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Featured Books

 

Peak  by Roland Smith Preview the book on Google Books A video by the author set near Everest.

Stormbreaker  by Alex Horowitz Preview the book on Google Books Watch the trailer for the Alex Rider movie!

 

Search tips: One possible subject heading in your library catalog is Adventure and adventurers. A good keyword search might be the word survival.

 

Fiction

 

Curtis, Christopher Paul.  But, Not Buddy.

~A video interview with the author tells how he got his first book published.

 

Farmer, Nancy. A Girl Named Disaster.

~Check out the other Newbery winners from past years.

 

Gutman, Dan. Getting Air.

~Read an excerpt at Gutman's website to see if you might

~The rejection letters on Gutman's site show that you can't give up your dreams! 

 

Hobbs, Will. Crossing the Wire.

~Will Hobbs talks about Crossing the Wire.

 

Kehret, Peg. Abduction.

~If you read the teacher's guide for Abduction, it tells about why the

author wrote the book! 

 

Korman, Gordon. Swindle.

~The Scholastic video of Korman talking about his book is so good, it will make 

you want to read it! 

 

McCaughrean, Geraldine. The White Darkness.

~This teenreads.com review tells a lot about the book without giving it all away.

 

Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet (and it's companion books)

~Paulsen's website talks about his love of adventure, so you can see why he 

might write great adventure books!

 

Non-fiction

 

Nagorski, Tom. Miracles on the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack

~An exciting excerpt from the book that starts out, "We've been hit!"  

 

 

Series

 

Korman, Gordon. Kidnapped

Marsden, John. Tomorrow When the War Began.

~You can read all about Marsden and his books at his website. You can also find book excerpts there!

Patterson, James. Maximum Ride.

~Listen to excerpts of each of the titles so far by clicking on the link on Patterson's Maximum Ride site.

 

Graphic Novels 

 

Smith, Jeff. Bone.

~There is a Scholastic web page devoted to the Bone books. Peek inside the books, play games, and download Bone screensavers and wallpaper for your computer. Or watch this video by the author who introduces the series!