Live the Adventure
Allende, Isabel. Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
16-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his grandmother to the remote Forbidden Kingdom in the Himalayas to help locate a sacred statue of a golden dragon before it is stolen by a greedy outsider.
Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey
A doughty young Labrador retriever, a roguish bull terrier, and an indomitable Siamese cat set out through the Canadian wilderness to make their way home to the family they love.
Butcher, A. Spy High: Mission One
Six teenagers struggle to complete the training exercises as a team before being sent out into the field to sink or swim.
Crook, C. The Perilous Year
Alex and Ryan soon find themselves in deadly peril.
Dowswell, P Powder Monkey
13-year-old Sam endures harsh conditions, battles, and a shipwreck after being pressed into service aboard the HMS Miranda during the Napoleonic Wars.
George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a 13-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains.
Hesse, Karen. Stowaway
A young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor sails around the world under Captain James Cook.
Hokenson, Terry The Winter Road
Willa has just crashed her uncle's airplane in the frozen Canadian wilderness and she must rely on her own wits to survive.
Lasky, Kathryn. Beyond the Divide
In 1849, a 14-year-old Amish girl defies convention by leaving her secure home in Pennsylvania to accompany her father across the continent by wagon train.
Lawrence, Iain. The Wreckers
In 18th-century England, 16-year-old John sets out to sail it from Kent to London and becomes involved in a dangerous smuggling scheme. (First in a trilogy)
Lewis, Richard The Killing Sea
Sarah escapes the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia, but her mother is killed and her father lost. Can she find her father as well as a doctor for Sarah's injured brother?
MacPhail, Catherine Underworld
Five teens get stuck underground on a spelunking expedition. Can they figure out how to stop bickering and work together before it is too late?
Matthews, L. Fish
A story that will teach those who doubt that, when hope is almost extinguished, miracles can happen.
McCaughrean, Geraldine White Darkness
Symone is stranded by her lunatic "uncle" in the wilds of Antarctica with only the voice of explorer Captain Laurence Oates in her head to keep her alive.
Mazer, Harry Last Mission
In 1944 a 15-year-old Jewish boy tells his family he will travel in the West but instead, enlists in the United States Air Corps and is subsequently taken prisoner by the Germans.
Meyer, L. Curse of the Blue Tattoo
In 1803, after being exposed as a girl and forced to leave her ship, Jacky Faber finds herself attending school in Boston, where she roams the city in search of adventure, and learns to ride a horse.
O'Dell, Scott. Black Star, Bright Dawn
Bright Dawn must face the challenge of the Iditarod dog sled race alone when her father is injured.
O'Dell, Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends 18 years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet
After a plane crash, 13-year-old Brian spends 54 days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet. (Also see companion books: Brians Winter, The River, and Brians Hunt)
Paulsen, Gary. Tucket's Travels
Wild West adventures with Mr. Tucket.
Philbrick, R. The Young Man and the Sea
After his mother's death, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to try to catch a huge bluefin tuna.
Richards, Justin The Chaos Code
15-year-old Matt and his new friend Robin search the globe to retrieve an ancient code--rumored to have brought down the ancient civilization of Atlantis.
Richter, Conrad The Light in the Forest
Though reared as a Lenni Lenape Indian, 15-year-old True Son, once called John Camera Butler, is ordered back to the white man.
Riordan, P. Lightning Thief (YA Series)
12-year-old Percy Jackson is sent to summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Rosoff, Meg How I Live Now
Daisy was sent to England to live with her relatives, but her father had no way of knowing that war would sweep over Europe, leaving Daisy alone with her cousins and no adults to help them.
Simmons, Michael Finding Lubchenko
When his father is framed for murder and bioterrorism, high-school junior Evan travels from Seattle to Paris with two friends to find the real culprit.
Smith, Roland Peak
A 14-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
Trueman, Terry Hurricane
A fictional account of one of the worst storms to hit the Caribbean--Hurricane Mitch in 1998--told from the perspective of a 13-year-old boy living in a small village in Honduras.
Wolf, Allan New Found Land: Lewis and Clark
A historic exploratory expedition seek a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
Yancey, R. The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
Alfred Kropp rescues King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur from the forces of evil.
CLASSIC Adventure & Survival
Cooper, James. The Last of the Mohicans
Hawkeye and his companion Chingachgook weave through the wilderness of upstate New York, fighting to save the beautiful Munro sisters from the Huron renegade Magua.
Dafoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe
A man marooned on an uninhabited island for 24 years: his struggle to survive, the dramatic encounter with Friday and their eventual escape.
Dumas, Alexandre. The Three Musketeers
Young D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades fight to foil the schemes of the brilliant, dangerous Cardinal Richelieu.
Kipling, Rudyard. Captain's Courageous
Harvey Cheyne falls overboard from an ocean liner her is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman and, initially against his will, joins the crew of the We're Here for a summer.
London, Jack. Call of the Wild
Two classic tales of dogs as they have adventures in the Yukon wilderness with both humans and other animals.
London, Jack. White Fang
The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog that is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.
Melville, Herman. Moby Dick
Captain Ahab's hunt for the great white whale
Scott, Sir Walter. Ivanhoe
Saxon knight Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to a chaotic England and finds himself disowned and dishonored, forced to fight for his name and the people he loves.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Kidnapped
A 16-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A boy and a runaway slave travel down the Mississippi River on a raft.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the 19th century.
Verne, Jules. A Journey to the Center of the Earth
The most incredible journey ever imagined--from Icelands frozen tundra far down into fantastic underground prehistoric worlds and back up again through the fires of an erupting volcano.
Verne, Jules. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
A French professor and his two companions sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.
Wyss, Johann David. The Swiss Family Robinson
Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.
Updated January 2008
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