Category Archives: Adventure
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The Pirate Captain’s Daughter by Eve Bunting
Posted on July 6, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Adventure, Young Adult/TeenThe Pirate Captain’s Daughter appeals to the early teen audience that is comfortable in the children’s room or the young adult area. Bunting has created a strong female character in Catherine, the daughter of a pirate captain. When Catherine’s mother dies, she must choose between living with her prissy aunt in Boston society or sailing [...]
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Cold Cereal
Posted on May 15, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Adventure, Fantasy, Humorous Stories, Mysteriesby Adam Rex Cold Cereal is a wacky adventure involving a changeling, a genius, a super-genius, a clurichaun (like a leprechaun), a pooka (rabbit-man), and a large, hairy man who may or may not be bigfoot. This odd cast must work together to stop the evil cereal company, Goodco, from taking over our world and [...]
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The Case of the Deadly Desperados
Posted on April 2, 2012 by Jennifer in Adventure, Mysteriesby Caroline Lawrence This is the first title in Lawrence’s new “Western Mysteries” series, and while I’ve never been a reader of westerns (other than maybe Hank the Cowdog), I found myself unable to put this book down. P. K. Pinkerton has a shocking, terrible birthday. When he comes home, he finds his foster Ma [...]
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Hiding Glory
Posted on March 3, 2012 by Laura in Adventure, animals, Early Chapter Books, Fantasy> by Laura Chester Turner Flint is whisked away on a magical journey…by a tiny, blue horse named Glory! This enchanted horse can communicate with Turner, and somehow she can understand everything Glory says to her, too. Glory and Turner travel to the land of Joya, which is controlled by the grumpy Kermudgins who must [...]
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Books for Wonderstruck Readers
Posted on December 4, 2011 by Jennifer in Adventure, fairy tales and folklore, Fantasy, Newspaper column>Library column printed in The Mercury, December 4, 2011 When kids start reading longer novels, many are captivated by the magical qualities they can experience through the pages of a book. This is not a new phenomenon, considering children’s classics like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), to name [...]
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Buzz Beaker and the Cave Creatures
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Children's Department Staff in Adventure, easy readers> by Cari Meister Buzz Beaker is a science-loving, invention-creating kid! In this adventure, Buzz explores a mysterious cave with his dad, Dr. Beaker. They encounter some strange creatures in the cave. What in the world could they be? I won’t give away the ending, but it is an interesting discovery. There are three other [...]
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The 39 Clues
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Rachel in Adventure, Mysteriesinvented and organized by Rick Riordan If you like adventure, secrets, history, or kids saving the world, you will love The 39 Clues. There is one family, the Cahills, that has been shaping history for centuries. Almost all famous people are Cahills, and they’ve been leaving clues to something mysterious and valuable. Amy and Dan [...]
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The School for the Insanely Gifted
Posted on September 9, 2011 by Children's Department Staff in Adventure> by Dan Elish First of all, you’ll definitely need to suspend all disbelief for this book. If you’re willing to do that, though, you can ride along on a rollicking adventure involving flying cars and gum that lets you surf the internet as you chew. The best part is that the wacky inventions are [...]
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The Hidden Gallery
Posted on August 19, 2011 by Jennifer in Adventure, Mysteries>by Maryrose Wood The 2nd installment of The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place does not disappoint! Left with a mysterious howl at the end of book 1 (suitably titled “The Mysterious Howling“), I was anxious to see what would happen next. Miss Penelope Lumley, governess to 3 children raised by wolves and employee of the [...]
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As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth
Posted on July 22, 2011 by Jennifer in Adventure, Young Adult/Teen> by Lynne Rae Perkins Imagine suddenly finding yourself in the middle of nowhere with no way to contact anyone who knows you. What would you do? When Ry steps off his train on the way to camp and then misses getting back on before it pulls away, he is a bit stunned. Things get [...]
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