Great Adventures

Please note ages given are a guide only.


Abernathy Boys by Laura Hunt 9-11 years.
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz 8-10 years.
Alpha Force series by Chris Ryan 8-10 years.
Aquiliton by Maureen Myers 9-11 years.
Aunt Effie series by Jack Lasenby 8-11 years.
Bartlett and the Island of Kings by Odo Hirsch 8-10 years.
Biggles books by captain W. E. Johns 8-10 years.
Blood and Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak by Margaret Mahy 7-10 years.
Cairo Jim and the Rorting of Rameses Regalia by Geoffrey McSkimming 11-12 years.
Dangerous Games by Joan Aiken 10-12 years.
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen 10-11 years
Emily Eyefinger series by Duncan Ball 8-10 years.
Famous Five series by Enid Blyton.
Gary Paulsen's World of Adventure series 7-10 years.
Gods are Watching by Caroline Pitcher 7-10 years.
Holes by Louis Sachar 9-12 years.
Hostage by Will Davis Roberts 11 years.
Island of Horses by Ellis Dillon 8-10 years.
Kapai and the Flying Bathtub by Uncle Anzac 7-9 years.
Land of the Lost Mammoths by Mike Davis 8-11 years.
On Cape Three Points by Christopher Wakling 8-10 years.
The Outfit series by Robert Swindells 10 years.
Pirates: the True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates by Celia Rees 8-10 years.
Pyrates series by Chris Archer 9-11 years.
Secret Seven stories by Enid Blyton 7-10 years.
Seven Professors of the Far North by John Fardell 7-10 years.
Spy Kids Adventures series by Elizabeth Lenhard 9-11 years.
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome 9-11 years.
Thunder Cave by Roland Smith 10-11 years.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 11+ years.
Valley of Secrets by Hussey Charmaine 8-10 years.
Vidz series by Ian Bone 9-12 years.
Walking Lightly by Fleur Beale 7-10 years.
Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements 8-10 years.
Wild Things series by Elizabeth Laird 9-12 years.
Willard Price series 8-11 years.
Willard Mink: the Misadventure Begins by Steve Young 9-11 years.
Wolves series by Joan Aiken 9-11 years.

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