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By Joiner, Sara[2015], Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: FIC JOI Edition: First edition. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: When a thin line of smoke begins to rise from the island volcano Krakatan in 1883, scientifically-minded 13-year-old Katrien is naturally curious. She could never imagine the volcano that everyone has said is extinct would erupt, taking away everything she cared about-her family, her best friend, and her home. Her only companion in the midst of the eruption-induced chaos is her nemesis Brigitta. They will have to put aside their differences and work together if they want to survive.
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2008., Viking Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Lev Beniov, having been arrested for looting the corpse of a German paratrooper, is given the opportunity to be released from jail if he, along with a soldier imprisoned for desertion, can secure twelve eggs to be used in the colonel's daughter's wedding cake by traversing the dangerous streets of Leningrad.
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2010., Juvenile, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: Science fiction FIC SLADE Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Hunchback assignments Volume: bk. 2Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old Modo, a shape-changing hunchback, and Octavia take on another mission as secret agents for the Permanent Association in Victorian London, investigating the cause behind the sinking of several ships in the same place.
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-- Pepper Roux2010, c2009., Pre-adolescent, Harper Call No: ADVENTURE Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Pepper Roux decides to test fate and embarks on a journey the day before he turns fourteen, which is also the day he is expected to die, meeting outrageous friends and dangerous enemies along the way.
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2010., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Historical Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1855, seventeen-year-old Camille sets out from San Francisco, California, on her last sea voyage before entering a loveless marriage, but when her father's ship is destroyed, she and a friend embark on a cross-Australian quest to find her long-lost mother who holds a map to a magical stone.
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2014., Pre-adolescent, Henry Holt and Company Call No: 910.9163 46 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm. This book tells the story of a heroic Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat saved more than 30 stranded sailors.
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2015., Juvenile, Square Fish Call No: 910.9163 TOUGIAS Edition: First Square Fish e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Chronicles the 1952 sinking of two oil tankers in the Atlantic Ocean and the heroic rescue of the survivors by the U.S. Coast Guard. Includes black-and-white photographs.
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2014., Pre-adolescent, Square Fish, Henry Holt and Co. Call No: TRANSPORTATION NF TOU Edition: 1st Square Fish ed.: 2015. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm. Tells the story of a harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors.
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2014., Juvenile, Henry Holt and Company Call No: 910.91 TOUGIAS Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the 1952 sinking of two oil tankers in the Atlantic Ocean and the heroic rescue of the survivors by the U.S. Coast Guard. Includes black-and-white photographs.
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2015., Juvenile, Square Fish Call No: 910.91 Tou Edition: First Square Fish edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Chronicles the 1952 sinking of two oil tankers in the Atlantic Ocean and the heroic rescue of the survivors by the U.S. Coast Guard. Includes black-and-white photographs.
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[2014]., William Morrow Call No: Historical Fic Gaynor Edition: First edition. Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After leaving behind her sweetheart in Ireland in order to start a new life in America, Maggie Murphy becomes one of the only passengers in steerage to survive the "Titanic," and vows never to speak or think about the terror she felt that night--and also to forget her Ireland. Years later, Grace Butler, her granddaughter, uncovers Maggie's secret and leads both herself and Maggie back to Ireland and to family they had thought to be lost.
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2017., Juvenile, Gareth Stevens Publishing Call No: 977 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: Hidden history (Gareth Stevens Publishing)Summary Note: Explores various shipwrecks on the Great Lakes, discussing their causes, consequences, and discovery. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
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2012., Primary, Viking Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When the huge steamship on which they are traveling runs aground off the New Jersey coast in 1882, two boys and their families are among the passengers dramatically rescued by members of the U.S. Life-Saving Service. Includes notes about the event on which the story is based.
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c2012., Juvenile, Viking Call No: E CAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When the huge steamship on which they are traveling runs aground off the New Jersey coast in 1882, two boys and their families are among the passengers dramatically rescued by members of the U.S. Life Saving Service. Includes notes about the event on which the story is based.
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2001., HarperCollins Call No: 941 WIL Edition: 1st HarperCollins e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Time travelersSummary Note: In 1847, during the Great Famine, twelve-year-old Mary O'Flynn keeps a journal of life and death among Ireland's tenant farmers.
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Ã2014., Adolescent, Ember Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Edition: 1st Ember ed. 2015. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Prisoners of the empire books.Summary Note: Zenji Watanabe, seventeen, is sent from Hawaii to the Philippines to spy on the Japanese during World War II and, after he is captured and tortured, must find a way to survive months of being lost in the jungle behind enemy lines.
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[2014], Adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: JUV000000 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Prisoners of the empire booksSummary Note: Zenji Watanabe, seventeen, is sent from Hawaii to the Philippines to spy on the Japanese during World War II and, after he is captured and tortured, must find a way to survive months of being lost in the jungle behind enemy lines.
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2014., Adolescent, Square Fish Call No: 811 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Meet the first pirates of the Caribbean and the boy who escaped from them named Quebrado.
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-- First Caribbean pirate shipwreck2011., Henry Holt and Co. Call No: 811 .54 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Quebrado has been a slave on captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years, but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby village.
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-- First Caribbean pirate shipwreck2011., Juvenile, Henry Holt and Co. Call No: 811.54 Eng Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Quebrado, half islander, half outsider, toils under the pirate captain Bernardino de Talavera as a translator to navigate the Caribbean. When a hurricane destroys the ship, Quebrado finds safety on an island but now the tides have turned and he is responsible for the fate of his former captors.
