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Julie's Journey Julie's Journey Megan McDonald It's 1976 and the entire country is celebrating America's 200th birthday. Julie joins her cousins on a pioneer-style wagon train in honor of the Bicentennial. The journey is filled with adventures, c… OL104344W
Emma's river Emma's river Alison Hart In 1852, Emma, her pregnant mother and her pony board the steamboat Sally May to meet her father in St. Joseph, Missouri, but when the ship suddenly explodes in a fiery blaze, Emma and all onboard mu… OL11802968W
Spirit bound Spirit bound Cindy Pon With her father long overdue from his journey and a lecherous merchant blackmailing her into marriage, seventeen-year-old Ai Ling becomes aware of a strange power within her as she goes in search of … OL12036694W
A Lion to Guard Us A Lion to Guard Us Clyde Robert Bulla,Michele Chessare Left on their own in seventeenth-century London, three impoverished children draw upon all their resources to stay together and make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father. OL12651W
Nanook & Pryce Nanook & Pryce Larry Day Parka-clad friends Nanook and Pryce and their dog Yukon encounter many different types of ocean life and adventure on an unexpected voyage. OL13600028W
Bridle the wind Bridle the wind Joan Aiken His journey back to Spain interrupted by shipwreck, loss of memory, and a stay in a forbidding French monastery, twelve-year-old Felix finally continues his journey in the company of a mysterious boy… OL14851417W
Savvy (Savvy #1) Savvy (Savvy #1) Ingrid Law Mib's family has a secret. She can't wait to get her special powers, her savvy. But when her Papa is in an accident, Mibs needs friends and family to get to her Pappa. He needs her savvy. For gene… OL14993523W
Around the world in 100 days Around the world in 100 days Gary L. Blackwood When seventeen-year-old Harry Fogg undertakes a race against time to win a wager with a member of his famous father's club, he puts to good use the recklessness and fascination with all things mechan… OL15057798W
Felicity Rose and Cordelia Bean Felicity Rose and Cordelia Bean Lisa Jahn-Clough Felicity Rose and Cordelia Bean are best friends, but they are separated when Felicity wants to go on a hot air balloon trip and Cordelia does not want to accompany her. OL15205940W
The Girl in the Backseat The Girl in the Backseat Norma M. Charles The novel opens with Toby, a young girl in a Bountiful-style community, being caught secretly reading at night. The community leaders decide that she must be married at once to "the prophet," an olde… OL15370733W
Compromised Compromised Heidi Ayarbe With her con-man father in prison, fifteen-year-old Maya sets out from Reno, Nevada, for Boise, Idaho, hoping to stay out of foster care by finding an aunt she never knew existed, but a fellow runawa… OL15408651W
The secret kingdom The secret kingdom Jenny Nimmo Timoken and his sister, Zobayda, under the protection of a forest jinni but pursued by evil virideed, straddle the world of men and the world of enchantments, seeking a home while remaining young by … OL15520802W
The Blues go birding at Wild America shores The Blues go birding at Wild America shores Carol Malnor Following in the footsteps of famed birder Roger Tory Peterson, five little birds go on a birdwatching trip around North America's shoreline and spot such shorebirds as puffins, egrets, herons, gulls… OL15632122W
Crossing the wire Crossing the wire Will Hobbs The book is about a 15 year old boy who tries to cross the border from Mexico to the states.It tells about his hardships getting there and his interactions,I recommend this book.I had to read it for … OL15835578W
Torn Torn Margaret Peterson Haddix Time travelers Jonah and Katherine arrive in 1611 to rescue missing child John Hudson, son of the explorer Henry Hudson, but just as the mutiny on the Discovery is supposed to start, Jonah and Kather… OL15952210W
The last notebook of Leonardo The last notebook of Leonardo B. B. Wurge Ten-year-old Jeremy's father, a genius inventor, turns himself into a giant orangutan and takes his son on an epic journey to discover the secrets of Leonardo Da Vinci. OL16113402W
Insight Insight Diana Greenwood After ten-year-old Elvira's father goes missing in World War II and her mother gives birth to a daughter who is a seer, the family leaves their rural Wisconsin home, along with Elvira's cantankerous … OL16125986W
A Greyhound of a Girl A Greyhound of a Girl Roddy Doyle "Mary O'Hara is a sharp and cheeky twelve-year-old Dublin schoolgirl who is bravely facing the fact that her beloved Gran is dying. But Gran can't let go of life, and when a mysterious young woman tu… OL16361047W
Il principe di Atlantide Il principe di Atlantide Elisabetta Dami At the beach by Mouseford Academy, one of the Thea Sisters discovers a mysterious boy with blue skin washed up on the shore. He speaks an unfamiliar language, so the Thea Sisters call Thea Stilton to… OL16474682W
The Cuttlefish The Cuttlefish Dave Freer In an alternate 1976 dominated by coal power and the British Empire, Clara Calland and her mother, an important scientist, embark on a treacherous journey toward freedom in Westralia aboard a smuggle… OL16546758W
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