Adventure Fiction for Teens

Book Cover Apocalypse
By Bowler, Tim
2005/08 - Margaret K. McElderry Books
1416903704 Check Our Catalog

Bowler, the author of the acclaimed "Firmament," takes readers into a startling voyage into the unknown in this eerie, haunting thriller about an ordinary teenage boy who faces a world filled with malice when he and his parents become stranded on an island. ...More

Book Cover Blood on His Hands
By Roberts, Willo Davis
2004/01 - Simon Pulse
0689850824 Check Our Catalog

In this gripping novel about a boy's journey into manhood, Marc has been running from pain and despair for two years. Now he's running from the cops. As he runs, he reflects on the last two years of his life and realizes he's responsible for his own actions. ...More

Book Cover Kidnapped
By Stevenson, Robert Louis
Hite, Sid
2002/05 - Scholastic
0439295785 Check Our Catalog

David Balfour's adventures on the high seas include a shipwreck, murder, flight, and intrigue--and are among the most evocative in classic literature. Stevenson's adventure is now available in this Scholastic Classics paperback edition. ...More

Book Cover Memory Boy
By Weaver, Will
2001/03 - HarperCollins Publishers
0060288116 Check Our Catalog

Early in the new millennium, worldwide disaster strikes. Sunlight is still scarce three years after a volcanic explosion sent a cloud of ash into the atmosphere, food is rationed, and cities are wastelands of looting and murder. Miles Newell and his family flee their Minneapolis home aboard the "Ali Princess", Miles's invention, and leave behind all they've ever known into an uncertain future. ...More

Book Cover The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Summer Reading Edition)
By Avi
2004/06 - HarperTrophy
0060739479 Check Our Catalog

A vicious captain, a mutinous crew -- and a young girl caught in the middle

Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more. Find another companion to share your idle hours. For my part I intend to tell the truth as I lived it. ...More

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