Children & Young Adults Fiction - Action & Adventure

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Unicorns Don't Give Sleigh Rides (The...

Debbie Dadey

The Bailey Elementary third graders suspect Mr. Withers doesn't really have a unicorn at Bailey Stables.

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Published: Nov 1997

Boy

Roald Dahl

Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fas...

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Published: Feb 2009

Sabriel

Garth Nix

A tale of dark secrets, deep love, and dangerous magic! Since childhood, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the random power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who refuse to stay dead. But now her ...

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Published: May 2008

Attack of the Bandit Cats (Geronimo S...

Geronimo Stilton

Ahoy! Geronimo's on a quest for pirate booty!

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Published: Jun 2004

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doy...

Avi

Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offe...

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Published: Apr 1992

Football Hero

Tim Green

Ty Lewis can't believe it when Coach V recruits him for the football team. This is Ty's big chance to prove how fast he is on the field, get a fresh start in a new school, and be like his older brother, Thane 'Tiger' Lewis, who's abo...

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Published: Apr 2009

A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stra...

Ann M. Martin

Squirrel and her brother Bone begin their lives in a toolshed behind someone's summer house. Their mother nurtures them and teaches them the many skills they will need to survive as stray dogs. But when their mother is taken from them...

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Published: Jan 2007

Tonight On The Titanic (Magic Tree Ho...

Mary Pope Osborne

The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie away to the decks of that ill-fated ship, the Titanic. There they must help two children find their way to a lifeboat--all while they are in danger of becoming victims of that tragic night th...

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Published: Mar 1999

Demonata #1, The: Lord Loss: Book 1 i...

Darren Shan

Grubbs Grady hates history and loves bacon, rats, and playing tricks on his squeamish older sister. He's a little big for his age, which means he can get into R-rated movies. When Grubbs opts out of a weekend family trip, everything s...

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Published: May 2006

Found (The Missing, Book 1)

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was any big deal. Then he and a new friend, Chip, who's also adoped, begin receiving mysterious letters. The first one says, 'You are one of the m...

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Published: Apr 2009

The Missing Horse Mystery (Nancy Drew...

Carolyn Keene

A SEARCH FOR A MISSING HORSE LEADS NANCY TO A DARK DISCOVERY! Nancy's attending the Midwest Grand Prix Dressage Championships, where many of the world's best riders and finest horses compete. But more than blue ribbons is at stake. ...

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Published: Oct 1998

Day Of The Dragon-King (Magic Tree Ho...

Mary Pope Osborne

Jack and Annie set off to find an original copy of an ancient Chinese myth.Armed only with their magic library cards, they must take on a book-burningemperor. But with the help of a scholar and a silk weaver, they triumph again.

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Published: Apr 1998

Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree Hou...

Mary Pope Osborne

Illus. in black-and-white. 'With an entertaining blend of fact, farce, and fantasy, Osborne tells the story of Jack and his sister, Annie, who take a trip in a magic tree house and land in a time 65 million years ago. They find dinosa...

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Published: Jul 1992

Revolutionary War On Wednesday (Magic...

Mary Pope Osborne

The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to Colonial America. They arrive just as General george Washington is planning the crossing of the Delaware. Before they know it, Jack and Annie are in a boat with the Father of Our Coun...

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Published: Sep 2000

Cirque Du Freak #11: Lord of the Shad...

Darren Shan

Darren Shan is going home--and his world is going to hell. Old enemies await. Scores must be settled. Destiny looks certain to destroy him, and the world is doomed to fall to the Ruler of the Night....

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Published: May 2007

The Darkest Minds (Darkest Minds Nove...

Alexandra Bracken

When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government "re...

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Published: Oct 2013

The Robot Olympics (Tom Swift Young I...

Victor Appleton

ROBOTS + TERRORISTS = TROUBLE FOR TOMTom's been training his entry, SwiftBot, for the upcoming Robot Olympics -- a major event being sponsored by the White House's Office of Science and Technology. Teenage inventors from around the co...

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Published: Jun 2006

The Door Within: The Door Within Tril...

Wayne Thomas Batson

Now includes THE LOST CHAPTERS, four previously unpublished chapters with author commentary and editor notes! Aidan Thomas is miserable. And it's much more than the strange nightmares he's been having. Just when life seemed to be co...

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Published: May 2007

Blood

Francine Pascal

I've done a lot of things. But I've never killed anyone... until now.

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Published: Jun 2000

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea ...

Rick Riordan

Seventh grade has been surprisingly quiet for Percy Jackson.. Not a single monster has set foot on his New York prep-school campus. But when an innocent game of dodgeball among Percy and his classmates turns into a death match against...

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Published: Feb 2012

My Name Is Stilton, Geronimo Stilton ...

Geronimo Stilton

Have you met my very young assistant editor, Pinky Pick? She is only thirteen years old, but she is one of the cleverest mice I've ever known. If you've ever wondered how Pinky came to work for me at The Rodent's Gazette, this is the ...

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Published: May 2005

Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze (Th...

Elizabeth Enright

Randy and Oliver Melendy awake one fall morning full of gloom. Their brother and sister are away, the house seems forlorn and empty, and even Cuffy, their adored housekeeper, can't pick up their spirits. Will they have to face a long ...

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Published: Jan 2008

Scorpia (Alex Rider Adventure)

Anthony Horowitz

Alex Rider, teen spy, has always been told he is the spitting image of the father he never knew. But when Alex learns that his father may have been an assassin for the most lethal and powerful terrorist organization in the world, Scor...

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Published: Mar 2006

Voyage of Slaves (Castaways of the Fl...

Brian Jacques

Adrift in the Mediterranean, Ben and his loyal dog Ned-cursed by an avenging angel to roam the earth forever-fall into the clutches of a slaver, and have no one to rely on but each other in their quest for freedom.

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Published: Sep 2007

Little Giant--Big Trouble #19 (Dragon...

Kate McMullan

Something BIG is going on in the woods near DSA! Wiglaf and his friends are on a rescue mission to save Worm, the dragon they've raised since he hatched. They thought that a gang of knightsin- training was the problem, but it turns...

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Published: May 2007

I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 ...

Lauren Tarshis

In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Lauren Tarshis shines a spotlight on the story of the Normandy landings, the largest seaborne invasion in history and foundation for the Allied victory in World War II.

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Published: Jan 2019

The Bad Beginning: Or, Orphans! (A Se...

Lemony Snicket

Dear Reader, I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children. Even though they are charming and clever, the Baudelaire siblings lead live...

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Published: May 2007

Matched

Ally Condie

Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate . . . until she...

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Published: Sep 2011

Throne of Glass

Sarah J. Maas

In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competitio...

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Published: May 2013

Brian's Return

Gary Paulsen

As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges. But now that's he's back in civilization, he can't find a way to m...

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Published: May 2001
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