Children's Action and adventure stories Books

Not knowing what to say, he stood before the mysterious centuries-old captor, images of how they'd gotten themselves into this predicament running quickly through his mind. The sweltering, exhausting hike to see the blue hole, the thrill of seeing it for...

The I Escaped Series: The World's Favorite New Escapes. Survival Stories For Today's GenerationIn this stellar, impactful book, a young teen navigates the devastating chaos of the 2018 Paradise Wildfire. A Notable Children's Release from bestselling...

Hannah Gunner, once a carefree child, is faced with secrets, lies, and betrayal. A life-changing event during her adolescent years forces her to confront a past that she no longer recognizes. Now, questioning everything she thought she knew, Hannah...

Mya's mom is a soldier going off to war. Mya has a very difficult time adjusting to life without her parents. School life, home life and Mya's behavior all seem to be going downhill, but then, an unexpected surprise visitor at school turns everything...

Resolviendo el crimen, un miedo a la vezEllie es una vampira de 12 años a la que le encanta resolver misterios, pero tiene miedo de... todo. Le dan miedo las arañas, los lagos y los ruidos fuertes, por nombrar algunos. Pero con un poco de coraje y la...

14-year-old Dae battles hunger, border guards, and homelessness when he's separated from his parents and forced to flee North Korea alone.The Survival Series that celebrates the awesome history of us.Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature...

Resolviendo el crimen, un miedo a la vezEllie es una vampira de 12 años a la que le encanta resolver misterios, pero tiene miedo de... todo. Teme a la oscuridad, a las alturas y a lo que hay debajo de la cama, por nombrar algunos. Pero con un poco de...

A missing trident could spell the end...Kai and Delphi finally meet Poseidon, and he needs their help. The two friends must reunite the King of the Sea with his trident, but they're not the only ones after it.With a gold coin as their only lead, Kai and...

She's a smart little vampire. But she's terrified of everything. Can she summon some courage, or will her class trip be ruined?Twelve-year-old Ellie "Scaredy Bat" Spark would give her fangs to prove herself and become a real detective. So when she learns...

Looking forward to a visit at Sea Gull Beach, the Happy Hollister children have a wonderful time giving a play about pirates and American sailors. Then when they discover that a present they received from Uncle Russ, a lighthouse lamp, contains a real...

When Uncle Russ Hollister arrives from California and announces that he plans to search for a lost temple deep in the jungles of Yucatán, the Hollister family plunges into a new series of adventures. Uncle Russ, a commercial artist and cartoonist,...

One day the Hollister children saw their grandparents on television. The show was featuring dog sled races during a yearly Canadian Trappers' Carnival. Since the elder Mr. and Mrs. Hollister run a winter resort called Snowflake Camp in Canada, the...

While returning from New Mexico to the airport in their rented bus, the Hollister children stop to buy cowboy suits. Mr. Hollister, with an eye for items to sell in his store, The Trading Post, discovers the suits are designed by Marie Vega, the wife of...

Another exciting adventure for this happy family comes about through their new friend Indy Roades, a former baseball player and a Yumatan Indian. He tells them about his pueblo in the mountains of New Mexico, and his tribe’s lost turquoise mine...

Frank “Red” Devlin is the best fighter in town--trouble is, he’s always getting into scraps over something or other.  He just can’t stand being teased.  He even bristles when his friend, Lieutenant Carroll, spots him...

When Rionzi realizes James has not lied about meeting one of the leafy mushroom footed creatures that live on the top of the trees, their friendship is restored. The pair sets off deep into the heart of the forest to find their common friend, the Fidori...

Teased at school and ignored at home, unpopular sixteen-year-old Sam Iver feels utterly alone. That is, until he logs onto the Internet to play video games against people from all over the world. Using the alias Henry Ruff, Sam becomes one of the most...

A young space race. . . a dangerous weapon capable of wiping out whole populations. . . a nervous breakdown, and a baby.  Welcome to the world of the Shatong, where first contact could be their last!  It's a matter of survival against seemingly...

Fun and entertaining, Running Beyond Empty explores the many challenges faced by mother and daughter when their world crumbles.  Dinah is suddenly jobless and forced to move in order to provide for herself and Selah, who is hurt, angry and...

Deena wakes on a cold, Australian morning to a spontaneous forest, sprung up overnight while she slept. The other tent? Gone.Her friends? Gone. Phone reception? None. Temperatures? Falling. Fast. Now Deena must figure out where the...

The Fear Clinic. A safe place. A place where phobias are treated. Erica’s parents are sure it’s perfect, that Erica’s younger sister Missy will be freed of her fear of the dark. But when Missy shows no signs of improvement,...

Fifteen year old Larry Bourne never expected to encounter an animated mummy on the first night visiting his uncle at an archaeological dig near Giza, Egypt. However, that was only the start of the unexpected happenings.The fabulous finds made by the...

After a daring escape from Cartagena, nine-year-old James can't wait to return to the familiar shores of Tortuga. Unfortunately, the Joneses and the pirateers didn't expect Dani to bring the admiral general's only son with them-whether he likes it or not...

Two sisters are walking together. Are they having fun, or is something else going on?This book is part of a culturally diverse library collection, offering a levelled reading runway to help boost literacy and encourage a love of reading.Your purchase of...

Nan and all the grandkids love to go fishing. What could go wrong?This book is part of a culturally diverse library collection, offering a levelled reading runway to help boost literacy and encourage a love of reading.Your purchase of this book from the...

Dear God,' Joshua prayed. 'I wish I knew the real story about when the wise men visited Jesus...'When Joshua prays on Christmas Eve, he doesn't expect to wake up in the palace of an angry king. With the help of a new friend, Joshua and Hannah...

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Where in the world would you go if you could fly? The Great Wall of China? The Taj Mahal? What about the Pyramids of Giza?Arnold & Lou are hungry for adventure. If only they had wings like the Macaw birds, they could see all the wonders of the world....

Pirate Mouse and Pirate Puffin are back for an all NEW treasure-hunting adventure!The day started like normal for the pirate duo - with plans for a treasure hunt. But that all changed when they noticed something terrible had happened..."Son of a seadog!...

Young William Belmont has been branded a coward his whole life - a label he hates because he knows it is true.When Will's parents are killed in the crossfire between two warring nations he finds himself en route to a prison camp and fears his life is...

In the smallest of small places - smaller than your thumb, smaller than a pinhead, lies an amazing world. Tinch and her friends are the amazingly tiny recycling heroes saving the world from ourselves. But all is not well when the stream dries up and they...

During a gig Ewella gets a bit carried away playing her accordion and breaks something in her back. Seordag tries to fix it but she needs a bit of help.Seordag Stories is a children's picturebook series of adventures about a cyborg hen and her friends,...

Seordag's chicks find a strange seedpod just as their father the Cosmic Cockerel comes to visit. They give him the seedpod as a welcoming present, little knowing what danger will grow from it.Seordag Stories is a children's picturebook series of...

Mobile chick Greeny makes up a new song, but when Bluey and Pinky join in, Pinky loses his voice. They go to see if their mother Seordag can help.Who will Seordag call on? Could Marlene the Crofter help, or perhaps the Seer, or even the Cosmic...

When Lucy the Dalmatian's best friend, Petra, goes missing, she's so upset and worried, all her spots disappear.  Without them, her strength is fading, but when an unexpected ally discovers that Petra is in danger, Lucy must try to rescue...

Re-Entry charts the fun adventures of intrepid explorers of space, Katie and Bren. Along their journey of self-discovery, find out how they overcome their challenges. They discover tools and techniques which they apply to their missions and themselves...

Far away from everything familiar, Katy Hunter dreads the thought of spending six months in the sleepy countryside with relatives she barely knows. She soon settles in but all is not as it seems at Clover Cottage. Dark dreams, whispered secrets and...

¿Tienes un niño de entre 2 y 5 años que está obsesionado con todo lo relacionado con las excavadoras y la construcción?¡Entonces acompaña a Doug el excavador en su aventura durante el primer día de escuela de construcción! Doug se encontrará con...

A new revolutionary phonic reading scheme. Learn To Read With Phonics teaches reading rapidly, in as little as six months PROVEN! Children love reading about the humorous adventures of Sam and his friends. They hardly realise that within each fun story...

Adventures in the pond.Fido the fish at the bottom of the pond. Amelia is a six year old little girl, her daddy has been watching her take care of the fish. Now Amelia starts to look after them herself.Follow the adventures of the fish Fido, Gizmo,...

Josephine doesn’t find life easy. She is slow, ponderous and, although these characteristics are fine for any usual tortoise, she doesn’t feel they are right for her. The race she has just won against her friend Harvey the hare, was a...

In the spring of 2019, we witnessed the tragic suicide of Isabella. Now, mere months after the events of Isolation - the Story of Isabella Rose-Eccleby, tragedy strikes the town of Castlehead once again, this time with the disappearance of beloved Thomas...

In a parallel universe, Andi takes on the task of Elizabeth after the latter's accident that placed Elizabeth in the transit world two hundred years earlier. Andi, the new Elizabeth, known only to Ugo, Jack and Rrrr, needs to complete unfinished tasks...

You can't escape reality, when your enemies haunt your dreams. All her life Evangeline dreamed of finding her purpose. Now that she has, she is certain that she doesn't want to fulfil it. Especially not when it could tip the scales in the war that's...

Darkness threatens - this time Jay must fight for the very survival of the GivenINTERLAND is a thrilling dystopian adventure that takes us deeper into a world where the chosen few have the power to read and manipulate minds - an exciting sequel to The...

¿Su hijo pasa demasiado tiempo pegado al televisor?Los niños con edades comprendidas entre los 2 y los 12 años se encuentran en una etapa de desarrollo, por lo que debe involucrarlos en una actividad constructiva.CARACTERÍSTICAS Y BENEFICIOS DE ESTE...

What would you do if a magic coat was to appear suddenly, and you were swept up on an enchanted rug into an adventure? Flying off into the unknown, Judy and Rosie follow the Owl, and the magic begins. A tale of love, connections and the importance of...

Koku is a hardworking man who lives in a small village. He seems happy in his own company, not putting any effort into making connections with his fellow villagers.He loves nature and frequently strolls into the forest to pick wild fruit and spend time...