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Adventure Stories
The following are suggestions of good adventure stories. Clicking on a book title will take you to the library catalog, where you can request the book or learn more information about it. Want even more reading suggestions? Ask a librarian.
| Location | Title/Author | Grade | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| J & Pbk / Avi | The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi | 5 - 8 | As the lone "young lady" on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and the crew rebellious. |
| J & Pbk / Cle | A Week in the Woods Clements, Andrew | 4 - 7 | The fifth grade's annual camping trip in the woods tests Mark's survival skills and his ability to relate to a teacher who seems out to get him. |
| J & Pbk / Col | Gregor the Overlander Collins, Suzanne | 4 - 8 | When Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders. Series: Underland Chronicles |
| J Pbk / Cor | LionBoy Corder, Zizou | 5 - 8 | In the near future, a boy with the ability to speak the language of cats sets out from London to seek his kidnapped parents and finds himself on a Paris-bound circus ship learning to train lions. Series: Lionboy |
| J & Pbk / Cre | The Wanderer Creech, Sharon | 5 - 8 | Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which is en route to visit their grandfather in England |
| J / Eva | MVP: Magellan Voyage Project Evans, Douglas | 4 - 7 | Adam Story is challenged by the deposed ruler of Babababad and his mongoose companion to become the first youngster to travel around the world in forty days. |
| J / Far | A Girl Named Disaster Farmer, Nancy | 5 - 8 | While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits. |
| J / Gor | Tunnels Gordon, Roderick | 5 - 9 | When Will Burrows and his friend Chester embark on a quest to find Will's archaeologist father, they are led to a labyrinthine world underneath London, full of sinister inhabitants with evil intentions toward "Topsoilers" like Will and his father. |
| J & Pbk / Hob | Far North Hobbs, Will | 5 - 8 | After the destruction of their floatplane, Gabe and his Dene friend, Raymond, struggle to survive a winter in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories. |
| J / Jac | Redwall Jacques, Brian | 6 - 9 | When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the sword of Martin the Warrior. |
| J Pbk / Kor | Shipwreck Korman, Gordon | 4 - 7 | Six kids, Nick, J.J., Will, Lyssa, Charla, and Ian, are thrown together against their will on a small boat that will make a one-month journey on the Pacific Ocean. Series: Island |
| J / Mcc | Smile McCaughrean, Geraldine | 4 - 6 | After surviving a plane crash in the jungle, Flash, a photographer, is taken to a remote village where his instant camera works magic for those who have never seen a photo. |
| J & Pbk / McK | Shackleton's Stowaway McKernan, Victoria | 6 - 9 | A fictionalized account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition. |
| J / Mor | Kensuke's Kingdom Morpurgo, Michael | 4 - 7 | When Michael is swept off his family's yacht, he washes up on a desert island, where he struggles to survive--until he finds he is not alone. |
| J / Nay | Roxie and the Hooligans Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 3 - 5 | Roxie Warbler, the niece of a famous explorer, follows Uncle Dangerfoot's advice on how to survive any crisis when she becomes stranded on an island with a gang of school bullies and a pair of murderous bank robbers. |
| J / Ode | Island of the Blue Dolphins O'Dell, Scott | 5 - 8 | Left alone on anisolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding happiness in her solitary life. |
| J & Pbk / Osb | Adaline Falling Star Osborne, Mary Pope | 4 - 8 | Feeling abandoned by her deceased mother and father, Adaline Falling Star runs away from the cousins with whom she is staying and comes close to death in the wilderness, with only a dog for company. |
| J Pbk / Spe | Call It Courage Sperry, Armstrong | 4 - 8 | Based on a Polynesian legend, this is the story of Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means Stout Heart, who overcomes his terrible fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his people. |
| J / Ste | Fergus Crane Stewart, Paul and Riddell, Chris | 4 - 6 | Nine-year-old Fergus Crane's life is filled with classes on the school ship Betty Jeanne, interesting neighbors, and helping with his mother's work until a mysterious box flies into his window and leads him toward adventure. Series: Far Flung Adventures |
