Adventure Books for Teens
Non-stop action and adventure, plenty of fights, and survival! MS = middle school readers. (Updated June 2023)
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Skyhunter
Although she is not wanted by her adopted country, Mara fights fiercely for its security from Ghosts, human-machine warriors. When she saves a prisoner of war, she learns he may be a spy, or the last best hope of her country.
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The Darkening
Vesper and her father keep their magic hidden from the rulers of their city, who executed her mother for working her magic by throwing her into the cursed storm that surrounds the city. When her father is captured, she finds a way into the prince’s inner circle to free him.
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The Cost of Knowing
After surviving a car crash that killed his parents, Alex is cursed with visions of the future, including one in which his brother will be killed also. Can he outwit the curse and save him?
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At the End of Everything
A group of incarcerated teens watch in disbelief as their guards one day walk off the job, leaving them free. A lethal pandemic may keep them in the prison, however. MS
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Northwind
Young Leif is the only survivor of an attack of cholera on his village, so he must make his way in the natural world with little more than his canoe and his wits. MS
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Tides of Mutiny
Although the king has decreed that girls who sail the sea will be executed, Lane hides her identity from everyone on her ship, including the stranger on board who may be the missing prince. MS
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Ski Weekend
Sam’s decision to chaperone her brother on the school ski trip ends in disaster when they crash the car in a snowbank and one of the teens is badly injured.
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The Liar's Guide to the Night Sky
Hallie and her cousin and friends are trapped in a mudslide with scarce supplies and freezing weather.
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Down the Road A Piece
In summer 1957, Gaylloyd’s parents drive him from their San Diego home to the Mississippi, exposing Gaylloyd to the bitter racism of the South. How will he ever be the same?
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