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Backtrail
Par Elizabeth Fackler. 1993
Western gunman Seth Strummar may have had a reason to kill, but he is now an outlaw with a price…
on his head. He flees after arranging an escort to safety for his young wife, but she is kidnapped and he again seeks revenge. Sequel to Blood Kin (BR 11426). Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sexMy teacher is an alien
Par Bruce Coville, Katherine Coville. 1999
Contains the complete text of four books, including My Teacher Is an Alien, in which Susan catches her substitute teacher…
peeling off his face and realizes he's not human. Also My Teacher Fried My Brains, My Teacher Glows in the Dark, and My Teacher Flunked the Planet. For grades 3-6. 1992Ship of the line
Par C. S Forester. 1938
May 1810. Horatio Hornblower is now in command of his first ship, the HMS Sutherland, but he has one major…
problem--the crew is short by about 250 men. He hires whoever are willing and has them trained well enough to stage five solo raids against the French army and navy along the coast of Spain. Sequel to Beat to Quarters (RC 46120, BR 11555)Hope valley war
Par Brock Thoene. 1997
After nine years on the trail, John Thornton returns to the Utah territory in 1858 to face a grim situation.…
His brother Lucky has been lynched, Lucky's widow is hiding out, and another brother is in jail. As he struggles to sort things out, John himself becomes a target of the conspiracy that led to the murderBlood kin
Par Elizabeth Fackler. 1991
In Texas in the 1880s, sixteen-year-old Johanna Devery is forced to work in her stepfather's bordello after she refuses to…
marry Beau Olwell, the man who brutally raped her. She escapes and falls for hired killer Seth Strummar, who is returning to El Paso on a mission of vengeance. Prequel to Backtrail (BR 11430). Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some violenceLord Hornblower
Par C. S Forester. 1946
The Hornblower saga continues as the intrepid commodore becomes a peer of the realm by quelling a mutiny and concluding…
his private war with Napoleon. Incidentally, he rekindles his romance with the lovely French Marie. Sequel to Commodore Hornblower (RC 26916, BR 11558)Hornblower and the Hotspur
Par C. S Forester. 1962
Commander Hornblower marries in England and soon afterward sails for duty off the French coast. War breaks out with France…
involving Hornblower in several sea battles and in a land raid, which destroys a French signal station. Sequel to Lieutenant Hornblower (BR 11553)Flying colours
Par C. S Forester. 1966
In this sequel to Ship of the Line (BR 11556), Captain Hornblower, having surrendered his ship, finds himself in a…
French prison facing possible execution. If he manages to escape, he still must deal with a court martial in EnglandRide against the wind
Par Terrell Bowers. 1996
Stover Gates has hated the Danmyers since one of them killed his brother years ago. When Jerrod Danmyer helps Stover's…
daughter Marian get her wagon and horse team out of a mire, Stover is furious. But life on the Kansas prairie is hard in the late 1800s, and a plague of locusts changes Stover's feelings about his neighborsThe masterharper of Pern
Par Anne McCaffrey. 1998
Child prodigy Robinton, born at Harper Hall, is popular among the harpers, who teach the culture of Pern through their…
music. But the harpers are losing credibility because the dreaded Thread has not fallen for centuries. And in the north, the hatred of Robinton is growing. Falls between Dragonflight (DB 12522, BR 5797) and Dragonsdawn (DB 28037, BR 7601)Welcome to the Ark
Par Stephanie Tolan. 1996
In a future chaotic world, four highly intelligent teenagers communicate telepathically with other youth around the globe in an experimental…
program for troubled children. Eight years later, as adults, the group use their mental powers to stop violence in their environment. For junior and senior high readersThe rise of Endymion
Par Dan Simmons. 1997
Aenea comes of age in this sequel to Endymion (BR 11481). The Pax forms an alliance with the TechnoCore and…
declares war on the threatening Ousters. The Pax is also looking for Aenea, who is currently on Earth preparing to outwit the Pax and the Core with her lover, Raul Endymion. Strong language and some descriptions of sexMr. Midshipman Hornblower
Par C. S Forester. 1994
Horatio Hornblower of the British Royal Navy faces a series of adventurous episodes in his early career. His quick thinking,…
brilliant intuition, and decisiveness leave him with the rank of lieutenant. Prequel to Lieutenant Hornblower (RC 46117, BR 11553)Beat to quarters
Par C. S Forester. 1966
June 1808. Captain Hornblower and his men are aboard the HMS Lydia off the coast of Nicaragua. He has been…
given several orders to carry out or face a court martial. One of his tasks is to find a water route across Central America, and as a result, he is transporting Lady Wellesley to Panama. Sequel to Hornblower and the Atropos (RC 25507, BR 7081)Endymion
Par Dan Simmons. 1996
Two hundred forty-seven years after the Fall of Hyperion (BR 08684), the WorldWeb is divided into many kingdoms, and the…
military wing of the Catholic Church is in charge. Aenea, eleven, emerges from the Time Tombs to challenge the church authorities. Raul Endymion is snatched from death to assist her. Strong language and some descriptions of sexBilly Gashade
Par Loren Estleman. 1997
In 1863 a sixteen-year-old boy from a prominent family is caught up in the New York City Draft Riots. Fleeing…
retribution from the Tammany Hall gang, the boy becomes Billy Gashade, a musician in saloons and pleasure houses out west. Throughout his years wandering from place to place, Billy meets characters who become legends: Calamity Jane, Chief Crazy Horse, and Billy the Kid to name a few. Some violenceThe departure (Animorphs Ser. #No. 19)
Par Katherine Applegate. 1998
After her latest mission when she morphed into a wolf, Cassie realizes that she is losing her human feelings. She…
tells her friends that she is quitting; she does not want to be an animorph any longer. But when confronted by a leopard and Karen, a human-controller who knows Cassie's secret, Cassie must rethink her decision. For grades 4-7Commodore Hornblower
Par C. S Forester. 1972
The old sea dog Horatio Hornblower is entrusted with a delicate mission to Russia, neatly threading the tangle of Baltic…
politics in the year 1812 in this sequel to Flying Colours (RC 46122, BR 11557)The decision (Animorphs Ser. #No. 18)
Par Katherine Applegate. 1998
Ax, the Andalite trapped on Earth, tells this adventure about how he and his four human friends who have the…
power to morph become mosquitoes for a mission against their mutual enemy, the Yeerks. For grades 4-7The discovery (Animorphs Ser. #No. 20)
Par Katherine Applegate. 1998
A new boy at school, David, is carrying the blue box essential to acquiring the power to morph. Marco spots…
him and tries to buy the box. Realizing that it must be valuable, David advertises the blue box on the Internet, alerting the Animorphs' enemies to its existence. That one ad changes David's life--forever. For grades 4-7