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.