Karen Bass
1) Blood Donor
Author
Description
Seventeen-year-old Jo McNair is one minute late for her curfew, and thanks to her controlling father, she's now locked out, cold and wandering the streets. She has no money and nowhere to sleep. Halfway through the night she meets someone, who says they're with a group working with at-risk kids, helping them get back on their feet. Jo gratefully accepts the offer of shelter for the night, only to find she has walked into a kidnapper's trap. Now Jo...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Each season, as the ever-thinning Arctic ice recedes, polar bears face a daunting challenge; Grizzly bears in British Columbia must use ingenuity and fancy footwork to collect their catch; The annual rains of the Serengeti draw in the greatest concentration of large animals on Earth; Each year, billions of sardines flood South Africa's east coast creating an action-packed feeding frenzy; Thousands of animals make the long trek toward the life saving...
3) The hill
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Jared's plane has crashed in the Alberta wilderness, and Kyle is first on the scene. When Jared insists on hiking up the highest hill in search of cell phone reception, Kyle hesitates; his Cree grandmother has always forbidden him to go near it. There's no stopping Jared, though, so Kyle reluctantly follows. After a night spent on the hilltop -- with no cell service -- the teens discover something odd: the plane has disappeared. Nothing in the forest...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Accidentally stumbling into a time warp into an eighteenth century war zone, Laz Berenger is forced to spy for the British in the French fortification at Louisbourg, but finds himself torn when he grows close to Louisbourg's commander.