Explorers, Runaways, and Adventurers: Stories About Rebels
Anderson, M.T.
The Pox Party: While Octavian and his mother live a lavish lifestyle in the household of the Novanglian College of Lucidity in pre-Revolutionary War Boston, Octavian recognizes he is part of a science experiment and also a slave. When the College scientists decided to hold a small pox party (in hopes of staving off the disease), Octavian realizes it is time for things to change.
YA ANDERSON
Carney, Jeff
The Adventures of Michael MacInnes: Michael is a junior at a snotty boarding school in Maryland in the 1920s, where his free-thinking ideas and strange antics often change those who come into contact with him.
YA CARNEY
Hausman, Gerald & Loretta
Escape From Botany Bay: The True Story of Mary Bryant: Sentenced to hang for stealing a lady’s bonnet, Mary instead is shipped off to Australia with hundreds of other convicts to live in a penal colony. Once there, she plots her escape.
YA HAUSMAN
Henry, April
Shock Point: Cassie is kidnapped and taken to a school for troubled teens when she finds out her stepfather has invested in a drug that has caused teens to commit suicide. Somehow she must escape and warn others about the drug before it is too late.
YA HENRY
James, Brian
Tomorrow, Maybe: Chan has been living on the streets for two years, ever since her father married an abusive woman she couldn’t live with. Then Chan meets Elizabeth, a younger girl who needs her help but may ultimately betray her.
YA JAMES
Kibuishi, Kazu
Daisy Kutter: The Last Train: Daisy was once known as a fearsome outlaw, but now has quit the business to run a general store. Unfortunately, figures from her past (both human and robotic) soon come back to haunt her.
YA DAISY KUTTER
Lawrence, Iain
The Wreckers: 14-year old John is on a voyage with his father, the owner of a ship carrying valuable cargo. When the ship runs into a storm and is shipwrecked off the coast of a small Cornwall town, John soon realizes the town’s inhabitants plan to take the cargo from the ship and kill any survivors. Believing he is the only survivor John tries to run away, but then realizes his father has been taken captive by the town and he needs to save him.
YA LAWRENCE
McKernan, Victoria
Shackleton’s Stowaway: 18-year old Perce Blackborow stows away on the ship that will carry the Shackleton expedition to the Antarctic and ultimately become a shipwreck.
YA MCKERNAN
Ogiwara, Noriko
The Good Witch of the West: Firiel never knew her mother was a princess when she was exiled into the mountains twenty years ago. When Firiel attends a ball and finds out her true identity, she learns she must fight for her birthright.
YA GOOD WITCH OF THE WEST
Van Draanen, Wendelin
Runaway: Holly becomes a runaway after she decides to leave her abusive foster family. This is her story of traveling across the country, homelessness, and what it means to truly only have yourself to depend on.
YA VAN DRAANEN
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