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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Captive at Kangaroo Springs Captive at Kangaroo Springs Robert Elmer In Australia, having settled with their family in a kind but mysterious riverboat captain's shantyhouse, twelve-year-old Patrick and his older sister Becky are captured by bushrangers. OL15026521W
Chasing the wind Chasing the wind Robert Elmer Just after the surrender of Germany in World War II, three Danish children are trapped aboard a renegade German submarine attempting to escape to South America with Nazi treasure. OL15026523W
The cosmic camp caper The cosmic camp caper Robert Elmer While the gang from CLEO-7 imagines roasting marshmallows over miniature volcanoes and practicing laser archery, Camp Little Dipper proves to be something else entirely. OL15026524W
Escape to Murray River Escape to Murray River Robert Elmer In 1868, after their father is wrongfully convicted and deported on the last prison ship to Australia, twelve-year-old Patrick and the rest of the McWaid family determine to stay together and follow … OL15026529W
Follow the star Follow the star Robert Elmer In 1945 in Denmark, thirteen-year-old brother and sister Peter and Elise try to help their Jewish friend Henrik when his mother and a friend of hers are arrested by the Russians and accused of being … OL15026534W
Freedom trap Freedom trap Robert Elmer In 1948 while on her way back to England from war-torn Jerusalem, Emily is delayed on Cyprus, where she finds her friend Dov's mother in a Jewish refugee camp and wonders how she can get this news ba… OL15026536W
Like Always Like Always Robert Elmer When Will and Merit Sullivan decide to escape midlife blues and buy a small, dilapidated resort in northern Idaho, their dreams finally seem within reach. More importantly, their twenty-year-old son … OL15026546W
Panic at Emu Flat Panic at Emu Flat Robert Elmer While helping his family operate a paddle steamer along the Murray River in Australia during the 1860s, thirteen-year-old Patrick gets into serious trouble because of his friend. OL15026552W
Race to Wallaby Bay Race to Wallaby Bay Robert Elmer Thirteen-year-old Patrick McWaid and his entire family must rush to raise his grandfather's paddle steamer from the river bottom, repair her and deliver her to her new half owner or his grandfather w… OL15026557W
Refugee Treasure Refugee Treasure Robert Elmer In 1947 two teenagers from different backgrounds are thrown together once again as the United Nations votes to create the state of Israel. OL15026561W
Road blog Road blog Robert Elmer A summer vacation for the Webster family turns into an Internet chase across lost Web sites and a showdown with rivals Mattie Blankenskrean and Mr. Z. OL15026566W
Spam alert Spam alert Robert Elmer Austin and his friend Drew have adventures inside the Internet, overcoming spam storms and encountering the Bible translator, William Tyndale, while Ashley confronts a tornado at home. OL15026569W
Touch the sky Touch the sky Robert Elmer In Denmark in 1946, thirteen-year-old Peter, his twin sister Elise, and their friend Henrik find themselves involved in a sinister plot to keep a group of Jews from reaching what they hope will becom… OL15026571W
Trion Rising Trion Rising Robert Elmer Those who live in the lush comfort on the bright side of the small planet of Corista have plundered the water resources of Shadowside for centuries, ignoring the existence of Shadowside's inhabitants… OL15026574W
True Betrayer True Betrayer Robert Elmer War breaks out following Israel's 1948 declaration of independence, finding Dov and Emily at Yad Shalom kibbutz helping old friends--and perhaps a new enemy--prepare for the approach of Arab soldiers… OL15026575W
Web jam Web jam Robert Elmer When Ashley is trapped inside the Internet, her brother Austin tries to get her back in time to sing for an important music competition. OL15026579W
Wired wonder woof Wired wonder woof Robert Elmer A smooth-talking Galaxian visitor to the space station shows unusual interest in the AstroKids' new space mutt, Zero-G. OL15026581W
The Zero-G headache The Zero-G headache Robert Elmer When Zero-G, a hot new space-rock boy band, arrives at the space station, the AstroKids learn a valuable lesson about hospitality. OL15026583W
Into the flames Into the flames Robert Elmer Their work delivering newspapers for the Danish underground lands twins Peter and Elise in a Nazi prison where they experience firsthand the importance of faith. OL94469W