Looking for Adventure? Try Adventure Non-Fiction

Try these books if you're looking for:

• adventure
• non-fiction
• no graphic/violent scenes
• no strong language
• strong female protagonists
• under 250 pages
• young adult

Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific 
Mary Cronk Farrell
YA NF 940.5475 FAR
A tribute to the American nurses trapped in the Philippines by the attack on Pearl Harbor describes the harrowing conditions under which they treated soldiers before being captured and forced to endure starvation and disease for three years. 

Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 
Michaela DePrince with Elaine DePrince
YA BIO DEPRINCE 2014
The memoir of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.

Engaging Contemporary Chick-Lit

Try these books if you're looking for:

• chick-lit
• engaging reads
• contemporary settings
• under 250 pages
• no strong language

My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend 
Elodia Strain
ROMANCE STRAIN
A romantic comedy in which Jesse, a sassy and intelligent young woman, must choose between two men--one a penniless writer, and the other a successful advertising executive. 217 pgs.

Wallflower in Bloom 
Claire Cook
F COOK
The story of a woman who emerges from the shadow of her overbearing family and finds herself voted on as a last-minute replacement on “Dancing with the Stars.” 260 pgs.

Austenland 
Shannon Hale
F HALE Jane is a young New York woman who can never seem to find the right man-- perhaps because of her secret obsession with Mr. Darcy ... But when a wealthy relative bequeaths to her a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-obsessed women, Jane puts reality aside and enters a world she’s only ever dreamed of. 196 pgs.