Teens - Adventure/Survival

Thieves Till We Die

by Stephen Cole

Teen geniuses Jonah, Motti, Con, Tye, and
Patch, working for their mysterious benefactor, Coldhardt, are out to
recover more stolen artefacts when one of their members is kidnapped,
and they must add a rescue operation to the mission.

The Winter Road

by Terry Hokenson

Seventeen-year-old Willa Raedl, lost in
the winter wilderness after her plane goes down, must come to terms
with the death of her brother and her relationship with her parents as
she tries to navigate the desolate landscape alone.

The White Darkness

by Geraldine McCaughrean

Taken by the man she thinks of as her
uncle from England to Antarctica for what she believes to be a
vacation, Symone--a troubled fourteen year old--discovers that he is
dangerously obsessed with seeking Symme's Hole, an opening that
supposedly leads into the center of a hollow Earth.

Cryptid Hunters

by Roland Smith

Along with their mysterious uncle, twins
Grace and Marty are dropped into the middle of the Congolese jungle in
search of their missing photojournalist parents.

Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy

by L. A. Meyer

Reduced to begging and thievery in the
streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a
boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea
adventure in search of pirates.

River Danger

by Thomas Dygard

Eric Douglas and his little brother's
wilderness trek turns deadly when they stumble upon a car-theft ring
operating out of an isolated old barn.

 A Girl Named Disaster

by Nancy Farmer

While journeying to Zimbabwe, 11-year-old
Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes
close to the luminous world of the African spirits. (Newbery Honor 1997)

The Wreckers

by Iain Lawrence

In 1799, a ship is lured onto the rocky
coast by Cornwallians who live off plunder from wrecked ships. John,
apparently the only survivor of this ship, must escape the murderous
wreckers in this old-fashioned thriller.

Downriver

by Will Hobbs

Jessie and the other rebellious teenage
members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader
and try to run the dangerous white water of the Grand Canyon.

Taylor Five

by Ann Halam

Taylor is still dealing with the fact that
she is a clone produced by the company that funds the Orangutan
Reserve, which is her home on the island of Borneo, when the Reserve is
attacked and she flees with her younger brother and uncle.