Adventure Stories for Junior High

Book List created by the Schaumburg Township District Library

FICTION JR HI BONE Sleep Rough Tonight by Ian Bone.   (Juvenile detention)
FICTION BATEMAN Running with the Reservoir Pups by Colin Bateman.   (Kidnapping)
FICTION JR HI BRUCHAC Code Talker: a Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War II by Joseph Bruchac.   (Cryptography)
FICTION JR HI CADNUM Blood Gold by Michael Cadnum.   (California Gold Rush)
FICTION JR HI COONEY Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney.   (Smallpox epidemic)
FICTION JR HI DURBIN The Darkest Evening by William Durbin.   (Communist Utopia)
FICTION FLEISCHMAN The Giant Rat of Sumatra: or Pirates Galore by Sid Fleischman.   (Mexican War)
FICTION JR HI GARCIA The Legend of the Wandering King by Laura Gallego Garcia.   (Fate)
FICTION JR HI HIAASEN Flush by Carl Hiaasen.   (Environmental protection)
FICTION HOLMES Rider in the Dark: an Epic Horse Story by Victoria Holmes.   (Horse smugglers)
FICTION JR HI HOROWITZ Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz.   (Spies/terrorism)
FICTION JR HI KEHRET Abduction! by Peg Kehret.   (Sibling abduction)
FICTION KLISE Deliver Us from Normal by Kate Klise.   (Rural life)
FICTION JR HI LAWLOR Dead Reckoning: a Pirate Voyage with Captain Drake by Laurie Lawlor.   (Seafaring life)
FICTION LAWRENCE The Cannibals by Iain Lawrence.   (Ocean travel/survival)
FICTION JR HI MCKERNAN Shackleton’s Stowaway by Victoria McKernan.Antarctic.   (Discovery and exploration)
FICTION JR HI MEYER Under the Jolly Roger: being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber by L.A. Meyer.   (Sea stories)
FICTION JR HI MYERS Assassin by Anna Myers.   (Abraham Lincoln assassination)
FICTION NAPOLI North by Donna Jo Napoli..   (Arctic Circle exploration)
FICTION JR HI NAYLOR Blizzard’s Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor..   (North Dakota blizzard)
FICTION NEALE Himalaya by Jonathan Neale.   (Mountain climbing expedition)
FICTION JR HI REES Pirates! by Celia Rees.   (Pirates/slavery)
FICTION REICHE Ghost Ship: a Novel by Dietlof Reiche.   (Supernatural curse)
FICTION SMITH The Boys of San Joaquin by D. James Smith.   (Missing money)
FICTION SMITH Jack’s Run by Roland Smith.   (Hostage escape)
FICTION JR HI SPILLEBEEN Kipling’s Choice by Geert Spillebeen.   (World War I
FICTION TORREY Voyage of Ice by Michele Torrey.   (Whaling expedition)
FICTION JR HI WESTERFELD So Yesterday: a Novel by Scott Westerfeld.   (Missing persons)
FICTION JR HI WYATT Poor is Just a Starting Place by Leslie Wyatt.   (Great Depression)