Novels
Hatchet |
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. | |
Island of the Blue Dolphins |
Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast. | |
Old Yeller |
A wily stray, Old Yeller helps Travis and his family stay safe from the many dangers of the wild Texas frontier in this heartwarming tale of the Old West. | |
Kid in the Red Jacket |
When ten-year-old Howard has to move with his family to a distant state, he is forced to live on a street named Chester Pewe, adjust to a new school, and get used to being shadowed by the little girl in a nearby house. |
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Updated: June 16, 2014