Will Hobbs
2) Far North
Author
Language
English
Description
After the destruction of their floatplane, sixteen-year-old Gabe and his Dene friend, Raymond, struggle to survive a winter in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories
4) Ghost canoe
Author
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Nathan, fishing with the Makah in the Pacific Northwest, finds himself holding a vital clue when a mysterious stranger comes to town looking for Spanish treasure
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Robbie Daniels, happy to get a job aboard a troller fishing for king salmon off southeastern Alaska, finds himself in danger when he discovers that his mysterious captain is searching for long-buried Russian plaques that lay claim to Alaska and the Northwest.
7) The maze
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Language
English
Description
Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Description
After fourteen-year-old Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist father's death, a storm strands him on Admiralty Island, Alaska, where he manages to survive, encounters unexpected animal and human inhabitants, and looks for traces of the earliest prehistoric immigrants to America
10) Downriver
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader, hijack his boats, and try to run the dangerous white water at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
11) Beardance
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
197 p. : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
While accompanying an elderly rancher on a trip into the San Juan Mountains, Cloyd, a Ute Indian boy, tries to help two orphaned grizzly cubs survive the winter and, at the same time, completes his spirit mission. Sequel to "Bearstone."
12) The Big Wander
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
181 p. : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
As he searches for his uncle through the rugged Southwest canyon country, fourteen-year-old Clay becomes involved with a group of Navajo Indians who are trying to save some of the last wild mustangs
13) Jason's gold
Author
Language
English
Description
When news of the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon Territory in 1897 reaches fifteen-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 10,000-mile journey to strike it rich
15) Never say die
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
211 p. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old half-Inuit Nick and his white brother, Ryan, meet and share an adventure on the Firth River in the Canadian Arctic, facing white water, wild animals, and fierce weather as Ryan documents the effects of climate change on caribou for National Geographic magazine
17) River thunder
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
201 p. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Despite some reservations, sixteen-year-old Jessie joins her companions from the previous year's adventure on the Colorado River for a legal rafting trip through the Grand Canyon
18) Bearstone
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1989
Physical Desc
154 p. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A troubled Indian boy goes to live with an elderly rancher whose caring ways help the boy become a man
19) Beardream
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
When Short Tail climbs the mountain to find the Great Bear, he tires, falls asleep, and slips into a dream in which the Great One reveals a marvelous secret