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At the Back of the North Wind (version 2) - George MacDonald
At the Back of the North Wind (version 2) - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Action & Adventure
At the Back of the North Wind is a children's book by George MacDonald. It was serialized in the children's magazine Good Words for the Young beginning in 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. It is a fantasy centered on a boy named Diamond...
The Mystery of the Fires - Edith LAVELL
The Mystery of the Fires - Edith LAVELL
- Author: Edith LAVELL
- Genre: Action & Adventure
In the second book of the Mary Louise Gay mysteries, Mary Lou and her best friend Jane are thrilled to be spending a whole month of their summer together at Shady Nook. But when suspicious fires threaten their relaxing holiday, they jump into their...
The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory - Margaret Vandercook
The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory - Margaret Vandercook
- Author: Margaret Vandercook
- Genre: Action & Adventure
This novel set in the time of WWI, is the 8th in a series of 10. The lives and adventures of these heroic young women change rapidly as they follow the American Army of Occupation out of Luxembourg and into the city of Coblenz after the defeat of...
The Secret of Casa Grande - Helen RANDOLPH
The Secret of Casa Grande - Helen RANDOLPH
- Author: Helen RANDOLPH
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Action & Adventure
While visiting their friend, Florence, at her home in Mexico, Jo Ann and Peggy noticed a barred window which has no opening into any of the rooms of an ancient adobe house. Curious to find out what it is, the girls tried to investigate but no one...
The Child of the Moat - Ian Bernard Stoughton HOLBORN
The Child of the Moat - Ian Bernard Stoughton HOLBORN
- Author: Ian Bernard Stoughton HOLBORN
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Ian Holborn (professor of archaeology and a writer) was on board the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed, and as it sank he rescued a 12 year old girl named Avis Dolphin. She later complained that books for girls were not very interesting, so he...
Rival Pitchers of Oakdale - Morgan SCOTT
Rival Pitchers of Oakdale - Morgan SCOTT
- Author: Morgan SCOTT
- Genre: Sports Fiction / Action & Adventure
Play Ball!!! It's the start of another baseball season at Oakdale Academy. But there is a rivalry brewing between the pitchers. One wants to be a starting pitcher, but he is inconsistent. Another, a new kid from Texas, has been mentored by last...
The Motor Boat Boys' River Chase - Louis ARUNDEL
The Motor Boat Boys' River Chase - Louis ARUNDEL
- Author: Louis ARUNDEL
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Motor Boat Boys, by Louis Arundel, is a series of adventure books for boys The series featured six teen-aged boys of the Motor Boat Club, and their adventures on various waterways. This is the sixth book in the series. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)...
Ozma of Oz - L. Frank Baum
Ozma of Oz - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Ozma of Oz was the third title in the Oz series by L. Frank Baum. In this book Dorothy is shipwrecked and lands on the shores of a fairy country that adjoins Oz, the land of Ev. There she meets Tiktok, a wind up mechanical man, a talking chicken,...
The Tale of Old Dog Spot - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Old Dog Spot - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Animals & Nature / Short works
Another book in the Sleepy Time series of Tuck Me In tales, this time we meet Old Dog Spot, who lives with Johnnie Green on his parents farm in Pleasant Valley. Old Dog Spot has many friends who also live either on the farm or in the valley such as...
Uncle Wiggily's Adventures - Howard R. Garis
Uncle Wiggily's Adventures - Howard R. Garis
- Author: Howard R. Garis
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Animals & Nature
Due to Uncle Wiggily's rheumatism being so very bad, Dr. Possum prescribes a journey to help him move around, have a change of air, and a good long bout of traveling to get more exercise. So Uncle Wiggily packs his valise and sets forth! (Summary by...
Cutlass and Cudgel - George Manville Fenn
Cutlass and Cudgel - George Manville Fenn
- Author: George Manville Fenn
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction / Action & Adventure
Based around the crew of cutter HMS White Hawk, this is a tale of smuggling in the early 19th century off the coast of Wessex. The midshipman of the cutter is taken hostage by the smugglers and is befriended by a farm-boy, son of one of the...
The Red Cross Girls in Belgium - Margaret Vandercook
The Red Cross Girls in Belgium - Margaret Vandercook
- Author: Margaret Vandercook
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Four young American women have joined the Allied forces under WWI. In this volume of the series they are in Belgium, and they are dealing with the mysterious past of one of the girls, the possible romance between a French Count and another of the...
Woodcraft Boys at Sunset Island - May Folwell HOISINGTON
Woodcraft Boys at Sunset Island - May Folwell HOISINGTON
- Author: May Folwell HOISINGTON
- Genre: Action & Adventure
An adventure story for boys, it was included in the Every Boys' Library, a collection of works deemed the most popular among boys. Set on an island off the coast of Maine, Woodcraft Boys at Sunset Island is an account of several school-age children...
Dorothy Dale - A Girl of Today - Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale - A Girl of Today - Margaret Penrose
- Author: Margaret Penrose
- Genre: Action & Adventure / General
Dorothy Dale is the daughter of an old Civil War veteran who is running a weekly newspaper in a small Eastern town. Her sunny disposition, her fun-loving ways and her trials and triumphs make clean, interesting and fascinating reading. The Dorothy...
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens - J. M. Barrie
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens - J. M. Barrie
- Author: J. M. Barrie
- Genre: Action & Adventure
When he is seven days old, Peter Pan flies away from his mother (forgetting that he is no longer a bird and therefore cannot fly), comes to live in Kensington Gardens, and acquires a goat. (Summary by Peter Eastman)...
The Prince and the Pauper (version 2) - Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper (version 2) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Action & Adventure
One day a poor boy, Tom, gets a little too near the gates of the palace. and the guards start to beat him. However the prince himself intervenes and invites Tom into the palace. They talk about their differences in life and how very similar they...
The Seven Sleuths' Club - Grace May North
The Seven Sleuths' Club - Grace May North
- Author: Grace May North
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Some girls from a day school started a club called Spread Sunshine Club, but change the name when they decide to find some mysteries to solve. They add another girl to their club and before they realize a mystery has began! This is a book by the...
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail - Thornton W. Burgess
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Animals & Nature
This is the story of Peter Rabbit, a mischievous, but cautious, lagomorph who lives in the Green Meadows. Peter Rabbit begins his adventures with a quest for a new name, since his name is far too common for his taste. Having a new name is not quite...
The Story of the Treasure Seekers - E. Nesbit
The Story of the Treasure Seekers - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Action & Adventure
This is the story of the Bastable children and their attempts to help the family finances by searching for treasure. (Summary by Karen Savage)...
The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts - Maurice MAETERLINCK
The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts - Maurice MAETERLINCK
- Author: Maurice MAETERLINCK
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Blue Bird is a 1908 play by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck. On the night of Christmas a boy and a girl, Tyltil and Mytil, are visited by Fairy Berilyuna. Fairy's granddaughter is sick and can only be saved by the Blue Bird. Thanks to the...
The Road to Oz (Version 2) - L. Frank Baum
The Road to Oz (Version 2) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Fantasy Fiction
Dorothy and Toto set out to help the Shaggy Man (who really is quite shaggy) and end up lost, following a strange road. Along the way they meet Button Bright, a little boy who is not really very bright at all, The Rainbow's Daughter, the Fox King...
The Box-Car Children - Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Box-Car Children - Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Family
Four children: Henry, Jess Violet and Bennie. They are living alone in a stranded boxcar. They find items they need from the dump and a stray dog whom they name Watch. Henry earns money by working for a man named Dr. McAllister and his mother, Mrs....
The History of Robinson Crusoe - Anonymous
The History of Robinson Crusoe - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Action & Adventure
A 6-page digest of Defoe's famous work for young readers (Summary by Dennis Sayers)...
More Jataka Tales - Ellen C. BABBITT
More Jataka Tales - Ellen C. BABBITT
- Author: Ellen C. BABBITT
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Animals & Nature
The continued success of the "Jataka Tales," as retold and published ten years ago, has led to this second and companion volume. Who that has read or told stories to children has not been lured on by the subtle flattery of their cry for "more"? The...
The Story of King Arthur, in Twelve Tales - Winona Caroline MARTIN
The Story of King Arthur, in Twelve Tales - Winona Caroline MARTIN
- Author: Winona Caroline MARTIN
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Of all the legends of bygone ages which we in the foremost ranks of time may call our own perhaps none have come to us so fraught with the spirit of lofty idealism as those which cluster about the figure of King Arthur of Britain and the mystic...
Alice in Wonderland (Drama) - Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland (Drama) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Comedy
A dramatization of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass for the stage. In this version, Alice goes through the looking glass and encounters a variety of strange and wonderful creatures from favorite scenes...
The Strange Story Book (version 2) - Leonora Blanche LANG
The Strange Story Book (version 2) - Leonora Blanche LANG
- Author: Leonora Blanche LANG
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Historical
This is the last book in the The Andrew Lang "Color" Fairy Books series published after his death by his wife. She wrote the stories and he had edited them before his demise. It is a collection of stories that are a bit different than the Fairy...
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 3 - Hamilton Wright Mabie
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 3 - Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Author: Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Another wonderful compilation of stories edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie! This volume, the 3rd of 12, contains 2 main sections: Classic Tales and Old Fashioned Stories. Of the first section, assistant editor Daniel Edwin Wheeler says, "After our...
The Boat Club; or, The Bunkers of Rippleton - Oliver Optic
The Boat Club; or, The Bunkers of Rippleton - Oliver Optic
- Author: Oliver Optic
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Bunkers are a group of rebellious boys who make life miserable for many on the shores of an upstate New York Lake. Captain Sedley's son, Frank, has a run in with the boys and decides to start a boat club for his son and his friends.They learn...
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
- Author: Hugh Lofting
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure
Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his...
Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane - Noel E. SAINSBURY, JR.
Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane - Noel E. SAINSBURY, JR.
- Author: Noel E. SAINSBURY JR.
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Action & Adventure
Young peoples book of adventure in aviation with young women in the lead rolls. This is in the earlier days of aviation. - Summary by Susan Morin...
Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat - Victor Appleton
Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat - Victor Appleton
- Author: Victor Appleton
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Otherwise known as 'Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure', is Volume 4 in the original Tom Swift novel series. Tom persuades his father to use his own submarine to hunt for treasure on a sunken ship. The book follows his adventures in this pursuit. -...
Rinkitink in Oz - L. Frank Baum
Rinkitink in Oz - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Rinkitink in Oz is the tenth book in the Oz series written by L. Frank Baum, first published in 1916. It was originally written in 1905 as a stand alone fantasy work and subequently rewritten as an Oz book. Therefore, most of the action takes place...
The Lost City - Harry HAZELTON
The Lost City - Harry HAZELTON
- Author: Harry HAZELTON
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Bruno and Waldo Gillespie are orphaned brothers living with the extremely eccentric Professor Phaeton Featherwit. One day they set off in one of the professor's machines to investigate a tornado at close range and accidentally get sucked into it!...
The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip - Victor G. Durham
The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip - Victor G. Durham
- Author: Victor G. Durham
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The torpedo submarine's inventor, Jack Farnum, is looking for investors to help him kick his new shipyard into high gear. He already has his crew set, with sixteen year old Jack Benson as the captain, and his friend Hal Hastings running the engines....
The Rock of Chickamauga - Joseph A. Altsheler
The Rock of Chickamauga - Joseph A. Altsheler
- Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
- Genre: War & Military Fiction / Action & Adventure
"The Rock of Chickamauga," presenting a critical phase of the great struggle in the west, is the sixth volume in the series, dealing with the Civil War, of which its predecessors have been "The Guns of Bull Run," "The Guns of Shiloh," "The Scouts of...
The Fairies and the Christmas Child - Lilian GASK
The Fairies and the Christmas Child - Lilian GASK
- Author: Lilian GASK
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The worst of being a Christmas Child is that you don’t get birthday presents, but only Christmas ones. Old Naylor, who was Father’s coachman, and had a great gruff voice that came from his boots and was rather frightening, used to ask how I expected...
A Prairie-Schooner Princess - Mary Katherine MAULE
A Prairie-Schooner Princess - Mary Katherine MAULE
- Author: Mary Katherine MAULE
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Christian Fiction
The story of a Quaker family's journey from Ohio to Nebraska beginning in 1856. They encounter a mystery which leaves them an orphan girl who will forever change their lives. Blizzard, the Civil War, and Indians and more Indians fill this great...
Running Fox - Elmer Russell GREGOR
Running Fox - Elmer Russell GREGOR
- Author: Elmer Russell GREGOR
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Having reached the age of sixteen winters, Running Fox, the son of Black Panther, a famous Delaware war-chief, determined to establish his reputation as a warrior. He knew, however, that before he could gain admission into the gallant company of...
The Royal Book of Oz (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Royal Book of Oz (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Author: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Action & Adventure
When the professor decides to outline the ancestry of the eminent people of Oz, Scarecrow feels left out. He doesn't have a family tree - unless you count the bean pole on which he had been placed when the farmer put him in the cornfield! So he...
