Shipwrecks, downed planes, jungle safaris, canoe trips, mountain climbing… exhilarating extreme fact and fiction about all kinds of adventures!

Backwater by Joan Bauer (JRHI BAUER) Ivy treks into the mountains in search of a long lost aunt.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Alden Carter (JRHI CARTER) A family canoe trip turns into a fight for survival.

Dinosaur Summer by Greg Bear (ADULT SF BEAR) Fifty years after discovering dinosaurs in the Lost World, dinosaur lovers attempt to return T Rex and company back to the wilds from whence they came. A sequel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World.

Flight #116 Is Down by Caroline B. Cooney (JRHI COONEY) A passenger jet full of people comes down in Heidi's back yard!

Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer (JRHI FARMER) While journeying to Zimbabwe, Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in doing so comes close to the luminous world of African spirits.

Guts by Gary Paulsen (YA 92 PAULSEN & J 92 PAULSEN) The true stories behind Gary Paulsen's excellent Hatchet and Brian books.

Into Thin Air by John Krakauer (ADULT 796.522 KRAKAUER) A personal account of the Mount Everest disaster.

Jaguar by Roland Smith (YA FIC SMITH) Jacob and his father fight poachers and the environment while traveling to a jaguar preserve in Brazil.

Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs (YA FIC HOBBS) Jason heads out on a 10,000-mile journey to find gold and strike it rich.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding (ADULT FIC GOLDING) Shipwrecked boys turn primeval.

Night of the Bat by Paul Zindel (JRHI ZINDEL) Jake and his dad journey into the Brazilian rain forest in search of a giant brain-eating rat.

A Night to Remember by Walter Lord (ADULT 910.45 LORD) Titanic sinks! One of the best accounts of the gruesome disaster.

Memory Boy by Will Weaver (YA FIC WEAVER) Volcanic eruptions create an ecological disaster, forcing Miles to lead his family away from their ravaged Minneapolis home.

Reef of Death by Paul Zindel (JRHI ZINDEL) Is a deadly monster haunting the Great Barrier Reef?

Rescue: Stories of Survival From Land and Sea by Dorcas Miller (YA 904 RES) 19 stories about what happens when things go terribly wrong in some of the world's toughest places!

Rough Waters by S. L. Rottman (YA FIC ROTTMAN) Two brothers go to live with their uncle who owns a white water rafting outfit.

Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden (YA FIC & JRHI MARSDEN) Seven Australian teens return from a camping trip to find their county has been invaded, and they must take to the wilderness in order to survive.

Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen (YA FIC and JRHI MIKAELSEN) In order to escape jail time, Cole agrees to go live on a remote Alaskan island.

The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence (JRHI LAWRENCE) John Spencer is in danger for his life after he survives a shipwreck.

Wildside Steven Gould (YA FIC GOULD) A hidden tunnel is actually a gateway into the peaceful, pristine past millions of years ago -- but that peace is shattered by jealousy and greed.

High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places by David Breashear (ADULT 796.522 BRE) An enduring passion for Mount Everest and other unforgiving places.

13 April 2006