Soldier's Heart

In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war" meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure. The "shooting war" turned out to be the horror of combat and the wild luck of survival; how it feels to cross a field toward the enemy, waiting for fire. When…

Lawn Boy

SC Cilandak ( Ungu Tua / Proficient ) One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about "the beauty of capitalism. Supply and Demand. Diversify labor. Distribute the wealth." "Wealth?" I s…

Mudshark

SC Cilandak ( Abu-abu /Bridging Early ) Mudshark is cool. He's fast thinking and fast moving, and he's the go to guy with the answers. Lost your shoe? Your dad's car? Can't find your homework? The Mudshark Detective Agency is on the case. At least, it is until Psychic Parrot takes up residence in the school library.The word in school is that the parrot can out-think Mudshark. And right now, …

Brian's Winter

SC Cilandak ( Pink / Connecting ) Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Allein in der Wildnis (Hatchet), this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.

The Voyage of The Frog

SC Cilandak ( Ungu / Proficient ) Fourteen year old David was only trying to fulfill his uncle's last wish when he set sail on the Frog. He wasn't ready for the way the world seems to dissapear out on the ocean, and he certainly wasn't expecting the savage storm that nearly took his life. David quickly learns that surviving on the sea is different from anything he knows on land. The waves ca…

Brian's Return

As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges. But now that he's back in civilization, he can't find a way to make sense of high school life. He feels disconnected, more isolated that he did alone in the north woods. The answer is to return, to 'go back in' for only in the wil…

Tracker

For John Borne's family, hunting is a matter of survival. But this year John's grandfather is dying and John must hunt alone. John tracks a doe for two days, but as he closes in on his prey, he realizes he cannot shoot her. For John, the hunt is no longe

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9781416936473

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186p; bw; pbk

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