Action & Adventure - Kids Fiction

This book is written by Barb Chrysler, illustrated by Magdalena Sawko, and designed by Philip McIvor. Where's Brennan is a book about the excitement of a child when his mom takes a few minutes to play with him. Even a tired mom can get...

Join me, Adam Wallace, as I journey into the apocalypse, where I discover just how AWESOME and INSPIRATIONAL zombies really are. Seriously They are They're like a self-help guru who wants to suck out your eyeballs ... okay, so yeah, they have bad points...

It all started with a book. The most boring book in the world. So boring that nobody would ever read it - which makes it the perfect place to hide a terrible secret. Teenagers Luke and Tommy stumble across this lost book, worth millions...

'In a time of tall ships and blacksmiths, In the middle of the Australian scrub, There once lurked a group of misfits, Who lived by the law of the gun.'Ned Smelly really wants to be a bushranger. So he gets Blind Patty the blacksmith...

Max is out for revenge. In The Wedding, Max gets dumped from being the pageboy at his uncle's wedding. A five year old takes his place. Max isn't happy and he knows who is to blame. His evil aunt. Max wants revenge. Not just...

PJ Mouse, an adorable little stuffed animal, was lost and alone until young Emily heard his cries for help. Now, along with his new family, PJ gets to travel the world - discovering exciting new places, people, and animals along the way Come join...

In this action-packed story, the X-tails enter the Monster Ramp Contest, which brings them face to face with the best skateboarders in the world. Winning is a long shot, especially with Mischief the Wolf up to his mischievous ways. To make matters even tougher...

The Time Bandit follows the adventures of two eleven year old friends Lizzie and Sam. Always up to mischief, the pair are soon in trouble with the local policeman PC Goodrich. Looking for somewhere to hide after being spotting pinching some apples, the pair...

THE PROUD HEN is the third story for children in the illustrated series, HIMALAYAN TALES. As a child in Gilgit-Baltistan in the Himalayas, Rashid Naeem was told many exciting and uplifting stories by his parents. These stories had been passed from parent to child...

A young boy wakes up to see snow for the first time. As the boy, his sister and his friends enjoy playing in the snow, they decide to build snow people. When they return from a lovely lunch with Grandpa, the children discover that...

In a forgotten time, a young Somali girl by the name of Shabelle seeks to carve out her own destiny as she adventures through the jungles and palm-beaches of the powerful Sultanate of Mogadishu. When the ruling dynasty abandons the famed city of gold-traders...

Emily Swampgrass is a rough, tough cowgirl with no wish to become a princess. But mad Queen Lilly has commanded it, and failure to comply is punishable by death. Emily faces everything from armed bandits to silk dresses in this hilarious action-packed adventure. Hold...

Join Zion and his friends on their exciting adventures throughout the Safari . In Book 1, Zion almost loses his tail to the Hyena (oh no ). After promising his mom that he would stay close to home, Zion runs off for a fun...

Once, there lived a boy with no name. Join him on a very special day as he and his dear sister go on an adventure to discover his name, and receive priceless life lessons along the way. This is the unillustrated story of an...

It was a bright sunny morning when Little Birdie broke out of his shell. He was barely an inch long with hardly any feathers. His nest near the top of a tall tree was in a dense forest. With all the insects and worms...

After surviving an other-worldly attack, Seefer Elliot thought life would return to normal. What he didn't expect was the attention the event caused and how curiosity about a "flying boy" would begin to grow. Now faced with nemeses from this world and beyond, Seefer...

Author: Stephanie Ann JeffordsISBN-10: 0991612612ISBN-13: 9780991612611Publisher: Stephanie A. JeffordsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/13/2014Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.19d

"This just will not do!" says Lizzy, flinging a rock from her shoe.A simple matter--getting a rock in your shoe--but what is small to one may be large and looming to another. After encountering a number of characters and situations, the rock continues its...

Fans of Dan Gutman's Baseball Card Adventures and Julianna Baggott's The Prince of Fenway Park are going to root for April and Darren as they dig into the secret at Haney Field. Mystery and history go together like peanuts and Cracker Jack in this...

Those humorous and lovable characters are at it again Yes Clayton, Grampy, Mom, Austin, newcomer, Sydney, and of course, the smartest dog ever, Daisy, embark on another river adventure. This book takes them westward on the Ohio River from Louisville all the way to...

The Hoppernots deliver an unforgettable adventure about friendship, strange alliances, and community. When frightened Elders announce a Hoppernot sighting, Max, Cristobel, and Spyder think they know exactly what to do. With a nose for adventure------and because the Elders are all talk and no hop-they...

First stop in the Stadium Adventure Series...Wrigley Field Hawk and his brothers, Nestor and Michael, three adopted boys from diverse ethnic backgrounds, are obsessed with sports. However, not once have they ever had even a sniff of hot-roasted peanuts, heard the crisp crack of...

"This book is gorgeous...MacNaughton's artwork nicely compliments Hughes' tale of a young mouse who yearns to be a hero and how he gets his start." - The Ursa Major Awards"It's polished artwork and timeless storytelling makes this a book that can be enjoyed by...

Most of us decide what we want to be as children, and for many of us that changed over time, or even day of the week. Some of that change was based solely on us, and other times that change was based on how...

The world is in need of a superhero. Not to stop a speeding train, or to scale a skyscraper in pursuit of masked marauders. But to face the vile nemesis that children of all races and religions battle on a daily basis - cancer....

Chance Bradley is a smart kid who is an inventor and talented at sports. After creating a droid for his science project that can play basketball with him, he thinks his life is perfect. That is until strange things start going on in his...

The past few years have been a mixture of torture, painful growth and sometimes, pushing its way through all the darkness-joy. I have made friends and allies, brothers and sisters, mentors and...Kainda, who is something else entirely. But someone is missing, someone whose memory...

8 year old Lena has a brand new nemesis; third grade multiplication. Each day in class she gives it her all, but she can't seem to get the hang of multiplication. Just as she is about to give up on ever catching on, she...

A finalist in the 10th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards and 2016 Purple Dragonfly Awards: Honorable Mention for Picture Books 5 & Younger, The Magic Straw Hat is the story of a little girl named Caitie, who takes us on a journey full of...

Megan Kerr was fearless. But on the morning of her sixteenth birthday all that changes when a haunting chill creeps over her as something lurking from below watches and waits and challenges everything she thought she once knew. Now Meg must learn to believe...

A super cute story of one girl's imagination when she thinks of how to catch a witch. Do you expose them to the sun or shoot them with a potato gun? Do you trap them in a cardboard box or trample them while riding...

Toby Gold is a seventh grader in Wallingford, Connecticut who has always known that he is good with money but has no idea how good until he discovers a dangerous hidden society of money and intrigue that co-exists with the everyday world we all...

Book 1 of the In Your Dreams series. Sixteen-year-old Zara "Zip" McKee lives for three things: basketball, books, and bailing out of tiny Titusville, Illinois, where the junior high and high school are in the same building and everyone's known everyone else since birth....

Rosa is faced with a terrible choice. Senor Garcia, the owner of the Mexican ranch where she and her family live, has offered her a dream job and a mustang colt of her own. If she accepts his offer, five of the twelve recently...

Not only has Giselle worked in the hot sun all day, but now Madame says she won't have the money to pay her until tomorrow - after she sells her old, grey pony, Domi, for slaughter.Giselle is heartbroken. The thought of kind, gentle Domi...

On their annual horseback wilderness camping trip, Karlie and her dad run into a bit of unexpected trouble, trouble that quickly turns terrifying. Karlie's dad is attacked by a murderer, then as he and Karlie escape, they are separated.Karlie knows she must find her...

Ali soon realizes that all the accidents happening on their Hawaiian ranch aren't really accidents. Someone is moving things, setting traps, trying to scare her. She can't tell her mom; her mom is already thinking too seriously about selling the ranch. And besides, Ali...

Elena's dad is injured and trapped with his horse, Gato, in the Andes mountains. Above them, the condors are circling, ready to strike as soon as they consider their prey weak enough. The man and horse need help, quickly.Elena is the only one who...

Drake Dramco's father is head of Thermodynamics in Dragonland and has invented a shield called a force field to protect the dragonfolk from the terrifying Quintas. Drake thinks his father is a superhero even though his father is too busy to spend time with...

Sophie has lost count of all the foster homes she's lived in. Finally, at Joel and Kalene's ranch, she feels at home. When she unwittingly puts their most valuable mare, Aria, in danger, she is terrified she'll be sent away and conceals her mistake...

When Lisa's family was forced to sell their house and horses, life became hard enough - but then her dad finds out Lisa is going everyday to visit the horse that was once hers, her beloved Jupiter, and forbids her to go again. But...

A charming, classic adventure tale about the scary, crazy, and heart-thumpingly joyful plunge into connecting with others A mute, nameless foxhound has spent her life in a laboratory cage. She has never seen the sun. When she gets rescued, Dottie, a diva ladybug with...

Life is full of adventures, some good and some not. Advice and a protective guide can make the journey safer, especially if one is accepting Peer pressure is powerful and not always helpful. Making wise decisions and perservering towards a goal can have great...

Ellis Monroe has always been curious about the world. When his father brings home an ancient mirror with the power to reveal the truth about the people and things around him, Ellis begins to see the world in a whole new way. But things...

Vee is a robot who dreams of flying up into the galaxy Robots in his town don't have the ability to fly. This bestselling story shows how an unstoppable heart can make anything possible. Vee's life changes when his friends don't believe in him,...

Hey New York Are you ready for Nate Rocks? Fifth grader Nathan Rockledge has been counting down the days-and meals-until his class trip to New York City. Now that the big event is finally here, he can barely stand the excitement. After all, isn't...

For young John Degraffenreidt, a sleepless night is no reason to fret when tossing and turning in bed brings a bright red crocodile named Crosley out from under his bed. Night Buddies like Crosley promise an evening of adventure to any not-tired-yet kid and...

The book is all about the nighttime adventures of a young boy named John, who is not ready to go to sleep, and his friend, a bright red crocodile named Crosley who turns up under John's bed.They sneak out of John's house using Crosley's...

A twelve year-old Tohono O'odham boy and his grandfather embark on a hazardous journey across Arizona's borderland desert to the summit of legendary Baboquivari Peak to seek the spirits of their ancestors. Treacherous mountain passes, ruthless drug smugglers, and the mystery of ancient petroglyphs...

In the 2013 Gelett Burgess Gold Medal Award winning book for motivation and inspiration, the reader will meet Percy, his family, classmates and teacher, all residence of Gull Island. Everyone can see Percy is different. As a penguine growing up on an island of...