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FROM: "Martha Garbison" <[removed]@denver.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 2/7/00, 6:18 PM

FROM: "Martha Garbison" <[removed]@denver.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 2/9/00, 3:55 PM

FROM: "Charlotte Bradshaw" <[removed]@pls.lib.ca.us>
REC'D: 2/9/00, 6:37 PM

Not necessarily extreme sports-but might fit-

Ultimate Sports ed. by Donald Gallo...everything from sailing, to
swimming, track...some really good stories here.

Jumping the Nail by Eve Bunting. High schoolers rite of passage, jumping
off a cliff into the Pacific Ocean...underlying theme of peer pressure.

Free Fall by Joyce Sweeney. 4 high school boys go out spelunking and get
lost in the caves without anyone knowing where they are.

Iron Man by Chris Crutcher. High Schooler training for Iron Man
competition and dealing with massive anger toward his father in required
anger management classes.

Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden. When seven friedns go
camping in the Australian outback, they return to find their country
invaded. Will they return to the bush, give themselves up, or fight back?
1st in a series.

Non-Fiction-

The Endurance:Shackelton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline
Alexander.

Alive: the Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read. Older but
still asked for at my library.


Charlotte Bradshaw
Sanchez Branch
San Mateo County Library
[removed]@pls.lib.ca.us

FROM: "Viccy Kemp" <[removed]@ci.carrollton.tx.us>
REC'D: 2/10/00, 8:11 AM

Has anyone mentioned "Into the wild" by Jon Krakauer? My son read this in
middle school last year in Honors English and was blown away by what this
man did to himself.
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martha Garbison [[removed]@denver.lib.co.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 4:09 PM
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> Subject: Fw: extreme teen reads
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> Whoops, had the wrong address on it the first time around!!
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> Ê
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martha Garbison < [removed]@denver.lib.co.us
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> Date: Monday, February 07, 2000 5:32 PM
> Subject: extreme teen reads
>
>
> Dear Fiction-L Folk,
> Ê
> We are preparing for our teen summer reading program and our theme this
> year is Thrills, Chills and Spills. I am looking for reads (both fiction
> and nonfiction) that have anything to do with extreme sports and wild
> adventures. I am also interested in what is pretty recent...no more than 5
> years old for anyone age 12-18 yrs. We can also stretch this theme to
> include books like Junger's Perfect Storm or any books that give you that
> up-close personal look at natural disaster. Authors that immediately come
> to mind are Gary Paulsen and Will Hobbs. Other titles that I think are
> right on target are Fallen Angels by Myers, Face to Face by Bauer, Death
> Walk by Morey, Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Carter. Books that I
> think are a stretch, but would be acceptable, are Incredible Journey by
> Burnford, True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, or Blue Sword by
> McKinley. Am looking forward to any and all suggestions and will post a
> final list for Fiction-L as soon as possible.
> Ê
> Martha Garbison, Senior Librarian
> Burnham Hoyt Room
> Denver Public Library
> Ê

FROM: "Virginia Franklyn" <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/10/00, 11:11 AM

I would recommend _Into Thin Air_, by John Krakauer.
Also, _The Black Stallion_, by Walter Farley.
Although maybe a younger book and published more than
5 years ago, it is still a great adventure.
Finally, this may be a stretch, but _Flight #116 is
Down_, by Caroline B. Cooney, is a great adventure,
although it deals with a plane crash and emergency
rescue instead of extreme sports.

Virginia Franklyn

--- Martha Garbison <[removed]@denver.lib.co.us> wrote:
> Whoops, had the wrong address on it the first time
> around!!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martha Garbison <[removed]@denver.lib.co.us>
> To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> <[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org>
> Date: Monday, February 07, 2000 5:32 PM
> Subject: extreme teen reads
>
>
> Dear Fiction-L Folk,
>
> We are preparing for our teen summer reading program
> and our theme this year is Thrills, Chills and
> Spills. I am looking for reads (both fiction and
> nonfiction) that have anything to do with extreme
> sports and wild adventures. I am also interested in
> what is pretty recent...no more than 5 years old for
> anyone age 12-18 yrs. We can also stretch this theme
> to include books like Junger's Perfect Storm or any
> books that give you that up-close personal look at
> natural disaster. Authors that immediately come to
> mind are Gary Paulsen and Will Hobbs. Other titles
> that I think are right on target are Fallen Angels
> by Myers, Face to Face by Bauer, Death Walk by
> Morey, Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Carter.
> Books that I think are a stretch, but would be
> acceptable, are Incredible Journey by Burnford, True
> Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, or Blue Sword
> by McKinley. Am looking forward to any and all
> suggestions and will post a final list for Fiction-L
> as soon as possible.
>
> Martha Garbison, Senior Librarian
> Burnham Hoyt Room
> Denver Public Library
>
>
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FROM: <[removed]@aol.com>
REC'D: 2/10/00, 12:32 PM

Actually, I wonder if teens might lie to try Ernest K. Gann's THE HIGH & THE
MIGHTY. It always kept me on the edge of my chair. I also like Nevil Shute.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Paula Hale" <[removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
REC'D: 2/10/00, 3:59 PM

Another one I remembered is Downriver by Ivy Ruckman about an Outward
Bound kind of group for troubled teens that involves rafting the Colorado
River--excellent read.

Paula Hale Tel: (602) 534-5276
Desert Sage Branch Fax: (602) 534-4367
Phoenix Public Library email: [removed]@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
7602 W. Encanto Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85035

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Charlotte Bradshaw wrote:

>
> Not necessarily extreme sports-but might fit-
>
> Ultimate Sports ed. by Donald Gallo...everything from sailing, to
> swimming, track...some really good stories here.
>
> Jumping the Nail by Eve Bunting. High schoolers rite of passage, jumping
> off a cliff into the Pacific Ocean...underlying theme of peer pressure.
>
> Free Fall by Joyce Sweeney. 4 high school boys go out spelunking and get
> lost in the caves without anyone knowing where they are.
>
> Iron Man by Chris Crutcher. High Schooler training for Iron Man
> competition and dealing with massive anger toward his father in required
> anger management classes.
>
> Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden. When seven friedns go
> camping in the Australian outback, they return to find their country
> invaded. Will they return to the bush, give themselves up, or fight back?
> 1st in a series.
>
> Non-Fiction-
>
> The Endurance:Shackelton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline
> Alexander.
>
> Alive: the Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read. Older but
> still asked for at my library.
>
>
> Charlotte Bradshaw
> Sanchez Branch
> San Mateo County Library
> [removed]@pls.lib.ca.us
>

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