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.
Cole, Stephen.  Thieves till We Die.
Cooney, Caroline B.  The Terrorist.
Creech, Sharon.  The Wanderer.
Cross, Gillian.  Dark Ground Trilogy series.
Defoe, Daniel.  Robinson Crusoe.
Druitt, Tobias.  Corydon and the Fall of Atlantis.
French, Jackie.  Rover.
George, Jean Craighead.  Julie of the Wolves.
Hart, Lenore.  The Treasure of Savage Island.
Hesse, Karen.  Stowaway.
Hobbs, Will.  Jackie's Wild Seattle.
Horowitz, Anthony.  Alex Rider Adventure series.
Humphreys, Chris.  The Fetch.  
Jacques, Brian.  Castaways of the Flying Dutchman.
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.
Mowll, Joshua.  Operation Typhoon Shore.
O’Dell, Scott.  Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Oppel, Kenneth.  Airborn.
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.
Verne, Jules.  Around the World in 80 Days.
Wasserman, Robin.  Awakening.
Wein, Elizabeth.  The Lion Hunter.
Welvaert, Scott R.  The Curse of the Wendigo: An Agate and Buck Adventure.
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.
Beattie, Owen.  Buried in Ice.
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.
Butts, Edward.  SOS: Stories of Survival; True Tales of Disaster, Tragedy, and Courage. 
Earle, Sylvia A.  Dive! My Adventures in the Deep Frontier
Flowers, Pam.  Alone across the Arctic: One Woman's Epic Journey by Dog Team.
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.
Paton, Bruce C.  Adventuring with Boldness: The Triumph of Explorers.
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.