The Giant Print
Library
Adventure stories
for younger
readers
Updated October 2012
Any UK member of our library service
may borrow up to a maximum of 6
books per service for a 3 month loan
period.
Most of the books have been produced
by the National Blind Children's
Society and are in 24 point type with
identical covers to the ordinary print
versions of the books.
Please be aware that due to their size,
many of the books are split into two or
more volumes, and these will have the
same covers.
For details on borrowing any of the
titles listed or for further information
regarding the Giant Print collection
please contact Liz Farrell or Hazel
Sharrock, Children's Librarians at
RNIB National Library Service on 0161
429 1975.
Adventure stories
Aiken, Joan.
Go saddle the sea.1978.
Suggested reading age 9+. 3v.
The start of an adventure trilogy set in
the early-19th century. Twelve-yearold orphan Felix is despised by his
Spanish relatives and ignored by his
distant grandfather. When he's given a
parcel containing a blood-stained letter
from his dead father, he sets off in
search of his English family.
Aiken, Joan.
The wolves of Willoughby Chase.
1962. Suggested reading age
13+. 1v.
Book 1 of the wolves of Willoughby
Chase series. It's 19th-century
England. Even the wolves that
surround the great house of
Willoughby Chase are not as cruel and
merciless as the evil Miss Slighcarp.
Bonnie and Sylvia must use all their
wits to survive.
Ahlberg, Janet.
It was a dark and stormy night.
1998. Suggested reading age 7+.
1v.
Antonio, a small boy who has been
kidnapped by the Brigands, passes a
dark and stormy night in their cave
weaving for them incredible stories of
their own exploits and through this
actually solves his own problem of how
to escape.
Almond, David.
Heaven eyes. 2000. Suggested
reading age 11+. 1v.
Heaven Eyes is the girl who should
have drowned at sea, this girl rescued
from the mud. This girl with a secret
history only Grampa knows. And he
isn't telling...
Almond, David.
Kit's wilderness. 1999.
Suggested age range 11+. 2v.
In Stoneygate there was an empty
space between the houses and the
river where the ancient coal pit had
once been. In the wilderness Kit
meets Askew, who has a strange
ability to draw other children to his
game called Death.
Banks, Lynne Reid.
The Indian in the cupboard.
Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.
Book 1 in the Indian in the Cupboard
series (other books in this series are
also available). When Omri is given a
toy Indian and a small cupboard for his
birthday, he has no idea that when he
puts the Indian in the cupboard it will
come alive, or that his 'toy' is a very
small and demanding brave for whose
life and safety he must take
responsibility.
Bearn, Emily
A circus adventure. 2010.
Suggested reading age 7+. 1v.
Tumtum and Nutmeg find themselves
in a fantastic adventure. Along with
their old friend General Marchmouse
and the two children, Arthur and Lucy,
the Nutmouses will find themselves at
the circus.
Bemis, John Claude.
Mystifying medicine show. 2009.
Suggested reading age 9+. 2v.
Orphan Ray has been separated from
his sister. The only clue to finding her
is a lodestone, left to him by his father
before he vanished. The lodestone
tugs Ray towards a train bursting with
astounding characters. Soon Ray is
hurtling across the Wild West, joining
in as they perform their enthralling
medicine show. But something dark is
following the train. Something that
wants to steal people's souls…
Blackman, Malorie.
Operation Gadgetman! 1995.
Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.
Beans calls her dad 'Gadgetman'
because of the weird and wonderful
gadgets he comes up with. But when
Gadgetman accidentally invents a
device that could be used to steal
millions of pounds, he is suddenly in
terrible danger.
Blyton, Enid
An Enid Blyton collection: The
Adventurous Four, and the
Adventurous Four again. 1987.
Suggested reading age 9+.
Stories about four friends who undergo
a series of hair-raising adventures.
Blyton, Enid.
Five on a treasure island. 1942.
Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.
(Other books in the Famous Five
series are also available.) There is a
shipwreck off Kirrin Island, but where
has the treasure gone? The Five set
off in search of clues, but find they are
not alone, for someone else has joined
the treasure hunt….
Blyton, Enid.
The sea of adventure. 1948.
Suggested reading age 9+. 2v.
Book 4 of the Adventure series.
Recovering from measles, the children
head for the coast of Scotland with Bill
to recuperate. Bill soon disappears
from the scene, kidnapped by a couple
of unknown baddies. Our four heroes
are left to fend for themselves.
Blyton, Enid.
The secret island. 1938.
Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.
Book 1 in the Secret series.
Running away to Jack's secret island
seems like the answer to the children's
misery living with their horrible aunt
and uncle, but Mike, Peggy and Laura
find out that something very
mysterious is happening there.
Blyton, Enid.
The secret seven. 2006.
Suggested age range 7+. 1v.
(Other books in the Secret Seven
series are also available.) The Secret
Seven super-sleuths are on the trail of
a mystery! The gang are dressed in
disguise, following a lead to a spooky
old house in the snow!
Blyton, Enid
The six bad boys. 1951.
Suggested reading age 7+. 1v.
Three friends from different families
live next door to each other and go to
the same school. When two of the
boys join a gang that meets in a cellar
under a derelict house, they soon find
that trouble isn't far behind.
Bosch, Pseudonymous.
The name of this book is secret.
2008. 2v. Suggested reading age
9+.
When investigators Cass and MaxErnest set out to discover the history of
the mysterious Symphony of Smells,
they become embroiled in an
experiment involving kidnapped
children & the secret of eternal youth.
Together they must come up with a
plan to rescue their classmate from a
hideous fate & escape the pyramid of
the Midnight Sun.
Bradford, Chris.
The way of the warrior. 2008.
Suggested reading age 11+. 2v.
Book 1 in The Young Samurai series.
August 1611. Jack Fletcher is
shipwrecked off the coast of Japan.
His beloved father and the crew lie
slaughtered by ninja pirates. Rescued
by the legendary sword master
Masamoto Takeshi, Jack's only hope
is to become a samurai warrior. And
so his training begins. But life at the
samurai school is a constant fight for
survival. Jack is singled out by bullies
and treated as an outcast. With
courage in his heart and his sword
held high, can Jack prove himself and
face his deadliest rival yet?
Breslin, Theresa.
The Medici seal. 2007.
Suggested age range 15+. 3v.
Set in Romagna, Italy in the year 1502.
Matteo - a young boy - is saved from
drowning by the companions of
Leonardo da Vinci. But Leonardo is
employed by Cesare Borgia, and
Matteo carries with him a secret - a
secret that both the Borgia and Medici
families would kill to obtain.
Brown, Judy
Portia. 2006. Suggested reading
age 7+. 1v.
Book 1 of the Pirate Princess series
(other books in this series are also
available). Portia is a reluctant
princess, horrified by her father's idea
of marrying her off to a boring prince.
So she sells the family jewels, buys a
ship and escapes to sea - with her
ladies-in-waiting as crew. But her jilted
groom is catching up with her…
Buckley-Archer, Linda.
Gideon the cutpurse. 2007.
Suggested reading age 13+. 3v.
Book 1 of the enlightenment of Peter
Schock series. An encounter with an
anti-gravity machine catapults Peter
Schock and Kate Dyer back to the
18th century and sets in motion a
calamitous chain of events.
Burne, Cristy
Takeshita demons. 2010.
Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.
Miku Takeshita and her family have
moved from Japan to live in the UK,
but unfortunately the family's enemy
demons have followed them! Miku
knows she's in trouble when her new
supply teacher turns out to be a
Nukekubi - a bloodthirsty demon who
can turn into a flying head and whose
favourite snack is children…
Byars, Betsy.
A blossom promise. 2008.
Suggested reading age 11+. 1v.
It had been raining for fourteen days
and the valley was flooded. Secretly
Vern Blossom and his friend Michael
had been building a raft. But - like
other Blossom inventions - the launch
of Vern's raft does not go exactly as
planned. But a Blossom promise
always holds.
Canning, Victor
The runaways. 1978. Suggested
reading age 11+. 2v.
Story of an encounter between a
remand home runaway and a cheetah
which had escaped from Longleat.
Carey, Peter.
The big bazoohley. 2000.
Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.
Sam Kellow is nine. His father is a
compulsive gambler, forever pursuing
the "big bazoohley" - the jackpot to
end all jackpots. But it is Sam who sets
out to win it, as, against all the odds,
he enters the Perfect Kiddo
competition.
Carter, Ally.
I'd tell you I love you, but then I'd
have to kill you. 2010. Suggested
reading age 9+. 2v.
Gallagher Academy might claim to be
a school for geniuses - but it's really a
school for spies. Cammie Morgan is
fluent in 14 languages and capable of
killing a man in seven different ways.
But one thing the Gallagher Academy
hasn't prepared her for is what to do
when she falls for an ordinary boy who
thinks she's an ordinary girl.
Cole, Stephen
Z. Rex. 2009. Suggested reading
age 11+. 2v.
Z Rex is a living, breathing, maneating dinosaur who has been brought
to life by Adam's dad. He can talk,
think - and kill. And, he has no idea
why he's here. Zed wants answers,
and Adam's dad has them but he's
missing. Boy and dinosaur set out to
find Mr Adlar. But there are people
desperate to stop them and they seem
to be going to extreme lengths to do
so.
Colfer, Eoin
Airman. 2009. Suggested reading
age 11+. 3v.
Conor Broekhart was born to fly. Or,
more accurately, he was born flying.
Little wonder he became what he
became. In an age of discovery and
invention, many dreamed of flying, but
for Conor flight was more than just a
dream, it was his destiny.
Cope, Andrew.
Spy dog. 2005. Suggested
reading age 7+. 1v.
Book 1 in the Spy Dog series (other
books in this series are also available).
Lara, or GM451 as she is known by
the government, is a highly trained
special agent, bred by the British
Secret Service for use on dangerous
missions around the world. She is
being hunted down by an evil drugs
baron, Mr Big.
Corder, Zizou
Lionboy. 2004. Suggested
reading age 11+. 2v. 2004.
Charlie Ashanti, the hero of Lionboy,
speaks cat - the language of all cats
wild and domestic alike. His unusual
talent helps him on his quest to find his
kidnapped parents who have
discovered a cure for asthma.
Cottrell Boyce, Frank.
Cosmic. 2008. Suggested reading
age 9+. 2v.
Liam is very tall for his age. He makes
a giant leap for boy-kind by competing
with a group of adults for the chance to
go into space. Sometimes being big
isn't all about being a grown-up.
Cross, Gillian.
The great elephant chase. 1994.
Suggested age range 11+. 2v.
When the elephant came to town, Tad
and Cissie went to the show. Little did
they know it would change their lives
for ever, and they get involved in a
chase across America, by train, by
flatboat, and steam boat…
Cross, Gillian.
A map of nowhere. 1988.
Suggested age range 13+. 2v.
Nick is surprised by the note he finds
in Joseph Fisher's lost wallet, and is
determined to join in with the
mysterious game, but as he becomes
involved, Nick begins to understand
the rules the Fishers live by.
Dahl, Roald.
James and the giant peach. 1961.
Suggested reading age 7+. 1v.
James is a poor orphan who lives with
his two grotesque spinster aunts.
When a giant peach grows in their
back garden, James escapes inside it
where he discovers some mysterious
creatures. The peach rolls away from
his unhappy home and James is
released into an exciting new life of
adventure.
Dickinson, Peter.
AK. Suggested reading age 13+.
2v.
Paul Kagomi is a child guerilla,
orphaned by war and schooled in
bloodshed, who places his trust in his
AK - his gun. Although set in an
imaginary African state, this is a
powerful and thought-provoking
contemporary story of political
corruption and people-power.
Doder, Joshua.
A dog called Grk. 2005.
Suggested reading age 7+. 2v.
Book 1 in the Grk series (other titles in
this series are also available). When
Tim is followed home by a dog on the
street, he's determined to find out who
the friendly stray belongs to. Max and
Natascha Raffifi, Grk's owners, have
been kidnapped with their ambassador
parents by the evil Colonel Zinfandel
and taken to a prison in Eastern
Europe. Tim knows he's about to
undertake a mission his parents
wouldn't exactly approve of, basically a
high-octane, international adventure…
Fardell, John
The flight of the silver turtle.
Suggested reading age 15+. 2v.
Sam and Marcia are back in Edinburgh
with Zara, Ben and Professor
Ampersand. The friends are helping to
build an amazing electric- powered
flying boat when they stumble across
an old photograph - a clue that leads
them on to the trail of a long-lost secret
invention that could change the world.
Funke, Cornelia Caroline.
The thief lord. 2002. Suggested
reading age 9+. 2v.
Escaping the aunt who wants to adopt
only one of them, two orphaned
brothers run away from Hamburg to
Venice, finding shelter with a gang of
street children and their leader, the
thirteen-year-old "Thief Lord," while
also eluding the detective hired to
return them to Germany.
Gardner, Sally
The Red Necklace. 2008.
Suggested reading age 9+. 2v.
Book 1 in the French Revolution series
(Book 2, The Silver blade, is also
available). Paris,1798. While the
aristocracy dine, dance, gossip and
gamble their way to disaster, the poor
and starving dream of revolution. Enter
the boy Yann Margoza, destined to be
a hero; Tetu the dwarf, his friend and
mentor; Sido, unloved daughter of the
foolish Marquis de Villeduval; and the
sinister Count Kallivoski. The drama
moves from Paris to London and back,
as the Revolution gathers momentum.
Garland, Alex.
The beach.1997. Suggested
reading age 15+. 3v.
The Beach is a legend among young
travellers in Asia: white sands circling
a lagoon hidden from the sea, coral
gardens and freshwater falls
surrounded by jungle. In this earthly
paradise, it is rumoured, a select
community lives in blissful innocence.
For Richard, haunted by the glamour
of Vietnamese war movies, a trek into
unknown Thai territory is irresistible.
Golding, Julia.
The diamond of Drury Lane.
2006. Suggested reading age
13+. 2v.
Book 1 of the Cat Royal series. (other
books in this series are also available).
Set in 1790's Covent Garden, Cat
Royal is an orphan who lives at the
back of the Theatre Royal in Drury
Lane. This book contains a wonderful
colourful cast of characters, and of
course the diamond mystery!
Gordon, Roderick
Tunnels. 2007. Suggested
reading age 11+. 3v.
Fourteen-year-old Will Burrows lives
with his family in London. He has little
in common with them except for a
passion for digging which he shares
with his father. When his father
suddenly disappears down an
unknown tunnel, Will decides to
investigate with his friend Chester.
Soon they find themselves deep
underground, where they unearth a
dark and terrifying secret - a secret
which may cost them their lives.
Green, John.
Paper towns. 2010. Suggested
reading age 13+. 2v.
Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime
loving Margo Roth Spiegelman from
afar. So when she cracks open a
window and climbs into his life dressed like a ninja and summoning
him for an ingenious campaign of
revenge - he follows. After their allnighter ends, Q arrives at school to
discover that Margo has disappeared.
Harris, M.G.
The Joshua files: Invisible city.
2007. Suggested reading age
11+. 2v.
When his archaeologist father goes
missing after an air crash in Mexico,
UFO-obsessed Josh suspects alien
abduction. But after he discovers his
dad was murdered, Josh is caught up
in a race to find the legendary Ix
Codex - a lost book of the ancient
Maya containing a prophecy about the
end of the world.
Harrold, A. F.
Fizzlebert Stump: the boy who
ran away from the circus (and
joined the library). 2012.
Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.
Fizzlebert Stump lives in a travelling
circus. But although he gets to hang
around with acrobats and put his head
in a lion's mouth every night, he's
bored. But then Fizz decides to join a
library, and life suddenly gets a lot
more exciting, when a simple library
card application leads to him being
kidnapped by a pair of crazed
pensioners!
Hawking, Lucy.
George's secret key to the
universe. 2007. Suggested
reading age 9+. 2v.
Take a rollercoaster ride through the
vastness of space and, in the midst of
an exciting adventure, discover the
mysteries of physics, science and the
universe with George.
Henderson, Jan-Andrew.
Crash. 2008. Suggested reading
age 13+. 2v.
A day out with his dad Gordon turns
into a nightmare for Bobby when
something shocking happens that
leaves Dad thinking he's really only 14.
Gordon is irrationally convinced that if
he can just get to Dundee, everything
will be OK - But the east coast of
Scotland is about to be hit by a
tsunami…
Higson, Charles.
Silverfin. 2005. Suggested
reading age 11+. 2v.
Book 1 of the Young Bond series
(other books in this series are also
available).The dark waters around a
remote Scottish castle hold a sinister
secret. One man with a thirst for power
will use it - whatever the cost. Silverfin
is dangerous and must be destroyed.
Horowitz, Anthony.
Stormbreaker. 2000. Suggested
reading age 11+. 1v.
Book 1 of the Alex Rider series (other
books in this series are also available).
When his guardian dies in suspicious
circumstances, Alex Rider goes from
schoolboy to superspy within days as
his world is turned upside down.
Hunt, Elizabeth Singer.
The puzzle of the missing panda
: China. 2007. Suggested reading
age 9+. 1v.
Book 1 of the Jack Stalwart series.
An endangered Giant Panda has been
kidnapped from the Wolong Nature
Reserve in China. Can Secret Agent
Jack Stalwart find the panda and
rescue it before the evil Scorpion Gang
sells it for profit? Time is running out...
Ibbotson, Eva.
The dragonfly pool. 2009.
Suggested reading age 9+. 3v.
Tally Hamilton is furious to hear she is
being sent from London to a stuffy
boarding school in the countryside, but
an exciting school trip to the beautiful
and luscious kingdom of Bergania
whisks Tally into an unexpected
adventure.
Johnson, Catherine
A nest of vipers. 2008. Suggested
reading age 9+. 1v.
Cato Hopkins is the youngest member
of Mother Hopkins' 'family' - a group of
skilled fraudsters and pickpockets. But
old age is slowing Mother Hopkins
down, and she wants to carry out one
last con, a con to outdo all the cons
that have gone before. And so the
gang set about bringing ruin upon
Captain Walker, a proud and cruel
slave captain, who deserves to be
taught a lesson or two.
Kidd, Richard
The giant goldfish robbery. 1999.
Suggested reading age 7+. 1v.
An adventure story about a little boy
who befriends an elderly gentleman
who is a collector of Koi Carp, and how
he unexpectedly tackles the burglars
who try to steal the fish with the help of
the school bully and several hundred
alarm clocks.
King, Clive.
Stig of the dump. 1962.
Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.
One glorious day the ground gives way
beneath Barney and he lands in a
cave in the middle of the rubbish
dump; and that's when he meets Stig,
a Stone-Age cave-dweller.
Kipling, Rudyard.
The jungle book. 1894.
Suggested reading age 9+. 2v.
Saved from the jaws of the evil tiger
Shere Khan, young Mowgli is adopted
by a wolf pack and taught the law of
the jungle by lovable old Baloo the
bear and Bhageera the panther.
Lacey, Josh.
Bearkeeper. 2008. Suggested
reading age 9+. 2v.
A fearless boy with a fierce friend Pip
is a blacksmith's apprentice- but he
longs to be a famous knife-fighter like
his dead father. Alone in London, he
meets great danger and two odd allies.
One is hairy and hungry. The other is
William Shakespeare. Pip's
extraordinary adventures have begun.
Lingard, Joan
The eleventh orphan. 2008.
Suggested reading age 11+. 2v.
Mr and Mrs Bigsby of the Pig and
Whistle, Stoke Newington, already
look after ten children. When
Constable O'Dowd brings them an
eleventh orphan he found on the
streets, Ma Bigsby is reluctant to take
her. But there's something about Elfie,
it's the first day of a new century and
Ma loves a mystery. Just why does
Elfie possess a little water colour of the
Pig and Whistle?
MacPhail, Catherine
Underworld. 2005. Suggested
reading age 11+. 2v.
A school trip goes disastrously wrong
when a visit to local caves turns into
something more sinister. Five
teenagers are trapped beneath the
ground. Their best chance of escape is
to stay together. Then a member of the
group disappears, and their hopes of
getting out alive start to fade.
McCaughrean, Geraldine.
The death-defying Pepper Roux.
2009. Suggested reading age
11+. 2v.
Pepper Roux has a charmed life, not
only because he confounded his mad
aunt's prediction that he was going to
die at 14 by remaining alive, but also
because he can step into any role he
likes and have an adventure.
McCaughrean, Geraldine.
Pull out all the stops. 2010.
Suggested reading age 11+. 2v.
Exhilarating adventures on board the
Bright Lights Showboat!
McKenzie, Sophie.
The set-up. 2009. 2v.
Book 1 in the Medusa Project series
(some other titles in this series are
also available).14 years ago, scientist
William Fox implanted four babies with
the Medusa gene - a gene for psychic
abilities. But Fox died and the babies
were hidden away for years. Now the
children are teenagers - and unaware
that their psychic powers are about to
kick in.
Marks, Graham.
Snatched! 2006. Suggested
reading age 9+. 2v.
Left for dead in a lion's cage, baby
Daniel is adopted by Hubble, owner of
a travelling circus. 12 years later, his
carefree life as a bareback rider is
shattered by vivid premonitions.
Marsden, John.
Tomorrow, when the war began.
1995. Suggested reading age
13+. 2v.
A group of Australian teenagers decide
to spend a week in the bush instead of
attending the annual fair with their
families. At their remote campsite,
they notice an unusual number of
planes flying overhead but think
nothing of it until they return home.
There they find their families gone,
their pets left to die, and the phones
and electricity cut off.
Masefield, John
The box of delights. 2008.
Suggested reading age 9+. 2v.
The strange events of the Christmas
holidays begin when Kay meets the
travelling Punch and Judy man who
gives him the mysterious Box of
Delights.
Masefield, John.
The midnight folk. 2008.
Suggested reading age 9+. 2v.
Determined to recover the long-lost
family treasure, Kay finds himself in a
race against the evil Abner Brown.
Abner has his witch friends and his
dark magic to help him, but Kay has
the very special Midnight Folk. Which
side will find the treasure first?
Mayo, Simon
Itch. 2012. Suggested reading
age 9+. 2v.
Itchingham Lofte - known as Itch - is
14, and loves science - especially
chemistry. He's also an elementhunter: he's decided to collect all the
elements in the periodic table. Which
has some interesting and rather
destructive results in his bedroom.
Then, Itch makes a discovery. A new
element, never seen before…
Morgan, Nicola.
The highwayman's footsteps.
2006. Suggested reading age
13+. 2v.
Young William de Lacey is on the run,
and has taken up with a highwayman.
Despite struggling with his conscience,
Will feels free for the first time in his
life - and it's all down to the mysterious
Bess.
Morpurgo, Michael.
Alone on a wide wide sea. 2006.
Suggested age range 11+. 2v.
When Arthur Hobhouse was shipped
to Australia after WWII he lost
everything he knew. Now Arthur has
built a boat for his daughter that will
take her back to England solo, in
search of her father's long-lost sister!
Morpurgo, Michael
Dear Olly. 2001. Suggested
reading age 9+. 1v.
'Matt wouldn't look at her as he spoke.
I'm going to be a clown, Olly. I mean a
real clown. And now I know where I'm
going to do it. I'm going where my
swallows go. I'm going to Africa.' As
Olly waits for her brother's letters, she
watches the swallows preparing to
leave for the winter. Hero the swallow
starts his long journey to Africa, not
knowing the terrible dangers he will
meet on the way…
Morpurgo, Michael.
Kensuke's kingdom. 2000.
Suggested reading age 11+. 1v.
Washed up on an island in the Pacific,
Michael struggles to survive on his
own. He can't find food or water. In the
end, he curls up to die. When he
wakes, there is a plate beside him of
fish, fruit, and a bowl of fresh water.
He is not alone...
Morpurgo, Michael.
Running wild. 2010. Suggested
reading age 9+. 2v.
For Will and his mother, going to
Indonesia isn't just a holiday. It's an
escape, a new start and to begin with,
it seems to be just what they both
needed, but when Will is riding Oona
the elephant on the beach, a tsunami
wave comes crashing in and Oona
begins to run. With nothing on his back
but a shirt and nothing to sustain him
but a bottle of water, Will must learn to
survive deep in the jungle.
Morpurgo, Michael.
Why the whales came. 1994.
Suggested reading age 11+. 1v.
People say that the birdman of Bryher
is mad. He warns Daniel and Grace
never to go near Samson Island or the
curse will come to them too, but it isn't
their fault that they get lost in the fog
and drift over there...
Muchamore, Robert.
The recruit. 2004. Suggested
reading age 11+. 2v.
Book 1 of the CHERUB series (other
books in this series are also available).
A terrorist doesn't let strangers into her
flat because they might be undercover
police, but her children bring their
mates home. She doesn't know that a
kid has bugged her house. The kid
works for CHERUB…..
Palmer, Tom
Dead ball. 2010. Suggested
reading age 9+. 1v.
Book 2 in the Football Detective series
(Foul Play and Offside are also
available). Russian billionaire Dmitri
Tupolev & a mystery Englishman
agree to fix an important match in
Russia's favour by intimidating the
England goalie, Alex Finn. But Alex
goes against their wishes. His
punishment is an 'accidental' car crash
and now he's out of the return game in
Russia.
Patterson, James.
The angel experiment. 2006.
Suggested reading age 13+. 2v.
Book 1 of the Maximum Ride series.
The sequel is also available.
Max Ride and her five friends grew up
in a science lab/prison called the
School. They were created as an
experiment. An experiment where they
ended up only 98 per cent human.
Paulsen, Gary.
Dogsong. 1997. Suggested
reading age 13+. 1v.
Russel takes a dog team and sled to
escape his village. He meets a
pregnant Eskimo girl whose life he
must save. But first he must kill a
vicious polar bear in the ancient way of
his people.
Price, Willard.
Amazon adventure. 1949.
Suggested reading age 9+. 2v.
Hal and Roger Hunt are on an exciting
trip down the Amazon; it turns into a
struggle against hostile Indians, wild
animals and the raging flood.
Price, Willard
South Sea adventure. 1936.
Suggested reading age 9+. 2v.
Hal and Roger are searching for exotic
sea-life and they have a mission to
collect pearls from the oyster-beds of a
secret lagoon. But do the crew and
passengers of Lively Lady know more
than they should?
Price, Willard
Underwater adventure. 1954.
Suggested reading age 9+. 2v.
Hal and Roger are on board "Lively
Lady", studying submarine life and
searching for the treasure of the
"Santa Cruz", sunk three centuries
ago. But also on board is an
unscrupulous former school-mate of
Hal's who is after the treasure himself.
Price, Willard
Volcano adventure. 1956.
Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.
Hal and Roger are helping Dr Dan
Adams to research volcanoes in the
Pacific. When Mount Myojin erupts,
the doctor's strange behaviour
endangers them all as they flee an
eruption big enough to devastate a city
the size of New York.
Pullman, Philip.
The firework-maker's daughter.
2004. Suggested reading age 7+.
1v.
More than anything else in the world,
Lila wants to be a firework-maker. But
every firework-maker must make a
perilous journey to face the terrifying
fire-fiend!
Pullman, Philip
I was a rat!, or, The scarlet
slippers /
2000. Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.
Roger insists he was a rat. But what is
he now? A terrifying monster
rampaging in the sewers? A moneyspinning fairground freak? Or just an
ordinary small boy, though a little ratty
in his habits? Only three people
believe this version of the story. Only
one of them knows who Roger really
is.
Ransome, Arthur.
Swallows and Amazons. 1930.
Suggested age range 9+. 3v.
Book 1 of the Swallows and Amazons
series. To John, Susan, Titty and
Roger, simply being allowed to use the
boat to go camping on the island is
adventure enough. But they soon find
themselves under attack from the
fierce Amazon Pirates, Nancy and
Peggy.
Rayner, Shoo
Cola power. 2011. 1v. Suggested
reading age 5+.
Axel Storm's parents are rock stars and they just want Axel to be a normal
boy! But when he goes to stay with his
crazy uncles, Axel always ends up
stealing the show. Axel's Uncle Telford
has invented an amazing new flying
machine that could change the world.
But does Axel have the super skills
and bravery he will need to fly it?
Rees, Celia.
Sovay. 2008. Suggested reading
age 13+. 3v.
Set against the backdrop of the French
Revolution and its impact on British
politics, Sovay finds that her cosseted
life in rural England has not prepared
her for life as a highway robber, for
defending the honour of her family or
for trying to save herself from
corruption and evil.
Richardson, Ellen.
Charmed summer. 2012.
Suggested reading age 9+. 1v.
Book 1 in the Flip-flop club series.
When Elly makes two new friends at a
super-secret midnight meeting in a
tree house, her summer suddenly gets
a whole lot sunnier. Along with Tash's
cheeky dog, Mojo, the girls explre
sunday Island - uncovering a mystery
that links their pasts, but threatens
their friendship...
Riordan, Rick.
Percy Jackson and the lightning
thief. 2006. Suggested reading
age 9+. 2v.
Book 1 in the Percy Jackson and the
Olympians series. (Other books in this
series are also available.)
I was just a normal kid. Until I
accidentally vaporized my maths
teacher. That's when things started
really going wrong. Now I spend my
time fighting with swords, battling
monsters with my friends, and
generally trying to stay alive….
Sachar, Louis.
Holes. 2000. Suggested reading
age 11+. 2v. (The sequel, Small
steps is also available.)
A miscarriage of justice sends Stanley
Yelnats to Camp Green Lake Juvenile
Detention Centre where he is told that
his daily labour is to dig a hole and
report all he finds therein.
Stevenson, R.L.
Treasure Island. 1883. Suggested
age range 9+. 2v.
Jim Hawkins had no idea, when he
picked up the packet from Captain
Flint's chest, that here lay the key to
untold wealth - a treasure map. When
Jim sails on the Hispaniola, with Long
John Silver as ship's cook and the rest
of the shifty crew, he embarks on the
adventure of his life.
Stewart, Trenton Lee.
The mysterious Benedict
Society. 2007. Suggested reading
age 9+. 3v.
Book 1 in The Mysterious Benedict
Society series. When a peculiar
advertisement appears in the
newspaper, children everywhere sit a
series of mysterious tests, hoping to
be chosen to take part in a secret
mission. In the end, just four children
succeed.
Stone, Rex
Attack of the lizard king. 2008.
Suggested reading age 7+. 1v.
When Jamie moves to Dinosaur Cove
with his father he's looking forward to
doing some fossil hunting on the
beach. But when he and his friend,
Tom, discover a forgotten cave with
fossilized dinosaur footprints, it takes
them into a world of dinosaurs. In this
secret place the boys meet a small,
friendly Wannanosaurus.
Thurber, James
The wonderful O. 1955.
Suggested reading age 7+.
A satirical adventure story about two
scoundrels, one of whom has a violent
dislike of the letter 'O, ' and a search
for buried treasure.
Twain, Mark.
The adventures of Huckleberry
Finn. 1884. Suggested reading
age 11+. 3v.
When Huckleberry Finn flees from his
brutal father, he meets up with an old
friend, the slave Jim, who is also
running away. Together they travel by
raft down the Mississippi, experiencing
amazing adventures, and learning of
the strange ways of people in the deep
south.
Twain, Mark.
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
(retold by F H Cornish) 1998
(Heinemann Guided Readers)
Suggested reading age 7+. 1v.
Tom and his friend, Huckleberry Finn
are always in trouble. One night they
see a fight between some people…
Walden, Mark.
H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of
Villainous Education. 2007.
Suggested reading age 11+. 2v.
Book 1 in the H.I.V.E. series (Book 2,
The Overlord Protocol, is also
available). Thirteen-year-old master
criminal Otto Malpense has been
chosen to attend the top-secret school
of villainy. But there is one small catch
- he cannot leave until his training is
complete. He must escape! He just
needs to figure out how.
Westall, Robert.
The kingdom by the sea. 1992.
Suggested age range 11+. 1-2v.
Harry survives the air raid but his
home and parents are gone. He
begins an incredible journey, alone
except for Don, the dog. Harry is a
survivor, but there is one last battle he
is not prepared for.
Wynne-Jones, Tim
The survival game. 2006.
Suggested reading age 11+. 2v.
Burl can't take any more bruises from
his bullying father, so one day he runs
away with just a penknife and a fishing
lure in his pocket. Despite his survival
skills, Burl knows he won't last long in
the frozen Canadian wilderness, so he
is filled with hope when he stumbles
across Ghost Lake, and a secret that
could save him. But his father is after
him and Burl is dragged back into his
dangerous games...