Adventure Begins at Your Library: Independent Readers

These are some books we recommend to elementary-aged readers who want to find adventure in a book this summer!

Updated May 2, 2024
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The Girl who speaks bear
Anderson, Sophie
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 CARNEGIE MEDAL"Written with passion and compassion, Anderson's talent as a weaver of magic and creator of evocative landscapes is growing with every book." - The Daily Mail"Enchanting story." - The Daily TelegraphThey call me Yanka the Bear. Not because of where I was found...
Fortunately, the milk
Gaiman, Neil
You know what it's like when your mum goes away on a business trip and Dad's in charge. She leaves a really, really long list of what he's got to do. And the most important thing is DON'T FORGET TO GET THE MILK. Unfortunately, Dad forgets. So the next morning, before breakfast, he has to go to the...
Frostheart
Littler, Jamie
The number one bestseller! Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2020. Set off on a magical and joyful adventure on the Frostheart! Bursting with brilliant characters and heart-stopping adventure, this magical tale is perfect for fans of...
Finding wild
Lloyd, Megan Wagner
A lovely, lyrical picture book with gorgeous illustrations that explores the ways the wild makes itself known to us and how much closer it is than we think. There are so many places that wild can exist, if only you know where to look! Can you find it? Two kids set off on an...
The map to everywhere
Ryan, Carrie
'It is said the Bintheyr Map to Everywhere will take its possessor wherever he or she needs to go...' Master thief, Fin, is unusual - when he's out of sight, everyone forgets he exists! He needs to find his mother - the one person who might remember him. Schoolgirl, Marrill,...

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