Showing posts with label Adventure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adventure. Show all posts
Red Blade and the Black Bear by Virgina F. Voight
An Indian boy befriends an orphaned cub and the bond between them grows stronger as each has the chance to save the life of the other.
Nurk the Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew
by Ursula Vernon Harcourt c2008 131 pages.
Nurk, a small shrew ,goes on an adventure to find the owner of a letter mistakenly mailed to him. This is a great fantasy, and a good read aloud. Readers will care what happens to Nurk and enjoy reading about his adventures.
by Ursula Vernon Harcourt c2008 131 pages.
Nurk, a small shrew ,goes on an adventure to find the owner of a letter mistakenly mailed to him. This is a great fantasy, and a good read aloud. Readers will care what happens to Nurk and enjoy reading about his adventures.
The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart. Little Brown and Company c2007 485 pages.
After passing a series of test four children, Reynie, Kate, Constance and Sticky are selected to go on a secret mission . They are sent to the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened where they become spies for Mr. Benedict. A good science fiction read for 5th and up.
After passing a series of test four children, Reynie, Kate, Constance and Sticky are selected to go on a secret mission . They are sent to the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened where they become spies for Mr. Benedict. A good science fiction read for 5th and up.
Skeleton Key, Horowitz, Anthony Philomel Books c2002 0-399-23777-1
This fun and easy read full of James Bond like adventures is the third book in the Alex Rider series. Alex, a teenage spy, working for British MI6 is caught up the plot of a Russian general to use a nuclear bomb.
The library also has book one, Stormbreaker, and book two, Point Blank.
This fun and easy read full of James Bond like adventures is the third book in the Alex Rider series. Alex, a teenage spy, working for British MI6 is caught up the plot of a Russian general to use a nuclear bomb.
The library also has book one, Stormbreaker, and book two, Point Blank.
The Convict, Iain Lawerence
The Curse of the Jolly Stone Trilogy Book 1 Random house c2005 196 pages
0-440-41932-8
The story of Tom Tin who sets out to seek revenge on Mr. Goodfellow who he blames for the ruin of his family. Tom leaves home and has many adventures on the streets of London. He finally is mistaken for another boy and accused and convicted of murder. Tom struggles for survival on the ship taking him to Van Diemen's Island where he is to serve his sentence.
The Curse of the Jolly Stone Trilogy Book 1 Random house c2005 196 pages
0-440-41932-8
The story of Tom Tin who sets out to seek revenge on Mr. Goodfellow who he blames for the ruin of his family. Tom leaves home and has many adventures on the streets of London. He finally is mistaken for another boy and accused and convicted of murder. Tom struggles for survival on the ship taking him to Van Diemen's Island where he is to serve his sentence.
Pankration: The Ultimate Game
Blacklock, Dyan Pankration: the Ultimate Game Whitman, c1997 191 pages.
Set in Greece in 430 B.C. the story tells of Nic who is sent from home because of the plague spreading in Athens. He is taken by pirates and sold as a slave. Nic knows his only friend, Gellius, will be at the Olympic Games. Nic escapes and makes his way to his friend for help.
This book pictures the Olympics and especially the Pankration....a good adventure: pirates, thieves, and treachery. Pankration: pronounced either pahn-KRAHT-ee-uhn or pan-KRAY-shun
Set in Greece in 430 B.C. the story tells of Nic who is sent from home because of the plague spreading in Athens. He is taken by pirates and sold as a slave. Nic knows his only friend, Gellius, will be at the Olympic Games. Nic escapes and makes his way to his friend for help.
This book pictures the Olympics and especially the Pankration....a good adventure: pirates, thieves, and treachery. Pankration: pronounced either pahn-KRAHT-ee-uhn or pan-KRAY-shun
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