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1) The river
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Series
Language
English
Description
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.
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English
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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.
3) Tex
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Language
English
Description
The love between two teenage brothers helps to alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow up.
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Series
Mister Max volume 1
Language
English
Description
When Max's parents leave the country without him, he must rely on his wits to get by, and before long he is running his own--rather unusual--business.
9) I like me!
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Language
English
Description
By admiring her finer points and showing that she can take care of herself and have fun even when there's no one else around, a charming pig proves the best friend you can have is yourself.
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
The people of planet Quirk have come to rely on their powerful Everything Machine to do all of their work, but when the machine stops working and they have to wait for it to be repaired, the Quirkians discover what they've been missing.
14) Roawr!
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Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
When Liam hears a loud roar in the middle of the night, he must use all his ingenuity to protect his sleeping mother from a hungry bear.
15) The night lion
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Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In the daytime, Morgan's tall hat and toy sword make him feel big and strong, but they aren't enough to drive away his fears at night. His beloved Nana provides a solution with a special lion toy that, Morgan imagines, comes to life at night to help him face down his bad dreams."--
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Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Princess Diana of Themyscira's 16th birthday celebrations are cut short when refugees break through to her island home and she defies her Amazon elders by trying to bring the outsiders to safety, but a stormy sea sweeps her away to where she must learn to survive in a foreign world full of danger and injustice.
19) Salvage
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English
Description
"Ava, a teenage girl living aboard the male-dominated, conservative deep space merchant ship Parastrata, faces betrayal, banishment, and death. Taking her fate into her own hands, she flees to the Gyre, a floating continent of garbage and scrap in the Pacific Ocean. How will she build a future on an Earth ravaged by climate change?"--
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English
Description
After being sadly brought home from the animal shelter Elvis learns to appreciate his new family, especially ten-year-old Georgina Pemberton who builds skyscraper buildings in her bedroom, and Elvis realizes that both humans and animals can build a world of their own choosing, even if the choices are not what they had initially expected.
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