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Outdoors: Teen Books Read a book from the list, or one of your own choosing |
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Laid-Back Camp
by Afro
Rin and Nadeshiko set up a tent, start a fire, and eat noodles with Mt. Fuji in view as they enjoy roughing it in the great outdoors.
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Take
by Jennifer Bradbury
When her father goes missing, Cara is led to the Cascade Mountains while trying to track him down, where she uncovers a hidden secret that spans generations, forcing her to navigate through time, lost stories and love to save her family.
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In the Same Boat
by Holly Green
To redeem herself in her father's eyes, Sadie must complete a 260-mile river race that tests her like never before, especially when she is forced to row with her worst enemy, in this debut novel that blends together adventure and romance.
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Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
by Talia Hibbert
To win the grand prize at the end of their survival course, ex-best friends Claire and Bradley trudge through mud, dirt and their messy past to find the adventure bringing them closer together, sparking a whole new kind of relationship.
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Kalahari
by Jessica Khoury
Stranded in the desert during an educational safari gone wrong, zoologist's daughter Sara and her teammates embark on a perilous journey to safety that is interrupted by their astonishing discovery of a silver lion.
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The Other Side of Lost
by Jessi Kirby
When Mari Turner experiences major backlash after revealing to her thousands of online followers that her social media persona is all a lie, she impulsively decides to get away from it all by hiking the entire John Muir trail, which she and her late cousin Bri had planned to do together, in an effort to find the self she fears she's lost.
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When I Am Through with You
by Stephanie Kuehn
A simple mountain hike in northern California turns deadly for a group of high school students, one of whom has killed before.
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A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic
by Yi Shun Lai
Told in journal entries, this historical novel follows suffragist Clara Ketterling-Dunbar, one of 28 crew members of The Resolute marooned on ice 100 miles from the shore of Antarctica, as she demonstrates what women are truly capable of.
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Be Not Far From Me
by Mindy McGinnis
Feeling more at home in the woods than under a roof, Ashley finds the limits of her survival abilities tested when a betrayal and an accident strand her in untracked territory.
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The Perfect Escape
by Suzanne Park
Thinking about committing grade fraud to help support his proud but struggling Korean family, Nate Jae-Woo teams up with a freedom-seeking young actress for a survivalist competition that is complicated by their growing feelings for each other.
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Tell Me What Really Happened
by Chelsea Sedoti
When their friend vanishes during a camping trip down by Salvation Creek, four friends have a very different story to tell about what happened that night, in this gripping mystery told entirely through first-person interviews.
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Peak
by Roland Smith
After being arrested for scaling a New York skyscraper and then sent to live with his long-lost father and fellow climber, Peak Marcello finds it difficult to rebuild their bond, thus when his father suddenly pushes him to climb Mt. Everest, Peak must take into consideration his father's questionable motives.
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The Starlight Claim
by Tim Wynne-Jones
Haunted by nightmares after the disappearance of his best friend, Nate is chased from his home by three escaped prisoners before finding his survival skills tested by a blizzard in the frigid wilderness and devastating family secrets.
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Where Have All the Bees Gone?
by Rebecca E. Hirsch
Bees pollinate 75 percent of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in the United States. Around the world, bees pollinate $24 billion worth of crops each year. Without bees, humans would face a drastically reduced diet. We need bees to grow the foods that keep us healthy. But numbers of bees are falling, and that has scientists alarmed. What's causing the decline? Diseases, pesticides, climate change, and loss of habitat are all threatening bee populations. Some bee species are teetering on the brink of extinction. Learn about the many bee species on Earth--their nests, their colonies, their life cycles, and their vital connection to flowering plants. Most importantly, find out how you can help these crucial pollinators.
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Duet : Our Journey in Song with the Northern Mockingbird
by Phillip M. Hoose
This story of the little-known partnership between humans and mockingbirds shows how, in order to survive, mockingbirds adapted to our evolution, our developments, our worst mistakes and our highest art.
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A History of Plants in Fifty Fossils
by Paul Kenrick
A fully illustrated history of plant life on Earth highlights 50 key fossil discoveries that led to a deeper understanding of plant origins and evolution, from photosynthesis in oceanic bacteria, to ferns, conifers and flowering plants.
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