Alien Eraser Unravels The Mystery Of The Pyramids
Did aliens build the pyramids? Will a magic love potion bring Mom and Dad back together? And what do school science, mummified apples, and alien erasers have to do with it? In a second zany, jam-packed graphic novel, Max jots down his worst fears and best brainstorms.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: boys, imagination, pyramids, extraterrestrial beings, magic, science fiction, adventure fiction, adventure stories [X], adventure and adventurers, egypt
Nurk
Nurk, a sort-of brave shrew, packs up a few pairs of clean socks and sails off on an accidental adventure, guided by wisdom found in the journal of his famously brave and fierce grandmother, Lady Surka the warrior shrew.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
Turtle In Paradise
In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 122
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: cousins, families, depressions, family life, key west (fla.), great depression, 1929-1939, adventure fiction, historical fiction, adventure stories [X], adventure and adventurers, family, adventure fiction, historical fiction, electronic books
Middleworld
When his archaeologist parents go missing in Central America, fourteen-year-old Max embarks on a wild adventure through the Mayan underworld in search of the legendary Jaguar Stones, which enabled ancient Mayan kings to wield the powers of living gods.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: missing persons, kidnapping, supernatural, mayas, indians of central america, maya mythology, teenage boys, paranormal fiction, adventure stories [X], native americans, adventure fiction, adventure and adventurers, indians of north america, adventure fiction
Raleigh's Page
In the late 16th century, fifteen-year-old Andrew leaves school in England and must prove himself as a page to Sir Walter Raleigh before embarking for Virginia, where he helps to establish relations with the Indians.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: raleigh, walter, adventure stories [X], indians of north america, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, great britain, virginia, native americans, historical fiction
Bink & Gollie
Two roller-skating best friends, one tiny and one tall, share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion, in chapter-book format.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 125
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 310
subjects: friendship, adventure fiction, humorous fiction, adventure and adventurers, humorous stories, adventure stories [X], adventure fiction, humorous fiction
The Fantastic Secret Of Owen Jester
After Owen captures an enormous bullfrog, names it Tooley Graham, then has to release it, he and two friends try to use a small submarine that fell from a passing train to search for Tooley in the Carter, Georgia, pond it came from, while avoiding nosy neighbor Viola.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 84
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: submersibles, bullfrog, frogs, families, georgia, family life, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, adventure stories [X], family, adventure fiction
Museum Of Thieves
Goldie, an impulsive and bold twelve-year-old, escapes the oppressive city of Jewel, where children are required to wear guardchains for their protection, and finds refuge in the extraordinary Museum of Dunt, an ever-shifting world where she discovers a useful talent for thievery and mysterious secrets that threaten her city and everyone she loves.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: thieves, secrets, robbers and outlaws, adventure and adventurers, secrecy, fantasy, adventure stories [X]
Young Fredle
Fredle, a young mouse cast out of his home, faces dangers and predators outside, makes some important discoveries and allies, and learns the meaning of freedom as he struggles to return home.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 30
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: mice, freedom, dogs, cats, adventure fiction, adventure stories [X], liberty, audiobooks, pets, animals, adventure fiction, adventure and adventurers
Mission Unstoppable
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.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 102
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: genius, brothers and sisters, twins, assassins, recreational vehicles, adventure fiction, siblings, family life, adventure fiction, families, adventure and adventurers, young adult fiction, humorous fiction, family, adventure stories [X]
My Sitter Is A T-rex!
A little boy faces the scariest babysitter he has ever seen when his parents leave him with a T-Rex.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: babysitters, tyrannosaurus rex, boys, adventure fiction, adventure stories [X], readers (elementary)
The Last Musketeer
In Paris with his parents to sell family heirlooms, fourteen-year-old Greg Rich suddenly finds himself four hundred years in the past, and is aided by boys who will one day be known as "The Three Musketeers.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: richelieu, armand jean du plessis, adventure stories [X], characters and characteristics in literature, time travel, adventure and adventurers, characters in literature, france, paris (france)
Around The World
Challenged with circling the world at the end of the nineteenth century, three very different adventurers--avid bicyclist Thomas Stevens, fearless reporter Nellie Bly, and retired sea captain Joshua Slocum--embark on epic journeys.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 48
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: stevens, thomas, bly, nellie, slocum, joshua, voyages around the world, adventure and adventurers, adventure stories [X], cartoons and comics
The Glorious Adventures Of The Sunshine Queen
When a diphtheria outbreak forces twelve-year-old Cissy to leave her Oklahoma hometown in the 1890s, she and her two classmates embark on a wild adventure down the Missouri River with a team of traveling actors who are living on a dilapidated paddle steamer.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: adventure stories [X], paddle steamers, theater, adventure and adventurers, missouri river
Ruby Redfort, Look Into My Eyes
Skilled code-cracker and detective Ruby Redfort and her sidekick butler Hitch work for a secret crime-fighting organization called Spectrum, and Ruby remains calm as they face evil villains.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: adventure stories [X], cryptographers, spies, teenage girls, adventure and adventurers, teenagers, girls, secrecy, ciphers, cryptologic fiction, detective and mystery fiction