Лучшие книги Гари Полсена

Канадська тайга, хижі звірі, холод. Цивілізований світ — за сотні кілометрів. Тринадцятирічний Браян Робсон після авіатрощі опинився сам на сам з дикою природою. Вітрівка на плечах та сокира в руках — ось і все його екіпірування. У хлопця немає часу на злість, жалощі до себе або відчай: щоб вижити, Браянові знадобляться всі його вміння, рішучість і мужність. Але його ятрять сумніви у своїй здатності вижити, а до всього ще не дає спокою материна таємниця, про яку ото от має дізнатися батько…

Культова книжка для дорослих та підлітків про силу людського духу, у якій порушено проблеми дорослішання та виживання в умовах дикої природи.

"We want you to do it again."These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived.Now the government wants him to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive. Soon the project backfires, though, leaving Brian with a wounded partner and a long river to navigate. His only hope is to build a raft and try to transport the injured man a hundred miles downstream to a trading post--if the map he has is accurate.From the Paperback edition.

Nightjohn

С изумлением и восторгом вчитываются друзья в строки письма без обратного адреса. Кто-то другой наверняка махнул бы рукой на это явно попавшее не по адресу послание, но только не двое сыщиков Дунк и Эймос.

Неужели пожилой добродушный ветеринар связан с орудующей в городе шайкой похитителей собак? Звучит невероятно, но факты — упрямая вещь. Ведь все его многочисленные питомцы — самых дорогостоящих пород, да к тому же старик настойчиво избегает разговора о собаках. А раз так, заключают многоопытные сыщики Дунк и Эймос, то где же, как не у него, искать пропавшего пса, за которого обещано крупное вознаграждение. Остается только проникнуть к ветеринару в дом, отыскать собаку — и денежки в кармане! Однако на деле все оказывается не так-то просто...

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Когда на маленький рыбацкий лагерь обрушивается холера, единственным спасением для Лейфа становится челнок и открытое море. Лейф плывет на север, от одной бухты к другой, избежав одной опасности, он сталкивается с другой. Лейф не знает наверняка, куда плыть, но он должен выжить. Чем дольше Лейф в пути, тем сильнее проникается он своим неожиданным странствием, тем ближе становится к своему истинному “я”, сливаясь с сердцебиением океана, пульсом моря.
«Не останавливайся на месте. Плыви и будь. Просто чтобы быть».

Captive!

Escape from Fire Mountain

Danger on Midnight River

Thirteen-year-old Ryan Swanner and his mom just moved to the mountain resort of Black Water Lake. The locals say that beneath the lake's seemingly calm surface, a giant, ancient creature lives. But Ryan's new friend Rita tells him that's just hogwash. She's not afraid to go fishing out on the lake, even though, oddly, the lake seems to be nearly empty of fish. One day Ryan sees a small animal fall from a tree into the lake--and never surface again. Something is in the lake--and it's alive.

There's plenty of family feuding when Bobbie Walker's city cousin comes to their grandpa's ranch for a visit. But when the cousins cross paths with the wild bull Diablo and the nasty Bledsoe boys, they must find a way to get along.

Katie, Sam, and their cousin Shala can't wait to get to San Marcos, New Mexico. There they are meeting Katie and Sam's dad, an anthropologist who's studying the ruins of the ancient cliff dwellers at El Debajo. But Dr. Crockett isn't there to meet them at the airport. Does Dr. Crockett have enemies who might have kidnapped him? Or is there really a curse on the ruins of El Dejabo?

Roped into wacky attempts to break world records, imitate scenes from books, and other inspired ideas, Riley and Reed follow their fearless leader Henry into the wilderness, the bull-riding ring, a haunted house, cataclysmic collision with explosive life forms, and off the roof of a house on a bike.

The rock wall above them was as smooth as polished black marble, There were no crevices and no ledges. They would have to fight for every inch. Rick looked at his friends, J.D. and Spud nodded silently. Rick stood up and started. His job would be to make the trail. Their job was to make sure he lived through it. High atop treacherous Devil's Wall, The Rock Jockeys find much to explore. Sheer mountain cliffs. Wild woodland. Even a crashed B-17 bomber! But when they stumble upon a crew member's diary — and unearth other eerie clues — the boys realize Devil's Wall also holds a gruesome secret. That secret leaves The Rock Jockeys with a…

Justin McCallister loves life on his aunt and uncle's Montana sheep ranch...until a grizzly bear begins terrorizing the livestock, injuring Justin's collie, Radar, and killing his pet lamb, Blue. Justin decides to take matters into his own hands and sets out to track down the bear. But things become more dangerous than Justin ever could have imagined when he comes face-to-face with the grizzly.

A horrid shriek erupted from behind the stairs, and clammy, leathery wings exploded into Warren’s face. He slammed his eyes shut and beat the Gorgon off, hearing Rick’s sword swish through empty air. Warren dove back, rolled on his shoulder, and came up clear, his sword slicing in every direction… With his turned-up nose and pointy ears, Warren Trumbull looks a lot like a pig. Even in a world of evil warlocks and eight-foot cyclops, Warren is an oddball. He gets the worst assignments working for Prince Charming’s Damsel in Distress Rescue Agency: assignments like exterminating a Gorgon—a mean, green, scaly, creature with the power to…

"You've caused just about enough trouble!" Jim didn't turn around. He knew it was Kincaid. He dropped the bag and ran for the window. Kincaid's aides were too fast for him. They pulled him out from behind the desk and held him firmly. Kincaid's face darkened. "Take him to the medical lab. I'll do this one personally." When Jim Stanton's family moves to Folsum, New Mexico, everyone but Jim is happy. The townspeople are just too polite, and they're all eerily obedient to Jefferson Kincaid, the president of Folsum National Laboratories. Then Jim meets a mysterious girl who lives in the mountains, and she tells him a shocking secret.…

Jesse Rodriguez has a pretty exciting job for a 13-year-old, working for his friend Buck at a small flight and skydiving school near Seattle. But he still can't wait to turn 16 and finally be old enough to make his first free-fall jump from a plane. Buck has been like a father to him ever since Jesse's dad died, and has made sure that Jesse picks up all he needs to know about skydiving while he does odd jobs around the airport.But Jesse and his friend Robin Waterford have also learned something very disturbing. Someone's been using the airport to smuggle members of a Central American drug cartel into the United States, and Jesse's worried…