the true story of the original Tom Sawyer--and of the mysterious fires that baptized Gold Rush-era San Francisco
Graysmith, Robert
2012
First biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer (a friend of Mark Twain during his brief tenure as a California newspaper reporter), told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco.
Compiles tales of suspense by such nineteenth-century masters as Kipling, Stevenson, Hope, and Lang. Sire de Maletroit's Doore, by Robert Lewis Stephenson.--How the Brigadier Saved An Army by Arthur Conan Doyle.--Red Dog, by Rudyard Kipling.
When twelve-year-old Jason rows his boat to the Maine island where he has accidentally left his father's knife, he must face threatening fog, treacherous currents, and a sinister lobsterman.
Young horse lover Meg O'Donnell can hardly wait to start her summer at Mustang Mountain, but a sudden storm on the way there leaves her, two other girls, and their driver struggling to survive the elements.
In 1849, fifteen-year-old Nick and his older brother, longing to be whalers, sign on as hands on the whaling ship Sea Hawk, and find that the journey is full of hardship and unexpected dangers.
