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Hand-picked Action Books for Children

Chases, scrapes, narrow escapes. Pages that turn themselves.

102 action books

What to read on a rainy weekend afternoon 

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Cover of World of Adventure 10 - The Treasure of El Patron by Gary Paulsen

World of Adventure 10 – The Treasure of El Patron

Cover of World of Adventure 8 - Captive! by Gary Paulsen

World of Adventure 8 – Captive!

Cover of Wrath by Marcus Sedgwick

Wrath

Cover of Wolf Girl - Crash Course by Anh Do

Wolf Girl – Crash Course

Cover of Wolfie by Emma Barnes

Wolfie

Cover of Wilf the Mighty Worrier Battles a Pirate by Georgia Pritchett

Wilf the Mighty Worrier Battles a Pirate

Cover of Wilf the Mighty Worrier is King of the Jungle by Georgia Pritchett

Wilf the Mighty Worrier is King of the Jungle

Cover of When We Got Lost in Dreamland by Ross Welford

When We Got Lost in Dreamland

Cover of War of the Wind by Victoria Williamson

War of the Wind

Cover of The Windeby Puzzle by Lois Lowry

The Windeby Puzzle

Cover of The Unicorn in the Barn by Jacqueline Ogburn

The Unicorn in the Barn

Cover of The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron

The Vanquishers

Cover of The Way To Impossible Island by Sophie Kirtley

The Way To Impossible Island

Cover of The Thorn Island Adventure by Fleur Hitchcock

The Thorn Island Adventure

Cover of The Tornado Chasers by Jennifer Torres

The Tornado Chasers

Cover of The Trouble with Mummies by Fleur Hitchcock

The Trouble with Mummies

The Sea of Monsters

Cover of The Robber Hotzenplotz by Otfried Preussler

The Robber Hotzenplotz

Cover of The Runaways by Fatima Bhutto

The Runaways

Cover of The Runaways of Haddington Hall by Vivian French

The Runaways of Haddington Hall

Cover of The List by Patricia Forde

The List

Cover of The House on the Edge by Alex Cotter

The House on the Edge

Cover of The Imagination Station 20 - Inferno in Tokyo by Marianne Hering

The Imagination Station 20 – Inferno in Tokyo

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