Yuki and the one thousand carriers

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Jill Rubalcaba

After his mother dies, Damon, a young medical student living in Alexandria, Egypt, in 45 B.C., makes a perilous journey to Spain to locate his father who is serving in the Roman army led by Julius Caesar.

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Laurent Chabin

Sandy a dix ans. Ses parents l'amènent avec eux à l'aventure dans les montagnes du Mali, au coeur du Sahara. Le désert est beau, mais aussi implacable. Le garçon est à dure école, l'inconfort, la chaleur, le soleil, etc. Son initiation est à son comble lorsque le khamsin se manifeste. Ils sont ensevelis dans le sable, les méharis se sont sauvés, le guide, disparu. Tout ce qui leur reste est un peu d'eau. Leur survie est menacée. -- Une trame simple, bien menée, avec un suspense progressif. Le texte rédigé dans un style direct est parsemé de quelques informations sur le monde du désert. [SDM].

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Alan Armstrong

Newbery Honor--winning author Alan Armstrong's latest book!Eleven-year-old Mark's anthropologist father has disappeared in the Gobi desert while tracing Marco Polo's ancient route from Venice to China. His mother decides they must go to Venice to petition the agency that sent Mark's father to send out a search party. Anxious about his father and upset about spending Christmas away from home, Mark gets a bad asthma attack in the middle of the night. That's when Doc Hornaday, an old friend of Mark's father, makes a house call, along with a massive black Tibetan mastiff called Boss. To distract Mark from his wheezing and to pass the long Venetian night, the Doc starts to spin for Mark the tale of Marco Polo. Doc describes Marco's travels and the boy finds himself falling under the spell of the story that has transfixed the world for centuries. Marco's journey bolsters Mark's courage and whets his appetite for risk and adventure, and for exposure to life in all its immense and fascinating variety.From the Hardcover edition.

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Salina Yoon

"Penguin embarks on his next journey--becoming the first penguin to explore the North Pole! Along the way, he says hello to all of his old friends. But when he finally reaches his destination, he realizes he's all alone in a strange, foreign place. How will Penguin overcome his fears of the unknown and enjoy this new adventure?"--