Adventure Stories
- Aiken, Joan. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
Two girls confront hungry wolves, a wicked governess, and other villains
in this spoof of melodrama.
- Alcock, Vivien. The Trial of Anna Cotman.
New to town, Anna is happy to join a secret society, until she commits a
"crime" that the group won't forgive.
- Allan, Ted. Willie the Squowse.
Willie, part mouse and part squirrel, lives in the walls between houses
of two very different families.
- Anderson, Alonzo. Zeb.
A boy and his dog are stranded on the 1680's Colonial frontier.
- Anderson, Margaret. Searching for Shona.
During an evacuation of children during World War II, two young girls
trade identities.
- Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.
The only female on a sea voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the
captain is treacherous and the crew is mutinous.
- Avi. Wolf Rider.
Andy answers the phone, hearing someone admit to a murder. Is it a crank
call, or is a murderer on the loose?
- Bellairs, John. The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn.
After stumbling on a clue at the public library, Anthony sets out on a
wild and dangerous treasure hunt.
- Brittain, Bill. The Wish Giver.
When a strange man comes to a carnival promising that he can give people
exactly what they ask for, three people make wishes that come true in
unexpected ways.
- Byars, Betsy. The 18th Emergency.
Mousie is prepared for EVERY emergency, except the one that now awaits
him: being beaten up by the school bully.
- Clifford, Eth. Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library.
Two girls spend an adventurous night in the public library during a
blizzard.
- Conrad, Pam. My Daniel.
Grandmother Julia remembers life on a Nebraska farm during the dinosaur
bone wars of the 19th century.
- Danziger, Paula. Remember Me to Harold Square.
Three kids experience a summer-long scavenger hunt throughout New York
City.
- DeFelice, Cynthia. Weasel.
Alone in the frontier wilderness during the winter of 1839, Nathan and
Molly hear a knock at the cabin door. There stands a stranger holding a
locket belonging to their missing father.
- Duane, Diane. So You Want to be a Wizard.
Nita is tormented by bullies, until she finds a VERY helpful library
book.
- Duncan, Lois. A Gift of Magic.
Kirby has the gift of dance. Brendon has the gift of music. But what
gift does Nancy have? ESP.
- Eager, Edward. Half Magic.
Four children find a coin that grants HALF of every wish. And what good
is that?
- Eckert, Allan. Incident at Hawk's Hill.
A shy, lost, 6-year-old boy spends a summer wandering through the
Canadian wilderness.
- Enright, Elizabeth. Gone-Away Lake.
An abandoned summer colony bordering a swamp leads to a vacation of
exploration and adventure.
- Erwin, Betty. Go the the Room of the Eyes.
A treasure hunt is afoot when the Evans children find a message left 30
years earlier.
- Fleischman, Sid. By the Great Horn Spoon.
Accompanied by his butler, an orphan boy runs away and becomes involved
in the California gold rush of 1849.
- Fleischman, Sid. The Whipping Boy.
A prince and his hard-knocked whipping boy face adventures when their
roles are reversed.
- Greer, Gery & Bob Ruddick. Max and Me and the Time Machine.
Steve buys a time machine at a garage sale which lands him in a joust in
the year 1250.
- Holland, Barbara. Prisoners at the Kitchen Table.
Two friends, one confident and the other timid, find their positions
reversed when they must plot to escape kidnappers.
- Jones, Diana Wynne. Aunt Maria.
While caring for their great aunt, Mig and Chris discover that this
"helpless" woman has frightening powers.
- Manes, Stephen. Make Four Million Dollars by Next Thursday.
Jason attracts a lot of attention when he follows zany advice in a
get-rich-quick book.
- Paterson, Katherine. The Master Puppeteer.
Feudal Japan is the setting for this story of his apprentice puppeteer
and his search for a Robin Hood-like bandit.
- Pearce, Philippa. 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, when the clock strikes THIRTEEN, Tom goes to
investigate...
- Pullman, Philip. Spring-Heeled Jack.
Three children escape from a Victorian ophanage with the help of the
legendary Spring-Heeled Jack.
- Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game.
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an
assortment of heirs who must discover the murderer before they can claim
their inheritance.
- Roberts, Willo D. The Girl with the Silver Eyes.
Silver eyes are not all that set Katie apart from other kids. She also
has telekinetic powers!
- Roberts, Willo D. The View from the Cherry Tree.
Robert witnesses a murder, but nobody believes him. Except the murderer.
- Ruckman, Ivy. Night of the Twisters.
In 1980, seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska. Relive the night
through the accounts of a fictional twelve-year-old boy.
- Sleator, William. The Spirit House.
When a Thai eschange student moves in with her family, Julie is
convinced that a spirit with wish granting powers has followed him
across the sea.
- Speare, Elizabeth G. The Sign of the Beaver.
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in 1768, a boy is
hard-pressed to survive.
- Speare, Elizabeth G. The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
An exciting story about the Salem witch hunts.
- Wright, Betty Ren. The Dollhouse Murders.
A dollhouse fills with ghostly light; dolls change positions when
nobody's home. Are the dolls trying to send a message.
Compiled by Mary D'Eliso for MCPL.
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