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1) Descent

Author

Smith, Roland

Series

Peak Marcello adventure volume 4

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Adventure & Dystopia Books for Older Readers

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"Mountain-climbing prodigy Peak Marcello faces his toughest challenge yet as he descends into Tibet and goes head-to-head with an old enemy"--

2) Ascent

Author

Smith, Roland

Series

Peak Marcello adventure volume 3

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Adventure & Dystopia Books for Older Readers

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Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to climb Hkakabo Razi, one of the most isolated mountains in the world, but getting there involves a four-week trek through a tropical rainforest that is rife with hazards, which turns out to be more dangerous than summiting the mountain itself.

3) Star

Author

Shotz, Jennifer Li

Series

American dog volume 4

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After her elderly owner passes away, Star--a deaf Australian shepherd--is brought to a local shelter. Star feels scared and alone until she meets twelve-year-old Julian. After getting in trouble at school yet again, Julian volunteers at the shelter and realizes he can communicate with Star in a way that no one else can. Their bond continues to grow, and Julian and Star become inseparable. Then the unthinkable happens: funding for the shelter dries...

4) The edge

Author

Smith, Roland

Series

Peak Marcello adventure volume 2

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Adventure & Dystopia Books for Older Readers

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Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to participate in an "International Peace Ascent" in the Hindu Kush, with a team made up of under-eighteen-year-old climbers from around the world--but from the first something seems wrong, so when the group is attacked, and most of the climbers are either killed or kidnapped, Peak finds himself caught up in a struggle to survive, shadowed by the Shen, a mysterious snow leopard.

5) The bronze bow

Author

Speare, Elizabeth George

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2024 Summer Reading K-5 Challenge #18 - Reading is an Adventure - Historical Fiction
Newbery Medal Collection
Newbery Medal Winners

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When the Romans brutally kill Daniel bar Jamin's father, the young Palestinian searches for a leader to drive them out, but comes to realize that love may be a more powerful weapon than hate.