The Bulletin Dozen
The Bulletin Dozen is a monthly theme-based list of titles. Since we're awfully fond of bakers here at the Bulletin, we thought we'd adopt their philosophy of generosity and throw in an extra one or two when we have them to offer. Please feel free to copy, download, or link to these lists. We ask only that you cite the source.
Call 'em survival stories, robinsonnades (after Robinson Crusoe, the daddy of them all), or whatever you will, stories about kids eking out an existence for themselves in strange surroundings can make for compulsive reading. Some of the books here are light-hearted, some are grim; some of the settings are urban, some wilderness; some of the protagonists are female and some male. In all, however, young people display ingenuity and responsibility, rising to the challenges of the situation in a way that many readers find irresistible.
- Cole, Brock The Goats. Farrar, 1986. (BCCB 10/87)
- George, Jean Craighead My Side of the Mountain. Dutton, 1959. (BCCB 6/60)
- Hill, David Take It Easy. Dutton, 1997. (BCCB 6/97)
- Hill, Kirkpatrick Toughboy and Sister. McElderry, 1990. (BCCB 11/90)
- Hobbs, Will Far North . Morrow, 1996.
- Holman, Felice Slake's Limbo. Scribner's, 1974. (BCCB 4/75)
- Konigsburg, E. L. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Atheneum, 1967. (BCCB 3/68)
- O'Grady, Scott Basher Five-Two. Doubleday, 1997. (BCCB 7/96)
- Paulsen, Gary Hatchet . Bradbury, 1987. (BCCB 12/87)
- Peterson, P. J. White Water. Simon, 1997. (BCCB 6/97)
- Savage, Deborah A Rumor of Otters. Houghton, 1986. (BCCB 10/86)
- Voigt, Cynthia The Homecoming. Atheneum, 1981. (BCCB 5/81)
- Watkins, Yoko Kawashima So Far From the Bamboo Grove. Lothrop, 1986. (BCCB 6/86)
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