The unexpected life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts... by Avi - In 1724 England, twelve-year-old Oliver Cromwell Pitts embarks to find his father and his older sister in a journey filled with thieves, adventurers, and treachery

The last kids on Earth by Max Brallier & Douglas Holgate - After a monster apocalypse hits town, average thirteen-year-old Jack Sullivan builds a team of friends to help slay the eerily intelligent monster known as Blarg

The nine lives of Jacob Tibbs by Cylin Busby - The story of cat Jacob Tibbs, runt of the litter, and his exploits on the high seas as a ship's mouser

Bandit's moon by Sid Fleischman - Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquín Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s

Wildfire run by Dee Garretson - A relaxing retreat to Camp David turns deadly after a faraway earthquake sets off a chain of disastrous events that traps the president's twelve-year-old son, Luke, and his two friends within the compound

My side of the mountain by Jean Craighead George - A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival

Lalani of the distant sea by Erin Entrada Kelly - Twelve-year-old Lalani Sarita takes on the impossible task of traveling to the legendary Mount Isa

The book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock - In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather seven precious relics

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell - Left on an island off the coast of California, a young Native American girl lives alone for eighteen years, surviving on her enormous courage and self-reliance

Treasure hunters by James Patterson - Following clues left by their missing father, the four Kidd siblings sail from the Caribbean to New York City to finish the dangerous quest of their treasure-hunting parents

Nuts to you by Lynne Rae Perkins - After surviving being carried off by a hawk, a young squirrel resolves to find his way home as his best friends begin their search for him

The courage test by James Preller - Dragged along on his father’s wilderness adventure along the Lewis and Clark Trail, young Will meets fascinating strangers and has courage-challenging experiences that are overshadowed by growing fears

Hear the wolves by Victoria Scott - When a blizzard threatens to bury her small Alaskan town and the wolves begin to hunt, Sloan must find her courage

Call it courage by Armstrong Sperry - A legend of a Polynesian boy who overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe

Abel's island by William Steig - Cast away on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and return home

I survived the eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 by Lauren Tarshis - On May 10, 1980, eleven-year-old Jess finds herself in the middle of the deadliest volcanic eruption in U.S. history

The cay by Theodore Taylor - After the freighter on which Phillip and his mother were traveling from wartime Curacao to the U.S. is torpedoed, the boy finds himself dependent on an old West Indian for survival