Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.
As the lone "young lady" on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and the crew rebellious. J-HF AVI

Behrens, Rebecca. The Disaster Days.
Thirteen-year-old Hannah's first real babysitting job turns into a nightmare when a major earthquake knocks out power and phones, cuts off the island, and leaves her stranded with two children. J-ADV BEH

Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey.
A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family. J BUR, J-PBK BUR

Child, Lauren.  Ruby Redfort: Look into my Eyes.
Thirteen-year-old Ruby, a genius code-cracker and daring detective, gets an anonymous call setting a challenge that leads her to the headquarters of Spectrum, a highly secret anti-crime agency that needs her help to crack a code, but soon Ruby uncovers dastardly plans of the Fool's Gold Gang. J-ADV CHI

DiCamillo, Kate. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
A self-important china rabbit finds himself on a journey that spans years and miles, bringing special people into his life and changing him forever. J DIC

Farook, Nizrana.  The Boy Who Met a Whale.
Razi, a local fisherboy, is watching turtle eggs hatch when he sees a boat bobbing into view. With a chill, he notices a small, still hand hanging over the side. Inside is Zheng, who’s escaped a shipwreck and is full of tales of sea monsters and missing treasure. But the villains who are after Zheng are soon after Razi and his sister, Shifa, too! And so begins an exhilarating escapade in the shadow of the biggest sea monster of them all. J-ADV FAR

Fleischman, Sid. The Whipping Boy.
A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.  J FLE

Freeman, Megan. Alone.
When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. J-ADV FRE

George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain.
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship. J-ADV GEO, J-PBK GEO

Gibbs, Stuart.  Spy School.
Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school. J GIB

Gidwitz, Adam.  The Inquisitor’s Tale.
Crossing paths at an inn, thirteenth-century travelers impart the tales of a monastery oblate, a Jewish refugee, and a psychic peasant girl with a loyal greyhound, the three of whom join forces on a chase through France to escape persecution. J-FAN GID

Grabenstein, Chris.  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library.
Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape. J GRA

Hobbs, Will. Wild Man Island.
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. J-ADV HOB

Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth.
A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom. J-FAN JUS, J-PBK JUS

Lacey, Josh. Island of Thieves.
Tom goes with his Uncle Harvey to Peru, where they narrowly escape imprisonment and death as they hunt for buried treasure after tracking down a journal written by John Drake, a young relative of Sir Francis Drake, on a voyage to Lima in 1577. J-ADV LAC

Mikaelsen, Ben. Stranded.
Twelve-year-old Koby, who has lost a foot in an accident, sees a chance to prove her self-reliance to her parents when she tries to rescue two stranded pilot whales nearby in the Florida Keys. J-ADV MIK

O'Dell, Scott. 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 when her tribe emigrated and she was left behind. J-HF ODE, J-PBK ODE

Paulsen, Gary. 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. J-ADV PAU,  J-PBK PAU

Philbrick, W.R. Zane and the Hurricane.
A boy and his dog become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina. J-HF PHI

Redman, Jess. The Adventure is Now.
After a horrible year, twelve-year-old Milton spends the summer with his Uncle Evan, a naturalist on the Lone Island, where he learns about friendship, protecting the environment, and fighting for what is right. J-ADV RED

Ryan, Pam Munoz. Becoming Naomi Leon.
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father. J RYA

Smith, Roland. The Cryptid Hunters.
Twins, Grace and Marty, along with a mysterious uncle, are dropped into the Congolese jungle in search of their missing photojournalist parents. J-ADV SMI

Stewart, Trenton. The Mysterious Benedict Society.
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. J-ADV STE