Paulsen, Gary

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

A thirteen-year-old boy stranded in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash must find a way to survive the winter with only a hatchet for aid.

Thirteen-year-old Rocky, self-conscious about the braces on her leg, has her life changed by the remarkable artist who comes to her small Kansas town to design a war memorial.

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.This edition also includes chapters about Canada, navigating by the sun and stars, and prehistoric tools.

Biography of Martin Luther King, advocate of civil rights and non-violent protest.

When Amos discovers that his older sister is dating a vampire, he and his best friend, Dunc, decide to take action.

When David goes out on his sailboat to scatter his recently deceased uncle's ashes to the wind, he is caught in a fierce storm and must survive many days on his own as he works out his feelings about life and his uncle.

While backpacking in the desert, thirteen-year-old Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a more primitive world, where he must use his knowledge and skills to survive.