Monninger, Joseph

When a bus carrying a group of kids home from summer camp breaks down on an abandoned road during a heatwave, the group must survive the elements and find help that is over sixty miles away.

"A group of kids on a field trip on a coastal island are abandoned after an earthquake hits and the fort they studying collapses. At first they are trapped inside but after escaping the cave-in, they realize debris from the collapse has destroyed all of their supplies. How long can they survive there? Will anyone come rescue them?"--P. [4] of cover.

When the plane carrying the Junior Action News Team crash lands in Alaska, the group must try to stay alive in the wilderness.

Sixteen-year-old Hattie and eighteen-year-old Delores set off on a road trip that takes unexpected turns as they discover the healing power of friendship and confront what each of them is fleeing from.

When best friends Hattie and Delores become bored with life in their small town, they decide to take a road and bring an old horse along with them in order to save his life and search for rangeland in the west where he can survive. However, when their trip takes an unexpected turn, they must confront the reasons why they left home in the first place.

Fifteen-year-old Baby's last chance at foster care is with the Potters, and while she likes them and enjoys learning to race their sled dogs, she feels she should go back on the streets with her boyfriend if she cannot find the mother who has deserted her again.

A free-spirited girl is separated from her boat in an accident and bonds with manatees who save her from drowning.

While trying to help her eleven-year-old brother who suffers from cystic fibrosis get his greatest wish, fifteen-year-old Bee discovers that she has some special wishes of her own.