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. http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/advbib.html