Publication year 2014
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Space
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Action & Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction, Children`s Literature
Action & Adventure
Publication year 2014
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Space
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Action & Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction, Children`s Literature
Publication year 2019
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Coming of Age, Climate, Environment, Community, Nation
Tags Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction
Publication year 1986
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Space, Guilt, Loneliness, Future, Environment, Family, Colonialism, Politics & Government, Equality, Justice
Tags Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Speaker for the Dead (1986) is the second book in the Ender sextet written by Orson Scott Card. Card is a renowned American science fiction author and has won numerous awards for his writing, including four for Speaker of the Dead—the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel, the Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award for Best Novel, and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.Speaker for the Dead is set... Read Speaker for the Dead Summary
Publication year 1987
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Conflict, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Fear, Loneliness, Mental Health, Death, Animals, Appearance & Reality, Space, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Loyalty & Betrayal, Safety & Danger, Science & Technology, Trust & Doubt, Truth & Lies
Tags Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror & Suspense, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Action & Adventure
Sphere (1987) is a novel by best-selling author Michael Crichton, the sixth novel he released under his own name but his 16th novel overall. The novel follows protagonist Norman Johnson as he travels to the bottom of the ocean with a team of scientists to explore an unknown spacecraft. Inside the craft is a sphere that when entered enhances imagination and allows people to manifest reality from their unconscious mind. Sphere was made into a... Read Sphere Summary
Publication year 2013
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Teamwork, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Fear, Trust & Doubt, Self Discovery
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Action & Adventure, Children`s Literature, Horror & Suspense, Realistic Fiction, Humor
Publication year 2012
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Death, Loyalty & Betrayal, Friendship, Community, Teamwork, Safety & Danger, Memory, Daughters & Sons, Science & Technology, Childhood & Youth, Education, Power & Greed, Shame & Pride, Fear, Order & Chaos, Trust & Doubt, Perseverance, Good & Evil, Justice, Politics & Government, Appearance & Reality, Truth & Lies, Conflict, Fathers, Loneliness
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense, Action & Adventure, Children`s Literature, Realistic Fiction, Humor
Publication year 2018
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Animals, Fathers, Family, Justice
Tags Children`s Literature, Action & Adventure, Realistic Fiction, Humor, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Animals
Publication year 1999
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Good & Evil, Coming of Age, Love, Family, Power & Greed
Tags Fantasy, Romance, Action & Adventure
Stardust is a historical fantasy novel by British author Neil Gaiman. The novel was originally published in 1999, though an illustrated comic book miniseries preceded the prose text in 1997, along with a full-length illustrated edition in 1998. It won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature in 1999 and was nominated for the Locus Award. Stardust was adapted into a film in 2007 and a radio production in 2016. The novel uses traditional folkloric... Read Stardust Summary
Publication year 2012
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Fathers, Self Discovery, Community, Environment, Hate & Anger
Tags Fantasy, Fairy Tale & Folklore, Action & Adventure, Children`s Literature, Chinese Literature, Arts & Culture
Publication year 2012
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Aging, Siblings, Death, Social Class, Childhood & Youth, Community, Memory, Science & Technology, Future, The Past, Guilt, Family, Appearance & Reality, Trust & Doubt, Fear, Politics & Government, Power & Greed, Beauty, Truth & Lies, Good & Evil, Conflict
Tags Science Fiction, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Action & Adventure
Lissa Price’s Starters is a young adult science fiction novel set in the near future after the Spore Wars, during which biological weapons were used against the United States and wiped out much of the unvaccinated middle-aged population. As a result, many teens were left without families, and the elderly feared for their place in society. Starters without grandparents were barred from essentially every type of work. This led to teens being rounded up to... Read Starters Summary
Publication year 2004
Genre Novel, Fiction
Tags Science & Nature, Technology, Science Fiction, Horror & Suspense, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Action & Adventure, Politics & Government
American author Michael Crichton’s thriller novel State of Fear (HarperCollins Publishers, 2004) dramatizes the debate surrounding global warming. Set in the contemporary world, the novel tells the story of a group of characters attempting to thwart eco-terrorist threats. The plot exudes intrigue and action—including shootouts, deadly crocodiles, deceptive agents, and the faked death of George Morton, the man who links the characters together. State of Fear is also a polemic casting doubt on the theory... Read State of Fear Summary
Publication year 2011
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Grief
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Modern Classic Fiction, Action & Adventure
The novel begins at the Vogel Medical Research Campus in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the news of Dr. Anders Eckman’s death. This news is delivered in the form of a cryptic Aerogram sent by Dr. Annick Swenson, the Vogel Corporations’ lead scientist on a research mission in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil. Eckman’s colleagues, including fellow pharmacologist and former lab partner, Dr. Marina Singh, and her boss and covert lover, Vogel CEO Jim Fox, struggle to... Read State of Wonder Summary
Publication year 2013
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Power & Greed, Revenge, Fathers, Shame & Pride, Order & Chaos, Fear
Tags Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure
Steelheart, a 2013 young adult sci-fi/fantasy novel by Brandon Sanderson, is the first installment of The Reckoners trilogy. The story takes place in dystopian Chicago, dubbed “Newcago,” which is overrun by evil superhumans called Epics and ruled by a functionally invulnerable tyrant named Steelheart. David Charleston, an 18-year-old boy whose father Steelheart killed 10 years before, joins a rebel group called the Reckoners hoping that they will help him take revenge on Steelheart. Borrowing elements... Read Steelheart Summary
Publication year 1963
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Friendship, Childhood & Youth, The Past, Environment
Tags Children`s Literature, Fantasy, Classic Fiction, Action & Adventure, British Literature
Publication year 1993
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Friendship, Trust & Doubt, Equality, Apathy, Conflict, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Fear, Loneliness, Memory, Regret, Shame & Pride, Mental Health, Death, Family, Self Discovery, Social Class, Community, Economics, Politics & Government, Good & Evil, Justice, Safety & Danger, Truth & Lies
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense, Action & Adventure
Publication year 1980
Genre Novel, Fiction
Tags Action & Adventure, Sports, Children`s Literature, Education, Education, Animals, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction
Published in 1980, John Reynolds Gardiner’s debut children’s novel, Stone Fox is a beloved children’s story. Included on the 1980 New York Times Notable Books of the Year listing, Stone Fox sold millions of copies and was even adapted into a television show in 1987. The short children’s novel tells the story of Little Willy, a young boy who lives on a farm in Wyoming with his grandfather and his dog, Searchlight. The story follows... Read Stone Fox Summary
Publication year 2000
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Truth & Lies, Science & Technology, Coming of Age
Tags Children`s Literature, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Action & Adventure, Horror & Suspense
Stormbreaker, published in 2000, is the first novel in the Alex Rider series by British author Anthony Horowitz. It is a YA action-adventure novel that follows 14-year-old Alex Rider as he is recruited as a spy by MI6. The novel explores The Moral Complexities of Espionage, Perseverance in the Face of Difficulty, and The Interplay of Technology and Espionage. The book was adapted into the 2006 film Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker, although the movie made... Read Stormbreaker Summary
Publication year 2010
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Family, Environment, Fate, Teamwork
Tags Action & Adventure, Children`s Literature, Realistic Fiction, Natural Disaster
In Roland Smith’s 2011 adventure novel, Storm Runners, three middle-grade students struggle to survive and find shelter during a hurricane after their school bus crashes. While a team of rescuers drives toward the disaster in search of the missing kids, the three students use all their skills and brainpower simply to stay alive.Award-winning author Smith spent decades working as a zookeeper and world-traveling animal rescuer. He has turned his experiences into award-winning novels and non-fiction... Read Storm Runners Summary
Publication year 2013
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Siblings, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Childhood & Youth, Appearance & Reality, Objects & Materials, Place, Family, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Fate, Order & Chaos, Safety & Danger, Trust & Doubt
Tags Action & Adventure, Survival Fiction, Realistic Fiction
Publication year 2017
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Good & Evil, Justice, Self Discovery, Revenge, Love
Tags Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Trauma & Abuse, Romance