Adventure Stories

Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.

 

Creech, Sharon. The Wanderer.

 

DiCamillo, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux.

The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess and a devious rat who is determined to being them all to ruin.

 

Farmer, Nancy. Girl Named Disaster.

While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an 11-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

 

Fleischman, Sid. The Whipping Boy.

A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.

 

George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves.

An Eskimo girl must survive with the help of a wolf pack on the forbidding North Slope of Alaska.

 

Hesse, Karen. Stowaway.

A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.

 

Hobbs, Will. Far North.

After the destruction of their floatplane, 16-year-old Gabe and his friend Raymond struggle to survive a winter in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories.

 

Horwitz, Anthony. Raven's Gate.

Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a troubled 14-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle.

 

Horowitz, Anthony. Stormbreaker.

After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, 14-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britian's intelligence agency.

 

Jacques, Brain Redwall.

Peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the evil rat Cluny. Matthais, a young mouse, is determined to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.

 

Lowry, Lois.  Number the Stars.

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, 10-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she shlps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

 

Mikaelsen, Ben. Stranded.

Twelve-year-old Koby, who has lost a foot in an accident, sees a chance to prove her self-reliance to her parents when she tries to rescue two stranded whales near her home in the Florida Keys.

 

Mikaelsen, Ben. Touching Spirit Bear.

After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle of Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.

       

Napoli, Donna Jo. North.

Tired of his mother's over-protectiveness and intrigued by the life of African American explorer Matthew Henson, 12-year-old Alvin travels north and spends a season with a trapper near the Arctic Circle.

 

Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet.

After a plane crash, 13-year-old Brian spends 54 dyas in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given to him by his mother. In the wilderness, Brian also learns how to survive his parent's divorce.

 

Pearce, Phillippa. Tom's Midnight Garden.

Tom's expecting a boring summer at his great-aunt and uncle's house. But in the middle of the night the clock strikes THIRTEEN, whenTom goes to investigate he finds a lush garden that is not there during the day.

 

Pierce, Tamora. Alanna: The First Adventure.

Eleven-year-old Alanna aspires to be a knight. She disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page and learns many hard lessons along her path of high adventure.

 

Pullman, Philip. Spring-Heeled Jack.

Three children make their escape from a London orphanage and after a series of misadventures are reunited with their father through the efforts of the legendary Spring-Heeled Jack.

 

Speare, Elizabeth George. The Sign of the Beaver.

Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Native Americans teach him their skills.

 

Springer, Nancy. Rowan Hood.

In her quest to connect with Robin Hood, the father she has never met, 13-year-old Rosemary disguises herself as a boy, befriends a half-wolf/half-dog, a runaway princess, and an overgrown boy whose signing is hypnotic, and makes peace with her elfin heritage.

 

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island.

While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune as well as great danger.