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River Rats Inc River Rats Inc Jean Craighead George Traveling illegally at night on the Colorado River with a mysterious cargo, two boys are shipwrecked and must depend for survival on their own ingenuity and a wild boy they find living along the rive… OL111863W
Island, The Island, The Heather Graham On a weekend vacation with her brother and niece, Beth Anderson is unnerved when a stroll on the beach reveals what appears to be a skull, and instantly recalls the retired couple who disappeared off… OL121777W
Danger on Midnight River Danger on Midnight River Gary Paulsen When his camp van crashes into a raging river, Daniel Martin is plunged into a frightening position. Suddenly the campmates who call him "dork breath" and "retard" because he is a slow learner are de… OL14849978W
The River The River Gary Paulsen Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scie… OL14850218W
Alabama moon Alabama moon Watt Key After the death of his father, ten-year-old Moon Blake is removed from the Alabama forest where he was raised and sent to a boy's home, where, for the first time, he has contact with the outside worl… OL15854565W
Dangerous journey Dangerous journey A. S. Cox "Four men are trapped in the forest. Heavy rain has turned the tracks into mud. The bridge across the river is broken. The men looked at the broken bridge and at the rushing water. Pedro spoke first:… OL17896488W
The legend of the white raccoon The legend of the white raccoon Lee Roddy When D.J. and friend Alfred race to prove a legendary white raccoon is real, they stumble upon a dangerous secret and Alfred is swept away in a wild river. OL18368W
Wilderness Peril Wilderness Peril Thomas J. Dygard Two teenage boys camping in the Minnesota woods encounter a desperate airplane hijacker attempting to escape with three-quarters of a million dollars. OL1845959W
Out of the wilderness Out of the wilderness Deb Vanasse Fifteen-year-old Josh tries to endure living in the Alaskan wilderness with his father and half-brother Nathan, but Nathan's uncompromising reverence for nature and its wild creatures causes difficul… OL1896324W
Warriors Warriors Erin Hunter,Wayne McLoughlin Discover Goosefeather's trial in Clan life with a special gift that he received from StarClan. What may seem like a gift feels like a curse... OL21733114W
Just Jake Just Jake Jake Marcionette Jake and his family have moved to a new state and now Jake must start at the bottom of the social ladder, but he is determined to make friends and get back on top with his box of "kid cards." OL22310773W
Memory Boy Memory Boy Will Weaver Sixteen-year-old Miles and his family must flee their Minneapolis home and begin a new life in the wilderness after a chain of cataclysmic volcanic explosions creates dangerous conditions in their ci… OL2692203W
Maroo of the Winter Caves Maroo of the Winter Caves Ann Turnbull Maroo, a girl of the late Ice Age, must take charge after her father is killed, and lead her little brother, mother, and aged grandmother to the safety of the winter camp before the first blizzards s… OL2964475W
Sarah Bishop Sarah Bishop Scott O'Dell Left alone after the deaths of her father and brother who take opposite sides in the War for Independence, and fleeing from the British who seek to arrest her, Sarah Bishop struggles to shape a new l… OL4466840W
Wild Man Island Wild Man Island Will Hobbs Andy is in a world of trouble.On the last day of a sea kayaking trip in southeast Alaska, fourteen-year-old Andy Galloway paddles away from his group to visit the nearby site where his archaeologist … OL74006W
White Fang White Fang Jack London The story of a wolf/dog cross, who is raised by Indians, and becomes a deadly fighter. OL74504W
Wilderness Wilderness Roddy Doyle As Irish teenager Grainne anxiously prepares for a reunion with her mother who abandoned the family years before, Grainne's half-brothers and their mother take a dogsledding vacation in Finland. OL762597W
Hatchet Hatchet Gary Paulsen Brian Robison, a teenage boy struggling through his parents divorce, is flying up north to stay with his dad for the summer. However, his plane crashes and he is forced to survive the Canadian wilder… OL8125760W