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Author
Series
Extreme adventures volume 2
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
After trying to save a prize bull from being stolen by rustlers, Sam Fox finds himself trapped in the moutains as a bushfire rages and he has to rely on Chainsaw, a rodeo bull, to find his way out.
Author
Series
Extreme adventures volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When the robber who has kidnapped Sam Fox and his two-year-old cousin Nissa crashes his car into the Crocodile River, Sam struggles to protect himself and Nissa from the danger all around them.
Author
Series
Extreme adventures volume 4
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Sam Fox is on a caving expedition in the desert when the roof collapses, trapping his brother Nathan beneath tons of rubble; Sam reaches the cave exit but discovers a sea of huge, angry scorpions.
4) Shark bait
Author
Series
Extreme adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Sam Fox is on vacation at the Great Barrier Reef, when he and a young Japanese tourist are swept off a coral shelf by a freak wave. Before they know it, a strong current has pushed them out into open water. First, Sam must fight to keep himself and his new friend from drowning. Then, as night falls over the inky black ocean, the underwater predators start moving in ...
5) Killer whale
Author
Series
Extreme adventures volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Sam Fox is on holidays with his family in Antarctica when their ski plane crashes on the ice. As the unstable iceshelf cracks apart, Sam and his younger brother become separated from the rest of the group. Before long, they're stranded on a wobbly icefloe. Just when it seems things couldn't get any worse, a massive creature emerges from the deep. A creature with huge jaws, and rows and rows of enormous teeth.
6) Man-eater
Author
Series
Fact finders. Extreme! volume 6
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Sam is at a youth conference in Africa when the bus takes off without him, leaving him stranded. Within minutes he's attacked by an angry elephant and half-blinded by a spitting cobra. A young Masai tells Sam he needs medical attention--fast. But the only way to the hospital is through the Chui Hills. The same hills being terrorized by a ferocious, man-eating leopard"--
7) Spider bite
Author
Series
Extreme adventures volume 5
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Sam Fox's twin brothers, Harry and Jordan, are carried off in a runaway hot air balloon, Sam ends up trapped with them; the ride turns into a life-or-death struggle when Jordan is bitten by a Sydney funnel-web spider.
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Uncle Dan Hunter is taking his virtual reality program public, and thirteen-year old Carter and his cousin Isabelle are helping him demonstrate the suits at a children's bookstore--but when a blackout fuses Wind in the willows with Peter Pan, Carter has battle pirates and weasels to rescue the two children trapped in the suits.
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carter Lewis is having trouble making it through The legend of Sleepy Hollow, so his cousin Isabelle, suggests that he use his uncle's virtual reality machine to enter into the book as a character--and meet the Headless Horseman up-close and personal.
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carter Lewis's Uncle Dan has invented a suit that creates a virtual reality world so that the person experiences and interacts with a book as if he were actually there--but when Carter and his cousin Isabelle put on the suits they discover that a hacker is playing games with them.
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
It turns out Storm never had Uncle Dan at all! He is now safe at home and the virtual reality system is secure against all hacking. Uncle Dan has finished his prototype and arranged for a buyer. The buyer, a young woman, says she wants to try the suit first and she needs a guide. So Carter agrees to enter Great Expectations with her. What the family doesn't know is the young woman is actually Storm and she's got one last trick up her sleeve -- revenge!
Aligned...
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Until now Uncle Dan has only used classic books in his program, so being commissioned to turn a new manuscript into a virtual reality world sounds exciting--but while they are testing the program, Isabelle realizes that the book is plagiarized from The purloined letter, and it is up to Carter to teach the author a lesson.
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Their Uncle Dan is still missing and Carter and Isabelle are starting to worry, especially after they receive a threatening call from the computer hacker--and he challenges them to match wits with him in Treasure Island.
14) Grizzly trap
Author
Series
Extreme adventures volume 8
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The grizzly rose up on its hind legs and let out a fearsome roar, halfway between the bark of a dog and the bellow of a bull. We were dead meat... Sam Fox is on a trip to North America with his Cub Scout pack when their bus crashes down a canyon. Some of the group are seriously injured, so Sam and two cubs set off to find help. But Sam is thousands of miles from home, in the middle of the American wilderness. A wilderness full of howling wolves, and...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Hold on tight! Do you have what it takes to climb up a cliff face without a rope? Test your skills against the extreme-and dangerous-sport of extreme rock climbing. In this sport, one wrong step can be a long way down. Will you climb your way to victory?"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend comes both books in the Extreme Adventures series.Falling FreestyleWith her outdoor adventure buddies, Dara's lived life to the max. Now Kane and Jack are both considering settling down, with Dara, but neither wants to break up their trio. Dara has a plan that will solve everything-or lose it all.Rising FreestyleRecovering after a climbing accident, Melanie tackles the wall at the local climbing...
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