Kids: Adventure!

This booklist is full of adventure! These books may contain action, mysteries, journeys, or quests.

Updated July 28, 2025
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The wolves of Willoughby Chase
Aiken, Joan
Paper Book
A timeless tale of courage and friendship--where two brave girls defy wolves, wickedness, and despair to reclaim their home. Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage. Left in the care of...
Dogfight
Bixley, Donovan
Paper Book
Flying Furballs', a hilarious action-packed adventure series, captures the romance and excitement of the era at the dawn of aviation - set in a world of cats verses dogs. Put simply, Flying Furballs is pussycats, planes and Paris. Our hero is Claude D'Bonair, a young pilot in the cat air corp, keen...
The folk of the faraway tree
Blyton, Enid
Paper Book
The Folk of the Faraway Tree is the third magical story in the Faraway Tree series by the world's best-loved children's author, Enid Blyton. When Joe, Beth and Frannie move to a new home, an Enchanted Wood is on their doorstep. And when they discover the Faraway Tree, that is the beginning...
The volume of possible endings : Dorrity's tale in five parts
Else, Barbara
Paper Book
Dorrity is the only child in magic-free Owl Town. When she finds an enchanted book with dire predictions, she must face her enemies. And who is the strange boy who has appeared in the Beastly Dark? This stand-alone pre-teen adventure/fantasy novel is the third book in the Tales of Fontania series of...
The boy who met a whale
Farook, Nizrana
Paper Book
A Sri Lankan fisherboy is swept up in a thrilling seafaring adventure, complete with kidnapping, missing treasure, and a huge blue whale! From the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant. Razi, a local fisherboy, is watching turtle eggs hatch when he sees a boat bobbing...
The Halfmen of O
Gee, Maurice.
Paper Book
The first volume of Maurice Gee's acclaimed trilogy wherein Susan and Nick are transported to the terrifying land of O... 'Nick had seen the birthmark on Susan's wrist. It had two parts. Each was shaped like a tear drop, curved like a moon. One was bright red and the other...
The world around the corner
Gee, Maurice.
Paper Book
The blizzard challenge
Grylls, Bear
Paper Book
The first thrilling adventure in the brand-new collectable series for young readers from survival expert and Chief Scout, Bear Grylls.
Project Huia
Hunt, Des
Paper Book
Is the huia really extinct? As children, Logan's grandfather and his sister Mavis spotted a beautiful and unusual bird in the kowhai tree outside their house: it was a huia, which was believed to be extinct. In an attempt to photograph it they tracked it deep into the Manawatu Gorge. This was a...
Redwall
Jacques, Brian
Paper Book
One of TIME Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time The book that inspired a legend--the first novel in the beloved, bestselling Redwall saga. Welcome to Mossflower Wood, where the gentle mice have gathered to celebrate a year of peace and...
How not to stop a kidnap plot
Main, Suzanne
Paper Book
Michael is on a mission. After a run-in with his sworn enemy, Angus, Michaels brilliant payback plan BACKFIRES. Now hes in the school productionas a treehis WORST NIGHTMARE! When Michael discovers a twisted KIDNAP PLOT, his troubles soon multiply. Its obvious that rich-kid Angus is the target. Can...
Fire!
Mewburn, Kyle
Paper Book
Merek and his family are shape'shifting dragons, living in a human world. It is Mereks heartfelt desire to become a knight and when he gets chosen for Knight School, he thinks all his dreams have come true. But trying to keep his dragon identity secret in an occupation that routinely sets out to...
Journey under the sea
Montgomery, R. A.
Paper Book
Search for the lost city of Atlantis in this interactive book where YOU decide what happens next! Packed with 42 possible endings! Choose Your Own Adventure books-the 4th bestselling children's series of all time-are back and as much fun as you remember. Kids and adults...
Amazon adventure
Price, Willard
Paper Book
'No one has ever come out alive' Hal and Roger Hunt crash-land into the middle of a pioneering expedition to the unmapped regions of the greatest jungle on earth- the Amazon. And when their mission to explore the uncharted territory of the Pastaza River goes off course . ....
Swallows and Amazons
Ransome, Arthur
Paper Book
Friendship, resourcefulness, adventures! Here's the classic tale of two families of children who band together against a common foe: an uncle who claims he's too busy for his nieces. The Walker children (John, Susan, Titty and Roger) are on school holiday in the Lake District...
Sword of summer
Riordan, Rick,
Paper Book
Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he's tracked down by an uncle he barely knows--a man his mother...
The bad beginning
Snicket, Lemony.
Paper Book
Imagine tales so terrible that as many as 50 million innocents have been ruined by them - tales so indelibly horrid that thehas been unable to rid itself of it for seven years. Now imagine this scourge suddenly became available in a shameful new edition so sensational, so...
The mysterious Benedict Society
Stewart, Trenton Lee.
Paper Book
For fans of Lemony Snicket and Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, this first book in the bestselling, award-winning Mysterious Benedict Society series is not to be missed! "Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" Dozens of...
The dragonet prophecy
Sutherland, Tui
Paper Book
A thrilling new series soars above the competition and redefines middle-grade fantasy fiction for a new generation! The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to...
The beast of Buckingham Palace
Walliams, David
Paper Book
Fly into a fiery and fantastical future with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams, in an epic adventure of myth and legend, good and evil, and one small boy who must save the world... Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross! It is 2120 and London is in...

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