Action & Adventure

Stuart Little

by E. B. White

Publication year 1945

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Coming of Age, Childhood & Youth, Self Discovery

Tags Children`s Literature, Classic Fiction, Fantasy, Animals, Action & Adventure

Stuart Little (1945) is E. B. White’s first children’s book—the collected stories of Stuart, a mouse-boy born into a human family. White was a journalist and humorist who wrote for the United Press, the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The New Yorker, and Harper’s Magazine. He received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Prize in 1970 for contributions to children’s literature for the much beloved Charlotte’s Web, and in 1973, The Trumpet of the Swan won the Sequoyah... Read Stuart Little Summary

Stung

by Bethany Wiggins

Publication year 2013

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Gender Identity, Perseverance, Friendship

Tags Science Fiction, Romance, Arts & Culture, Horror & Suspense, Fantasy, Action & Adventure

Stung is a 2013 work of young adult fiction by Bethany Wiggins. The setting is a near-future dystopia in which honeybees are extinct, resulting in famine and a breakdown of societal infrastructures. As 17-year-old Fiona Tarsis battles both beasts and humans in an effort to stay alive and learn the truth, the novel explores themes of humanity and violence through the lens of gender dynamics. Stung earned a Starred Review from Kirkus; a sequel, Cured... Read Stung Summary

Summer Ball

by Mike Lupica

Publication year 2007

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Friendship, Appearance & Reality

Tags Realistic Fiction, Children`s Literature, Education, Education, US History, Sports, Action & Adventure

In Mike Lupica’s Summer Ball, published in 2007, 13-year-old Danny Walker heads to an elite basketball summer camp called Right Way. Here, he will match his nationally-recognized skills against some of the best young basketball players in the country. The New York Times-bestselling novelpicks up where Lupica’s previous novel, Travel Team, leaves off: Walker, cut from his local Middletown basketball travel team because he’s too short, leads his new team to the seventh-grade national championship... Read Summer Ball Summary

Summerland

by Michael Chabon

Publication year 2002

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Fear, Childhood & Youth, Nature Versus Nurture, Daughters & Sons, Fathers, Friendship, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Good & Evil, Loyalty & Betrayal, Order & Chaos, Religion & Spirituality, Truth & Lies, Wins & Losses

Tags Fantasy, Children`s Literature, Action & Adventure, Sports

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Summer of the Mariposas

by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Publication year 2012

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Mothers, Coming of Age, Family

Tags Fantasy, Children`s Literature, Education, Education, Magical Realism, Action & Adventure

A loose adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, Guadalupe Garcia McCall’s Summer of the Mariposas (2012) follows five Mexican American sisters on an epic journey from Texas to Mexico. Drawing deeply from Mexican folklore, the book’s genre blends magical realism and fantasy. The book was a 2013 Andre Norton Award Nominee, won the Westchester Fiction Award, and made the list of 2012 School Library Journal Best Books. Guadalupe Garcia McCall was born in Piedras Negras in Coahuila... Read Summer of the Mariposas Summary

Summer of the Monkeys

by Wilson Rawls

Publication year 1976

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Perseverance, Coming of Age, Friendship

Tags Historical Fiction, Animals, Action & Adventure, Children`s Literature, Education, Education, World History, Classic Fiction

Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls is a middle grade historical novel first published in 1976. Set in rural Oklahoma’s Ozark Mountains in the late 1800s, the story follows 14-year-old Jay Berry Lee as he tries to capture a group of monkeys that escaped from their circus train. The monkeys, and especially the chimpanzee who leads them, prove themselves wily adversaries for Jay Berry, who desperately wants the reward money that will accompany their... Read Summer of the Monkeys Summary

Survivor Type

by Stephen King

Publication year 1982

Genre Short Story, Fiction

Themes Loneliness, Memory, Death, Good & Evil

Tags Horror & Suspense, Psychological Fiction, Fantasy, Education, Education, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Action & Adventure

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Swindle

by Gordon Korman

Publication year 2008

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Trust & Doubt

Tags Action & Adventure, Children`s Literature, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Modern Classic Fiction, Humor

Swindle is a middle-grade novel published in 2008 by Canadian American author Gordon Korman. In the story, 6th-grader Griffin Bing enlists a group of his classmates to retrieve a rare Babe Ruth baseball card from an unscrupulous collector known as Swindle, who has conned Griffin out of the card. The book is the first of eight books, as of 2019, in the popular Swindle series. Nickelodeon made a film of the same name based on the novel in... Read Swindle Summary

Tarzan of the Apes

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Publication year 1912

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Nature Versus Nurture, Animals, Race, Family, Love, Colonialism, Education

Tags Action & Adventure, Classic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Race & Racism, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Tarzan of the Apes is an adventure fiction book written by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912 and initially published serially in the pulp magazine The All-Story before being printed as a novel in 1914. Burroughs was an American from Chicago who had a variety of careers before building a name for himself as a writer of pulp fiction. His first story, entitled Under the Moons of Mars (1911), became the first book in the science... Read Tarzan of the Apes Summary

Terror at Bottle Creek

by Watt Key

Publication year 2016

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Childhood & Youth, Family

Tags Action & Adventure, Children`s Literature, Horror & Suspense, Realistic Fiction

Watt Key’s 2016 children’s adventure novel, Terror at Bottle Creek, follows a group of children as they attempt to survive a hurricane that strikes the swamps and rivers of Alabama. This study guide uses the first edition published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers in 2016. Plot SummaryCort is 13 years old and lives with his father on a riverboat in Alabama, along with his cherished dog, Catfish. His father works as a... Read Terror at Bottle Creek Summary

The 100

by Kass Morgan

Publication year 2013

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Space, Coming of Age, Future, The Past, Environment, Family, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Social Class, Justice

Tags Science Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Action & Adventure

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The 21 Balloons

by William Pene du Bois

Publication year 1947

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Community, Science & Technology, Economics

Tags Classic Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Finance, World History, Natural Disaster, Politics & Government, Science & Nature, Technology, Post-War Era, Children`s Literature, Education, Education

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The 6:20 Man

by David Baldacci

Publication year 2022

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Justice, Power & Greed, Truth & Lies

Tags Horror & Suspense, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Action & Adventure, Modern Classic Fiction

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