Action & Adventure

In a city full of giants, can one tiny girl find her way home? She is a girl three inches tall with eyes like drops of dew. Her clothes are cut from handkerchiefs and stitched with spider silk. For half her life, she has been suspended in a birdcage...

From the author of I, Cosmo comes a humor-filled, heart-tugging tale of a genius mouse, secretly freed from a lab, who's in search of a real home--and a way to free her old friends. Clementine is different from other mice: she can calculate the speed of...

Perfect for fans of Stranger Things and The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, this "thrilling, fast-paced" (School Library Journal) second book in the Maggie and Nate Mystery series follows the friends to Yellowstone National Park where they must track...

In this touching debut middle grade novel, a girl with hearing loss and a boy adjusting to life in a new country connect through their love of comics and get entangled in their own fantastical adventure. Twelve-year-old Etta Johnson has Loud Days where...

The game begins again in this gripping follow-up to The Gauntlet that's a futuristic middle eastern Zathura meets Ready Player One! Four years after the events of The Gauntlet, the evil game Architect is back with a new partner-in-crime--The...

Stevie and Alex's search for the hidden shards of the powerful Ender crystal leads them straight to the jungle biome, where they must try to find another piece of the crystal before the terrifying Ender Dragon can stop them. But when the Ender Dragon...

After discovering a portal to Earth and battling the evil Herobrine and his army of vicious mobs, Steve and his friends are known throughout the Overworld as heroes. Stevie's enjoying the attention--that is, until he tries to show off and instead falls...

After the fall of the zombies, the balance of power between the monsters of the Far Lands of Minecraft is disrupted. The skeleton warlord Rakar grows stronger, and his skeleton army is leaving a terrible path of destruction in their wake. Watcher and his...

In Mighty Meg book 4, Meg pulls a page from comic book superheroes by trying to create her very own superhero disguise! Can she find the perfect costume so she can save her classmates without revealing her true identity? After almost having her...

In book 3 of the Mighty Meg series, Meg finds her nemesis in a mean boy at school who may have super-strength! After mastering her superpowers, the last thing Meg needs to become a real superhero is a nemesis! Jackson, a boy Meg remembers as small and...

In book 2 of the Mighty Meg series, Meg must save her school from a frozen phenomenon! Strange things are happening in Plainview! When Meg sees a wall of ice holding back a mountain of stones, she knows once the warm, spring weather comes and melts the...

In the first book of the Mighty Meg series, Meg receives a ring for her eighth birthday and wakes up with superpowers! Meg's life is turned upside down when a magical ring gives her superpowers! But Meg isn't the only one who changes. Strange things...

"[A] moving tale of resilience, hope, and the meaning of family." -- School Library Journal (starred review) Without you, there'd be no hope for the world. Because you are the whole world. That's what Teacher says, and twelve-year-old Eider knows she's...

From acclaimed author Kat Zhang comes a "fast-paced mystery adventure" (BCCB) about a girl who embarks on a hunt for a long-lost treasure while on a summer trip to China. Mia Chen is on what her mother calls a Grand Adventure. She's not sure what to make...

"A swift-paced survival tale that's a cool blend of Lord of the Flies and Journey to the Center of the Earth." --School Library Journal "A sharp meditation on the seemingly universal difficulties of being young, smart, and uncertain." --BCCB "A...

"This page-turning true-life adventure is filled with rich and riveting details and a timeless understanding of the things that matter most."--Dashka Slater, author of The 57 Bus "Brilliantly told in verse, readers will love Ken Sparks." --Patricia...

Ken and his EngiNerds crew return in a new, nutty and nerdy adventure that's the perfect follow-up to EngiNerds. When last we met, the EngiNerds were battling a horde of ravenous robots, but in this latest caper, they're on the hunt for just one rogue...

The battle between boys and bots is on in this funny, fast-paced novel. Ken is an EngiNerd: one of a super-smart group of friends--all nerds--who have been close since kindergarten. They may be brainiacs, but they're just like everyone else: they fight...

Three unlikely friends--brainiac Hector, bullish Jack, and sarcastic Paul--find themselves braving the wilderness in search of the mythical Beast of Bear Falls in this hilarious MAX novel. As far as Paul Adams is concerned, the idea of a weekend camping...

Charlie is recruited to use his mathematical prowess to discover what happened to a box of stolen moon rocks in this follow up to Bringing Down the Mouse. Charlie Lewis is really good at math. So good, that he's approached by a mysterious woman who needs...

Kitto's adventure continues in the suspenseful sequel to The Dagger Quick, which School Library Journal called a "quest perfect for landlubbers and pirate aficionados alike." On the high seas of the Caribbean in the 1600s, a twelve-year-old boy, Kitto,...

When a fighter jet crashes on PARADISE ISLAND, young PRINCESS DIANA asks her mother, QUEEN HIPPOLYTA, for permission to enter the world of mortals. The queen thinks DIANA'S request is a good one. She holds a special competition, a test of skill and...

When astronauts crash on Pluto, only one man can save them . . . SUPERMAN! Faster than a speeding bullet, the MAN OF STEEL soars toward the dwarf planet, towing a high-tech rescue vehicle. Soon, he discovers an unexpected passenger aboard the spacecraft...

At a charity ball, BRUCE WAYNE notices a strange coincidence -- all of the waiters are twins. Then suddenly, the terrible TWO-FACE crashes the festivities! He has partnered with another super-villain to rob every bank in GOTHAM, but first this crazy...

Welcome to Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types. The five scouts of Roanoke cabin--Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley--love their summers at camp. They get to hang out with their best friends, earn Lumberjane...

"A humdinger doozy of a read filled with humor, heart, and incredible characters you won't soon forget!" --Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Lemoncello series From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Remarkable...

He's back! The late Mordecai Richler had planned more adventures for his small hero and now, with the full support of the Richler family, award-winning author Cary Fagan carries on the tradition in a hilarious story for a whole new generation of Jacob...

Waiting for Guffman meets Parks and Recreation for middle grade readers, in this one-of-a-kind illustrated novel from Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka, where a wasp sting grants Peachaloo a useful new superpower. Two very large things have just happened...

Now an original movie on Disney+, here is the book that started it all, the international bestseller about a teenage criminal mastermind and his siege against dangerous, tech-savvy fairies.Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a...

Tag along with the Timekeepers in these history-themed adventure stories to discover amazing people and events that shaped our world. Join the Timekeepers in this chapter book series for 7 to 9 year-olds covering a range of adventures that span all of...

Don't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck, which together with The Marvels, form an extraordinary thematic trilogy!A breathtaking new voyage from Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick.Two...

Lily refuses to believe what everyone else accepts to be true: that her father has died while climbing Denali, the highest mountain in North America. Lily has grown up hiking in the Alaskan wilderness with her dad. He's an expert climber. There's no way...

It takes one smart sheep to escape from a piano movers' van and find his way home in this humorous friendship story for emerging and newly independent readers by beloved, award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt and coauthor Elizabeth Stickney. Wilson is a...

The next volume in the thrilling, moving, bestselling Harry Potter series will reach readers June 21, 2003 -- and it's been worth the wait!We could tell you, but then we'd have to Obliviate your memory.

A 1984 Newbery Honor Book Although he faces responsibility bravely, thirteen-year-old Matt is more than a little apprehensive when his father leaves him alone to guard their new cabin in the wilderness. When a renegade white stranger steals his gun,...

Time-traveling twins chase time's greatest villain--and a shocking family mystery--to Ancient Egypt in this high stakes, hilarious, and action-packed thrill ride from #1 bestselling author James Patterson. Orphans Pew and Basket Church managed to escape...

The world's #1 bestselling author has teamed up with the world's most famous genius to entertain, educate and inspire a generation of kids--with the first and only kids' book series officially approved by the Albert Einstein Archives.Albert Einstein +...

"A fast-paced, science-filled caper." --The Wall Street JournalMax Einstein is the first and only children's adventure series officially approved by the Albert Einstein Archives. Max Einstein's typical day is not your average 12-year-old's. She...-...

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler meets Indiana Jones! A young adventurer races to break the family curse by repatriating the artifacts her famed ancestor "saved." Perfect for fans of Rick Riordan, Kwame Mbalia, and Rena Barron...

Bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes reimagines the classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson in this thrilling adventure set in modern-day Manhattan, in which three children must navigate the city's hidden history,...