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1) Downriver
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Fifteen-year-old Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader, hijack his boats, and try to run the dangerous white water at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Author
Series
Atlee Pine novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Atlee Pine, an FBI special agent assigned to the remote wilds of the western United States. Ever since her twin sister was abducted by a notorious serial killer at age five, Atlee has spent her life hunting down those who hurt others. And she's the best at it. She could be one of the Bureau's top criminal profilers, if she didn't prefer catching criminals in the vast wilderness of the West to climbing the career ladder in the D.C. office. Her chosen...
3) Slitherfoot
Author
Publisher
ARO
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
Description
Slitherfoot snake explains why the Grand Canyon is the place for snakes.
4) Surefoot
Author
Publisher
ARO
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
Description
Surefoot, a mule, learns why mules are best for travel in the Grand Canyon.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Though she holds a coveted position as a Harvey Girl at the elite El Tovar hotel, Alexandria Keegan's world is crumbling, her personal life tainted by the increasing audacity of her father and his indiscretions. Desperate to help her mother, Alex searches for a way to forge a future for the two of them far away from her father.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After discarding their infamous homework machine, four friends, now in sixth grade, find themselves once again at the police station, this time giving testimony about an incident involving a powerful computer chip, a Grand Canyon treasure, and a dead body.
11) Chasm
Author
Series
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"While teaching on a trip to the Grand Canyon, Frankie MacFarlane is attacked and tries to escape the canyons, eventually up again ecoterrorist wannabes trying to destroy one of the exits"--
13) River thunder
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Despite some reservations, sixteen-year-old Jessie joins her companions from the previous year's adventure on the Colorado River for a legal rafting trip through the Grand Canyon.
14) The Last Canyon
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
Description
"'Both gritty and sublime' (Chicago Tribune), The Last Canyon tells the story of John Wesley Powell's 1869 voyage of exploration through the Grand Canyon, the last great expedition of discovery in United States history. In this vivid novel, John Vernon intertwines two stories - that of Powell and his crew and that of a band of Paiute Indians, known as the Shivwits, who lived on the north rim of the canyon. As the novel moves inexorably toward a violent...
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Super editions volume 11
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The star of their favorite television show is kidnapped at the Grand Canyon, and it is up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to find him.
17) Deep divide
Author
Series
Woodhouse Kimberley volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When her father's greedy corruption goes too far, heiress Emma Grace McMurray sneaks away to be a Harvey Girl at the El Tovar Grand Canyon Hotel, planning to stay hidden forever. There she uncovers mysteries, secrets, and a love beyond anything she could imagine-leaving her to question all she thought to be true"--
Author
Series
Wild West Weddings volume 2
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Gabe Lasley left his ranch in Wyoming due to his feelings for a married woman. He finds a treasure hunter stranded in a mountaintop cave and offers to help her. Shannon Dysart is out to prove that her father really did find treasure out west, and then she finds herself stranded, with an aimless wanderer her only way out. And they have trouble on their tail.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Long ago, a lone little burro roamed the high cliffs of the Grand Canyon and touched the hearts of all who knew him: a grizzled old miner, a big-game hunter, even President Teddy Roosevelt. Named Brighty by the prospector who befriended him, he remained a free spirit at heart. But when a ruthless claim-jumper murdered the prospector, loyal Brighty risked everything to bring the killer to justice.Brighty's adventures have delighted generations of readers,...
20) Grand Ambition
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"In November 1928, one year after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, a pair of young newlyweds set out to run the rapids of the Grand Canyon in a homemade boat. Swept up by America's obsession with feats of daring, Glen and Bessie Hyde hoped to set a record - she would be the first woman to run that treacherous stretch of the Colorado River. A month later they vanished without a trace."--BOOK JACKET.
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