Action & Adventure

Publication year 2008

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Good & Evil, Appearance & Reality, Justice

Tags Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure

The Hunger Games is a best-selling young adult dystopian novel, the first in Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games trilogy. It details the life of teenage heroine Katniss Everdeen as she fights to the death for the entertainment of her fascist government. Since its publication in 2008, the trilogy has sold more than 65 million copies in the United States alone and, in 2019, was listed as one of 100 most influential novels by BBC News. The... Read The Hunger Games Summary

Publication year 1960

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Loyalty & Betrayal

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

The Incredible Journey was written by Sheila Burnford and published in 1960. It is a children’s title—although Burnford has asserted that it was not meant for children exclusively. The novel began to enjoy cultural prominence when it was adapted into a Disney film in 1963. It was also re-made in a 1993 film. Plot SummaryIt is the beginning of an Indian summer in northwest Ontario at the outset of the story. The writer John Longridge... Read The Incredible Journey Summary

Publication year 1980

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Race, War, Friendship

Tags Fantasy, Action & Adventure, British Literature, Race & Racism, Children`s Literature, Education, Education, Classic Fiction

Published in 1980, the fantasy novel The Indian in the Cupboard tells the story of a small cabinet that converts a boy’s plastic toy figures into real, if tiny, people, and the misadventures the boy and his best friend have with those visitors. The first of five novels about the magic cabinet, The Indian in the Cupboard has sold more than 10 million copies and been made into a motion picture. Author Lynne Reid Banks... Read The Indian in the Cupboard Summary

Publication year 1869

Genre Book, Nonfiction

Tags Action & Adventure, Humor

In 1867, the San Francisco Alta Californian assigned its 31-year-old reporter Mark Twain to cover a steamboat pleasure trip to the Mediterranean. Twain’s account of the trip was published in 1869 as The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim’s Progress. The book would become the most popular and bestselling work of Twain’s career, acclaimed by both critics and readers. Twain’s travelogue chronicles a voyage through Europe and the Holy Land attended by a group of... Read The Innocents Abroad Summary

Publication year 2016

Genre Novel, Fiction

Tags Children`s Literature, World History, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Religion & Spirituality

The Inquisitor’s Tale is a 2016 work of historical fiction for children, written by Adam Gidwitz and illustrated by Hatem Aly. It received a 2017 Newbery Honor. This guide refers to the 2016 Penguin edition.Plot SummaryThe story begins in a medieval French inn, where a mysterious narrator is asking questions about the three mysterious outlaw children with magical powers and their holy dog.Nearly everyone in this tavern has a part of the story to tell... Read The Inquisitor’s Tale Summary

Publication year 2014

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Disability, Coming of Age, Friendship, Fate

Tags Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Children`s Literature, Religion & Spirituality

The Iron Trial (2014) is a young adult fantasy novel by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare. Both Black and Clare are New York Times best-selling authors who have separately written multiple young adult novels. The Iron Trial is the first book in the Magisterium series and follows Callum “Call” Hunt, a 12-year-old boy who earns a place at a sinister magic school called the Magisterium. At the Magisterium, Call makes startling discoveries about his true... Read The Iron Trial Summary

Publication year 2023

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Perseverance, Love, Revenge, Gender Identity, Coming of Age, The Past, Self Discovery, Colonialism, Community, Nation, War, Justice

Tags Fantasy, Romance, Mythology, Action & Adventure

Publication year 2015

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Mothers, Coming of Age

Tags Fantasy, Fairy Tale & Folklore, Horror & Suspense, Action & Adventure, Afro-Caribbean Literature, Children`s Literature

Publication year 1894

Genre Short Story Collection, Fiction

Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Animals, Colonialism

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

The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling first published in 1894. Rudyard Kipling was born to a British family living in India and spent the first six years of his life there before being sent to England for schooling. Kipling’s works reflect his colonialist upbringing and support for British imperial rule over India, as well as ideas of European racial and cultural superiority developed in the Victorian Era. While the seven... Read The Jungle Book Summary

Publication year 2008

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Family, The Past, Future, Coming of Age

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

The Juvie Three (2008) is a young adult novel by Gordon Korman. It is a unique coming-of-age story about personal transformation and found family, and a commentary on the stigmas that often burden those held back by their pasts. Korman challenges these societal perceptions and shows that we all have the power to change. This study guide references the 2008 paperback edition from Hyperion Books.Plot SummaryGraham Fosse, known as “Gecko,” drives a stolen getaway car... Read The Juvie Three Summary