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Hand-picked Adventure Books for Children

Quests, expeditions, runaways and rescues. Books that pull a reader out the door and into somewhere bigger.

648 adventure books

Charlie Thorne and the Lost City

Stuart Gibbs

Explorer Academy – The Double Helix

Trudi Trueit

Explorer Academy – The Falcon’s Feather

Trudi Trueit

Explorer Academy – The Nebula Secret

Trudi Trueit

Explorer Academy – The Star Dunes

Trudi Trueit

Explorer Academy – The Tiger’s Nest

Trudi Trueit

Minecraft Stonesword Saga 2 – Mobs Rule!

Nick Eliopulos

Minecraft Woodsword Chronicles – Deep Dive!

Nick Eliopulos

Minecraft Woodsword Chronicles – Ghast in the Machine!

Nick Eliopulos

Minecraft Woodsword Chronicles – Into the Game

Nick Eliopulos

Minecraft Woodsword Chronicles – Night of the Bats

Nick Eliopulos

No Humans Allowed!

Madeleine Roux

Sunwing

Kenneth Oppel

The Penderwicks

Jeanne Birdsall

Book Scavenger

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Dog Diaries

James Patterson, Steven Butler

Dog Diaries – Curse of the Mystery Mutt

James Patterson, Steven Butler

I Know What You Did Last Wednesday

Anthony Horowitz

South by South East

Anthony Horowitz

The Beast of Buckingham Palace

David Walliams

The Blurred Man

Anthony Horowitz

The French Confection

Anthony Horowitz

The Greek Who Stole Christmas

Anthony Horowitz

The Last Whale

Chris Vick
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