Barrington Area Library

Teens' Catalog | Adventure

Adventure books are about survival, danger, travel, exploration, or heroism. The story can take place in any time period, and may be true (nonfiction) or imaginary (fiction).

Fiction

Anderson, M. T.  The Game of Sunken Places.
Anderson, M. T.  Whales on Stilts.
Avi.  The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.
Barry, Dave, and Ridley Pearson.  Peter and the Starcatchers.
Bauer, Joan.  Rules of the Road.
Bodett, Tom.  Williwaw!
Booth, Martin.  Doctor Illuminatus.
Bulion, Leslie.  Uncharted Waters.
Burks, Brian.  Wrango.
Carter, Alden R.  Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
Cole, Stephen.  Thieves Like Us.
Cooney, Caroline B.  The Terrorist.
Creech, Sharon.  The Wanderer.
Cross, Gillian.  Dark Ground Trilogy series.
Defoe, Daniel.  Robinson Crusoe.
Dowswell, Paul.  Powder Monkey: Adventures of Sam Witchall.
Druitt, Tobias.  Corydon and the Island of Monsters.
Erickson, John.  Discovery at Flint Springs.
George, Jean Craighead.  Julie of the Wolves.
Hart, Lenore.  The Treasure of Savage Island.
Hesse, Karen.  Stowaway.
Hite, Sid.  Stick and Whittle.
Hobbs, Will.  Jackie's Wild Seattle.
Hokenson, Terry.  The Winter Road.
Horowitz, Anthony.  Alex Rider Adventure series.
Humphreys, Chris.  The Fetch.  
Jacques, Brian.  Castaways of the Flying Dutchman.
Karr, Kathleen.  Skullduggery.
Kehret, Peg.  Abduction!
Key, Watt.  Alabama Moon.
Lawrence, Iain.  The Wreckers.
Lee, Tanith.  Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventure upon the High Seas.
Lisle, Janet Taylor.  Black Duck.
Masefield, John.  Jim Davis: A High-Sea Adventure.
Meyer, L. A.  Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy.
Moore, Robin.  The Man with the Silver Oar.
Mowll, Joshua.  Operation Typhoon Shore.
O’Dell, Scott.  Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Oppel, Kenneth.  Airborn.
Paterson, Katherine.  Bread and Roses, Too.
Paulsen, Gary.  Dogsong.
Paulsen, Gary.  Hatchet.
Petersen, P. J.  Rising Water.
Rees, Celia.  Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates.
Riordan, Rick.  The Lightning Thief. 
Smith, Roland.  Zach's Lie.
Sorrells, Walter.  Static: A Novelization.
Spooner, Michael.  Last Child.
Spradlin, Michael P.  Spy Goddess series.
Stevenson, Robert Louis.  Treasure Island.
Turner, Megan Whalen.  The Thief.
Whelan, Gloria.  Goodbye, Vietnam.
Williams, Maiya.  The Golden Hour.
Wright, Randall.  Hunchback.
Wyss, Johann David.  The Swiss Family Robinson.
Yolen, Jane, and Bruce Coville.  Armageddon Summer.

Nonfiction

Angier, Bradford.  How to Stay Alive in the Woods.
Atkins, Jeannine.  How High Can We Climb? The Story of Women Explorers.
Beattie, Owen.  Buried in Ice.
Blumberg, Rhoda.  The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark.
Blumberg, Rhoda.  The Remarkable Voyages of Captain Cook.
Blumberg, Rhoda.  Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy.
Bredeson, Carmen.  After the Last Dog Died: The True-Life, Hair-Raising Adventure of Douglas Mawson and His 1911–1914 Antarctic Expedition.
Calabro, Marian.  The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party.
Earle, Sylvia A.  Dive! My Adventures in the Deep Frontier.
Flowers, Pam.  Alone across the Arctic: One Woman's Epic Journey by Dog Team.
Freedman, Russell.  In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's First True Cowboys.
Hawass, Zahi A.  Curse of the Pharaohs: My Adventures with Mummies.
Lindop, Laurie.  Venturing the Deep Sea.
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody.  Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition.
Kolosov, Jacqueline A.  Women of Adventure.
Paton, Bruce C.  Adventuring with Boldness: The Triumph of Explorers.
Reeves, Diane Lindsey.  Adventure.
Revkin, Andrew.  The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World.
Scandiffio, Laura.  Escapes!
Schwager, Tina.  Gutsy Girls: Young Women Who Dare.
Storm, Rory.  The Extreme Survival Guide.
Storm, Rory.  Mountain Survivor's Guide.