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• Escape From... Pompeii

  Richmond, Benjamin, 1986-

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  79: A young actor visiting Pompeii and a local yearning to escape it become fast friends on the very day Mount Vesuvius erupts.

• Dogboy

  Russell, Christopher, 1947-

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  1346: Brind, Aurélie, and Brind's dog Glaive get caught up in the horrors of war in 14th century France. They must survive both the conflict itself and its aftermath.

• Wild Bird

  Zahler, Diane,

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  1340s: Owen and his sea captain father rescue an amnesiac Rype after her entire Norwegian village is killed by the plague. Then Owen's father dies of it, too. The two children trek across Europe trying to find safety.

• Break Your Chains

  Conolan, Emily,

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  1825: A choose-your-own-adventure style novel about a young Irish girl struggling to survive on the streets of London after her mother dies of smallpox and her father is imprisoned for his role in the rebellion.

• Northwind

  Paulsen, Gary,

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  Orphaned Leif flees his plague-ridden village in a canoe. He finds both beauty and danger in his lonely voyage north.

• Island of the Blue Dolphins

  O'Dell, Scott, 1898-1989

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  1835: Left behind when her tribe migrates to a new island, Karana spends years alone, surviving despite the harsh conditions.

• Mary and the Trail of Tears

  a Cherokee Removal Survival Story

  Rogers, Andrea L.,

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  1838: Forced out of their Georgia home by soldiers, Mary and her family must contend with violence, disease, harsh weather, and more on their way to their new home in Indian Territory. Part of a series of books about kids facing grave peril.

• Journey to Freedom, 1838

  Winston, Sherri,

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  1838: Eliza's quest to keep her son from being sold away culminates in a treacherous trek across a frozen river.

• The Great Trouble

  a Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel

  Hopkinson, Deborah

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  1854: Orphaned Eel ekes out a living as a mudlark, digging through the muck of the River Thames for anything worth selling. When cholera strikes, he helps Dr. John Snow gather the evidence he needs to halt the epidemic in its tracks.

• One Came Home

  Timberlake, Amy

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  1871: When her sister Agatha runs off, then a body is found wearing her dress, everyone in town assumes she is dead. Not Georgie. Armed with her rifle and her determination, she sets out into the wilderness to find her sister.

• Unsinkable

  Korman, Gordon

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  1912: Paddy, Sophie, Juliana, and Alfie are four very different kids journeying to America on the Titanic's maiden voyage. Each has a dangerous secret to deal with on top of the imminent peril faced by the whole ship.

• Rebels of the Kasbah

  O'Neill, Joe, 1968-

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  1912: A group of children kidnapped and forced into slavery face a series of dangers from pirates to camel races.

• Lines of Courage

  Nielsen, Jennifer A.,

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  1914: Five kids from across Europe face peril during WWI, little suspecting how their lives are about to be intertwined.

• Flood Mississippi, 1927

  Duey, Kathleen,

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  1927: The money Garret and Molly have been saving to fund a life beyond the drudgery of Mississippi farm life is threatened by floodwaters. They set out on a raft to rescue their funds, but soon find themselves in need of saving.

• Prisoner B-3087

  Gratz, Alan, 1972-

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  1939: Forced from one concentration camp to the next, Yanek struggles to survive and remember what hope is. All of Gratz's novels are thrilling.

• The Bicycle Spy

  McDonough, Yona Zeldis,

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  1942: Marcel's dreams of racing in the Tour de France are dashed by the invasion of the Nazis. When he learns about the danger his friend's family is in, he has to go on a bicycle trek that's much more important, and far more dangerous, than any…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Into the Killing Seas

  Spradlin, Michael P.,

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  1945: Brothers Patrick and Teddy stowaway on the U.S.S. Indianapolis to try to reach their parents in the Philippines. When the ship is sunk they find themselves in dire peril: no food, no water, way too many sharks.

• The Night Diary

  Hiranandani, Veera,

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  1947: As a half-Muslim, half-Hindu girl during the partition of India, Nisha doesn't know where she belongs. When the new border places them in Pakistan, her father decides to take the family on a long, dangerous journey to a new home.

• Brother's Keeper

  Lee, Julie (Children's fiction writer),

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  1950: With the Red Army gaining ground, Sora's family must trek 400 miles to South Korea to survive. Separated from her parents by the bombing, Sora journeys on, keeping her little brother safe as they're faced with dangers from both nature and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Night Divided

  Nielsen, Jennifer A.,

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  1965: Gerta's family was split in half by the sudden rise of the Berlin Wall. When she spots her father on the western side, then receives a cryptic message, she realizes he intends for her to escape to freedom. But can she take the risk?