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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

The Phantom Lollipop Man

Pamela Butchart

The Problim Children – Carnival Catastrophe

Natalie Lloyd

The Revenge of the Demon Headmaster

Gillian Cross

The Santa List

Kieran Crowley

The Secret Pirate

Elli Woollard

The Secret Rescuers: The Sea Pony

Paula Harrison

The Secret Rescuers: The Storm Dragon

Paula Harrison

The Secrets of Droon Special Edition 3 – Voyagers of the Silver Sand

Tony Abbott

The Secrets of the Stormforest

L. D. Lapinski

The Sheep-Pig

Dick King-Smith

The Silver Hand

Terry Deary

The Sisters 8 1 – Annie’s Adventures

Lauren Baratz-Logsted

The Sisters 8 5 – Marcia’s Madness

Lauren Baratz-Logsted

The Sisters 8 6 – Petal’s Problems

Lauren Baratz-Logsted

The Smidgens

David O’Connell

The Smidgens Crash-Land

David O’Connell

The Smidgens United

David O’Connell

The Swallowtail Legacy 2: Betrayal by the Book

Michael D. Beil

The Tale of Despereaux

Kate DiCamillo

The Tale of Rescue

Michael J. Rosen

The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

Katya Balen

The Thief of Farrowfell

Ravena Guron

The Thirteen Secrets

Michelle Harrison

The Troublemakers

Tamzin Merchant
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