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Children's Recommendations - Adventure

Adventures - Fiction

The unexpected life of Oliver Cromwell pitts
ISBN: 9781616205645
Title: The unexpected life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts... by Avi - In 1724 England, twelve-year-old Oliver Cromwell Pitts embarks to find his father and his older sister in a journey filled with thieves, adventurers, and treachery
Author: Avi, 1937- author.
The Last Kids On Earch
ISBN: 9780670016617
Title: The last kids on Earth by Max Brallier & Douglas Holgate - After a monster apocalypse hits town, average thirteen-year-old Jack Sullivan builds a team of friends to help slay the eerily intelligent monster known as Blarg
Author: Brallier, Max, author.
The Nine Lives of jacobTibbs
ISBN: 9780553511246
Title: The nine lives of Jacob Tibbs by Cylin Busby - The story of cat Jacob Tibbs, runt of the litter, and his exploits on the high seas as a ship's mouser
Author: Busby, Cylin, author.
Bandit's Moon
ISBN: 9780688158309
Title: Bandit's moon by Sid Fleischman - Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquín Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s
Author: Fleischman, Sid, 1920-2010
wildfire_run
ISBN: 9780061953477
Title: Wildfire run by Dee Garretson - A relaxing retreat to Camp David turns deadly after a faraway earthquake sets off a chain of disastrous events that traps the president's twelve-year-old son, Luke, and his two friends within the compound
Author: Garretson, Dee.
my_side_of_the_mountain
Title: My side of the mountain by Jean Craighead George - A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival
Author: George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012
lalani_of_the_distant_sea
ISBN: 9780062747273
Title: Lalani of the distant sea by Erin Entrada Kelly - Twelve-year-old Lalani Sarita takes on the impossible task of traveling to the legendary Mount Isa
Author: Kelly, Erin Entrada, author.
the_book_of_the_boy
ISBN: 9780062686206
Title: The book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock - In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather seven precious relics
Author: Murdock, Catherine Gilbert, author.
island_of_the_vlue_dolphins
ISBN: 9780395069622
Title: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell - Left on an island off the coast of California, a young Native American girl lives alone for eighteen years, surviving on her enormous courage and self-reliance
Author: O'Dell, Scott, 1898-1989.
treasure_hunters
ISBN: 9780316207560
Title: Treasure hunters by James Patterson - Following clues left by their missing father, the four Kidd siblings sail from the Caribbean to New York City to finish the dangerous quest of their treasure-hunting parents
Author: Patterson, James, 1947- author.
nuts_to_you
ISBN: 9780060092757
Title: Nuts to you by Lynne Rae Perkins - After surviving being carried off by a hawk, a young squirrel resolves to find his way home as his best friends begin their search for him
Author: Perkins, Lynne Rae.
the_courage_test
ISBN: 9781250093912
Title: The courage test by James Preller - Dragged along on his father’s wilderness adventure along the Lewis and Clark Trail, young Will meets fascinating strangers and has courage-challenging experiences that are overshadowed by growing fears
Author: Preller, James, author.
Vctoria_scott
ISBN: 9781338043587
Title: Hear the wolves by Victoria Scott - When a blizzard threatens to bury her small Alaskan town and the wolves begin to hunt, Sloan must find her courage
Author: Scott, Victoria (Young adult author), author.
abels_island
ISBN: 0374300100
Title: Abel's island by William Steig - Cast away on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and return home
Author: Steig, William, 1907-2003-
call_it_courage
ISBN: 0027860302
Title: Call it courage by Armstrong Sperry - A legend of a Polynesian boy who overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe
Author: Sperry, Armstrong, 1897-
i_survived
ISBN: 9780545950060
Title: I survived the eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 by Lauren Tarshis - On May 10, 1980, eleven-year-old Jess finds herself in the middle of the deadliest volcanic eruption in U.S. history
Author: Tarshis, Lauren, author.
ISBN: 0385079060
Title: The cay by Theodore Taylor - After the freighter on which Phillip and his mother were traveling from wartime Curacao to the U.S. is torpedoed, the boy finds himself dependent on an old West Indian for survival
Author: Taylor, Theodore, 1921-2006.