Describes the 800-mile sea journey in a 20-foot boat made by Sir Ernest Shackleton and 5 other men in order to seek help for the stranded companions of their Antarctic expedition.
Four quimbles, each no bigger than a little finger, fall out of a car in a forest where they must learn to fend for themselves quickly since winter is not far off.
After fleeing their California home to escape a possible radiation leak from a nuclear power plant, twelve-year-old Ephraim and his family find themselves caught up in circumstances perhaps even more threatening to them.
Seven men en route by air from iron mines in northern Quebec make an emergency landing in wild bush country and attempt to keep themselves alive for 40 days.
After miraculously surviving a Sioux Indian raid on the trail to Oregon, a brother and sister set out with few provisions to find the rest of the settlers.