The Shackleton Sabotage

The Shackleton Sabotage
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807506885

In this all-new very special miniseries, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations—all around the world! The Aldens chart a course for Sydney, Australia, and as the children tour the famed Sydney Opera House, their next puzzle—and its key—falls right into their laps. They need to find the rightful owner of a rare Australian coin. Using their knowledge about Australia, the Aldens find the coin's owner, but a saboteur is again hot on their heels and nearly spoils their hard work. Next up the Aldens travel to frigid Antarctica, where they need to return an artifact to the hut Shackleton used on his expeditions to the South Pole. The trip is a success, but when the Aldens return, they learn the identity of the person who has been trying to ruin their plans. Will the saboteur keep them from returning the seventh and final artifact?

The Shackleton Sabotage

The Shackleton Sabotage
Author: Dee Garretson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2017
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 9781537909677

Following clues provided by the secretive Reddimus Society, the four Alden siblings travel to a dingo sanctuary in Australia and to Shakleton's hut in Antarctica to deliver the fifth and sixth artifacts, and then they work to unmask the traitor traveling with them.

The Shackleton Sabotage

The Shackleton Sabotage
Author: Dee Garretson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2018
Genre: Antarctica
ISBN: 9781338317046

"The Aldens travel to Australia and Antarctica. But someone they count on is working for their rivals, the Argents! Can the children keep the artifacts out of the wrong hands?"--Back cover.

The Boxcar Children Great Adventure 5-Book Set

The Boxcar Children Great Adventure 5-Book Set
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Publisher: Boxcar Children Great Adventur
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807506931

This boxed set includes all 5 paperback books from the brand-new, very special Boxcar Children Great Adventure miniseries. Launched to time with the 75th Anniversary of the beloved brand, this is the first new series to debut under The Boxcar Children name in nearly 20 years. After finding a ceramic turtle in an old trunk, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are introduced to the Reddimus Society, a secret guild whose mission is to return lost artifacts to the museums and historic sites they were taken from. They just need the Aldens’ help in delivering them, along with the turtle, to the first return point at Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. The siblings ride an antique train across the country to deliver the treasures to the special agent in New Mexico, encountering enemies of Reddimus along the way. The trip is a success...but just as they are set to return home, there’s a last-minute change in plans. The kids must continue the mission—they’re headed around the world! With stops in all seven continents, this is the Alden’s greatest adventure yet and a perfect, modern introduction to the Boxcar Children for new-to-chapter book readers. Includes: Boxcar Children Great Adventure #1: Journey on a Runaway Train Boxcar Children Great Adventure #2: the Clue in the Papyrus Scroll Boxcar Children Great Adventure #3: The Detour of the Elephants Boxcar Children Great Adventure #4: The Shackleton Sabotage Boxcar Children Great Adventure #5: The Khipu and the Final Key

The Detour of the Elephants

The Detour of the Elephants
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2017-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807506850

In this all-new very special miniseries, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations—all around the world! The Aldens follow a clue to Beijing, China, where they uncover their next mission—to return a mysterious clay artifact to its rightful owner. Their journey leads them to a scenic section of the Great Wall, but a thief threatens to ruin their trip and endanger their precious cargo. The Aldens' next clue brings them to an elephant reserve in Thailand, but when their contact acts suspiciously, they worry someone close to them may be working for the other side. Who can the Aldens trust to help them return the remaining artifacts to their rightful owners?

Journey on a Runaway Train

Journey on a Runaway Train
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807506958

In this all-new very special mini-series, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations—all around the world! After finding a painted turtle figurine, the Aldens are introduced to the Silverton family and Reddimus Society, a secret guild whose mission is to return lost artifacts and treasures to the sites they were taken from. The Aldens board a private train to New Mexico to return the turtle to its original home, and they encounter enemies of Reddimus along the way! The trip is a success...but instead of returning home, there's a last-minute change in plans. The Boxcar Children must continue the mission for the society and deliver more things, all around the globe!

My Side of the Mountain

My Side of the Mountain
Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2001-05-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593115007

"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book

Mirette on the High Wire

Mirette on the High Wire
Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 34
Release: 1992-10-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399221301

One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau- a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow's daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. But Mirette doesn't know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini- master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again. Emily Arnold McCully's sweeping watercolor paintings carry the reader over the rooftops of nineteenth-century Paris and into an elegant, beautiful world of acrobats, jugglers, mimes, actors, and one gallant, resourceful little girl.

Pole Dance

Pole Dance
Author: Tom Avery
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Antarctica
ISBN: 9780752864990

Youngest - and fastest - Briton to reach the South Pole.

Forged in Crisis

Forged in Crisis
Author: Nancy Koehn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1501174444

Presents a portrait of five extraordinary figures--Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson--to illuminate how great leaders are made in times of adversity and the diverse skills they summon in order to prevail.