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Wild Wings

Love & Olives

The Lost Whale

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Read the story Booklist calls “ Hatchet for the post-Katrina generation”!

In this gritty, realistic wilderness adventure, thirteen-year-old Cort is caught in a battle against a Gulf Coast hurricane. Cort's father is a local expert on hunting and swamp lore in lower Alabama who has been teaching his son everything he knows. But when a deadly Category 3 storm makes landfall, Cort must unexpectedly put his all skills-and bravery-to the test. One catastrophe seems to lead to another, leaving Cort and two neighbor girls to face the storm as best they can. Amid miles of storm-thrashed wetlands filled with dangerous, desperate wild animals, it's up to Cort to win-or lose-the fight for their lives.

This title has Common Core connections.

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Deep Water

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Almost Paradise

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Wild Wings

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Love & Olives

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The Lost Whale

Hannah Gold, 2022

Ice Island

Sherry Shahan, 2012

Killer Flood (Red Rhino) (Red Rhino Books)

Jeff Gottesfeld, 2014

Right as Rain

Lindsey Stoddard, 2019