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Adventures - Fiction

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Junior High - Adventure

Stowaway by Karen Hesse - 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
The call of the wild by Jack London - The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen - After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool - Odyssey-like adventure of two boys' incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail where they deal with pirates, buried secrets, and extraordinary encounters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - The classic story of Jim Hawkins' dangerous search for pirate treasure is accompanied by notes and illustrations placing the story in the context of its era
Gulliver's travels by Jonathan Swift - The voyages of an Englishman carry him to such places as Liliput, where the people are only six inches tall, Brobdingnag, a land of giants, and a country ruled by horses
Loot : how to steal a fortune by Jude Watson - When Alfie McQuin, the notorious jewel thief, is killed on a job, his last words to his son, March, are to "find jewels" and this instruction leads the boy to Jules, the twin sister he never knew he had
The Swiss family Robinson by Johann David Wyss - Shipwrecked on a tropical island, a Swiss minister, his wife, and their four sons struggle to survive until they can be rescued