Adventure/Survival
Stories
Paulsen,
Gary. (1985). Dogsong : a novel. New York, N.Y. : Bradbury Press.
INTR-FIC P3324DO
A fourteen-year-old
Eskimo boy who feels assailed by the modernity of his life takes a 1400-mile
journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own
"song" of himself.
Paulsen,
Gary. (1987). Hatchet : a novel. New York : Bradbury Press. INTR-FIC P3324HA
After
a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the
wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet
given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Taylor, Theodore. (2005). Ice drift. Orlando, Fla.
: Harcourt. INTR-FIC T2463ic
Two Inuit brothers must fend for themselves while stranded on an ice
floe that is adrift in the Greenland Strait.
George,
Jean Craighead. (1972). Julie of the wolves. New York : Harper &
Row. INTR-FIC G3485JU
While
running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old
Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended
by a wolf pack.
Fox, Paula.
(1991). Monkey island. New York : Orchard Books. INTR-FIC
F793MON
Forced
to live on the streets of New York after his mother disappears from
their hotel room, eleven-year-old Clay is befriended by two men who
help him survive.
George,
Jean Craighead. (2000). My side of the mountain trilogy. New York
: Dutton Children's Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. INTR-FIC
G3485MZ
The trilogy
about Sam Gribley's adventures begins with My Side of the Mountain when
Sam, a nature-loving boy runs away from the city to live off the land.
His home is a tree; his hunting partner, a young peregrine falcon named
Frightful. In the second book in the trilogy On the Far Side of the
Mountain, Sam's younger sister, Alice comes to share his retreat and
his adventures. In the concluding third book Frightful's Mountain, Frightful
makes his journey towards independence.
George,
Jean Craighead. (1959). My side of the mountain. New
York : Dutton. INTR-FIC G3485MY
Diary of
a young boy living close to nature.
Holman,
Felice. (1974). Slake's limbo. New York : Scribner. INTR-FIC H7477SL
Thirteen
year-old Aremis Slake, hounded by his fears and misfortunes, flees them
into New York City's subway tunnels, never again--he believes--to emerge.
Mystery
Stories
Konigsburg,
E. L. (1967). From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
New York : Atheneum. INTR-FIC K82FR
Claudia
and her brother Jamie run away from home and find a place to live
in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, then find that they still
have a couple of problems to deal with.
Joosse,
Barbara M. (1998). Ghost trap : a Wild Willie mystery. New York
: Clarion Books. INTR-FIC J813GH
When
Wild Willie's best friend Kyle moves back to the neighborhood the
boys suspect that Kyle's new house is haunted.
Animal
Stories
DiCamillo,
Kate. (2000). Because of Winn-Dixie. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick
Press. INTR-FIC D5452BE
Ten-year-old
India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida,
and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog
Winn-Dixie.
Blades,
Ann. (1971). Mary of Mile 18. Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Tundra Books.
PRIM-FIC B6327MA
Mary's
father tells her she cannot keep a wolf puppy since the only animals
kept by families in the cold North are those that work or provide food.
Henry, Marguerite.
(1947). Misty of Chincoteague. Chicago : Rand McNally. INTR-FIC H523MI
Paul and
his sister Maureen's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague
Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt
are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.
Naylor,
Phyllis Reynolds. (1991). Shiloh. New York : Atheneum ; Toronto
: Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International
Pub. Group. INTR-FIC N333SH
When he
finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty
tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited
man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
Short
Stories
Duder, Tessa.
(1989). In lane three, Alex Archer. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co. INTR-FIC
D845IN
Fifteen-year-old
Alex struggles to overcome personal trauma and hardship as she competes
with her arch rival for a place on the New Zealand swimming team participating
in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
Humorous
Blume, Judy.
(1986). Superfudge. New York : Dell Pub. Co.INTR-FIC B658SU
Peter describes
the highs and lows of life with his younger brother Fudge.
Romance
Oneal, Zibby.
(1985). In summer light. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking Kestrel.
INTR-FIC O5843in
With the
help of an attractive graduate student, Kate endures a summer with her
overpowering artist father and gains the courage to pursue her own artistic
goals.
Greene,
Bette. (1974). Philip Hall likes me. I reckon maybe. New York :
Dial Press. INTR-FIC G799P
Eleven-year-old
Beth thinks that Philip Hall likes her, but their on-again, off-again
relationship sometimes makes her wonder.
MacLachlan,
Patricia. (1984). Unclaimed treasures. New York : Harper &
Row. INTR-FIC M1615UN
Willa,
who wants to feel extraordinary, thinks that she's in love with the
father of the boy next door until she realizes that her "ordinary"
true love is the boy himself.
Growing Up
Blume, Judy.
(1970). Are you there God? : It's me, Margaret. New York : Dell.
INTR-FIC B658AR
Faced
with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old
girl talks over her problems with her own private God.
Bauer, Joan.
(2000). Hope was here. New York : Putnam. INTR-FIC B3444HO
When sixteen-year-old
Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney,
Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner,
they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust
the town's corrupt mayor.
George,
Jean Craighead. (1972). Julie of the wolves. New York : Harper &
Row. INTR-FIC G3485JU
While
running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old
Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended
by a wolf pack.
Bauer, Marion
Dane. (1986). On my honor. New York : Clarion Books. INTR-FIC B3447ON
When his
best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river
that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified
at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of
their disobedience.
Hamilton,
Virginia. (1993). Plain City. New York : Blue Sky Press. INTR-FIC
H2218PL
Twelve-year-old
Buhlaire, a "mixed" child who feels out of place in her community,
struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she gradually
discovers more and more about her long-missing father.
Lowry, Lois.
(1987). Rabble Starkey. Boston : Houghton Mifflin. INTR-FIC L921RA
Many things
change for twelve-year-old Rabble Starkey, her mother, and her best
friend, Veronica Bigelow when Veronica's mother becomes mentally incapacitated
and the Starkeys move in with the Bigelows.
Blume,
Judy.
(1971). Then again, maybe I won't : a novel. New York : Dell Publishing
Co. INTR-FIC B658TH
Unable
to accept or explain his family's newly acquired wealth, his growing
interest in sex, and a friend's shoplifting habit, a thirteen-year-old
finds the pains in his stomach getting worse and worse.
Creech,
Sharon. (1994). Walk two moons. New York : HarperCollins. INTR-FIC C913W
After
her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents
take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts
the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.
Brooks,
Bruce. (1992). What hearts. New York, NY : HarperCollins. INTR-FIC B8728WH
After his
mother divorces his father and remarries, Asa's sharp intellect and
capacity for forgiveness help him deal with the instabilities of his
new world.
Peer Relationships
Voigt, Cynthia.
(1996). Bad girls. New York : Scholastic. INTR-FIC V891B
After meeting
on the first day in Mrs. Chemsky's fifth-grade class, Margalo and Mikey
help each other in and out of trouble, as they try to maintain a friendship
while each asserts her independence.
Paterson,
Katherine. (1977). Bridge to Terabithia. New York : Crowell. INTR-FIC P296B
The life
of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends
with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach
their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
Woodson,
Jacqueline. (1994). I hadn't meant to tell you this. New York :
Delacorte. INTR-FIC W8985I
Marie,
the only black girl in the eighth grade willing to befriend her white
classmate Lena, discovers that Lena's father is doing horrible things
to her in private.
Family Relationships
Hamilton,
Virginia. (1990). Cousins. New York : Philomel Books. INTR-FIC
H2218CO
Concerned
that her grandmother may die, Cammy is unprepared for the accidental
death of another relative.
Couloumbis,
Audrey. (1999). Getting near to baby. New York : Putnam. INTR-FIC C8556GE
Although
thirteen-year-old Willa Jo and her Aunt Patty seem to be constantly
at odds, staying with her and Uncle Hob helps Willa Jo and her younger
sister come to terms with the death of their family's baby.
Paterson,
Katherine. (1978). The great Gilly Hopkins. New York : Crowell.
PRIM-FIC P296G
An eleven-year-old
foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes
against everyone who tries to be friendly.
Paterson,
Katherine. (1980). Jacob have I loved. New York : Crowell. INTR-FIC
P296J
Feeling
deprived all her life of schooling, friends, mother, and even her name
by her twin sister, Louise finally begins to find her identity.
Conly, Jane
Leslie. (1998). While no one was watching. New York : Holt. INTR-FIC C7523W
When two
brothers steal a rabbit from a back yard in the rich part of town, the
incident brings about their collision with other children from a background
very different from their own.
Paulsen,
Gary. (1989). The winter room. New York : Orchard Books. INTR-FIC
P3324WI
A young
boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around
him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological
logging past.
Special
Needs
White, Ruth.
(1996). Belle Prater's boy. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux. INTR-FIC W587B
When Woodrow's
mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a
small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they
find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
Conly, Jane
Leslie. (1993). Crazy lady!. New York : Harper/Collins. INTR-FIC C7523CR
As he tries
to come to terms with his mother's death, Vernon finds solace in his
growing relationship with the neighborhood outcasts, an alcoholic and
her retarded son.
Lears, Laurie.
(1998). Ian's walk : a story about autism. Morton Grove, IL : Albert
Whitman. PRIM-FIC L4387I
A young
girl realizes how much she cares for her autistic brother Ian when he
gets lost at the park.
Gantos,
Jack. (2000). Joey Pigza loses control. New York : Farrar, Straus
and Giroux. INTR-FIC G2115JO
Joey, who
is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes
to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known
and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.
Clifton,
Lucille. (1980). My friend Jacob. New York : Dutton. PRIM-FIC C6395MYF
A young
boy tells about Jacob, who, though older and mentally slower, helps
him a lot and is his very best friend.
Byars,
Betsy
Cromer. (1970). The summer of the swans. New York : Viking Press. INTR-FIC B993SU
A teen-age
girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally
retarded brother gets lost.
Mazer, Harry.
(1998). The wild kid. New York : Simon & Schuster Books
for
Young Readers. INTR-FIC M476W
Twelve-year-old
Sammy, who is mildly retarded, runs away from home and becomes a prisoner
of Kevin, a wild kid living in the woods.
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