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World of Adventure is a series of children’s adventure novels by American author Gary Paulsen. The series is a collection of unrelated standalone novels featuring different kids going on lots of wacky, fun adventures.
The Brian Robeson series is a series of YA coming-of-age/adventure novels by American novelist Gary Paulsen. On a visit to see his dad, Brian Robeson is the lone passenger in a plane crash. The pilot dies and so Brian must fend for himself. The novel was adapted to the film A Cry in the Wild. […]
Gary Paulsen is an American author of young adult and children’s books, including adventure, western, coming-of-age, non-fiction and more. He is a prolific author with over 200 books in print, plus 200 short stories and magazine articles and many plays. A common theme to his work is the wilderness and survivalist tactics. Some of his […]
Alexandre Dumas, pere (1802-1870) was a French author of historical fiction and adventure novels, in addition to being a playwright. He is best known for his novels The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man in the Iron Mask and many others. His work has been adapted into over 200 films and has […]
Tales from the Odyssey is a series of children’s adventure novels by American author Mary Pope Osborne. The series is a re-telling of Homer’s Odyssey from Greek mythology, written for younger readers (ages 8+). Odysseus must sail stormy seas and battle cannibals, a witch and monsters like a six-headed sea serpent if he ever wants […]
The Magic Tree House series is a series of children’s fantasy/adventure books by American author Mary Pope Osborne. The books are about two children from Frog Creek, Pennsylvania named Jack and Annie who are sent by Morgan le Fay on various adventures using a magical tree house that can send them anywhere throughout time and […]
Mary Pope Osborne is an American author of children’s books and young adult novels, best known for her Magic Tree House fantasy/adventure series for children. She is also the author of the Tales from the Odyssey series. Mary grew up as an army brat and lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida and North Carolina. The lifestyle […]
Dane Maddock is the central character in a series of action-thriller/adventure novels by American novelist David Wood. In the series, Maddock teams with Uriah “Bones” Bonebrake to hunt for treasure and what they usually end up finding is trouble. They explore sunken ships, lost treasures and ancient mysteries.
David Wood is an American author of action-thriller, adventure, fantasy and speculative fiction novels. He writes the Dane Maddock Adventures series as well as The Absent Gods fantasy series (as David Debord). He enjoys history, archaeology, mythology and cryptozoology. His favourite books include Pendergast by Preston & Child, the Dirk Pitt books, anything by James […]
Richard Bolitho is the central character in a series of historial naval adventure novels by British novelist Alexander Kent (Douglas Reeman). The series is often referred to simply as the “Bolitho Novels,” as the series also follows Richard’s son Adam. Richard Bolitho is an officer with the Royal Navy during the 18th and 19th centuries. […]