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1) Lost!
Author
Series
Survivor diaries volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
In an interview with a reporter, eleven-year-old Carter recounts his tale of survival with twelve-year-old Anna in the perilous jungles of Costa Rica. Includes a list of suvival kit items.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: The red-eyed treefrog of the Costa Rican rain forest stars in this bold and visually arresting countdown book, which is both a captivating read-aloud and a resource. Deep in the tropical forest of Costa Rica, ten sticky frog eggs cling to a leaf. Only nine eggs hatch. Only eight tadpoles wind up in the water below. What will it take to survive the countdown to adulthood and begin the cycle again?
Author
Series
Wild Thornberrys volume 8
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
On the night before Easter, twelve-year-old Eliza and her friend Darwin the chimpanzee rely on their senses of smell and hearing to find their way home after becoming lost in the Costa Rican rain forest.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
When brothers Max and Jay help a classmate in trouble, they struggle with the consequences of their violent actions and worry they may be more like their abusive father than they thought, so the brothers turn to their Bribri roots to find their way forward.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"A week after his eleventh birthday, Caleb Vincent vanishes with hardly a trace. After a three-year search, he is found living a seemingly normal life under a new name with a man he calls his father. While outwardly stunned with joy at his safe recovery, Caleb's parents and sister are privately scrambling to gather together the pieces of a shattered family. To escape the relentless media attention surrounding her son's return, Caleb's mother, Marlene,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
My friend George is competing in a grueling three-day mountain-bike race in Costa Rica, and her cousin Bess and I will be there as her support team. But when I find out someone's taking dangerous steps to make sure top U.S. cyclist Derek Woodhall doesn't will, I realize George may not be the only rider I need to help. Could last year's winner be the culprit? He was freaking out when Derek took an early lead. Or maybe Derek's publicist? She seems a...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
Survival is a concept these high school students never had to consider until their plane crashes in a remote rainforest with no adults left alive. With many of them falling prey to threats from both the jungle and man, they soon realize that danger comes in many sinister forms.
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