Adventure Books

Adventure Books Peak by Roland Smith Published 2007 by Harcourt Children's Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780152024178 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: The emotional, tension-filled story of a 14-year-old boy's attempt to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest is an action-packed adventure about friendship, sacrifice, family and the drive to take on Everest, despite the incredible risk. More... Sure Fire by Jack Higgins Published 2007 by Putnam Publishing Group Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780399247842 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: After their mother is killed, 15-year-old twins Rich and Jade are shocked when their long-lost father, John Chance, arrives. After Chance suddenly disappears, Rich and Jade uncover the truth: Hes a spy--and whoever has kidnapped their father is after them as well, in this first novel for young adults by the bestselling author of espionage. More... Born for Adventure by Kathleen Karr Published 2007 by Marshall Cavendish Children's Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780761453482 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Tom Ormsby embarks on the adventure of a lifetime when he joins Henry Morton Stanleys expedition to rescue the Emin Pasha in the Sudan More... The Angel Experiment by James Patterson Published 2005 by Little Brown and Company Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780316155564 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Patterson's explosive debut in the young adult market. From Death Valley, California, to the bowels of the NYC subway system, 14-year-old Max leads her five feisty "family" members on a journey of action, adventure, and soul-seeking. More... Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston Published 2004 by Atria Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780743492812 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: More... How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff Published 2004 by Wendy Lamb Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780385746779 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: ""EVERY WAR HAS turning points and every person too." Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives.... More... Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer by Lynne Cox Published 2004 by Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780375415074 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: - At age fourteen, she swam twenty-six miles from Catalina Island to the California mainland. - At ages fifteen and sixteen, she broke the men's and women's world records for swimming the English Channel--a thirty-three-mile crossing in nine hours, thirty-six minutes.... More... Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson Published 2004 by Random House Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780375508585 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery-and make history themselves. ... More... Left for Dead by Pete Nelson Published 2002 by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers Library Binding, English. ISBN: 9780385900331 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: More... City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende Published 2002 by Rayo Library Binding, English. ISBN: 9780060509170 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: More... Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz Published 2001 by Philomel Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780399236204 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Fourteen-year-old Alex doubts his uncle died in an accident after finding bullet holes in the windshield of his uncle's car. He discovers his uncle was killed while on a top-secret mission for the British government. Alex then finds himself in the middle of terrorists. Now he must outsmart the people who want him dead or every child in England will be murdered. More... Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer Published 1997 by Villard Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780679457527 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top.... More... The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger Published 1997 by Little Brown and Company Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780393040166 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: More... Voices from the Mountains: 40 True-Life Stores of Unforgettable Adventure, Drama, and Human Endurance by Stephen Venables Published 2006 by Reader's Digest Association Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780762108107 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Compelling narratives by adventurers who have scaled the world's most challenging mountains--featuring unforgettable drama, and tales of human endurance. More... Cork Boat by John D. Pollack Published 2004 by Pantheon Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780375422577 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: More...