BOOKS OF COURAGE - BOOKS OF HIGH ADVENTURE
For grades 4 to 8 Page 3
THREE
DAYS by Donna Jo Napoli
When her father suddenly dies while on a business trip leaving
her alone on an Italian highway, eleven-year-old Jackie
worries what will happen when she is picked up by two men
with unknown motives.
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NIM'
S ISLAND by Wendy Orr
Nim loves her island home and the animals she shares it
with even while her scientist father is away doing research,
but trouble is on the way and a new e-mail friend could
be the only one who can help.
GUTSby Gary Paulsen
After you've readHATCHET and the other titles in the Brian
series, don't miss this non-fiction account by Paulsen
as he relates incidents in his life and how they inspired
parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson.
(J921 PAULSEN)
THE
BABOON KINGby Anton Quintana
Son of a Kikuyu mother and a Masai herdsman father, Morengaru
the hunter lives on the edges of tribal society until an
actual banishment forces him to make a life for himself
among a troop of baboons.
AT
THE SOUND OF THE BEEP by Marilyn Sachs
Distraught at the thought of their parents' divorcing, a
brother and sister run away from home and take up residence
in Golden Gate Park, where they encounter many homeless
people and hear there is a murderer loose among them. This book is out of print (1/2003).
CALL
IT COURAGEby
Armstrong Sperry
Based on a Polynesian legend, a young boy overcomes his
fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and
his tribe.
THE
CAY and TIMOTHY
OF THE CAY by
Theodore Taylor During WWII, a recently blinded boy and an old man
are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where
the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage and love from
his old companion.
HOMELESS
BIRD by Gloria Whelan
When thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged
marriage, she must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's
tradition or find the courage to oppose it.
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