Action & Adventure

Nimona

by N. D. Stevenson

Publication year 2015

Genre Graphic Novel/Book, Fiction

Themes Family, Sexual Identity, Good & Evil

Tags Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Humor, Action & Adventure, Fairy Tale & Folklore

Nimona is a young adult graphic novel created by N. D. Stevenson and published in 2015 by HarperCollins. It is based on Stevenson’s webcomic, also titled Nimona, which was published in 2012 and earned Slate magazine’s 2012 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Web Comic of the Year. The graphic novel adaptation also received critical acclaim, earning the 2016 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint and becoming a 2015 National Book Award Finalist.Nimona is a... Read Nimona Summary

Ninth Ward

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Publication year 2010

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Coming of Age, Family, Environment

Tags Coming of Age, Relationships, Natural Disaster, African American Literature, Children`s Literature, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure

Jewell Parker Rhodes’s Ninth Ward is a realistic middle grade novel that follows 12-year-old Lanesha, a resident of New Orleans’s Ninth Ward neighborhood, in the days surrounding Hurricane Katrina, a devastating storm that hit the Gulf Coast in 2005. Lanesha must rely on her resourcefulness, resilience, and fortitude to survive the storm and subsequent flooding of the Ninth Ward. First published in 2010 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, the book earned a School... Read Ninth Ward Summary

No Promises In The Wind

by Irene Hunt

Publication year 1970

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Coming of Age, Forgiveness, Death, Friendship, Community, Economics, Social Class, Safety & Danger, Childhood & Youth, Shame & Pride, Hope, Guilt, Hate & Anger, Love, Grief, Perseverance, Conflict, Gratitude, Family, Masculinity, Self Discovery

Tags Historical Fiction, Great Depression, Coming of Age, Food, Children`s Literature, Education, Education, Realistic Fiction, World History, Action & Adventure, Classic Fiction

No Promises in the Wind is a young-adult historical novel that takes place at the height of the Great Depression. The first-person narrative tells the coming-of-age story of a 15-year-old boy who leaves home with his younger brother because their family doesn’t have enough to eat. Josh and Joey Grondowski use their musical talents to survive on their own as they travel through a country of angry and impoverished people. First published in 1970, the... Read No Promises In The Wind Summary

Northwind

by Gary Paulsen

Publication year 2022

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Self Discovery, Animals, Place

Tags Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, Survival Fiction, Children`s Literature, World History

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Nostromo

by Joseph Conrad

Publication year 1904

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Power & Greed, Colonialism, Community, Economics, Nation, Politics & Government, War, Justice, Loyalty & Betrayal

Tags British Literature, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard is a 1904 modernist novel by Polish British author Joseph Conrad. Originally published as a two-volume serial in T.P.’s Weekly, Nostromo is the story of an Italian dockworker who becomes swept up in the political turmoil of a fictional Latin American country in the late 19th Century. An example of modernist literature, Nostromo has been heralded as one of Conrad’s greatest works and has been adapted for film, television... Read Nostromo Summary

No Summit Out Of Sight

by Jordan Romero

Publication year 2014

Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction

Themes Perseverance, Environment, Place, Self Discovery, Beauty

Tags Sports, Action & Adventure, Animals, Children`s Literature, Education, Education, Travel Literature, Biography

No Summit out of Sight (2014) is a young adult memoir written by Jordan Romero and Linda LeBlanc. Jordan Romero is the youngest person to ever climb the Seven Summits. The novel explores themes including The Power of Setting and Achieving Goals, Focusing on a Personal Best, and The Value of Teamwork.This guide uses the 2014 Simon & Schuster edition of the memoir.SummaryFourth grader Jordan Romero gazes at a mural of the Seven Summits (the... Read No Summit Out Of Sight Summary

Oathbound

by Tracy Deonn

Publication year 2025

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Gender Identity, Race, Coming of Age, Friendship, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Community, Good & Evil, Justice, Power & Greed

Tags Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

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Oathbringer

by Brandon Sanderson

Publication year 2017

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Guilt, Mental Health, Appearance & Reality, Teamwork, Politics & Government, Good & Evil, Justice

Tags Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Narrative Poem

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Odder

by Katherine Applegate

Publication year 2022

Genre Novel/Book in Verse, Fiction

Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Conflict, Animals, Environment, Appearance & Reality, Place, Beauty, Safety & Danger

Tags Animals, Science & Nature, Realistic Fiction, Action & Adventure, Children`s Literature

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One Came Home

by Amy Timberlake

Publication year 2013

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Gender Identity, Coming of Age, Siblings, Self Discovery, Community, Order & Chaos, Truth & Lies

Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure

One Came Home (2013) by Amy Timberlake is a middle grade historical mystery set in 1871 Wisconsin. It follows a 13-year-old girl, Georgie Burkhardt, who is on a search to discover the truth about her older sister, Agatha, after their town declares she is dead. Georgie’s quest challenges her both physically and mentally as she begins to reexamine what she thought she knew about herself, her sister, and her community. One Came Home was awarded a... Read One Came Home Summary

One Second After

by William Forstchen

Publication year 2009

Genre Novel, Fiction

Tags Science Fiction, Horror & Suspense, Military & War, Action & Adventure

One Second After is a 2009 dystopian alternate history novel by Dr. William Forstchen depicting what might happen to a small American town after an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) strike. The book is the first in a trilogy known as the John Matherson series. The remaining titles are One Year After (2015) and The Final Day (2017), and all three books are New York Times bestsellers.Forstchen took his inspiration for One Second After from a 2004... Read One Second After Summary

One Thousand White Women

by Jim Fergus

Publication year 1998

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Race, Conflict, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Fear, Hope, Loneliness, Love, Memory, Shame & Pride, Femininity, Indigenous Identity, Masculinity, Mental Health, Sexual Identity, The Past, Family, Colonialism, Politics & Government

Tags Western, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure

One Thousand White Women (1998) is a work of historical fiction by American author Jim Fergus. A work of revisionist Western fiction, the book was Fergus’s debut novel and received the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association’s Fiction of the Year Award. Fergus drew on his experience as a journalist and his interest in the American West to write the story. Presented as the discovered journal of May Dodd, the novel recounts her experience as a... Read One Thousand White Women Summary

On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

Publication year 1955

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Fear, Guilt, Forgiveness

Tags The Beat Generation, Action & Adventure, Relationships, Love & Sexuality, Absurdism, US History, American Literature, World History, Travel Literature, Classic Fiction

On the Road, published in 1957, is a novel by prominent Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac that recalls his cross-country travels across the US in the late 1940s. It explores concepts of society, freedom, and—most of all—friendship.Sal Paradise (Kerouac’s pseudonym) is the story’s protagonist and narrator, while other key characters stand in for fellow Beat luminaries in his circle, including poet Allen Ginsberg (best known for the revolutionary 1956 poem Howl) and writer William S... Read On the Road Summary