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The wild / by Laukkanen, Owen,author.;
Ages 14 and up.Grades 10-12."From this moment on, you're a bear cub. You'll learn responsibility and respect. How to survive. It's easier if you just accept it." Dawn isn't a bad person--she's just made some bad choices: wrong guy, wrong friends, wrong everything. But she wasn't expecting her parents to pay a boatload of money to ship her off to Out of the Wild, a wilderness boot camp with a bunch of other messed up kids to learn important "life lessons." It's true that Dawn and the other cubs will learn a lot--but it's not what any of them expect. Because what happens in the woods isn't what their parents planned. Sometimes plans go very wrong. And this is one of those times. Suddenly Dawn is more scared than she's ever been in her life. And you will be too.840L
Subjects: Survival fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Adventure therapy; Camping; Teenagers;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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What I do to get through : how to run, swim, cycle, sew, or sing your way through depression / by Sagan, Oliviaeditor.(DLC)n 2014184782; Withey, James,editor.(DLC)n 2017016578;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190)."It might sound odd, but I can honestly say knitting has saved my life." When mental illness strikes, we need tools at our side to help make things better, that give meaning, relief and dare we say...happiness. From wild swimming and mindful running, to community singing and everyday yoga, the inspiring stories in this book reveal the power of activities and hobbies to distract, exorcise and calm, helping us to heal and recover from depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses. From the team behind the bestselling The Recovery Letters, this honest, uplifting and motivational book will help you to discover the activity or hobby that will transform your life and make every day that much brighter.
Subjects: Depression, Mental; Hobbies; Adventure therapy.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Nature shock : getting lost in America / by Coleman, Jon T.,1970-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-329) and index.An award-winning environmental historian explores American history through wrenching, tragic, and sometimes humorous stories of getting lost. The human species has a propensity for getting lost. The American people, inhabiting a mental landscape shaped by their attempts to plant roots and to break free, are no exception. In this engaging book, environmental historian Jon Coleman bypasses the trailblazers so often described in American history to follow instead the strays and drifters who went missing. From Hernando de Soto's failed quest for riches in the American southeast to the recent trend of getting lost as a therapeutic escape from modernity, this book details a unique history of location and movement as well as the confrontations that occur when our physical and mental conceptions of space become disjointed. Whether we get lost in the woods, the plains, or the digital grid, Coleman argues that getting lost allows us to see wilderness anew and connect with generations across five centuries to discover a surprising and edgy American identity.
Subjects: Adventure therapy.; Discoveries in geography.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wild bird / by Van Draanen, Wendelin,author.(CARDINAL)350475;
When her behavior escalates out of control, fourteen-year-old Wren is taken away to a wilderness therapy camp where she is forced to develop new skills, including the courage to ask for help.HL680LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; At-risk youth; Adventure therapy; Desert survival;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 18
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Adventures of Sheila the therapy dog : based on a true story / by Fedorovich, Debbie.;
Sheila is a therapy dog who has gone on many adventures to help people in need. Along with her owner Debbie, the pair has visited nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, schools, libraries, and more. A visit from a therapy dog can lower people's blood pressure, help children read, or just bring smiles and laughter. In order to do pet therapy, Debbie and Sheila had to train for a year and then pass a test to become certified.
Subjects: Fiction.; Animals; Dogs; Dogs; Dogs; Human-animal relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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What the woods took : a novel / by Gould, Courtney,author(CARDINAL)853560;
'Devin Green wakes in the middle of the night to find two men in her bedroom. No stranger to a fight, she calls to her foster parents for help, but it soon becomes clear this is a planned abduction--one everyone but Devin signed up for. She's shoved in a van and driven deep into the Idaho woods, where she's dropped off with a cohort of equally confused teens. Finally, two camp counselors inform them that they've all been enrolled in an experimental therapy program. If the campers can learn to change their self-destructive ways--and survive a fifty-days hike through the wilderness--they'll come out the other side as better versions of themselves. Or so the counselors say. Devin is immediately determined to escape. She's also determined to ignore Sheridan, the cruel-mouthed, lavender-haired bully who mocks every group exercise. But there's something strange about these woods--inhuman faces appearing between the trees, visions of people who shouldn't be there flashing in the leaves--and when the campers wake up to find both counselors missing, therapy becomes the least of their problems. Stranded and left to fend for themselves, the teens quickly realize they'll have to trust each other if they want to survive. But what lies in the woods may not be as dangerous as what the campers are hiding from each other--and if the monsters have their way, no one will leave the woods alive. Atmospheric and sharp, What the Woods Took is a poignant story of transformation that explores the price of becoming someone--or some thing--new." --Ages 13-18.
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Horror fiction.; Novels.; Young adult fiction.; Adventure therapy; Survival; Forests and forestry; Monsters; Supernatural; LGBTQ+ people;
Available copies: 29 / Total copies: 39
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What the woods took : a novel [audio-enabled device] / by Gould, Courtney,author.(CARDINAL)853560; Dorcus, Lindsey,narrator.; Playaway Digital Audio,issuing body.(CARDINAL)565887; Playaway Products, LLC,issuing body.(CARDINAL)868990;
Read by Lindsey Dorcus.Yellowjackets meets Girl, Interrupted when a group of troubled teens in a wilderness therapy program find themselves stranded in a forest full of monsters eager to take their place. Devin Green wakes in the middle of the night to find two men in her bedroom. No stranger to a fight, she calls to her foster parents for help, but it soon becomes clear this is a planned abduction--one everyone but Devin signed up for. She's shoved in a van and driven deep into the Idaho woods, where she's dropped off with a cohort of equally confused teens. Finally, two camp counselors inform them that they've all been enrolled in an experimental therapy program. If the campers can learn to change their self-destructive ways--and survive a fifty-days hike through the wilderness--they'll come out the other side as better versions of themselves. Or so the counselors say. Devin is immediately determined to escape. She's also determined to ignore Sheridan, the cruel-mouthed, lavender-haired bully who mocks every group exercise. But there's something strange about these woods--inhuman faces appearing between the trees, visions of people who shouldn't be there flashing in the leaves--and when the campers wake up to find both counselors missing, therapy becomes the least of their problems. Stranded and left to fend for themselves, the teens quickly realize they'll have to trust each other if they want to survive. But what lies in the woods may not be as dangerous as what the campers are hiding from each other--and if the monsters have their way, no one will leave the woods alive. Atmospheric and sharp, What the Woods Took is a poignant story of transformation that explores the price of becoming someone or something new.Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Paranormal fiction.; Horror fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Adventure therapy; Survival; Forests and forestry; Monsters; Supernatural; Sexual minorities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bear with me now / by Shepard, Katie,author.(CARDINAL)866386;
"Two people are ready for their lives to get a little wilder in this romantic comedy by debut author Katie Shepard. After being hospitalized for depression following his mother's death, charitable foundation CEO Teagan van Zijl finds himself at a wilderness therapy retreat in Montana. Lost in the woods, Teagan nearly gets eaten by a bear but is saved by an angel in muddy hiking boots--the program's handywoman, Darcy Albano, that is. After spending the summer with Darcy, Teagan realizes he doesn't want to return to New York without her. He hires Darcy as his sober companion--a position he doesn't actually need filled and for which Darcy is completely unqualified--hoping she can help him figure out how to move forward. But once they get to the city, all Teagan can think of is how to confess the truth. Darcy Albano thought she was going to work as a wilderness guide when she was hired on the camp staff, but ended up a handywoman instead--only the latest screwing-over she's endured since her ex stole her car and her parents ruined her credit score. But Teagan van Zijl is the silver lining she didn't expect to appear-clearly going through something but willing to learn about wildlife from her. They form an unlikely bond, and he helps her in turn. The city is not how she envisioned it when she agreed to join him, but with Teagan, anything feels possible"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Romance fiction.; Adventure therapy; Depression, Mental; Life change events; Man-woman relationships; Moving, Household;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 18
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Through the wilderness : my journey of redemption and healing in the American wild / by Orsted, Brad,author.(CARDINAL)872737;
Here and now -- Then. A grizzly conferment ; Howling wolves ; Centripetal ; The crow sweat hot ; The long walk back ; Run for the hills ; Kindred spirits ; Hard side of the mountain ; Dirt prayer ; North star ; Closing the hoop -- Breathe."Award-winning Yellowstone photographer and documentary filmmaker Brad Orsted's seven-year search for refuge and redemption in America's greatest wilderness. When Brad Orsted's fifteen-month-old daughter, Marley, died mysteriously at the home of Brad's mother, he descended into madness. Blaming himself, he plunged into an abyss of grief, guilt, and self-recrimination, fueled by prescription drugs and alcohol. He planned his suicide as his wife, Stacey, searched for a new beginning. She finally found a job in Yellowstone National Park and, with their daughters, Mazzy and Chloe, the pair fled Michigan, looking for refuge and redemption in the 2.2 million acres of glorious American wilderness. Through the Wilderness begins in Yellowstone, five months after the family's arrival in 2012, when, in an alcoholic haze, Brad stumbled into a field of sage and survived a face-to-face encounter with an adult male grizzly bear. For the first time in almost two years, he realized he wanted to live--he just didn't know how. Desperate for help, Brad invited himself to a Crow sweat lodge ceremony, where an elder told him it was time to stop grieving. The elder's words started Brad on a journey towards sobriety and inner peace, only possible because of lessons he learned in the wild, his new job as a wildlife photographer and filmmaker, and two orphan grizzly cubs who carried him back home and taught him how to live again. Brad's ten-year odyssey is about finding the wild inside the human heart. It is a journey of the spirit- a journey to forgiveness and sobriety, to love and life, to memory, and ultimately, to Marley"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Orsted, Brad.; Adventure therapy.; Alcoholics; Grizzly bear.; Parental grief.; Wildlife photographers;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Surrender your sons / by Sass, Adam,1983-author.(CARDINAL)837515;
His SAT scores bombed, the old man he delivers meals to died, and when he came out to his religious zealot mother, she had him kidnapped and shipped off to a secluded island. His final destination: Nightlight Ministries, a conversion therapy camp that will be his new home until he "changes." But Connor's troubles are only beginning. At Nightlight, everyone has something to hide--from the campers to the "converted" staff and cagey camp director--and it quickly becomes clear that no one is safe. Connor plans to escape and bring the other kidnapped teens with him. But first, he's exposing the camp's horrible truths for what they are--and taking this place down.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Sexual orientation; Conversion therapy; Camps; Murder; Adventure and adventurers; Sexual orientation.; Sexual preference.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 13
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