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Adventure Books for Ages 12–18 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Adventure Books for Ages 12–18

Adventure for teenagers adds complexity to the physical stakes: moral choices, survival dilemmas, the question of what you're willing to risk and for whom. These 9,891 books are for readers who want their adventure fiction to mean something.

9,891 books

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Graphic Library

The Schoolchildren's Blizzard

Donald B. Lemke

Terrifying history comes to life in this graphic novel account of students trapped in one of America’s most sudden and d

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Amulet: A Quest for King Arthur #2

Amulet: A Quest for King Arthur

Solve 35 encrypted riddles etched on copper sheets to follow the coronation of King Arthur and the legendary battles of

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Gabby Duran & the Unsittables #3

Multiple Mayhem

Elise Allen, Daryle Conners

For the child who feels overwhelmed by a growing to-do list, this sci-fi comedy explores the chaos of juggling big respo

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Across the Rainbow Bridge

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Gods and goddesses cross the rainbow bridge to help humans in a landscape filled with frost giants and dwarves.

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A boy in a mind-reading act joins forces with a girl whose terrifying visions reveal a plot to kill the President in the

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Where Is Alcatraz?

Raincoat rafts and spoon-carved tunnels highlight the daring history of the world's most famous island prison, from its

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Baseball Card Adventures #3

Joe Stoshack uses his time-traveling powers to witness the 1932 World Series and finally solve the mystery of whether Ba

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Amid the 1936 Berlin Olympics, gymnast Evie Harris uncovers a Nazi plot and must choose between her gold medal dreams an

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The Blackhope Enigma #2

The Crimson Shard

A museum tour guide lures Sunni and Blaise through a painted doorway into eighteenth-century London, where art thieves a

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The Adventures of Batgirl and Supergirl #2

Harley Quinn's Time Twister

Laurie S. Sutton

A fight over a mysterious kaleidoscope accidentally blasts Harley Quinn, Batgirl, and Supergirl back in time to the Midd

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Ethan is usually afraid of everything, but he has to find his courage when a cursed videotape unleashes a real-life mons

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Shady Tales of Spies and Spying

Uncover the secret world of espionage through high-tech gadgets, surveillance techniques, and the history of agencies li

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The Marvellers #1

Dhonielle Clayton

As the first Conjuror at a magic school in the clouds, Ella Durand must use her growing powers to clear her name when sh

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DK Eyewitness Books

Legendary figures like Avery and Blackbeard come to life through the weapons, plunders, and mysterious secrets of the hi

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Horrible Histories

Bloody Scotland

The wildest parts of Scottish history come to life through foul facts about William Wallace, gory ghost stories, and ter

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Horrible Histories

Terrible Trenches

Life in the First World War was full of blood, mud, and lice; learn how everything from your own tea to gas-mask-wearing

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The Witch Saga #1

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Lynn is certain her sister is becoming a witch. When the kids are left alone with a mysterious neighbor, Lynn’s suspicio

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The Cruise of the Arctic Star

A crew sails up the California coast, meeting the rhythm of the waves while uncovering historical secrets and anecdotes

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Spies, codes, and a daring rescue mission collide in Nazi-occupied France as young Samira risks everything to save her m

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Culpepper Adventures #8

Dunc Breaks the Record

A hang gliding crash leaves Dunc and Amos lost in the wild, facing dark nights, meager food, and a mysterious man holdin

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Who Was Paul Revere?

Roberta Edwards

Meet a Revolutionary patriot who did it all: from silversmithing and casting bells to engraving and even working as a de

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The Forsaken Valor #1

William Armstrong has sworn an oath to the dreaded Drakkus Empire to protect his friends, but a looming civil war forces

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The Forsaken Valor #2

William Alexander Armstrong must overcome his past as an executioner to lead a mission of peace, even as old enemies hun

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K. A. Applegate

Jake wakes up twenty-five years in the future to find himself an adult in a grim world completely conquered by the alien

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