RecommendedReads: JFiction:Action/Adventure
TheNightWar
KimberlyBrubakerBradley
JBRAD, K
During World War II, twelve-year old Miriam secretly spirits other Jewish people out of Nazi-occupied France after being separated from her family and forced into hiding.
TheLegendaryMoChan A.Y.Chan
, A
As twelve-year-old aspiring taekwondo champion Modesty "Mo" Seto faces off against her nemesis in a movie audition, she uncovers a mysterious book and embarks on an adventure to rescue her missing father and discover hidden martial art secrets.
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Thirteen-year-old twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee, only to find themselves in a cut-throat competition to uncover a fortune and dark secrets about the wealthy relations they have never known.
OneWrongStep JenniferA.Nielsen
JNIEL, J
Atlas Wade has been climbing mountains for years, but after being forced to stay behind as his father joins a team of Mount Everest climbers, he sees an avalanche trapping his father's expedition, then--along with their Sherpa Chodak and an American girl--Atlas begins a perilous journey to rescue the team.
CincinnatiLee,CurseBreaker HeidiHeilig
JHEIL, H
A young adventurer races to break the family curse by repatriating the artifacts her famed ancestor "saved."
TreasureIsland:RunawayGold JewellParkerRhodes
JRHOD, J
Parker Rhodes reimagines the classic novel Treasure Island in this thrilling adventure set in modern-day Manhattan, in which three children must navigate the city’s hidden history, dodge a threatening crew of skater kids, and decide who they can really trust in order to hunt down a long-buried treasure.
WolfGirl:IntotheWild AnhDo
JDO, A
When disaster separates Gwen from her family, she must fend for herself, all alone in the wilderness with only a wolf puppy, a Labrador, a Chihuahua, and a greyhound for friends and help.
Busted DanGemeinhart
JGEME, D
Twelve-year-olds Oscar and Natasha assist an exmobster retiree bust out of his retirement community in exchange for money to help Oscar and his grandfather to stay in their home.
ScarletMorning NDStevenson
JSTEV, N
From the powerhouse creator of Nimona comes a breathtaking illustrated novel, the start of a duology, following two orphans who leave the only home they’ve ever known to sail with an eccentric crew of pirates.
FowlPlay KristinO’DonnelTubb
JTUBB, K
When her best friend Uncle Will dies, he leaves Chloe Alvarez his African grey parrot, Charlie. The parrot has a vast vocabulary, and soon Chloe hears her say something odd: It was murder, followed by homicide and cyanide.
Wrecker CarlHiassen
JHIAA, C
Valdez Jones VIII calls himself Wrecker because his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather salvaged shipwrecks for a living. When Wrecker comes across a speedboat that has run hard aground on a sand flay, the men in the boat pay him to forget he ever saw them. Wrecker would be happy to forget, but he keeps seeing these men all over. And now they want more than his silence--they want a lookout.
MaxintheHouseofSpies AdamGidwitz
JGIDW, A
Germany is becoming more and more dangerous for Jewish families, but Max is determined to find a way back home, and back to his parents. He has a plan to return to Berlin. It merely involves accomplishing the impossible: becoming a British spy.
TheJulesVerneProphecy LarrySchwartz
JSCHW, L
When a mysterious book by the beloved writer Jules Verne falls into the hands of three unlikely friends, they begin a treasure hunt adventure through Paris.
TheSecretLibrary KeklaMagoon
JMAGO, K
Eleven-year-old Dally's monotonous life takes an unexpected turn when she discovers a mysterious envelope containing a map to an ancient vault filled with books that serve as portals to different moments in time.
UndercoverLatina AyaDeLeón
JDELE, A
Fourteen-year-old Andrea Hernandez-Baldoquin hails from a family of spies working for the factory, an international organization dedicated to protecting people of color. Her first solo mission: go undercover as a white girl to befriend the estranged son of a dangerous white supremacist.