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Barrington Area Library
Adventure books are about survival,
danger, travel, exploration, or heroism. The story can take place in any
time period, and may be true (nonfiction) or imaginary (fiction).
Grade 3 | Grades 4–5 |
Grades 6–8
Beginning Readers |
Fiction | Nonfiction
Beginning Readers
Adventure Stories That Will Thrill You.
Ahlberg, Allan. Skeleton
Crew.
Avi. Abigail
Takes the Wheel.
Baxter, Nicola.
Castle under Attack.
Birkinshaw, Marie.
Trouble at the Bridge.
Cushman, Doug. Camp
Big Paw.
Dubowski, Cathy East.
Pirate
School.
Freschet, Gina. Up
and at 'Em with Winnie and Ernst.
Hautzig, Deborah. Aladdin
and the Magic Lamp.
Horowitz, Ruth.
Breakout at the Bug Lab.
Jinkins, Jim.
Pinky Dinky Doo: Shrinky Pinky.
Kvasnosky, Laura
McGee.
Zelda
and Ivy, the Runaways.
Laurence, Daniel.
Captain and Matey Set Sail.
Levinson, Nancy Smiler.
Snowshoe
Thompson.
McMorrow, Catherine.
Gold Fever!
Michalak, Jamie.
Larry and Rita.
Platt, Kin.
Big Max and the Mystery of the
Missing Giraffe.
Redmond, Shirley-Raye.
The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs: A True Story.
Rylant, Cynthia.
Annie and Snowball series.
Rylant, Cynthia.
Henry and Mudge
series.
Shea, George. Amazing
Rescues.
Turner, Ann Warren. Dust
for Dinner.
Venn, Cecilia. Anakin
to the Rescue.
Ziefert, Harriet. I'm Going to New York to Visit the Lions.
Byng, Georgia.
Molly Moon's Hypnotic Time Travel Adventure.
Carroll, Lewis. Alice
through the Looking-Glass.
Coville, Bruce.
Thor's Wedding Day: By Thialfi, the Goat Boy.
Crilley, Mark.
Akiko on the Planet Smoo.
Dadey, Debbie. Adventures
of the Bailey School Kids
series.
diCamillo, Kate.
Mercy Watson to the Rescue.
Donaldson, Julia.
The Giants and the
Joneses.
Fellowes, Julian.
The Curious Adventures of the
Abandoned Toys.
Flores-Galbis,
Enrique.
Raining Sardines.
Gauthier, Gail.
A Girl, a Boy, and a Monster Cat.
Greene, Stephanie. Owen
Foote, Super Spy.
Jenkins, Emily.
Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a
Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic.
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody.
The Adventures
of Young Buffalo Bill series.
Korman, Gordon. Chasing the Falconers.
McMullan, Kate. Dragon
Slayers Academy series.
Moss, Marissa. Amelia
Hits the Road.
Nolan, Lucy A.
Down Girl and Sit: Smarter Than Squirrels.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic
Tree House
series.
Paulsen, Gary.
Culpepper Adventures
series.
Peterson, John Lawrence. The
Littles
series.
Rodda, Emily.
Enter the Realm: Three
Adventures.
Rovetch, Lissa.
Hot Dog Bob and the Seriously Scary Attack of the Evil Alien Pizza
Person.
Scieszka, Jon.
The
Time Warp Trio series.
Stilton, Geronimo.
Geronimo Stilton
series.
Wiley.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil.
Nonfiction
Armentrout, David.
Outdoor
Adventures series.
Borden, Louise.
The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of
Margret and H. A. Rey.
Dangerous Adventures series.
Donovan-O'Meara, Donna.
Into the Volcano.
Dubowski, Cathy East.
Shark Attack!
Goodman, Susan E. Animal
Rescue: The Best Job There Is.
Greenwood, Marie.
Explorer.
Hanna, Jack.
Jungle
Jack Hanna’s Safari Adventure.
Hopping, Lorraine Jean.
Wild Earth: Avalanche!
Kramer, Sydelle.
To the Top! Climbing the World's Highest Mountain.
Lewin, Ted. Tooth and Claw: Animal
Adventures in the Wild.
Lewin, Ted, and Betsy Lewin.
Top to Bottom Down
Under.
Matthews, Rupert. Explorer.
Maynard, Christopher. Pirates!
Raiders of the High Seas.
O'Shei,
Tim.
Edge Books: True Tales of Survival series.
Penner, Lucille
Recht.
Ice Wreck.
Platt, Richard.
DK
Illustrated Book of Great Adventures.
Risky Business series.
St. George, Judith.
So You Want to Be an Explorer?
Wilkinson, Philip.
Spacebusters: The Race to the Moon.
Zaunders, Bo. Crocodiles,
Camels, and Dugout Canoes: Eight Adventurous Episodes.
Fiction |
Nonfiction
Fiction
Alexander, Lloyd.
Vesper Holly series.
Barry, Dave.
Escape from the Carnivale.
Beck, Ian.
The Secret History of Tom Trueheart.
Boniface, William.
The Hero Revealed.
Carbone, Elisa Lynn. Storm
Warriors.
Collier, James Lincoln.
Wild Boy.
Couloumbis, Audrey.
The Misadventures of Maude March; or, Trouble Rides a Fast Horse.
Dale, Anna.
Dawn Undercover.
diCamillo, Kate.
The
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
du Bois, William Pène.
The Twenty-one Balloons.
Dunagan, Ted.
A Yellow Watermelon.
Duey, Kathleen.
Survival!
series.
Fardell, John.
The Flight of the Silver Turtle.
George, Jean Craighead.
My
Side of the Mountain.
Gutman, Dan.
Satch
and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure.
Ibbotson, Eva.
Journey to the River Sea.
Juster, Norton.
The Phantom Tollbooth.
Kehret, Peg.
Escaping
the Giant Wave.
Kidd, Rob.
Jack Sparrow series.
Korman, Gordon.
Dive series.
Lerangis, Peter.
The Code.
Paulsen, Gary. World
of Adventure series.
Pratchett, Terry.
Johnny and the Bomb.
Rogan, S. Jones.
The Daring Adventures of
Penhaligon
Brush.
Scieszka, Jon. Time
Warp Trio series.
Shipton, Paul.
The Pig Scrolls: By Gryllus
the Pig.
Stewart, Paul.
Hugo Pepper.
Taylor, Theodore.
The
Cay.
Taylor, Theodore.
Ice Drift.
Thomas, Jane Resh.
Blind Mountain.
Nonfiction
Bailey, Linda. Adventures
in the Middle Ages.
Chapman, Simon.
Explorers Wanted!
series.
Danger Is My Business
series.
Fine, Jill.
Bomb Squad Specialist.
Flowers, Pam.
Alone
across the Arctic: One Woman's Epic Journey
by Dog Team.
Gifford, Clive.
Spies.
Horton, Ron.
Extreme Athletes.
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody.
The Look-It-Up Book of Explorers.
Kolosov, Jacqueline A.
Women of Adventure.
Rivera, Raquel.
Arctic Adventures: Tales from the Lives
of Inuit Artists.
Scandiffio, Laura.
Escapes!
Storm, Rory.
The Extreme Survival Guide.
Weintraub, Aileen.
First Response:
By Sea.
Wilson, Laura. How
I Survived the Oregon Trail: The Journal of Jesse Adams.
You Wouldn't Want to... series.
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