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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Jenna, an ardent vegetarian and environmentalist, is thrilled to be spending the summer communing with nature in rural Canada, until she discovers that not all of the rugged residents there share her beliefs.
2) Small game
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A gripping novel about a survival reality show gone wrong that leaves a group of strangers stranded in the northern wilds"--
Author
Series
Wild River volume 5
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Still single, still working at the same bookstore and still pining for the guy who got away, Ellie Mitchell cringes at the prospect of attending her high school reunion. She just can't face showing up alone--with her dreams of becoming a teacher still unfulfilled--when her ex will be bringing a model-gorgeous plus-one. Callum McKendrick has been in love with Ellie since forever, but he's not sure his coworker takes him seriously. Offering to be her...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A father and daughter living in the remote Appalachian mountains must reckon with the ghosts of their past in Kimi Cunningham Grant's These Silent Woods, a mesmerizing novel of suspense. No electricity, no family, no connection to the outside world. For eight years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have lived in isolation in a remote cabin in the northern Appalachian woods. And that's exactly the way Cooper wants it, because he's got a lot to...
Author
Publisher
NewSouth Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Katie Sinclair climbed up a loblolly pine just to see if she could. And then she stayed, creating a media sensation and more than a little trouble for the folks in Jones County, North Carolina. There is a lot of speculation about why the state employee took to the tree. Some think she is making a political statement about the destruction of forests for urban development. Others believe her recent divorce has driven her to a nervous breakdown. But...
8) Prey
Author
Language
English
Description
Montana wilderness guide Angie Powell wants nothing to do with ex-soldier Dare Callahan, especially as she blames him for her failing business. But she has to put her feelings to one side when they are suddenly thrust together to stop an animal with a thirst for blood--of a human variety.
Author
Series
Skink volume 7
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
With the help of an eccentric ex-governor, a teenaged boy searches for his missing cousin in the Florida wilds.
Author
Series
Brian's saga volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
After having survived alone in the wilderness, Brian finds that he can no longer live in the city but must return to the place where he really belongs.
12) Harry's trees
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When you climb a tree, the first thing you do is to hold on tight...Thirty-four-year-old Harry Crane works as an analyst for the US Forest Service. When his wife dies suddenly, he is unable to cope. Leaving his job and his old life behind, Harry makes his way to the remote woods of northeastern Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains, determined to lose himself. But fate intervenes in the form of a fiercely determined young girl named Oriana. She and her...
13) The wild inside
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Wild Inside is an unusual love story and a creepy horror novel -- think of the Brontë sisters and Stephen King."--John Irving ... A promising talent makes her electrifying debut with this unforgettable novel, set in the Alaskan wilderness, that is a fusion of psychological thriller and coming-of-age tale in the vein of Jennifer McMahon, Chris Bohjalian, and Mary Kubica -- A natural born trapper and hunter raised in the Alaskan wilderness, Tracy...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
415 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Finalist - 2011 Carol Award and 2010 RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Award When Libby's husband Greg fails to return from a two-week canoe trip to the Canadian wilderness, the authorities soon write off his disappearance as an unhappy husband's escape from an empty marriage and unrewarding career. Their marriage might have survived if their daughter Lacey hadn't died … and if Greg hadn't been responsible. Libby enlists the aid of her wilderness...
15) Scat
Author
Language
English
Description
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
16) Devils Island
Author
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Six guests embark on a wilderness tour, but only two emerge Devils Island is home to abundant wildlife, making it the ideal place to reintroduce endangered Tasmanian devils. Working to rescue, rehabilitate, and release devils has been Kerry's job and passion for years, but a new opportunity to work as a naturalist guide for a tour company offers her a respite from the emotionally grueling task of trying to save an endangered species. Her first tour...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
227 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Violet and Jobie, sibling mice accustomed to living comfortably in a human home, find themselves uprooted and must quickly adapt to an unfamiliar world"--
Author
Publisher
[self published]
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 23cm.
Language
English
Description
"Pike Point on Lost Woman Lake has been the center of the Maki family universe since 1922. Ray Maki, grandson to the original owner, has spent all of his thirty-three years living on the rugged edge of a million acre wilderness -- the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northeastern Minnesota. Ray is more than content to exist in a world of sky blue waterways and pristine woodlands. All the same, he is also blissfully unaware of his personal isolation....
19) Paradise on fire
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Bronx middle-grader Addy, who struggles with a family tragedy by drawing maps and studying mazes, joins other city youngsters on a wilderness adventure in California that turns deadly when wildfires erupt.
Author
Series
Longest night volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
312 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a car accident leaves gorgeous but prickly genius Ian Fairchild with a debilitating injury and an addiction to painkillers, this city boy has to find a safe place to recover. He escapes to the remote Canadian wilderness, as far from the lights of Manhattan as he can get-and in the company of a woman he has no reason to trust. Will they make it through the winter? Former Marine Captain Cecily Knight prides herself on being self-sufficient. Her...