Kathleen Duey
Author
Series
Survival! volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A brother and sister struggle to survive the rigors of Death Valley after their wagon breaks an axle and they set out alone to find help for their stranded family and injured father
Author
Series
Survival! volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
While spreading flames threaten to cut off all possibility of escape from the Chicago fire of 1871, twelve-year-old Nate attempts to save a wealthy young girl and to return home safely
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Joined by Hiram the farmhand, Katie begins the journey west. At first, she is unsure if the Mustang will follow, but much to her relief, he seems to trust her. Soon, Katie and Hiram meet up with a large family who invite them to join their caravan. For the first time, it seems as though they might really make it to Oregon. But then tragedy strikes, and Katie finds herself having to choose between parting ways with Hiram, or abandoning her dreams of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Orphaned at age six and taken in by a heartless couple, nine-year-old Katie Rose spends her days doing chores and dreaming of going west to find her Uncle Jack. Then Mr. Stevens brings home an unbroken Mustang, and Katie's world changes. Katie is drawn to the horse's wildness, and he seems to sense her need for companionship. So when Katie learns that the Stevenses plan to join the expansion West, without her or the Mustang, she makes a desperate...
Author
Series
Survival! volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
During the final hours aboard the Titanic on her ill-fated voyage in 1912, Gavin and Karolina attempt to help others and by so doing learn something about themselves
Author
Series
Faeries' promise volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped and confined to a room in a castle before she can develop her flying and magical skills, Alida the faerie patiently plans her escape--with the help of a human boy
9) Moonsilver
Author
Series
Unicorn's secret volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Heart, a foundling who was discovered five years earlier wrapped in a unicorn-embroidered blanket, finds a pregnant white mare in the woods and struggles to keep her and her colt safe and well
10) Earthquake
Author
Series
Survival! volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
When two young strangers meet by chance on the day of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, they struggle to survive the terror of crumbling buildings, fire, looting, and chaos
Author
Series
Survival! volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
When the raging Mississippi threatens their secret cache of hard-earned nickels and pennies, Molly and her white friend Garrett risk their lives to retrieve the money
Author
Series
Survival! volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Maggie attempts to rescue Hadyn during a sudden blizzard in the Colorado mountains in 1886, both cousins change their minds about each other
Author
Series
Survival! volume 9
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
During almost four years at sea with her whaling captain father, thirteen-year-old Rebecca finds life both boring and difficult--especially when the ship is nearly sunk by a hurricane
Author
Series
Survival! volume 7
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
In 1859 when Rory disguises herself as a boy in order to work in a coal mine in St. Claire, Pennsylvania, she and her friend struggle to survive a cave-in disaster
15) Sierra
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamworks/Dutton Children's Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
As a young filly, Sierra is fiesty and restless, but one day that impulse to roam gets her in serious trouble.
Author
Series
American diaries volume 19
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Zellie is unhappy working for Mrs. Gird. A happy turn of events lead her to employment and a new life with Miss O'Brien
18) Bonita
Author
Publisher
DreamWorks/Dutton Children's Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
Bonita, a saddle horse belonging to a wealthy San Antonio family, loses her comfortable home following the siege of the Alamo, and must escape into the wilderness to survive on her own with only the help of Paco, a burro, and a wild stallion.
19) Esperanza
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamworks
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
A two-year-old horse's quest for survival and a new home. Esperanza is separated from the rest of the herd and explores new lands with her male companion, Strider.
20) Rex
Author
Series
Time soldiers volume 1
Publisher
Big Guy Books
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Dressed in camouflage and armed with slingshots, four kids travel back in time and try to get video footage of dinosaurs.