Nhamo doesn't want to get married. Particularly not to some mean old man who has three wives already. Instead, Nhamo leaves her mother's family to seek her father in Zimbabwe. Alone. She is only eleven years old. A beautifully wrought tale of personal courage and the power of the human spirit.

Her name is Miyax. But her pen pal in far away San Francisco calls her Julie and Miyax dreams of becoming this other girl, living a modern life in a big city. Miyax runs away, but is soon lost on the arctic tundra. She is alone - except for the wolves. Unable to fit in with her own people, Miyax finds a new family among the wolves. Only with their help can she survive the Alaskan winter. Miyax's story continues in Julie and Julie's Wolf Pack.

"Bush pilots have a saying: 'I wish I knew where I was going to die, for I would never go near the place.'" It was Clint, the bush pilot, who first told Gabe about the Nahanni River and Deadmen Valley. "Two months later, Clint would be dead - on the Nahanni." Gabe would be there to see it happen. After a plane crash in the Northwest Territories, Gabe and his friend Raymond find themselves trapped in Deadmen Valley with a brutal northern winter about to close in...

Jamie McNair had always dreamed about the wilds of Canada's north and made a hero of his uncle and guardian, a trapper in this harsh country. So when he leaves the safety of his Toronto boarding school to go and live with the legend, it is a dream come true. Jamie has a lot to learn about life in the north and a Cree friend, Awasin, is a willing teacher. But neither of them is prepared for a winter spent alone, lost in the Barrens... Jamie and Awasin are back for more adventure in The Curse of the Viking Grave.

The Iditarod is one of the greatest physical challenges in the world, a dogsled race over more than one thousand miles of unforgiving Alaskan wilderness between Anchorage and Nome. There are not many women "mushers" in the race. Bright Dawn becomes one of them when her father is injured and cannot compete. She must face many hazards - cold, hunger, moose, wolves, whiteouts, and the treachery of the land itself. The struggle to win soon becomes a struggle to stay alive, and in the end Bright Dawn has no one but herself - and lead dog Black Star - to depend on. By the author of The Island of the Blue Dolphins and Zia.

Fans of Paulsen's action-packed survival adventures will be fascinated by this account of the events and experiences from his own life that found their way into his books. If you have not already read the series, you don't know what you're missing! Thirteen-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of a plane crash and must learn to live in an environment that seems determined to kill him. Titles in the series are: Hatchet, The River, Brian's Winter, and Brian's Return. Fans looking for tales of adventure with a pioneer slant should try the "Francis Tucket" series.

What would you do if you were faced with a life-and-death situation? Rory Storm offers true stories, skills tests and a wealth of great tips on food, shelter and other outdoor survival essentials.

Four teenage guys set off on a day-trip, exploring a Florida cave: tough but decent Neil, his smart-mouthed and short-fused friend Randy, his tag-along younger brother David, and David's best friend Terry, the weakest link in the chain. It begins as an illicit but harmless adventure, but quickly becomes an epic struggle for survival. If they are to make it out alive, this ill-assorted group of individuals will have to become one amazing team.

Sweet Friday Island seems like the perfect place for an "adventure vacation" to Peg and her father. But this isolated spot in the Sea of Cortez, populated only by an unusual array of animals and vegetation, soon becomes the stuff of nightmares as the two must fight for their lives. By the author of The Cay, Theodore of the Cay, and The Bomb.

It's a good thing dinosaurs are extinct... or are they? Zack is the son of a paleontologist, but his knowledge of the prehistoric beasts never prepared him for an up-close and personal encounter with the real thing! Zack and his friend Uta discover an egg, and then a whole herd of raptors in the labyrinthine tunnels and mine shafts of Silver Mountain. But will they live to tell the tale?