Kathleen Duey
Author
Series
Survival! volume 6
Language
English
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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
Language
English
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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
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Series
Language
English
Description
Faerie princess Alida and Gavin, the human boy who helped her escape from Lord Dunraven's castle, are desperate to find Alida's family, now living in a hidden place where the banished faerie community has resettled. Alida and Gavin's friendship grows stronger as they face cold and rain and the constant threat of Lord Dunraven's guards. And now that Alida's escape has put the fragile peace between Lord Dunraven and the faeries in jeopardy, will her...
4) Skin Hunger
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Series
Language
English
Description
Kathleen Duey launches a mesmerizing trilogy with a book that has been honored as a National Book Award Finalist. In Sadima's time, magic has been banned and she is forced to hide her ability to communicate with animals. But then a young nobleman bent on bringing magic back to the world sends his servant to find Sadima, and a new life opens before her. Centuries later, an academy of magic welcomes 10 applicants, but only one will graduate.
5) Sacred Scars
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The author of Skin Hunger, Kathleen Duey continues her breathtaking Resurrection of Magic series with Sacred Scars. In one thread of Duey's compelling dual story line, Sadima finds herself taking refuge in a cave rumored to have once been populated by magicians of untold power. And many years past Sadima's time, Hahp faces daunting challenges at an academy of magic.
Author
Series
Survival! volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
175 p. ; 20 cm.
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
Publisher
Puffin Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
132 p. ; 20 cm.
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
Physical Desc
135 p. ; 20 cm.
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
Faeries' promise volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
109 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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
12) Moonsilver
Author
Series
Unicorn's secret volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
78 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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
13) Earthquake
Author
Series
Survival! volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
174 p. ; 20 cm.
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
Physical Desc
169 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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
Physical Desc
159 p. ; 19 cm.
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
Physical Desc
169 p. ; 20 cm.
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
Physical Desc
158 p. ; 20 cm.
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
18) Sierra
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamworks/Dutton Children's Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
114 pages ; 21 cm.
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
Physical Desc
133 p. ; 20 cm.
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