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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Wellington City Libraries Children's team at Wellington City Libraries
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The wolves of Willoughby Chase
Aiken, Joan
Audiobook
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 the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home. The servants are dismissed, the furniture is...
Redwall
Jacques, Brian
Paper Book
The question in this first volume is resoundingly clear: What can the peace-loving mice of Redwall Abbey do to defend themselves against Cluny the Scourge and his battle-seasoned army of rats? If only they had the sword of Martin the Warrior, they might have a chance. But the legendary weapon has...
Journey under the sea
Montgomery, R. A.
Paper Book
Choose Your Own Adventure: Your First Adventure - Journey Under The Sea by R. A. Montgomery takes YOU deep into the ocean! Readers of all ages will search for the lost city of Atlantis using their submarine, the Seeker. YOU are searching for the lost city of Atlantis. You search the ocean floor and...
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 fifty million innocents have been ruined by them--tales so indelibly horrid that the New York Times bestseller list has been unable to rid itself of them for seven years. Now imagine if this scourge suddenly became available in a shameful...
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 bring...

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