Adventure Stories for Grades 3-5
These stories can be found in children's fiction (J), filed alphabetically under the author's name. Click here for a print-friendly version of this list.
| Author | Title | Call Number |
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| Avi | The End of the Beginning Avon the snail and Edward, a take-charge ant, set off together on a journey to an undetermined destination in search of unspecified adventures. | J Avi |
| Bledsoe | Tracks in the Snow Erin and Tiffany become lost in the snow-covered Sierra mountains when Erin leads them on a trek to find her missing babysitter. | J Bledsoe |
| DiCamillo | The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread The adventures of a small mouse, the princess he loves, and the servant girl who longs to be a princess. | J DiCamillo |
| Du Bois | Twenty-One Balloons Professor William W. Sherman sets off in a balloon across the Pacific. | J Du Bois |
| Fleischman | Bandit's Moon Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquín Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s. | J Fleischman |
| Fleischman | The Whipping Boy A bratty prince and his whipping boy accidentally trade places after becoming involved with a dangerous outlaw. | J Fleischman |
| Gaiman | Fortunately, the Milk A dad who goes to the store to buy milk gets kidnapped by aliens. | J Gaiman |
| Gardiner | Stone Fox Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with prize money from a dog sled race he enters. | J Gardiner |
| Gutman | Mission Unstoppable First in the Genius Files series, this novel follows the crazy cross-country adventures of Coke and Pep as they evade murderous lunatics. | J Gutman |
| Hill | Winter Camp Toughboy and his sister survive the harsh Alaskan weather at a winter trapping camp. | J Hill |
| Kehret | Earthquake Terror After an earthquake, Jonathan Palmer must find a way to keep himself, his partially paralyzed younger sister, and their dog alive. | J Kehret |
| Kennedy | Amy's Eyes A girl who has changed into a doll and a doll who has changed into a sea captain sail the high seas with a crew of Mother Goose animals. | J Kennedy |
| Kimmel | To the Frontier Bill Cody and his family set out from Iowa to make a new home for themselves in the wild Kansas Territory. | J Kimmel |
| Lawlor | Adventure on the Wilderness Road Elizabeth Poage and her family embark on a dangerous and exciting trip westward to Daniel Boone's new Kentucky settlement. | J Lawlor |
| McIntosh | The Whisperer Two strangers in the land of Drestonia begin communicating through their minds as they experience increasing danger. | J McIntosh |
| Osborne | Adaline Falling Star Adaline Falling Star runs away from her prejudiced cousins and comes close to death in the wilderness. | J Osborne |
| Petersen | White Water Greg's father is bitten by a rattlesnake during a white-water rafting trip. | J Petersen |
| Pullman | The Firework-Maker's Daughter Lila seeks Royal Sulphur from the sacred volcano so that she can become a master maker of fireworks like her father. | J Pullman |
| Ransome | Swallows and Amazons First in Arthur Ransome's classic series about adventures on Wild Cat Island. | J paperback RA |
| Schulz | Hook's Revenge Captain Hook's swashbuckling daughter sets out to defeat the Neverland crocodile. | J Schulz |
| Shahan | Frozen Stiff Cousins Cody and Derek take a kayak trip in Alaska and find themselves battling the raw elements of an untamed wilderness. | J Shahan |
| Steig | Abel's Island A very civilized mouse named Abel struggles to survive as a castaway. | J Steig |
| Stolz | Cat Walk A young cat embarks on a journey that finally leads him to a special place he can call a home. | J Stolz |
| Vanderpool | Navigating Early Orphaned Jack Baker and his new pal, Early, embark on a quest along the Appalachian Trail in search of the great black bear. | J Vanderpool |
| Woodruff | The Orphan of Ellis Island During a school trip to Ellis Island, Dominick Avaro travels back in time and accompanies two Italian emigrants to America. | J Woodruff |
| Yolen | Jason and the Gorgon's Blood Jason, who will grow up to become the head of the Argonauts, leads five other boys on a dangerous quest. | J Yolen |
Last Updated: 7/17
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