Tweens rate their favorite ADVENTURE titles!
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1 - Hate it!
2 - Like it!
3 - Love it!

 

The Abduction
by Gordon Korman

This book is about a family called the Falconers. This family is made up of a boy named Aiden, a girl named Meg, and John and Louise Falconer who just got out of jail so not too many people trust them. But one day after school a car comes by and takes Meg. The Falconer's do the best they can to get Meg back.
2 - Like it!
Eric, age 10

Cave of the Dark Wind
by Dave Barry

The book I read was good because I think the author is very good at writing. In the beginning they find two pieces of the Blind Luck Treasure and they go on an adventure.
3 - Love it!
Deanna, age 9

The Fugitive Factor
by Gordon Korman

Aiden and Meg Falconer were being chased by police and a mysterious killer in Vermont. Then they went to Massachusetts to find Lindenauer's former girlfriend who sold them out to the cops. They then flew to Los Angeles to find Lindenauer himself.
2 - Like it!
Peter, age 10

Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen

In this story a boy named Brian Robeson flies in a plane to visit his dad in Canada. The plane crashes and Brian must learn to survive in the Canadian wilderness alone.
3 - Love it!
Trudi, age 10

Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen

This book is about a boy who is in a plane crash in the wilderness. He has to survive with only a hatchet.
3 - Love it!
Bob, age 11

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate DiCamillo

This book is about a china rabbit named Edward. He got thrown into the sea because he had not loved his owner. A sailor picked him up and brought him in. Then Edward learned to love. Then he traveled with a hobo. Next, a boy picked him up and gave him to his dying sister. His head got cracked open at a restaurant. A toy maker fixed him. Finally Edward found Abilene (his first owner) again.
3 - Love it!
Jessica, age 11

The Penderwicks
by Jeanne Birdsall

The four Penderwick sisters - Jane, Rosalind, Skye and Batty - are on their summer vacation at Arundel Hall. They have many adventures. A boy named Jeffrey has many adventures awaiting him.
3 - Love it!
Elisa, age 10

Quicksilver
by Stephanie Spinner

This book is about several adventures of Zeus's messenger Hermes traveling from the heavens to the underworld and anywhere in between. The five thrilling adventures are extremely intriguing and were very interesting.
3 - Love it!
Blake, age 12

The Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyss

A violent storm traps a family of six on a tropical island. The family survived for 10 years on the island. They built a treehouse and hunted for their food. Finally, a ship went by, but the family decided not to leave the island. They only sent the oldest son away.
2 - Like it!
Peter, age 10

Tigers at Twilight
by Mary Pope Osborne

Tigers at Twilight is another adventure for Jack and Annie. Now they have to get a gift from a forest far away. They have to also help the animals from the poacher.
2 - Like it!
Kaitlyn, age 10

Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson

Young Jim Hawkins is in a pickle. He is on Treasure Island. The double crosser John Silver is after the treasure. Ben Gann, a marooned man, has the treasure, and then in the end the treasure is gone!
3 - Love it!
Robert, age 12

Wild Man Island
by Will Hobbs

Wild Man Island was about this kid named Andy Galloway. In the book, on the final day of his kayaking trip, Andy travels to his father's funeral on his sea kayak. On Andy's way back to camp his kayak is flipped by a sea lion and he is forced to swim ashore. On Admiralty Island (the island which Andy swims ashore to, located in Alaska) Andy meets a wild man and that is why this book is called Wild Man Island.
2 - Like it!
David, age 12