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Petersen, P. J. WILD RIVER
Petersen, P. J.WILD RIVERNew York : Delacorte, 2009IL 3-6, RL 3.3ISBN 0385737246“What?s going on, Tanner?” He flashed his big happy smile. “…I talked to Mom and Dad. And you get to come with me, little bro. Fishing, kayaking, camping. What could be better than that?” To please his older brother, Tanner, 12-yr-old Ryan is going with him on an overnight kayaking trip. He’s just a stand-in for his brother’s friend, who couldn’t make it at the last minute. And to his way of thinking, lots of things could be better. Because Ryan just isn’t the outdoor-sy type. Tanner is the athlete, the camper, the hiker---Ryan would much rather be in front of his computer playing video games. Oh well, at least he and Tanner get along, and Tanner has packed and prepared for everything. It’s only for one night, and then Ryan can be back on the couch, where he’d rather be. Until the kayak capsizes. Until Tanner is injured. Until Ryan is on his own, trying to figure out how to get them both home alive from their trip on a Wild River. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2011)
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Giff, Patricia Reilly. WILD GIRL
Giff, Patricia Reilly. WILD GIRLNew York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2009IL 3-6, RL 3.7ISBN 0375838902Lidie lives in Brazil with her aunt and uncle. She's a wild girl who rides horses and dreams of one day going to live with her father and older brother in New York. They left Lidie behind when they moved to New York when she was seven, shortly after her mother died. Now Lidie is twelve, and it's time to leave for New York where her father runs a stable at a famous racetrack and her brother is training to be a jockey. Lidie is excited and anxious to finally be joining her family in America. But when she arrives, the obstacles are more than she bargained for. Her limited English leads to big problems at school, and her father and brother still treat her like the seven year old they left behind, buying her Snow White decorations for her rooms and boots with bunnies on them. They don't even know what a strong rider she is. Lidie must show them who she really is, a girl who can befriend, and ride, the new filly her father just bought, the horse known as Wild Girl. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2011)
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Bruchac, Joseph. NIGHT WINGS
Bruchac, Joseph. NIGHT WINGSNew York : HarperCollins, 2009IL 5-8, RL 4.7ISBN 006112318813 yr old Paul is sent to live with his Grandpa when his parents are deployed to the Middle East. Thus starts the adventures Paul encounters with his grandfather, an elder of the Abenaki tribe. Grampa is well skilled at communicating without having to say much. This skill comes in handy when the two are kidnapped and forced to be a guide through the Mount Washington wilderness by the host and producer of an ancient mysteries t.v. style show. The kidnappers are determined to find an ancient cultural treasure that legend believes is guarded by Pmola, a winged mythic beast. Is there such a treasure? Does Pmola really exist? How do Paul and Grandpma plot their escape when they are watched so closely? Discover the answers and much more in Night Wings. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2011)
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Avi. MURDER AT MIDNIGHT
Avi. MURDER AT MIDNIGHTNew York : Scholastic, 2009IL 5-8, RL 5.4ISBN 0545080908Fabrizio, an orphaned, street-smart, servant boy, lives in Renaissance Italy, where everyone except his master, Mangus the Magician, is busy plotting to attain power. Mangus knows that people are awed and frightened by his skill as an illusionist, but Frabrizio, who doesn’t understand the difference between magic and sleight of hand, gets his master arrested when he answers "Oh yes, my master performs magic!". It takes a printer’s devil, Maria, the newly invented printing press, a casket with a secret compartment and Fabrizio’s street- smarts to save his master and find out who really is plotting against the king. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2011)
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Catanese, P. W. HAPPENSTANCE FOUND
Catanese, P. W. HAPPENSTANCE FOUNDNew York : Aladdin, 2009IL 3-6, RL 5.4ISBN 1416975195How dark can the dark be? What about the kind of dark where you see nothing, hear nothing, and remember nothing? That’s where a young man finds himself, when suddenly he is discovered by Lord Umber and his friends, who are exploring by torchlight in the tunnels beneath a rumbling mountain. Given the name Happenstance Found, he is soon displaying some extraordinary talents. He can run incredibly fast, and jump impossibly high without seeming to tire. He never seems to require sleep. His eyes are a brilliant green, and he can see in the dark. But Hap, as he is soon nicknamed, has something else that none of his new companions has---an evil and implacable enemy who seems determined to pursue him to the far corners of the world. Will Hap and his new friends manage to escape from the nasty and persistant creature they call "the Creep"? And exactly what is the world in which Hap finds himself? Read Happenstance Found to find out. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2011)
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