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Adventure According to Humphrey
Author: Betty Birney J Birney
Humphrey, the classroom hamster, has adventures going to the library, learning about the ocean, and sailing across a pond on a sailboat. Ages 6-8
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Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
Author: Gerald Morris
Five smart and funny tales of Sir Lancelot, the bravest knight in King Arthur's court. Ages 9-12
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Around the World in 100 Days
Author: Gary Blackwood
When seventeen-year-old Harry Fogg undertakes a race against time to win a wager with a member of his famous father's club, he puts to good use the recklessness and fascination with all things mechanical that have caused him trouble in Victorian England. Ages 9-12
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Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Author: Alice Dalgliesh
Young Jonathan lives on one side of Hemlock Mountain, safe with his family. He has lots of uncles and aunts and cousins and when it’s time for a big family dinner, his mother decides they must borrow the biggest iron pot you ever laid eyes on from his Aunt Emma to make stew to feed everyone. The problem is--Aunt Emma lives on the other side of Hemlock Mountain and Jonathan, who needs to go and collect the pot, wonders if there are bears on Hemlock Mountain? Bravely Jonathan sets out alone to retrieve the pot, repeating over and over: “There are no bears on Hemlock Mountain, no bears at all!” Will he make it to the other side of the mountain and back? And who will he meet along the way?
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Boston Jane: An Adventure
Author: Jennifer Holm
Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest, and also while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory. Series Ages 9-12
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Captain and Matey Set Sail
Author: Daniel Laurence
Despite their frequent disagreements, two pirates share many adventures. Ages 6-8
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Cats of the Clans
Author: Erin Hunter
Stories about some of the most famous cats in the Warrior series. Complete with full color illustrations of each of the cats. Ages 9-12
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Catwings
Author: Ursula Le Guin
Four young winged cats leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live. After some adventuring, they find a new home with two children who live on a farm. Look for more in this series. Ages 6-8
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Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes
Author: Jane Yolen
In search of new worlds to explore, Commander Toad and his crew land their space ship "Star Warts" on the strange Planet of the Grapes. Ages 6-8
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Crossing the Wire
Author: Will Hobbs
Victor is desperate to travel to “El Norte” (the U.S.A.) to find work and send money home to his mother, but crossing the border is dangerous and illegal. If the Border Patrol doesn’t catch you, you could be beaten by vigilantes, or simply overcome by the heat of the desert. Ages 9-12
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Dragon Rider
Author: Cornelia Funke
Firedrake, a brave young dragon, embarks upon a dangerous journey to the Rim of Heaven in the Himalayas, a magical polace where silver dragons can be free from the threat of destruction by mankind. Firedrake is joined on his quest by Ben, an orphaned boy, and Sorrell, a wise-cracking Brownie. Ages 9-12. J Funke
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Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rats
Author: Lynne Jonell
When Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must try everything possible to return things to normal. Ages 9-12
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Flight of the Phoenix
Author: R. L. LaFevers
In 1928, when timid ten-year-old Nate learns that his parents have been lost at sea, he joins his father's cousin on a flight to Arabia where they must oversee the death and rebirth of the phoenix, thus beginning his training as a "beastologist." Ages 8-10. J LaFevers
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Ghost Canoe
Author: Will Hobbs
Fourteen-year-old Nathan, fishing with the Makah in the Pacific Northwest, finds himself holding a vital clue when a mysterious stranger comes to town looking for Spanish treasure. Ages 9-12
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Gone-Away Lake
Author: Elizabeth Enright
Portia and her cousin Julian discover summer adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake. Ages 9-12
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Horrible Harry Goes to Sea
Author: Suzy Kline
When a discussion of ancestors leads to researching the Titanic, Henry and his classmates become fascinated with ships. Soon their teacher arranges for a field trip aboard a riverboat cruising the Connecticut River. Ages 6-8
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Igraine the Brave
Author: Cornelia Funke
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery. Ages 9-12
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Author: Scott O'Dell
Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast when her tribe emigrated and she was left behind. Ages 9-12
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Joe and Sparky Get New Wheels
Author: Jamie Michalak
Sparky is a turtle who likes to stay inside his shell. Joe is a giraffe who likes to stretch his neck and see the world. A car appears one day at the famous cage less zoo where they live. With Joe at the wheel and Sparky hanging on for dear life, the two set off on the ride of their lives, causing mayhem everywhere they go. Ages 6-8
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Julie of the Wolves
Author: Jean Craighead George
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack. Ages 9-12
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Kneebone Boy
Author: Ellen Potter
Otto, Lucia, and Max Hardscrabble, whose mother has been missing for many years, have unexpected and illuminating adventures in the village of Snoring-by-the-Sea after their father, who paints portraits of deposed monarchs, goes away on a business trip. Ages 9-12
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Leepike Ridge
Author: Nathan D. Wilson
While his widowed mother continues to search for him, eleven-year-old Tom, presumed dead after drifting away down a river, finds himself trapped in a series of underground caves with another survivor and a dog, while pursued by murderous treasure-hunters. Ages 9-12
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Lily’s Crossing
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Every summer Lily goes with her Grandmother and her Father to a beach house outside of New York City. This summer however Lily’s dad has left for WWII as an engineer and Lily’s best friend won’t be around either. What starts as a lonely summer turns into one of adventure, of new friendships, and of growing up during wartime.
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Littles Go Exploring
Author: John Peterson
The Littles are a family of tiny people living in the walls of human houses. Lucy and Tom Little have many adventures as they search to find Grandpa Little, who disappeared a couple of years back. Ages 6-8
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Maze of Bones
Author: Rick Riordan
The Cahill family is the most powerful family the world has ever known. The source of its power is a mystery that can only be unraveled by assembling 39 clues that have been hidden around the world throughout history. Young Amy and Dan Cahill must decide what's important: hunting clues or uncovering what really happened to their parents. Series. Ages 9-12
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Mission Unstoppable
Author: Dan Gutman
On a cross-country vacation with their parents, twins Coke and Pepsi, soon to be thirteen, fend off strange assassins as they try to come to terms with their being part of a top-secret government organization known as The Genius Files. Ages 9-12
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My Side of the Mountain
Author: Jean Craighead George
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship. Ages 9-12
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Mysterious Benedict Society
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. Ages 9-12
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One Dog and His Boy
Author: Eva Ibbotson
Every year on his birthday, Hal asks for a dog. And every year his parents get him something else – something that won’t make a mess, something that shows how rich they are, something that is NOT alive. He got the latest x-box game, a laser gun, a radio-controlled metal-detecting car, an iPod, a giant chemistry set and a Roboquad...but never a dog. Then on his 10th birthday -- he DOES get a dog – but it isn’t what you think. Instead of making him the happiest kid ever, something terrible happens and he knows there is only one thing he can do. But it isn’t easy, and he needs lots of new friends who help him get there. This is one of those adventures that will change your life forever – all because of one boy who loves his dog, and the dog who loves his boy.
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Poppy
Author: Avi
Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas. Ages 9-12
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Rowan of Rin
Author: Emily Rodda
When the stream that provides his village with water dries up, shy, scared Rowan must join in the quest to find more water before his beloved animals suffer. Rowan is the only one with the ability to read the magical map that will lead the group up the mountain and into great danger. Ages 9-12
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Sammy and the Seal
Author: Syd Hoff
Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home. Ages 6-8
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Sasquatch
Author: Roland Smith
Thirteen-year-old Dylan follows his father into the woods on the slopes of Mount St. Helens, which is on the brink of another eruption, in an attempt to protect the resident Sasquatch from ruthless hunters. Ages 9-12
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Secrets at Sea
Author: Richard Peck
In 1887, a family of mice has the adventure of their lives when they stow away in the luggage of the Cranstons, a human family traveling by cruise ship to England in search of a husband for their eldest daughter. Ages 8-12
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See You Later, Gladiator
Author: Jon Scieszka
Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their favorite professional wrestling moves, including the "Time Warp Trio Blind Ninja Smackdown," when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Coliseum. Series. Ages 6-8
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Shadow on the Mountain
Author: Margi Preus
In Nazi-occupied Norway, fourteen-year-old Espen joins the resistance movement, graduating from deliverer of illegal newspapers to courier and spy. Based on the real-life adventures of a Norwegian spy during World War II. Ages 10 and up.
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Snow Treasure
Author: Marie McSwigan
Twelve-year-old Peter Lundstrom and his friends help his Uncle Victor with a plan to protect the bank's gold bullion from the invading Nazis. Ages 9-12
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Star of Kazan
Author: Eva Ibbotson
After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany. Ages 9-12
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Starry River of the Sky
Author: Grace Lin
An innkeeper's chore boy discovers that a visitor's stories hold the key to returning the moon to the Starry River of the Sky. By the author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Ages 9-12.
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Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
Author: R. L. La Fevers
Twelve-year-old Theo uses arcane knowledge and her own special talent when she encounters two secret societies, one sworn to protect the world from ancient Egyptian magic and one planning to harness it to bring chaos to the world, both of which want a valuable artifact stolen from the London museum for which her parents work. Ages 9-12
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Thief
Author: Megan Turner
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he attempts to steal a precious stone. Ages 9-12
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Troll Fell
Author: Katherine Langrish
Forced to live with his evil identical-twin uncles after his father's death, twelve-year-old Peer tries to find a way to stop their plan to sell the neighbor's children to the trolls. Ages 9-12
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True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Author: Avi
As the lone young lady on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and the crew mutinous. Ages 9-12
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Tunnels
Author: Roderick Gordon
When Will Burrows and his friend Chester embark on a quest to find Will's archaeologist father, who has inexplicably disappeared, they are led to a labyrinthine world underneath London, full of sinister inhabitants with evil intentions toward "Topsoilers" like Will and his father. Ages 9-12
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Volcano Disaster
Author: Peg Kehret
When an “Instant Commuter” transports him to Mount St. Helens during an eruption, twelve-year-old Warren cannot get himself back to his own home in his own time. Ages 9-12
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Wolf Brother
Author: Michelle Paver
6,000 years in the past, twelve-year-old Tarak and his guide, a wolf cub, set out on a dangerous journey to fulfill an oath the boy made to his dying father--to travel to the Mountain of the World Spirit seeking a way to destroy a demon-possessed bear that threatens all the clans. Ages 10 and up.
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