Thanks to all that responded to my request for explorer fiction. Here is a list
of the titles recommended.
1. Voyage of the Half Moon by West (only 55 pages, RL 4.9)
A fictionalized account of Henry Hudson's third attempt to find the Northwest
Passage, sailing up what will come to be known as the Hudson River,
accompanied by his twelve-year-old son.
2. The Journal of Augustus Pelletier the Lewis & Clark Expedition
Author: Lasky, Kathryn
Publisher: New York Scholastic, Inc. (Dear America Series)
Publication Date: 2000
In this fictional journal, a half-French, half-Omaha Indian runaway shadows the
Lewis and Clark expedition before making his presence known and becoming
a valued member of the crew. Gus's journal is readable but basically remains a
by-the-numbers recitation of real-life events. A historical note and
section of archival images provide additional information on Lewis and Clark's
journey
3. Captain's Dog by Roland Smith Publisher Gulliver Books, 2000, c1999.
Description 287 p. : map ; 18 cm.
Captain Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman describes his experiences as he accompanies
his master on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the uncharted
western wilderness.
4. Seaman : the dog who explored the West with Lewis & Clark /
Author: Karwoski, Gail,
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree,
Publication Date: c1999.
Seaman, a Newfoundland, proves his value as a hunter, navigator, and protector
while serving with the Corps of Discovery when it explores the West under
the leadership of Lewis and Clark.
(183 pages)
5. Surviving Jamestown : the adventures of young Sam Collier / Gail Langer
Karwoski ; illustrated by Paul Casale.
198 pages, RL 5.7
SUMMARY Sam Collier, a twelve-year-old, serves as page to John Smith during
the relentless hardship experienced by the founders at the first permanent
English settlement in the New World.
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6. Verne, Jules. Journey to the center of the earth. New York :
Baronet Books, [19?]. Professor Hardwigg and friends
journey down a volcano toward the center of the earth. The
explorers encounter storms, pre-historic animals and
cavemen. Will they reach the center of the earth?.
7. FIC YOL PICTURE BOOK
Yolen, Jane. Encounter. 1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, c1992. A Taino Indian boy on the island of San
Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in
1492.
7. Streams to the River, River to the Sea by Scott O'Dell (RL YA)
A young Indian woman, accompanied by her infant and cruel husband, experiences joy
and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition seeking a
way to the Pacific.
8. The journeyer. by Gary Jennings Publisher Atheneum, c1984. Description 782 p. :
maps ; 24 cm. Classifications Fiction Reviews Wilson's Fiction
01/01/96 Notes Maps on lining papers. A fictionalized retelling of the journeys and
experiences of Marco Polo.
9. Freedom beyond the sea by Waldtraut Lewin ; translated from the German by
Elizabeth D. Crawford. Publisher Dell Laurel-leaf, 2003, c2001. Description
262 p. ; 18 cm. Classifications Fiction Reviews Book Report 05/01/02
To escape the Inquisition, Esther Marchadi, the sixteen-year-old daughter of a
murdered Jewish rabbi, disguises herself as a boy and joins the crew of
Christopher Columbus's "Santa Maria."
10. To the edge of the world / Michele Torrey. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf ,
Distributed by Random House, c2003. Description 233 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
In 1519, after the death of his parents, fourteen-year-old Mateo Macias becomes
cabin boy to Ferdinand Magellan on a dangerous journey in search of a
route to the fabled Spice Islands.
11. The King's fifth / Scott O'Dell
A tale of seven adventurers who left the summer camp of Coronado's army and struck
out into the great Southwest to find the golden cities of Cibola.
12. Stowaway by Karen Hesse
Karen Hesse's story is based on actual Endeavour stowaway Nicholas Young. Hesse's
information comes from the diaries of Captain Cook and shipboard
naturalist Joseph Banks.
13. Morning Girl by Michael Dorris
and 14/15.
William Durbin's stories about the fur trade set in Minnesota. Walking up a
Mountain...Taylor about the Corps of Engineers and Lewis and Clark.
*******
Joan Dyer-Westacott
Librarian, The Mellon Library, The American School in London
1 Waverley Place London, England NW8 0NP
joan_dyer-westacott@asl.org
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