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2) Outlaw
Author
Language
English
Description
"The story of how I, Julian Carter, and my precious two-year old son, Stephen, left Atlanta Georgia and found ourselves on a white sailboat, tossed about like a cork on a raging sea off of Australia's northern tip in 1963, is harrowing. But it pales in comparison to what happened deep in the jungle where I was taken as a slave by a savage tribe unknown to the world. Some places dwell in darkness so deep that even God seems to stay away. There, my...
4) Excavation
Author
Language
English
Description
The discovery of a corpse five centuries dead in the South American jungle portends the a wonderful and terrifying secret waiting to be unleashed upon humankind
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
A latest covert mission forces Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon to confront such obstacles as a weapon rooted in 13th-century China and the treacherous jungles of northern Myanmar to overcome the greatest threat to U.S. security ever known
8) Lost!
Author
Series
Survivor diaries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In an interview with a reporter, eleven-year-old Carter recounts his tale of survival with twelve-year-old Anna in the perilous jungles of Costa Rica. Includes a list of suvival kit items.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Publisher Annotation: That's how things worked in the jungle; everything there was either won or lost by force. On the La Portuguesa plantation located in the jungles of Veracruz, Mexico, a Spanish family tries to live their lives and get ahead despite the hostile environment that they are forced to live under. The family was constantly being assaulted by bandits, guerrillas, corrupt politicians, or by the Otomies themselves, the natives of that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Publisher Annotation: "He was the bridge between the village and the mountain, he belonged to both worlds. " Tikú, the son of the caporal of the La Portuguesa coffee plantation, feels an unknown and brutal force inside him since he was a child that has marked his entire life. It is the voice from within, which at times he assumes as his own and whose commands of death and destruction are impossible to ignore. The jungle, which seems to want to engulf...
11) Little tigers
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows a mother tiger and her cubs, Sera and Puli, as they seek a new home away from the men and dogs hunting near their den.
12) Tiptoe tapirs
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tapir and Little Tapir are the quietest creatures in a very noisy jungle, but when a leopard is threatened by a hunter they teach him how to move with a very soft step, and the other animals follow suit.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Nanda Singh, the youngest elephant driver in Nepal, enjoys a very special relationship with his tusker, Hira Prashad, through which he grows in understanding and compassion with all animals, including humans.
17) The survivor
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Traveling to Palanan Island in Southeast Asia, archaeologist Riley Smith is aware of the threat from treasure hunters who have no qualms about killing to get what they want. When she successfully evades them and finds the perfectly preserved body of a female warrior, it is just what she needs to entice Eve Duncan to join her. As they seek answers to the questions the body has raised, their discovery will change history-- if they can escape the island...
18) The understory
Author
Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A novel of man's relationship with nature, power, and the vitality of storytelling, from beloved Thai author Saneh Sangsuk. The lovable, yarnspinning monk Luang Paw Tien, now in his nineties, is the last person in his village to bear witness to the power and plenitude of the jungle before agrarian and then capitalist life took over his community. Nightly, he entertains the children of his village with tales from his younger years: his long pilgrimage...
Publisher
Playaway
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A novelization based on the characters and events from Disney's live-action film The Jungle Book describes how a man-cub survives with his adoptive wolf family and other beloved animal friends while outmaneuvering the vicious tiger, Shere Khan.
20) The missing
Author
Series
Titans (Kate O'Hearn) volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Astraea, Zephyr, and their friends travel to a dangerous jungle world in this second book of the Titans series"--
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