escapes

Seventh-grader Charley Decker's mother is on vacation with her boyfriend, and Charley plans to spend the weekend watching movies with her best friends Wade and Oona and her older brother, Greg; but Greg has a date and takes their mother's boyfriend's expensive, rare automobile, than manages to get it towed; Charley and her friends hatch a plan to get the car back--but things go seriously wrong when they discover somebody called Mitch hiding from a pair of scary dudes in the trunk of the car, and the three friends find themselves on the wildest ride of their lives.

"In 1943, Jan Baalsrud traversed the icy mountains and fjords of Nazi-occupied Norway. The journey was fraught with danger, but Baalsrud received plenty of help along the way. This graphic nonfiction title traces his treacherous voyage, including his interactions with the Nazis, his battle with the elements, and his journey to safety. Actual quotes bring history to the page, a map shows off Baalsrud's route, and a timeline helps readers trace his path to survival"--Provided by publisher.

"Shirayuki is famous for her naturally bright-red hair, and the prince of Tanbarun wants her all to himself! But when she escapes into the woods of the neighboring kingdom, a young man named Zen and his two friends come to her aid. But who is Zen really ... ?"--Back of cover.

Presents the unsolved case of how inmates Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.

"After putting an end to the disease that was ravaging Lilias, Shirayuki returns home with Zen and the others. But on their next day off, Shirayuki and Zen embark on a new adventure--a date! Meanwhile, Mitsuhide is furious to learn that Kiki's been keeping a life-altering secret from him!"--Back cover.

Pursued by the Alcatraz guards, Erro and Zak take refuge in the Phantom Forest, a dark wood of giant trees and extremely dangerous beasts where they find it safer to travel on the tree branches and avoid the huge hungry rats below--until the tree branch they have landed on turns out to be an enormous dragon-like flying serpent who does not appreciate being ridden.

Zak Nine, his alien friend Erro, and another prisoner have found a small spacecraft and if they can dodge the missiles that the guards are firing after them perhaps they can finally escape from planet Alcatraz; but there is something wrong with the stars in front of them--they are not really stars at all, and now they find themselves confronted by Alcatraz's biggest secret.

A tiny fish wearing a blue hat hopes not to wake up the trouble that might be following close behind.

In the desert military camp of Bir Hakeim in 1942, with German Nazis surrounding them, Free French Officer Susan Travers spearheads a daring escape, leading her troop across dangerous minefields and enemy territory to reach their British allies.

After getting kicked out of school for voicing opposition to the communist East German government, teens Hanna and Andreas hatch a plan to escape their country by swimming twenty-five hours across the Baltic Sea to democratic West Germany. In their quest for freedom, they will face icy waters, helicopter searches, stinging jellyfish, physical exhaustion, storms, and drowning.