Out of the Deep

Out of the Deep
Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2003
Genre: Acadia National Park (Me.)
ISBN: 9780439523196

Jack, Ashley, and their unreliable new foster sister set out to solve the mystery of why whales are beaching themselves at Acadia National Park.

Mysteries in Our National Parks: Out of the Deep

Mysteries in Our National Parks: Out of the Deep
Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2011-05-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1426309732

A baby whale is the latest mammal stranded on the beaches of Acadia National Park. When the Landons run to get help, they don’t notice Bindy Callister slip away. When they track her down, she’s acting strange—she knows the strandings are no accident. She even knows those responsible. But she’s too scared to tell. Time is running out; and now the kids too are in real danger—unless Bindy talks!

Running Scared

Running Scared
Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2008-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781426301827

Originally published: Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2002.

Ghost Horses

Ghost Horses
Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher: Paw Prints
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-08-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781439542156

Visiting Zion National Park with his family, twelve-year-old Jack encounters two mysteries, the strange behavior of a band of wild mustangs and the possibly sinister actions of his new foster brother, a Shoshone boy.

A Superior Death

A Superior Death
Author: Nevada Barr
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101043555

Park ranger Anna Pigeon returns, in a mystery that unfolds in and around Lake Superior, in whose chilling depths sunken treasure comes with a deadly price. In her latest mystery, Nevada Barr sends Ranger Pigeon to a new post amid the cold, deserted, and isolated beauty of Isle Royale National Park, a remote island off the coast of Michigan known for fantastic deep-water dives of wrecked sailing vessels. Leaving behind memories of the Texas high desert and the environmental scam she helped uncover, Anna is adjusting to the cool damp of Lake Superior and the spirits and lore of the northern Midwest. But when a routine application for a diving permit reveals a grisly underwater murder, Anna finds herself 260 feet below the forbidding surface of the lake, searching for the connection between a drowned man and an age-old cargo ship. Written with a naturalist's feel for the wilderness and a keen understanding of characters who thrive in extreme conditions, A Superior Death is a passionate, atmospheric page-turner.

Buried Alive

Buried Alive
Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2008-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781426302527

While their parents study why wolverines are disappearing from Alaska's Denali National Park, Jack and Ashley are stranded in a remote area with their mysterious new foster brother when a hit man's bullet triggers an avalanche.

Pinny in Summer

Pinny in Summer
Author: Joanne Schwartz
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2016-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1554987830

This engaging story, told in chapter-like episodes, follows Pinny on a long, lazy summer day. As sunshine turns to rain and back to sun again, Pinny searches for a wishing rock, watches clouds, picks wild blueberries, feeds a seagull, and bakes a cake to share with her friends. An ideal book for children beginning to make the jump to independent reading, Pinny in Summer demonstrates the joy young people find in nature and an unstructured life. Pinny is allowed to explore her world freely, and her small setbacks and triumphs will be familiar to every child. With charming illustrations by Isabelle Malenfant and a spare, poetic text from author Joanne Schwartz, Pinny in Summer is a bright and inviting picture book that captures all the delight of a perfect summer day.

Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy

Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy
Author: Wendelin Van Draanen
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2002-05-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0440418666

"The most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!)" —Midwest Children's Book Review When Sammy finds out that her mother has changed her name, dyed her hair, and shaved ten years off her age, she knows it's time for Lady Lana to get reacquainted with reality. Sammy hops a bus to Hollywood and finds her mother in deeper trouble than she imagined. Lana's phony persona is crumbling just as she is being considered for the part of a lifetime. So when one of Lana's competitors for the big role is found dead in the room next door, Sammy can't help wondering: Is her mother the next likely victim . . . or the prime suspect? The Sammy Keyes mysteries are fast-paced, funny, thoroughly modern, and true whodunits. Each mystery is exciting and dramatic, but it's the drama in Sammy's personal life that keeps readers coming back to see what happens next with her love interest Casey, her soap-star mother, and her mysterious father.

Tituba of Salem Village

Tituba of Salem Village
Author: Ann Petry
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2015-09-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1504019873

Young readers “will be carried along by the sheer excitement of the story” of 17th-century slavery and witchcraft by the million-copy selling author (The New York Times). In 1688, Tituba and her husband, John, are sold to a Boston minister and sent to the strange world of Salem, Massachusetts. Rumors about witches are spreading like wildfire throughout the state, filling the heads of Salem’s superstitious, God-fearing residents. When the reverend’s suggestible young daughter, Betsey, starts having fits, the townsfolk declare it to be the devil’s work. Suspicion falls on Tituba, who can read fortunes and spin flax into thread so fine it seems like magic. When suspicion turns to hatred, Tituba finds herself in grave danger. Will she be judged guilty of witchcraft and hanged? Loosely based on accounts of the period and trial transcripts, Ann Petry’s compelling historical novel draws readers into the hysteria of America’s deadly witch hunts.

Blind Descent

Blind Descent
Author: Nevada Barr
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101145145

Park ranger Anna Pigeon is enjoying the open spaces of Colorado when she receives an urgent call. A young woman has been injured while exploring a cave in New Mexico?s Carlsbad Cavern Park. Before she can be pulled to safety, she sends for her friend Anna. Only one problem: a crushing fear of confined spaces has kept Anna out in the open her whole life.