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c1996., Paws IV Pub. Call No: 920 GIL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eighty-eight-year-old explorer Norman Vaughan revisits the Queen Maude Mountains in Antarctica to climb the mountain named for him 65 years earlier by Admiral Richard E. Byrd; twelve-year-old adventurer Merrick Johnston becomes the youngest person ever to scale Denali, North America's highest peak.
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-- Photographs and writings of Christopher McCandless2011, c2007., Twin Star Press, Inc Call No: HI-INT B MCC Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Using Christopher McCandless' own photographs and journal entries, this book chronicles his journey that began on July 4, 1990 and ended in the Alaska wilderness on August 18, 1992, a journey that is also the subject of Jon Krakauer's Into the wild.
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-- Rock Jaw, master of the eastern border.c2007., Pre-adolescent, Graphix Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fone and Smiley Bone run into a dangerous Rock Jaw, a huge mountain lion on their way to return a lost rat creature baby to the mountains.
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2012., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When the original Star Spangled Banner is stolen, seventh-graders Anne, José, and Henry, all descendants of the Silver Jaguar Society, pursue suspects on airport carts and through baggage handling tunnels while stranded at a Washington, D.C., airport during a snowstorm.
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2012, Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: FAN FIC MES Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When the original Star Spangled Banner is stolen, seventh-graders Anne, José, and Henry, all descendants of the Silver Jaguar Society, pursue suspects on airport carts and through baggage handling tunnels while stranded at a Washington, D.C., airport during a snowstorm.
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2013., Adolescent, First Second Call No: 741.5 CLI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Lovable ne'er-do-well Delilah Dirk is an Indiana Jones for the 19th century. She has traveled to Japan, Indonesia, France, and even the New World. Using the skills she's picked up on the way, Delilah's adventures continue as she plots to rob a rich and corrupt Sultan in Constantinople. With the aid of her flying boat and her newfound friend, Selim, she evades the Sultan's guards, leaves angry pirates in the dust, and fights her way through the countryside. For Delilah, one adventure leads to the next in this thrilling and funny installment in her exciting life" -- from publisher's web site.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Call No: FIC OLD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Dactyl Hill Squad Volume: Book TwoSummary Note: Magdalys Roca and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum are heading southwest on the back of Stella, the giant pteranodon, to find Montez, her brother, wounded during the siege of Vicksburg; now they are heading into the heart of the fighting, depending on Magdalys's ability to communicate telepathically with dinosaurs--but one of the companions is not quite what she seems, and Magdalys's talent could make her a target for both sides.
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c2000., Pre-adolescent, Enslow Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the outdoor adventurer and author, whose writing includes adventure stories, historical novels, sports books, and nature stories.
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-- Adventure classics2006., Eureka Productions Call No: GN GRA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Graphic classics Volume: 1
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-- Adventure classics2005., Eureka Productions Call No: GN GRA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Graphic classics Volume: 3
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By Preus, Margi2010., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: Fic Preus Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Newbery Award: 2011 honor book.Summary Note: In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
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By Preus, Margi2010., Amulet Books Call No: FIC PRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Newbery Award: 2011 honor bookSummary Note: In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
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1997, c1996., Anchor Books Call No: 921 MCCAND LESS Edition: 1st Anchor Books Tr Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tracks the disastrous journey of young Chris McCandless, who disappeared into the Alaskan wilderness seeking enlightenment, only to find death.
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1997. c1996., Anchor Books Call No: MEMOIR NF KRA Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic journey and was found dead of starvation nearly four months later.
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1997., Anchor Books Call No: Biography NF KRA Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Sample text Publisher description
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1997., Anchor Books Call No: Adventure 917.9804 Kra Edition: 1st Anchor Books Trade Paperback ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic journey and was found dead of starvation four months later. Attempts to discover what led the young man to that point.
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c1996., Villard Books Call No: Class Set NF KRA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:366 of 377 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view
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c2008., Pre-adolescent, Calkins Creek Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1814, as the War of 1812 rages, twelve-year-old Lemuel Brooks tries to save the sleepy fishing village of Sandy Bay, Massachussetts, where he, himself, is an outsider, from bumbling British invaders. Includes historical notes.
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c2008., Pre-adolescent, Calkins Creek Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only Summary Note: In 1814, as the War of 1812 rages, twelve-year-old Lemuel Brooks tries to save the sleepy fishing village of Sandy Bay, Massachussetts, where he, himself, is an outsider, from bumbling British invaders. Includes historical notes.