Adventure Stories
Read Alikes for MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN (Stanly County Public Library, NC): Readalikes for Jean Craighead George's My Side of the Mountain, these are exciting adventures about natural disasters or survival against the elements. Author, title, publication year, page count, summary for about 115 books, from Chester Aaron's An American Ghost to Johann David Wyss's Swiss Family Robinson.
Adventure & Survival Stories (Deschutes PL, Bend OR): Author, title, webcat link, cover image, and summary for about 40 books, from Danger Guys by Tony Abbott to Danger Along the Ohio by Patricia Willis.
Adventure for grades 3-4 (Skokie PL, IL): Author, title, pub. year, webcat link, and summary for about 20 books. See also their Adventure for grades 5-6, with another 20 books.
Adventure Booklist (Ferguson Online, Stamford Public Library, CT): Author, title, one-line summary of adventure books for grades 1-2, grades 3-4, and grades 5+. Over 40 titles in all.
Adventure Stories (St. Charles PL, IL): Author, title, summary and page count for 30 books listed by age/reading level from 2nd grade to 8th grade. Compiled June 2004.
Outdoor (and other) Adventures (Park Ridge PL, IL): Author, title, summary for about 40 titles. See also their list of Survival stories, with another 40 titles listed (with summaries).
Fiction for Grades 1-9: Adventure Stories (Zuckerman's Barn, Massachusetts): Author, title, summary for about 31 children's adventure stories, from Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray to Woodsong by Gary Paulsen.
Adventure (Los Angeles Public Library): Author, title, and one-line summary for about 20 adventure books for younger readers (from Debbie Allen's Dancing in the Wings to Jean Van Leeuwen's Oliver and Amanda and the Big Snow) and about 25 adventure books for older readers (from Lloyd Alexander's The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen to Barbara Williams' Titanic Crossing).
Youth Adventure and Survival Stories (Novi Public Library, MI): Author, title, grade level (from 1st grade to 12th), summary for about 30 books, from CS Adler's A Tribe For Lexi to Bill Wallace's Eye of the Great Bear.
Adventure and Survival (Bloomfield Township Public Library, MI): For grades 4-6. Author, title, short summary for about 50 adventure books, from CS Adler's A Tribe for Lexi to Johann David Wyss's The Swiss Family Robinson. From the same source, Adventure and Survival Books for grades 6-8, with 40 more books from Joan Aiken's Dangerous Games to Paul Zindel's Reef of Death.
Adventure Stories for Grades 3-5 (Elmhurst Public Library, IL): Author, title, page count, and summary for 17 books of adventure fiction for this age group. Includes Avi's Windcatcher, Nancy Springer's Colt, and Elizabeth Winthrop's Belinda's Hurricane. Updated Oct. 2000.
Bound for Adventure (Penticton Public Library, British Columbia): Provides author, title, summary for about 20 books, from Goody Hall by Natalie Babbitt to Trapped In Ice by Eric Walters.
Awesome Adventures (Irving Public Library, TX): Almost 40 titles listed, with authors, from The Drackenberg Adventure by Lloyd Alexander to Trapped in Death Cave by Bill Wallace. Updated April 2001.
