Fantasy Adventure

Top fantasy adventure picks for junior readers

Updated December 4, 2023
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Adventure Kingdom. 1
Foxe, Steve
Paper Book
Travel through the wishing well with Clark and Karoline--two kids who discover their beloved Adventure Kingdom is more than just your average theme park. From Epic Originals, this fantastical story collection serves up twists, turns, and never-before-seen Adventure Kingdom artwork, activities,...
Beyond the mountains
Gibbons, Francesca
Paper Book
The thrilling imaginative sequel to The Shadow Moth, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Imogen and Marie return through the door in the tree to a whole new Yaroslav. Miro is king, but hates it. Anneshka is no longer Queen... and hates it.<...
Connor and Lightspirit
Deschamps, Eric
Paper Book
The next in the thrilling, magical, and action-packed fantasy series, Dragon Storm, illustrated throughout.
Dragon Mountain
Tsang, Katie
Paper Book
From the authors behind the critically acclaimed Sam Wu books, a thrilling new fantasy series about friendship, courage, adventure, and dragon magic.   When 12-year-old Billy Chan finds out his parents are sending him to a language and culture camp in the...
Dragon Mountain
Tsang, Katie
Paper Book
From the authors behind the critically acclaimed Sam Wu books, a thrilling new fantasy series about friendship, courage, adventure, and dragon magic.   When 12-year-old Billy Chan finds out his parents are sending him to a language and culture camp in the...
Dragon Mountain
Tsang, Katie
Paper Book
From the authors behind the critically acclaimed Sam Wu books, a thrilling new fantasy series about friendship, courage, adventure, and dragon magic.   When 12-year-old Billy Chan finds out his parents are sending him to a language and culture camp in the...
Dragon storm. Book 6, Erin and Rockhammer
Chisholm, Alastair (Children's author)
Paper Book
Get ready to enter a magical world filled with secret dragons and their summoners--the dragonseers! Meet, Erin, a young dragonseer, as she hones her fight-or-flight instincts in this thrilling fantasy series that's perfect for readers ages 7-10! To all the other dragonseers, Erin...
Fall of the School for Good and Evil
Chainani, Soman
Paper Book
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is the #1 movie now streaming on Netflix--starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophie Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Earl Cave, Kit Young, and many others!  What rises . ....
Fireborn : Phoenix and the Frost Palace
Fowler, Aisling.
Paper Book
Twelve journeys to new lands and embarks on even more perilous adventures in this sequel to Fireborn, which B.B. Alston praised as "the best kind of children's fantasy story."  Twelve is now a full-fledged hunter, with a new name worthy of her fiery powers: Phoenix. But with...
Ghostcloud
Mann, Michael.
Paper Book
A riveting, magical escapade about finding friendship and the courage to set yourself free against all odds. Kidnapped and forced to shovel coal underground, in a half-bombed power station, 12-year-old Luke Smith-Sharma keeps his head down and hopes he can earn his freedom from...
Shadow Moth
Gibbons, Francesca.
Paper Book
A most magical children's book, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and illustrated by award-winning Chris Riddell Imogen should be nice to her little sister Marie. She should be nice to her mum's boyfriend too. And she certainly shouldn't follow a strange...
The Deadlands : Hunted
Melki-Wegner, Skye.
Paper Book
Wings of Fire meets Jurassic Park in this action-adventure middle grade debut series by Skye Melki-Wegner about five outcasts--and former enemies--who are the only hope to save their warring kingdoms from impending doom. "My favorite...
Jane Doe and the key of all souls
Lachlan, Jeremy
Paper Book
Jane Doe is in more danger than ever before. Her father is still imprisoned. The Manor, the hallowed world between worlds, is still dying. The villainous Roth is still searching for the mythical, all-powerful Cradle Sea. Worst of all, Jane has learned that she is, literally, one of the keys...
A Knight of the Realm
Foxe, Steve.
Paper Book
Adventure Kingdom is back in business! In the second volume of this magical graphic novel series from Epic Originals, Clark and Karoline's plans to run a seemingly normal park are disrupted when a messenger from the real Adventure Kingdom comes through the portal to summon the land's one...
The Mirrorwood
Fagan, Deva
Paper Book
Perfect for fans of the Twisted Tales series and Doll Bones, this thrilling, "cleverly original" (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade fantasy follows a girl without a face as she battles a deadly enchanted forest and learns the truth behind her world's fairy tales. ...
The Night We Got Stuck in a Story
Miller, Ben.
Paper Book
Lana must rescue her brother from an evil queen in this sequel to the illustrated middle grade fantasy adventure The Day I Fell into a Fairy Tale from actor, author, and comedian Ben Miller--perfect for fans of Half Upon a Time and Land of Stories! When Lana and Harrison...
Rise of the School for Good and Evil
Chainani, Soman.
Paper Book
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is the #1 movie now streaming on Netflix--starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophie Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Earl Cave, Kit Young, and many others!  The battle...
The shadow moth
Gibbons, Francesca
Paper Book
The most magical children's book debut of 2020, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and illustrated by award-winning Chris Riddell Imogen should be nice to her little sister Marie. She should be nice to her mum's boyfriend too. And she certainly shouldn't follow a...
The sun and the star
Riordan, Rick
Paper Book
Demigods Nico di Angelo and Will Solace must endure the terrors of Tartarus to rescue an old friend in this thrilling adventure co-written by New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan and award-winning author Mark Oshiro. Percy Jackson fans, rejoice! Nico and Will...
Swan Lake. Quest for the kingdoms
Terciero, Rey
Paper Book
"A fun, unexpected, action-packed reimagining of a classic story." --Molly Knox Ostertag, author of The Witch Boy Frozen meets The Wizard of Oz in this swashbuckling adventure perfect for fans of Amulet and The Okay Witch, from the acclaimed author of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy.<...
Fireborn
Fowler, Aisling
Paper Book
Lyra. Lucy. Percy. Once in a generation, a hero emerges whose story enthralls readers worldwide. Fireborn is an epic quest, perfect for fans of the His Dark Materials and The School for Good and Evil series, that will spin readers into a magical world like no other--and introduce them to...
Winnie Zeng unleashes a legend
Zhao, Katie
Paper Book
An epic new fantasy series inspired by Chinese mythology that #1 New York Times bestselling author Kwame Mbalia calls "ahilarious tussle between homework, family, and heroism." When a girl awakens the stuff of legends from an old family recipe, she must embrace her extraordinary heritage...
Winnie Zeng vanquishes a king
Zhao, Katie
Paper Book
With chaos on the rise, one girl stands in the face of all evil . . . and we're not talking about homework! The action-packed sequel to the epic fantasy series inspired by Chinese mythology. "A hilarious tussle between homework, family, and heroism." -Kwame Mbalia, #1 New...

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