Action and adventure stories Books

A swashbuckling tale of leaving home, and the joy of adventure.Drawn to the horizon since she was small, the heroine of this story longs to discover what lies beyond it. She builds herself a boat, with the help of her parents, who know they cannot keep...

After Romilly's mother's death of a strange fever years ago, neighbours and family fled her village. Bereft, her father becomes increasingly withdrawn, revealing little of their family history that Romilly longs to understand. When her beloved uncle...

Age range 6 to 9The Museum of Food Art is in astate of panic! A priceless painting was pilfered in the middleof the night. Fortunately, the Pigeon Private Detectives - PPD for short - areon the scene. These three detectives crave cracking a good case...

"[A] breakneck supernatural teen thriller that will leave you breathless . . ." -Maria Dong, Sturgeon-Award Finalist and author of Liar, Dreamer, Thief "A riveting thriller . . ." -Kirkus Reviews Dreams do come true. It's Jude's job to make sure they...

The Monarchs are the greatest fighters in the entire galaxy. Their popularity has motivated many to train with hopes of one day being able to claim the glowing crown atop the Monarch's head!For many the thought of besting a Monarch and taking their crown...

The Monarchs are the greatest fighters in the entire galaxy.Their popularity has motivated many to train with hopes of one day being able to claim the glowing crown atop the Monarch's head. For many the thought of besting a Monarch and taking their crown...

The Monarchs are the greatest fighters in the entire galaxy. Their popularity has motivated many to train with hopes of one day being able to claim the glowing crown atop the Monarch's head!For many the thought of besting a Monarch and taking their crown...

Age range 8 to 12The year is 1738 and eleven-year-old Tobias Crane is forced to leave his home to work as a ship's lad on a trading galleon. Once onboard, Tobias discovers that the ship is a time-travelling galleon! A galleon that can inexplicably appear...

A 2024 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal Winner "A brutal, suspenseful, and surprising read with an unforgettable protagonist." -School Library Journal, Starred Review "Utterly riveting from beginning to end." -Demetra Brodsky, ITW and Black-Eyed...

Age range 6 to 9For fans of The Magic School Bus and Magic Tree House, new friendships, mysterious forces, and an island adventure awaits in The Bridge to Sharktooth Island as you delve into the mechanics of bridge-building fun!One minute Daniel and his...

Adventurous and full of wonder, 'Raisah and the Boat Trip' takes us from the shallow shoreline to the deep sea. On a simple day trip, Raisah together with her parents, shows young curious readers that the sea is a gift to mankind and all living things...

"Gripping, tragic, but ultimately hopeful." -Kirkus Reviews "[A] compassionate, thought-provoking thriller . . ." -Christie Tate, author of NYT bestseller Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life Does doing one bad thing make you...

"Phenomenal." - KIRKUS Starred Review"Beautiful and terrifying." - BOOKLIST Starred Review"Unusual and unforgettable." - FOREWORDPeek through the leaves, beyond the clouded mountains, and you will find a garden with a strange attendant and an even...

Age range 10+If you were stranded on a desert island, what would you do? Young readers can read and imagine in this unabridged paperback edition of The Swiss Family Robinson.After their ship crashes onto a deserted island, the Robinson family begins a...

Un divertido y emocionante homenaje a todas las madres, de la mano del bestseller internacional Chris Haughton.Mam Pingina sale a buscar la cena. Salta, nada, escala un resbaladizo acantilado y pasa de puntillas... junto a unas feroces focas dormidas!...

Age range 12+Born Andromeda, the action-packed YA debut from K.M. Watts, is perfect for fans of Aurora Rising, Daughter of the Pirate King, and Crown Chasers.Being eighteen is difficult, especially when you're a cyborg and heir to the entire kingdom of...

Age range 9+Somewhere deep within Castle Death lies a key to the wisdom of your ancestors. Will you find this key or will you, like all who have entered before you, succumb to the terror that stalks the dungeons of this nightmare fortress?The seventh...

Age range 9+In The Kingdoms of Terror, you must follow a trail of ancient clues that will take you deep into the hostile Stornlands, where war, treachery, and intrigue will conspire to defeat your quest.The sixth episode in a unique interactive series of...

Age range 9+In SHADOW ON THE SAND you are the quarry of a sinister foe, determined to eliminate you at all costs. Survive, and your adventure takes you on a quest for a long-lost Sommlending treasure - a treasure that contains the secret of your destiny...

Age range 9+In The Chasm of Doom your quest is to lift the veil of mystery that now hangs over the remote Baronial Province of Ruanon.The fourth episode in a unique interactive series of 32 books.'A contemporary creation of Tolkienian...

Become a basketball star in this interactive adventure. Make the right choices, upgrade your skills, and win the game!Moving to a new town isn't easy, especially when you're in high school. But at least you have basketball. It's a great way to keep busy...

Enter classic literature's most famous fairy tales, and make choices to survive 'Cinderella', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Snow-White', and more in this Choose Your Path adventure.The mystical world of fairy...

The Pigeon Detectives are looking forward to devouring a delectable platter of jam tarts-until the tasty treats are stolen from right under their beaks! With tummies grumbling, the PPD are on the hunt for clues, but can the detectives recover the tarts...

First book in the Olivia Wolf series.Meet werewolf girl, Olivia Wolf, and all of her monstrous friends in this funny comic book. There are no dull days in Monstrocity!It seems like just another ordinary day in Monstrocity, where monsters and humans live...

Age range 3 to 6Yoo-hoo, unicorn! Let's go for a ride!Nothing could be more special than riding a unicorn! Or, at least that's what a plucky adventurer thinks. In the spectacularly illustrated storybook, How to Ride a Unicorn, a curious young explorer is...

Age 12 to 18A smart, historical adventure and gender-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers, in which a girl with a chronic illness secretly trains as a Musketeer and discovers secrets, sisterhood, and self-love.Tania de Batz is most herself with a sword...

Age range 12 to 17Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo's life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex's new relationship and make nice. So when his father, a...

Age range 8 to 14STEM meets magic in this new middle grade adventure series from an MIT graduate.Hex Allen can't do magic - a huge problem when everything from lights to locks is powered by simple spells that everyone (save a few unfortunate...

"A sweet and quirky romance sure to set hearts racing."- KIRKUSStarred Review"A rip-roaring tale of young love and betrayal." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "A journey full of twists, turns, monsters, and redemption." - BOOKLIST A boy-meets-ghoul story at 100...

Search for fortune on the high seas with this abridged retelling of Treasure Island, part of the bestselling Classic Starts series that has sold more than 8 million copies!After Jim Hawkins finds the map to a mysterious treasure, he sets sail in search...

Age range 6 to 11Can you solve the case?Purple Parrot Elementary School: When Alexis Leroy's flower pen goes missing, it's up to you to help P.I. Butterfly crack the case. The pen is an important part of Alexis's art show...

After moving to the tiny village of Biskopskulla, middle school student Clara Hutchins discovers that her family has a history in the region: one hundred forty years ago, one of her ancestors was hanged as a witch from the white oak tree on the edge of...

Age range 6 to 12The second book in the all-new Glitch Force series for Minecrafters!The Glitch Force: Three kids interested in Minecraft. There's Duncan, a genius redstoner, Miranda, a sharpshooter with encyclopedic knowledge of Minecraft, and Zed, an...

Age range 5+A new, highly illustrated chapter book series featuring Ivy, an unstoppable and lovable young witch, and her friend and familiar Tom.Ivy's parents, the King and Queen of the Sand Witches, have prepared her a show-stopping birthday...

Where is brother Ibrahim? Join little Umar, in this lift-the-flap book, as he goes from room to room looking for his older brother. Be a part of little Umar's search as he discovers different members of his family engaged in different acts of worship.

Kalak vive con su familia en la parte del mundo donde los nidos son viejos, los tejados estn destruidos, el suelo est seco y nunca hay suficiente comida. Un da deciden abandonar todo y volar hacia otro lugar. El viaje de Kalak ayuda a los lectores a...

Age range 12 to 18This young adult mystery horror takes us to a remote borderline village in an intentionally unspecified place and time where people still live by their own rules and still believe in old gods. Twelve years ago, four children suddenly...

Hedgehog and Rabbit were in the garden. Rabbit was eating cabbages, and Hedgehog was looking for snails. A drop of water falls on Hedgehog and Rabbit and the whole sky turns gray. What's going on? Who's thrown water at them? Will the hens know? Perhaps...

Age range 5 to 9Do you want to stop a meteor that is about to fall to earth? Or avoid a train accident? With this simple manual, you can become a great superhero.Thinking of becoming a superhero? It is very hard work, but with these helpful instructions...

Do you want to stop a meteor that is about to fall to earth? Or avoid a train accident? With this simple manual, you can become a great superhero. Quieres detener un meteorito que est a punto de caer a la tierra? O evitar un accidente de tren? Con este...

Age range 4 to 8Meet Grislygrin, the pirate who's so fearsome, he even scares himself when he looks in the mirror!All the boat's crew are afraid of Grislygrin, the fearsome pirate. When they hear the knock, knock, knock of his wooden leg they run to hide...

What if . . . Thanks to a science fair project gone bonkers, you just spent a few days teaching Leonardo da Vinci about gravity and relativity. . . You escaped a bonfire of the vanities-only to come home and find things are not what they were before. . ...

The Haunting of Hill House meets The Lovely Bones in this evocative and mind-bending psychological thriller following three teen girls solving a past treacherous murder.Nobody believes sixteen-year-old Lila Sadler, who was diagnosed with bipolar...

Age range 12 to 17In a bleak, post-apocalyptic Earth ruled by powerful machine intelligence, a teenage girl from Oakland is given super abilities and charged with saving the world.Thirteen-year-old Josephine has always seen herself as a loner, not a hero...

"A gleefully apocalyptic page-turner . . ." -Kirkus ReviewsMeet Chloe and Elizabeth Yetti: antisocial, semi-homicidal eighteen-year-old twins casually surviving the AI apocalypse.Ten years ago, a powerful machine intelligence unleashed a nanoengineered...

Open the flaps to follow Krampus Baby on a festively monstrous winter holiday! On every page, and beneath every flap,Krampus Baby!decks the halls with European winter folklore fun. Set on Winter Solstice in a sparkling Alpine village, this lift-a-flap...

2024 Nautilus Book Award Winner (Best SciFi/Fantasy) 2024 Independent Publisher Book Award Winner 2024 Indie Book Award Finalist (Best Science Fiction) 2023 Moonbeam Award Winner (Pre-Teen Fantasy) 2023 Northern Lights Book Award Winner When silver...

Age range 0 to 3Open the flaps to follow Nessie Baby over the course of a fun-filled day in a fantastical imagining of Scotland's Loch Ness. Nessie Baby!is swimming with fun references to the world's most famous cryptid along with...