Adventure stories

The Place of Lions - Eric Campbell

When the plane flying Chris and his father crashes on the Serengeti Plain, Chris sets out alone to get help and finds that his journey is paralleled by that of an aging lion.

Flight #116 Is Down - Caroline Cooney

Teenager Heidi Landseth helps rescue people from a plane crash on her family's property, and the experience changes her life forever.

Wilderness Peril - Thomas Dygard

Two teenage boys camping in the Minnesota woods encounter a desperate airplane hijacker attempting to escape with three-quarters of a million dollars.

My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George

Sam learns to survive by his wits when he camps out alone in his self-built Catskill mountain tree house and lives off the land for twelve months.

Beyond the Divide - Kathryn Lasky

In 1849, a fourteen-year-old Amish girl defies convention by leaving her secure home in Pennsylvania to accompany her father across the continent by wagon train

Island of the Blue Dophins - Scott O'Dell

This story records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for 18 years on an isolated island off the California coast when her tribe migrated and she was left behind.

The Haymeadow - Gary Paulsen

Fourteen-year-old John comes of age and gains self-reliance during the summer he spends up in the Wyoming mountains tending his father's heard of sheep.

Three Dog Winter - Elizabeth Van Steenwyk

The world of sled dog racing in northern Montana forms the background for a twelve-year-old boy's adjustment to his father's death, his mother's remarriage, and the integration of two families into one.