A novel of adventure and mystery set in the wilderness of northern Maine during the time the river drives were ending and the roads were coming in. Jared MacBurron, 16, is the last school age kid in the village of Bear River, a way station for the loggin crews moving up and down the river. From time to time there are prize fights among the loggers and Jared has taught himself to box by watching the fights from the loft of the big barn where they are held. He learns a gret deal more when an old has-been professional fighter turns up and challenges for the Bear River Championship.This story is rich with the stories of the wilderness, and includes an encounter with a rogue bear and a sasquatch.

The Last Champion (Books for Boys)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Holland, Robert

Science Fiction

Frost Hollow Pubns

Fourteen-year-old best friends Asa and Ike decide to look for a treasure chest rumored to be buried in 1699 by the pirate, Captain Kidd, near Kidd's Creek, Maine, but two strange, mysterious men are also there seeking treasure, and the boys are in their way.

Summer On Kidd's Creek (Books Boys Want To Read)

Benson, Robert J.

Literature & Fiction

Maria, Peter, and Brian are drawn into a mystery surrounding the 1940 shooting and disappearance of a gangster on the farm they've just moved to in Connecticut.

The Purple Car (Books Boys Want to Read)

Footballs Never Bounce True (Books Boys Want to Read)

For most of his life Rob English, who lives on Marthaâ€™s Vineyard, has been the shortest guy he knew. Because of that, and because he couldnâ€™t run very fast, he never played sports. And then he started to grow. In the fall of his senior year he was five foot four but by the time the story opens in March, he has grown to six foot two and is still growing. And while he may never have shone as an athlete he has an unusual talent. He can throw one stone into the air and hit with a second stone ... every single time. But now, having grown, he throws so hard that the stones donâ€™t just collide, they shatter. He begins to wonder if maybe, just possibly, he might be able to throw a baseball with th4e same power and accuracy. That he is a left is only a bonus. And the, on e day in March when heâ€™s fishing, he notices some strange pieces of wood washed up onto the beach and floating in the shallow water. They are pieces from a boatâ€™s hull and they look as if they are the remains of an explosion. And then a body washes up ....

Breakin' Stones (Books Boys Want to Read)

Teen & Young Adult

Eben Stroud: From the Diary of Stoddard Chandler (Books Young Men Want to Read, 11-15)

Children's Books

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Harry Jensen is tall and skinny, he's got huge feet, and he's second in his class. He is not, as you might expect, one of the popular people, unlike his best friend Kerry, who is not only first in their class, but also an All-State shortstop.And then, in the summer before his junior year, while shooting hoops in his driveway, Harry discovers that he can sink a jump hook time after time. He still can't dribble, his jump shots are bricks, and he's still skinny as cornstalk, but those are things he can change. All it takes is hard work and the same sort of determination he's poured into his studies. Suddenly he has a new goal: making the Jayvees.Then one night Kerry discovers a web site showing two guys who have always been outcasts in the high school. Both of them are carrying guns, but worse, are the threats they make. While most of the kids think it's all just bluster and bluff, nothing more than some sick joke, Harry takes the threat seriously.The more he discovers, the more certain he is that this group poses a real danger to the kids in the school. But not even the cops believe that. They think it is nothing more than the work of a bunch of braggarts.One morning in November they find out.

Harry the Hook (Books for Boys and Young Men)

Mad Max Murphy (Books for Boys and Young Men)

The One-Legged Man Who Came Out of a Wall (Books for Boys)

Set on Martha's Vineyard. Charlie Dollarhide is half Mohawk and lives with his family among the Wampanoags in Aquinnah. At 14 he still has not grown, but he can run like the wind and the coach has recruited him for the track team. And then his next door neighbor, an elder in the tribe, is murdered and the police accuse Charlie's father. And while the judge does not put his father in jail, Charlie wants to know who killed is neighbor, so there is no question about his father's innocence. And whoever the murdere is it's clear that he did not get what he wanted because he returns to search the house. What's missing are the tribal geneological records, proving who is and who is not a member. And because that list will decided who gets to vote when and if the tribe decideds to borrow money to open a casino, those records are critical and Charlie knows they have to be found. And there is also the matter of how fast he can run ...

Charlie Dollarhide

Genre Fiction

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