flavia Gemina, from The Thieves of Ostia (DB 55246), and her companions journey to her uncle's farm after rescuing Roman…
admiral Pliny from a capsized boat. On the farm there is a riddle to solve and signs that Mt. Vesuvius nearby will soon erupt. For grades 5-8. 2001The blue horizon (Courtney Family Adventures Ser.)
By Wilbur Smith, Wilbur A Smith, St. Martin`s Press. 2003
Southern Africa, eighteenth century. In this sequel to Monsoon (DB 49786), cousins Jim and Mansur Courtney continue trading throughout the…
continent in their father's footsteps. When Jim spies Louisa Leuven, a beautiful Dutch convict aboard a slave ship, he sets out to rescue her. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2003Monsoon (Courtney Family Adventures Ser.)
By Wilbur A Smith, St. Martin`s Press, Wilbur Smith. 1999
In this sequel to Birds of Prey (DB 48319) Hal Courtney takes three of his four sons on a voyage…
to deter a pirate from looting ships off the coast of Africa. The Courtneys meet disaster when the youngest is kidnapped by Arabs. Violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1999Hungry as the sea
By Wilbur A Smith, St. Martin`s Press, Wilbur Smith. 1999
Bankrupt shipping magnate Nicholas Berg races to claim the salvage rights to a cruise ship that hit an iceberg in…
the Antarctic. In the process, he saves the life of marine biologist Samantha Silver, and the two fall in love. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexThunder cave
By Roland Smith. 1995
After his mother's death, young Jake Lansa leaves his New York home on a lone quest to Kenya in search…
of his father, a wildlife biologist. Enroute Jake is abducted by a ruthless ring of poachers intent on locating a rare elephant herd. Jake becomes a pawn in a perilous game of greed and threatened extinction. For grades 5-8Fireman Small
By Wong Herbert Yee. 1994
Because Fireman Small is the only fireman in his neighborhood, he works day and night, rescuing animals and putting out…
fires. Between emergencies, tired Fireman Small returns to station number nine, slowly walks upstairs, "closes the curtains, gets in bed, and pulls the covers over his head." For preschool-grade 2My head in the clouds
By Danielle Chaperon. 2020
Travel the world with an intrepid explorer who's adventurous, brave and just a little bit forgetful. She searches for ancient…
loot but loses her swimsuit! Goes to beautiful places and misplaces three suitcases! From Canada to Nepal to Egypt and beyond, our narrator circles the globe while abandoning her possessions. She even loses her mother, briefly, in the desert. The cadence and rhyme, accented by quirky collage-style art, will propel readers along through this exciting excursion, ultimately landing on a fact page dedicated to the places you've just read about. Join us on our journey around the worldThe wild rose
By Doris Mortman. 1991
From the days of the Hungarian uprising of 1956 to the 1980s, former child prodigy Katalin Gaspar rises as a…
world-renowned concert pianist. Her story moves from Hungary to America and back to Hungary as she seeks to redeem through her music the lives of her family, shattered by the Communists, and to find happiness with the man she has loved since she was a child of seven. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexTransformations of myth through time
By Joseph Campbell. 1990
Transcripts of thirteen television lectures, by teacher-mythologist Joseph Campbell, on human beings' use of myth to understand the mysteries of…
life. He discusses rites of initiation, Native American myths, neolithic gods and goddesses, Egyptian myths, Buddhism, yoga, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and the legends of Arthur and Parzival. 1990Lifeboat 12: based on a true story
By Susan Hood. 2018
In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the…
ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. For grades 4-7No-no boy (Classics of Asian American Literature)
By John Okada. 1981
A 25-year-old man returns home to Seattle after spending two years in an internment camp for being Japanese-American, and another…
two years in prison for refusing to join the United States Army during World War II. 1976Death coming Up the Hill
By Chris Crowe. 2020
Ashe Douglas keeps a weekly record of historical and personal events in 1968, the year he turns seventeen, including the…
escalating war in Vietnam; assassinations, rampant racism, and rioting; his first girlfriend; his parents' sepration' and a longed-for sister. UnratedOn the other side of the hill (Little House Sequel)
By David Gilleece, Roger Lea MacBride. 1995
In the early 1900s, young Rose Wilder and her pioneer family struggle with a series of natural disasters, including a…
cyclone, on their farm in Missouri. Sequel to In the Land of the Big Red Apple (DB 42000). For grades 4-7. 1995Farewell to Manzanar: and related readings (Literature connections)
By Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. 1998
How I became a pirate
By David Shannon, Melinda Long. 2003
Amelia Bedelia road trip! (Amelia Bedelia Ser.)
By Herman Parish. 2013
When Amelia's dad gets a week off from work, the family decides to go on a road trip in search…
of adventure. They get lost, see some silly sights, and go fishing. For grades 2-4. 2013