Children's Book Suggestions | Adventure Stories

Some of our favorite adventure stories for readers in Grades 3-7. Other booklists to try include Animal Fantasy, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Mystery, Mythology & Folklore, Science Fiction, and Survival Stories.

Updated September 20, 2024
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The maze of bones
Riordan, Rick
Paper Book
The first book in the #1 bestselling phenomenon sends readers around the world on the hunt for the 39 Clues!Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her decendants an impossible decision: "You have a choice - one million dollars or a clue."Grace is the last matriarch of the...

Children\'s Fiction (Grades 3-5)

The girl who lost a leopard
Farook, Nizrana
Paper Book
From the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant comes another brilliant escapade. The third thrilling adventure set in a fictional Sri Lanka is jam-packed with peril, poachers and an endangered leopard!

Children\'s Fiction (Grades 3-5)

The World-Famous Nine
Guterson, Ben.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller  "Imaginative and entertaining ... Readers will breathlessly turn the pages as they wonder: Can the duo solve the mysteries of The Nine in time to save it from those who wish it--and them--ill?" --Bookpage ...

Children\'s Fiction (Grades 3-5)

The (mostly) true story of Cleopatra's needle
Gutman, Dan
Paper Book
From the author of the My Weird School books, an adventure story that spans centuries and continents. In Central Park, New York, stands Cleopatra's Needle. But what do you know about? Did you know that thousands of people worked in 1461 BCE to build it? Then hundreds more...

Children\'s Fiction (Grades 3-5)

A royal conundrum
Yee, Lisa
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER .When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)-who're you gonna call? An elite team of crime-fighting underdogs, that's who! The Misfits are on the case in this hilarious illustrated series from Newbery Honoree Lisa Yee and...

Children\'s Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Amari and the night brothers
Alston, B. B.
Paper Book
New York Times bestseller! Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this exhilarating debut middle grade fantasy, the first in a series filled with #blackgirlmagic. Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor. Amari Peters has...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Artemis Fowl
Colfer, Eoin
Paper Book
Join the world of Artemis Fowl, the number one bestseller by Eoin Colfer. AT JUST TWELVE YEARS OLD, ARTEMIS FOWL IS A CRIMINAL GENIUS. No scheme is too dastardly, no plot too devious. And he's just discovered that fairies are real. Poor fairies...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Northwind
Paulsen, Gary
Paper Book
From Gary Paulsen, the bestselling and much-loved author of Hatchet, comes another high-stakes survival story about a young boy on the knife-edge between life and death, where the raging seas meet a coastal wilderness.When a deadly plague reaches the small fish camp where he lives, an orphan named...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Nic Blake and the Remarkables : the manifestor prophecy
Thomas, Angie
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)


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