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 [X], adventure stories, adventure fiction [X], humorous fiction
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
Presents the original text of the Mark Twain story that relates the escapades of Tom Sawyer and his friends in a small, 19th-century town on the Mississippi River, and provides side notes, illustrations, and annotations that contain information on the history, geography, and social customs of the day.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 238
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: misouri fiction, mississippi river fiction, sawyer, tom (fictitious character), adventure and adventurers, sawyer, tom (fictional character), mississippi river, missouri, boys, sawyer, tom, clemens, samuel langhorne, adventure fiction, large type books, runaway children, mississippi river valley, fugitive slaves, southern states, adventure stories, humorous fiction, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), fiction, historical fiction, adventure fiction [X], child witnesses, bildungsromans, humorous stories, bildungsromans, united states, sawyer, tom, humorous stories [X], adventure stories, sawyer, tom (fictitious character), adventure, fiction book, quest, mississippi, audiobooks, compact discs, humorous fiction, witnesses, electronic books, action and adventure fiction
Masters Of Disaster
Twelve-year-old Henry Mosely, having decided his life is boring, ropes his friends Riley and Reed into a series of hair-raising adventures, including trying to break world records, visiting a haunted house, and solving a century-old murder.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 56
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1100
subjects: friendship, humorous stories [X], adventure and adventurers, humorous fiction, adventure fiction, adventure stories, humorous fiction, adventure fiction [X]
Quest For The Spark
Twelve-year-old Tom Elm, his raccoon friend Roderick, Percival, Abbey, and Barclay Bone, warrior-priest Randolf, and forest-woman Lorimar join in a quest to find the pieces of the Spark that can save Dreaming--and the Waking World--from a Darkness created by the Nacht.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 147
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: heroes, dreams, magic, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, heroes and heroines, fantasy fiction, humorous fiction, fantasy fiction, humorous fiction, fantasy, humorous stories [X], adventure stories, adventure fiction [X]
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Designed to acquaint readers with famous stories, this book, in graphic novel format, retells Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a story of a boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 263
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 980
subjects: mississippi river, missouri, finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), boys, clemens, samuel langhorne, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), voyages and travels, missouri fiction, missouri fiction, mississippi river fiction, humorous fiction, humorous stories [X], runaway children, male friendship, fugitive slaves, race relations, large type books, huckleberry finn (fictional character), friendship, slaves, cartoons and comics, mississippi river valley, slavery, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, united states, audiobooks, voyages and travel, large print books, finn, huckleberry, action and adventure fiction, humorous fiction, bildungsromans, adventure stories, humorous stories, bildungsromans, adventure fiction [X], finn, huckleberry (fictional character), adventure stories, historical fiction, picaresque literature, compact discs, tourism, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, electronic books, graphic novels, electronic books
Fortunately, The Milk
While picking up milk for his children's cereal, a father is abducted by aliens and finds himself on a wild adventure through time and space.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 96
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: adventure stories, fathers, humorous stories [X], space and time, adventure and adventurers, humorous fiction, adventure fiction, adventure fiction [X], humorous fiction
What We Found In The Sofa And How It Saved The World
Finding a rare zucchini-colored crayon leads twelve-year-old River Monroe and his friends on an adventure with their eccentric neighbor to save Earth from invading interstellar storm troopers.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: adventure stories, eccentrics and eccentricities, humorous stories [X], science fiction, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, humorous fiction, adventure fiction [X], science fiction, humorous fiction
Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Presents a facsimile printing of the first American edition of Mark Twain's classic novel, in which Huck, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the vast Mississippi River on a raft; and includes an introduction by novelist Toni Morrison and essays on the illustrations.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: finn, huckleberry (fictitious character), runaway children, male friendship, fugitive slaves, race relations, mississippi river, missouri, boys, finn, huckleberry (fictional character), mississippi river, slavery, voyages and travels, missouri, , friendship, adventure fiction, humorous fiction, bildungsromans, fiction / classics, fiction / literary, adventure fiction [X], humorous fiction, bildungsromans, adventure stories, humorous stories [X], audiobooks, compact discs, tourism, adventure and adventurers, adventure stories, humorous stories
Captain Awesome Vs. The Spooky, Scary House
As Halloween nears, Captain Awesome and Nacho Cheese Man set out to protect Sunnyview from monsters, but when they encounter what may be a real haunted house, they suddenly remember they have homework to do.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 34
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: superheroes, halloween, haunted houses, schools, humorous stories [X], mcgillicudy, eugene (fictitious character), homework, children's stories, adventure fiction [X], mystery fiction
Peter And The Secret Of Rundoon
Fearing that the sinister Lord Ombra was not destroyed, Peter and Molly travel to the land of Rundoon, which is ruled by the evil King Zarboff.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: adventure and adventurers, characters and characteristics in literature, islands, humorous stories [X], characters in literature, adventure fiction, peter pan (fictitious character), adventure stories, humorous fiction, adventure fiction [X], humorous fiction
The Bad Apple
After accidentally killing a substitute teacher with an apple, twelve-year-old Seamus Hinkle is sent to Kilter Academy where, in order to excel as he always has, he must behave badly and pull pranks on his teachers, but along with new friends Lemon and Elinor he discovers that there is more to the Academy than meets the eye.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: conduct of life, private schools, school stories, tricks, humorous stories [X], behavior, boarding schools, schools, youth, humorous fiction, adventure fiction [X], humorous fiction
Captain Underpants And The Preposterous Plight Of The Purple Potty People
When George and Harold use their traveling purple potty to travel to another dimension where the school is nice and the principal, Mr.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 138
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: cartoons and comics, heroes, schools, captain underpants (fictitious character), school principals, monsters, teachers, caricatures and cartoons, humorous fiction, adventure fiction [X], humorous stories [X], captain underpants, school superintendents and principals, school stories, heroes and heroines, school fiction
Boris Gets A Lizard
Boris has a lot of pets, but what he really wants is a Komodo dragon, so he comes up with a plan--and invites his class to come and see his lizard.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 320
subjects: warthog, komodo dragon, lizards, humorous stories [X], boris (fictional character), zoos, children's stories, adventure and adventurers, children's stories, adventure fiction [X]
Boris Sees The Light
Boris and his friends Frederick and Alice are camping in the backyard, but it is very dark--except for a mysterious light moving through the bushes.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 180
subjects: mystery and detective stories, humorous stories [X], friendship, sleepovers, camping, warthogs, boris (fictional character), warthog, dreams, children's stories, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction [X], children's stories
Teacher's Pets
"The girls are dismayed when their teacher is out sick and they have a substitute.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dogs, best friends, friendship, shapeshifting, teachers, animals, pets, humorous stories [X], humorous fiction, schools, school stories, humorous fiction, adventure fiction [X]