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Avalanche
by Melinda Braun
When a deadly avalanche traps their group of thrill-seeking cross-country skiers in an abandoned cabin near a Rocky Mountain pass, Matt is challenged to overcome deadly environmental elements, mountain lions and limited supplies to bring them all to safety. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Beyond the mapped stars
by Rosalyn Eves
Seventeen-year-old Mormon girl Elizabeth is torn between becoming an astronomer and familial duties and faith when she navigates a whole new world of possibility, in this sweeping adventure set in the late 19th century. Simultaneous eBook.
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Buffalo flats
by Martine Leavitt
In the Northwest Territories of Canada during the late 1880s, 17-year-old Rebecca Leavitt must overcome the never-ending challenges of pioneer life in her Latter-day Saints community as she works towards owning her own land, calling upon her family, faith and friendships to see her through. Simultaneous eBook.
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Butterfly yellow
by Thanhháa Lòai
A Vietnam War refugee in Texas partners with a rodeo aspirant to track down the younger brother she was forced to leave behind before discovering that he no longer remembers her. By the award-winning author of Inside Out & Back Again. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Cold the night, fast the wolves : a novel
by Meg Long
"Meg Long's Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves is a captivating debut about survival, found family, and the bond between a girl and a wolf that delivers a fresh twist on classic survival stories and frontier myths. On a frozen wasteland of a planet, a girl is on the run with a wolf who is born to be a killer but bound to be her guide. As they fight to escape ice goblins, giant bears, and a ruthless leader intent on trapping them both, one question drives them relentlessly forward: where do you turn when there is nowhere to hide?"
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Even if it breaks your heart
by Erin Hahn
Determined to follow the list his late best friend left behind of things he wants him to accomplish, 19-year-old bullrider Case Michaels is led to 18-year-old Winnie Sutton, whom he ropes into competing on the rodeo circuit and becoming his friend. Simultaneous eBook.
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Heart of grit
by Shelli Sivert
"It's 1860 on the American frontier. Talk of a civil war is brewing, and the Pony Express is born. Fifteen-year-old Beatrice Brannon, a peacekeeper and rule-follower, faces losing her family's most prized possessions: their land and their hard-won respect. She vows to save both, but earning fast money is nearly impossible for a girl in those parts. Bea's friend, Charlie Rye, has carved out a hardscrabble existence, surviving by his own rules until his father drains Charlie's reputation down to the dregs.He's desperate for a lifeline. When the Pony Express comes to town recruiting riders, Bea and Charlie consider it fate, but they'll need to break their familiar rules. Both in disguise, they venture out into a world filled with injustice and corruption. Even folks they'd trusted are playing crooked games. They'll need to keep hidden to stay ahead. But after some missteps, Bea and Charlie fall into the traps set by their enemies. It's going to take more than belief in nice principles to save their lives and everything they hold dear. It's going to take drastic action and a heart of grit"
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Lost boy
by Jay Martin
"In the aftermath of a deadly car accident in the remote Wyoming wilderness, a young boy escapes as the sole survivor. Stranded, freezing and without anyone around to help him, he struggles to stay alive as he attempts to find his way back to civilization"
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Love, canter, action
by Katie Gilbert
"A small-town teen horse wrangler and a movie star agree to fake date but end up falling in love for real"
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My Calamity Jane
by Cynthia Hand
A side-splitting follow-up to My Plain Jane finds Wild Bill's Traveling Show performer Calamity Jane incurring a suspicious bite in the wake of a garou hunt gone wrong before seeking a cure in Deadwood, where she encounters a life-threatening surprise. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Near misses & cowboy kisses
by Katrina Emmel
While on a weeklong Oregon Trail bonding excursion, California girl Riley Thomas meets her match in tough Nebraskan cowboy Colton Walker and soon finds their battle of wills taking a romantic turn under a wide prairie sky of puffy clouds and bright stars. Original. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Nightland Express
by J. M. Lee
An orphan caring for her heavily pregnant sibling disguises herself as a boy to take a job on the Pony Express, where she partners with a young man hiding his own secrets and a mixed-race youth trying to defend his freedom. 10,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Revolver
by Marcus Sedgwick
In a tense, psychological drama set in the snowy wilderness of the Arctic Circle during the Alaska Gold Rush, 14-year-old Sig confronts a stranger who has come to settle the score with Sig's now-dead father. Reprint.
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They called us enemy
by George Takei
The iconic actor and activist presents a graphic memoir detailing his experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the hard choices his family made in the face of legalized racism. Original. Gr 10+
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Under a painted sky
by Stacey Lee
In 1845 Missouri, Sammy, a Chinese girl, and Annamae, a runaway slave girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California, facing countless dangers together and forging an unforgettable bond of friendship. Simultaneous eBook.
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The water seeker
by Kimberly Willis Holt
Traces the hard life--filled with losses, adversity and adventure--of Amos, son of a trapper and dowser, from 1833, when his mother dies giving birth to him, until 1859, when he himself has grown up and has a son of his own.
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What beauty there is
by Cory L. Anderson
A boy living in harsh poverty during a brutal Idaho winter searches for the drug money that sent his father to prison to keep his brother out of foster care, while a teen under the control of a merciless father makes a wrenching choice to help the brothers survive. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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