Action & Adventure - Kids Fiction

Have you ever wondered if the pirates in your dreams, Are really all that big? Really all that mean? What if there was a secret? A passcode you could roar, That would shrink these scary scallywags, till they were feared no more! "Yo ho,...

Have you ever wondered if the pirates in your dreams, Are really all that big? Really all that mean? What if there was a secret? A passcode you could roar, That would shrink these scary scallywags, till they were feared no more! "Yo ho,...

'Hey, Russell, ' said the voice. 'How do you know my name?' asked Russell the mussel. Somewhere in the depths of the oceans Russell the mussel is off to an adventure. Russell the brave mussel's life is in pieces after his Mama Mussel vanished...

Cara shares her bedroom with her toys, but she has no idea what they get up to when she is not there, which is probably a good thing! Some are very special to Cara, some not so much. The house is quiet, Cara and...

"Hiss... Ss... Ss..." Grumpalot snarled showing his razor teeth. He was always hissing and spitting with his pink tongue shooting out. Meet Grumpalot, a grumpy goose who is terrorising the riverbank. Find out just why he behaves like this, what the riverbank creatures do...

What happens when a grown-up says something, but what you actually hear means something else? What happens when you wake up with your own feet, but you look down and suddenly they aren't your own? What happens when one moment it's winter but you...

What happens when a grown-up says something, but what you actually hear means something else? What happens when you wake up with your own feet, but you look down and suddenly they aren't your own? What happens when one moment it's winter but you...

Leo is an inquisitive, fun-loving leopard who loves nothing more than exploring, finding new facts and trying new things. He lives by the motto: "Just because someone says it's impossible doesn't mean you shouldn't try." Leo sets off on the adventure on his own,...

If you were being troubled by sounds in the dead night, what would make you feel better? A warm blanket, maybe a nightlight? Well, for young Joseph Smith it was his own little dragon, given to him by his grandfather. The first night Joseph...

Adeline works at a small coffee shop in Southern California. Her life was going on its own smooth path until it crossed Callahan's. Perhaps it was destiny, fate, or another power at play? Where will Adeline and Callahan's paths lead them?Author: Marlie SahnISBN-10: 1387974629ISBN-13:...

Shuri, the Princess of Wakanda (and sister to the Black Panther), sets out to save a group of kidnapped girls in this all-new, original middle-grade novel by New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone!With the heart-shaped herb thriving, a group of Wakanda's finest engineers...

In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang war that could tear his family apart.Once, dragons nearly drove themselves to extinction. But in the city of Drakopolis, humans domesticated...

Step into the world of HIVE in this thrilling, high-stakes virtual reality adventure -- perfect for younger fans of Ready Player One!Welcome to HIVE, the world's most popular virtual reality simulator. Everyone's addicted to it--except Kara Tilden. She has no time for games since...

Discover #1 New York Times bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron's Lily to the Rescue chapter book series, in this bind-up of Lily's first three adventures. There's no dog quite like Lily, a rescue dog who rescues other animals, including a crow with a broken...

Mars in 1816 is a world of high society, deadly danger, and strange clockwork machines. Pterodactyls glide through the sky, automatic servants hand out sandwiches at elegant garden parties, and in the north, the great dragon tombs hide marvels of Ancient Martian technology. Twelve-year-old...

Mildred is now in her fourth year and determined to prove that she's not as useless as everyone thinks. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.Author: Jill MurphyISBN-10: 1098251652ISBN-13: 9781098251659Publisher:...

Mildred tries to stay out of trouble when she's been assigned the important task of lighting lanterns and candelabras, but there are many opportunities for mayhem when a wish on a star leads to a lovable stray puppy. Aligned to Common Core Standards and...

Mildred is set up for disaster by her arch-nemesis, Ethel Hallow, who steals Mildred's summer project and her enchanted tortoise, Einstein. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.Author: Jill MurphyISBN-10:...

Mildred is determined that her third year of school will be her best, and when things finally seem to be going her a way, a strange new teacher arrives. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint...

Mildred's beloved tabby cat has been deemed "unsuitable" for a witch and is regulated to the kitchens to be a mouser; but when Mildred's class flies off on a school trip, she concocts a plan to rescue Tabby and bring him along in secret....

Mildred gets off to a good start in her second year at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, but her sworn enemy, Ethel Hallow, is plotting misfortune, setting Mildred up for a very bad spell. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....

Mildred is back in trouble thanks to the new girl Enid Nightshade, who isn't as well-behaved as she appears. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.Author: Jill MurphyISBN-10: 1098251598ISBN-13: 9781098251598Publisher:...

Franklin Endicott worries about everything and hopes he won't buckle under his mounting dread as he tries to solve the mystery of a strange key. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division...

Stella gets into a shouting match with a classmate when he accuses her poem of being full of lies, and the duo has to figure out how to turn the day around when they are banished to the principal's office. Aligned to Common Core...

When an unexpected package containing an accordion arrives at her house, Eugenia wants nothing to do with it, but her plan to rid herself of the troublesome package leads to a surprising discovery. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter...

Baby Lincoln is tired of listening to her older sister telling her what to do, so she decides to set out on an impulsive adventure on her own. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of...

Francine Poulet is never scared, but when she meets a screaming raccoon that might be a ghost, she wonders if she is cut out to be an animal control officer after all. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books...

Leroy Ninker has everything he needs to be a cowboy except for a horse, but that all changes when he meets Maybelline, and then it's love at first sight. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint...

Fergus and Zeke don't want to be part of Lucy's experiment for the upcoming science fair, so the mice try to turn the tables on her and do an experiment of their own. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter...

Fergus and Zeke can't compete in their students' field day challenge, so they create their own and have to use their new skills to figure out how to get back inside the school when they're locked out. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...

Fergus and Zeke do everything the students in their classroom do, but they struggle to come up with the perfect project to celebrate the one hundredth day of school. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint...

Fergus stows away in a backpack so he can go on his class's field trip to the museum, where he meets Zeke, explores exhibits, and has to race to catch the school bus ride home. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...

Emily must travel through time and into the future to save both of her hometowns to make a future that's bright for everyone. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.Author:...

Emily ends up on a life-changing adventure to rescue her boyfriend when he is kidnapped by pirates; she helps unravel riddles to the legendary Trident's Treasure, making sure her friends are safe, and realizing how to be true to herself. Aligned to Common Core...

While on vacation, Emily finds herself swept up in an ancient prophecy that foretells how the people on the island can be saved from a devastating earthquake--and the prophecy revolves around Emily, her boyfriend, and a mysterious, mythic giant. Aligned to Common Core Standards...

Emily and Aaron discover a ghostly pirate ship that only they can see, and it is up to Emily to enter a portal to bring the ship's passengers back before the portal is closed forever. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...

Convinced that his nightmares herald an approaching threat, Neptune enlists half-mermaids Emily and Aaron for a top-secret mission to find and eliminate the source of the trouble. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight,...

Emily is finally enjoying a swimmingly peaceful life on Allpoints Island, but her fun is cut short when she learns that the Windsnaps and friends must return to their old home, where construction projects are threatening a secret mermaid community under the sea. Aligned...

When she incurs Neptune's wrath by finding a diamond ring under rocks in the ocean, Emily is put under a curse that will force her to choose between being a mermaid or human, and searches for someone who can help her. Aligned to Common...

When Emily Windsnap's mom finally lets her take swimming lessons, the twelve year old makes a startling discovery about her own identity, the mysterious father she's never met, and the thrilling possibilities and perils shimmering deep below the water's surface. Aligned to Common Core...

As the captives of the Reich plan their escape, the arrival of someone from Ed's past along with a destructive American air raid give them the tools they need for success. All that's left to do is to work together and risk it all...

Young Polish woman Hanna and her family have mostly stayed out of trouble during the Nazi occupation, but when she and her brother, Adam, hear regular screams in the night coming from a nearby forest, they venture out to investigate despite the risk. What...

French university student André Jouret is fed up with the Nazi occupation of his country, but when he and two friends move from handing out critical flyers to sabotaging Nazi trucks and more, it becomes clear they might all be in way over their...

When Jewish leaders of a ghetto in Poland learn the Nazis plan to liquidate their population, they want illegal teacher Jak Widera to help fight back, and he has to decide whether to fight or stay with his sick fianc馥. Aligned to Common Core...

During his final World War II reconnaissance mission before he is scheduled to return home, US pilot Ed Cuttling abandons his plane following a malfunction and hurtles down into Nazi-occupied Poland, landing among Polish resistance fighters and not far from a suspected death camp....

Trapped in a horrific concentration camp in Poland during World War II, a downed American pilot, Polish farmer, Jewish ghetto survivor, and French university student must band together to survive, and what they learn about their German captors' practices becomes the last straw. Aligned...

When a friend of Grandpa's complains of ghostly shrieking in the long-ago burned-out Waverly hotel on the edge of their town, Murky Creek, Phantom Finders Abby and Theo use a hotel master key and brave a raging snowstorm to find out what all the...

When the famous portrait of Murky Creek's founding family goes missing from Town Hall just before the town's 100-year anniversary celebration, Phantom Finders Abby and Theo sift through old photographs and search a crypt after dark to find the culprit and rescue the painting....

When a train mysteriously appears at the long-abandoned Murky Creek station and a young man says he lost his ticket to go meet his love, Phantom Finders Abby and Theo review museum records to help him, especially because the voyage he's talking about happened...

An old, silent music box has strangely begun to play its tune, and when Anya Ivanovich asks for the Phantom Finders' help, Abby and Theo follow the trail of clues to Murky Creek's once-ornate theater, the Kirby Center. Aligned to Common Core Standards and...