Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak

Max gets sent to his room without supper. Little did his mother know that a forest would grow into his room and that soon a wild rumpus would begin among the wild things.

James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl

After losing his parents, James is sent to live with his two wicked Aunts. Three years later, James meets a peculiar man that gives him magic crystals that will reverse his misery. This is when an adventure begins with a peach and a group of insects.

Harry Potter
J. K. Rowling

What would you do if you suddenly learned you were a wizard? Harry decides he will go to wizard school. Here he meets friends and enemies, where his strength and smarts are tested.

Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket

What happens when bad gets worse? Violet, Klaus and Sunny are left as orphans to their Count Olaf. But Count Olaf does not create the loving family they are used to. Although he does send them on many grand adventures.

Lafcadio
Shel Silverstein

Lacadio was an ordinary lion in the middle of the jungle, when suddenly he was faced with ferocious hunters. Once the hunters realize Lafcadio is not a scary animal. They convince him to come back with them to New York City.

Number the Stars
Lois Lowry

In Denmark, a 10-year-old Annemarie Johannesen helps her best friend, Ellen Rosen, hide from Nazis in World War II. Can Johannesens help Ellen’s family get to safety in Sweden? Read this real life tale.

Hatchet
Gary Paulsen

Brain finds himself in the Canadian wilderness after the pilot of his plane has a heart attack and dies. He must survive on his own until he can find safety. All Brain has is a hatchet and his wits.

Holes
Louis Sachar

Enter Camp Green Lake, where there is no lake, only holes that have been dug by campers for punishment. Stanley Yelnats found himself in this juvenile detention camp. Find out why and the many secrets at Camp Green Lake.

The Fighting Ground
AVI

Jonathan is thirteen in New Jersey at the time of the American Revolutionary War. Johnathan is good with a gun and wants to help his country win the war. Can he live up to his promise?

Choose Your Own Adventure Series
Various

Will you fight off the demon monster or choose a fork in the road? As you get wrapped up in the adventures of this series, your decisions become part of the story.

Curious George
Margret and H. A. Rey

What do you get when you cross a curious monkey and a man with a yellow hat? One great adventure. Join George as he gets himself in trouble.

The Paperboy
Dav Pilkey

Early one cold morning a boy and his dog rise to deliver newspapers. In almost reverential silence they eat breakfast, prepare the newspapers, then step out into the chill, leaving sleeping parents and sister inside. What an adventure lays ahead. Amazon.com

Magic Tree House Series
Mary Pope Osborne

Ten years ago, Jack and Annie found a Magic Tree House in the woods and the world of reading was changed forever. Jump into one of their adventures.

Esperanza Rising
Pam Munoz Ryan

Esperanza's expectation that her 13th birthday will be celebrated with all the material pleasures and folk elements of her previous years is shattered when her father is murdered by bandits. His powerful stepbrothers then hold her mother as a social and economic hostage, wanting to force her remarriage to one of them, and go so far as to burn down the family home. Esperanza's mother then decides to join the cook and gardener and their son as they move to the United States and work in California's agricultural industry. Can Esperanza start a new life? Amazon.com

Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters From Obedience School
Mark Teague

Desperate to come home, Ike, a dog, shows great enthusiasm for stretching the truth about his treatment at Brotweiler Canine Academy. Hopefully, Mrs. LaRue will come and rescue him.

Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson

Your imagination can take you anywhere you want to go. Travel through adventures as Harold’s shares his imagination by drawing with his purple crayon.

Tikki Tikki Tembo
Arlene Mosel

Tikki tikki tembo (which means "the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world") and his brother Chang (which means "little or nothing") get into trouble with a well, are saved by the Old Man with the Ladder, and change history while they're at it. Amazon.com

How I Became a Pirate
Melinda Long and David Shannon

Young Jeremy Jacob is plucked from obscurity while innocently constructing a sand castle and is thrust into a brand-new life as a pirate. Captain Braid Beard and his crew recognize Jeremy as an exceptionally talented digger and they happen to be in desperate need of a digger to help them bury a treasure chest. Amazon.com

A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle

A stranger arrived on Meg Murry’s doorstep one night. Since it was storming and dark outside, her mother invited him in. This stranger grew quite disturbing once he starting speaking of a “tesseract,” or a wrinkle in time.