Tag Archives: Adventure & Thrillers

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set, The (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH

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Humans and half-bloods alike agree–Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a series fit for heroes! Re-live the adventure from the beginning with this boxed set of the first three books. The Lightning Thief Percy Jackson is a good kid, [...]

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

Rating: (81 reviews)
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers

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The greatest power is the power to create. With supreme abilities, like being able to shape-shift and move objects with his mind, Daniel is strong enough to take on anything in the world. It’s the things from beyond this planet that are [...]

The Demonata #7: Death’s Shadow (Demonata)

Author: Darren Shan
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers

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As the once-human beasts advance, I try draining magic from the air but there’s virtually nothing to tap into. In my own time, these creatures would have been simple to deal with. Here, it’s going to be difficult. The lead werewolf snaps at the female. With [...]

Ranger’s Apprentice: The Sorcerer of the North (Ranger’s Apprentice)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: John Flanagan
Publisher: Philomel

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Time has passed since the apprentice and his master, Will and Halt, led the Araluens to victory against invaders, and Will is now a full-fledged Ranger with his own fief to look after. The fief seems sleepy— boring, even—until the king is poisoned. Joined by [...]

The Alex Rider Collection (Alex Rider)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Publisher: Puffin

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The first three thrilling Alex Rider adventures, packaged together in a deluxe box set! Anthony Horowitz’s New York Times bestselling series is the gold standard for modern action-adventure novels, and these first three edge-of-your-seat novels— Stormbreaker, Point Blank, and Skeleton Key—are must-haves for every Alex [...]

The Singing: The Fourth Book of Pellinor

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Alison Croggon
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

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This book presents a stunning conclusion to the epic “Pellinor” series - four books telling an extraordinary tale of another world. “The Singing” follows the separate journeys of Maerad and Cadvan, and their brother Hem, as they desperately seek each other in an [...]

Fablehaven

Rating: (102 reviews)
Author: Brandon Mull
Publisher: Aladdin

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For centuries mystical creatures of all description were gathered into a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary survives today as one of the last strongholds of true magic. Enchanting? Absolutely. Exciting? You bet. Safe? Well, actually, quite the opposite. Kendra [...]

Scorpia (Alex Rider Adventure)

Rating: (108 reviews)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Publisher: Puffin

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Alex Rider, teen spy, has always been told he is the spitting image of the father he never knew. But when Alex learns that his father may have been an assassin for the most lethal and powerful terrorist organization in the world, [...]

The Thief Lord

Rating: (392 reviews)
Author: Cornelia Funke
Publisher: The Chicken House

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Prosper and Bo are orphans on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle. The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious character who calls himself the “Thief Lord.” Brilliant and charismatic, the Thief Lord leads a ring [...]

Nation

Rating: (53 reviews)
Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: HarperCollins

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The sea has taken everything.

Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is taken, something is returned, and somewhere in the jungle Daphne—a girl from the other side of the globe—is the [...]

Doomwyte: A Novel of Redwall

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Brian Jacques
Publisher: Philomel

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On a moonless night, two rats follow hypnotic lights into the forest, never to be seen again. Such is the power of the Doomwytes, sinister ravens led by the deadly Korvus Skurr. And when the young mouse Bisky persuades the creatures of Redwall Abbey to [...]

The Hunger Games

Rating: (129 reviews)
Author: Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic Press

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Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender [...]

The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)

Rating: (91 reviews)
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH

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When Percy Jackson receives an urgent distress call from his friend Grover, he immediately prepares for battle. He knows he’ll need his powerful demigod allies, Annabeth and Thalia, at his side; his trusty bronze sword, Riptide; and . . . a ride from [...]

Snakehead (Alex Rider)

Rating: (36 reviews)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Publisher: Puffin

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When Alex Rider crash-lands off the coast of Australia, the Australian Secret Service recruits him to infiltrate one of the ruthless gangs operating across Southeast Asia. Known as snakeheads, the gangs smuggle drugs, weapons, and worst of all, people. Alex accepts the assignment, in part [...]

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

Rating: (70 reviews)
Author: Michael Scott
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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He holds the secret that can end the world.
The truth: Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330. Nearly 700 years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the [...]

Blue Bloods

Rating: (87 reviews)
Author: Melissa De La Cruz
Publisher: Hyperion

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Schuyler Van Alen is a freshman at the prestigious Duchesne School. A loner by nature, she finds her life thrown into turmoil when she turns 15. Suddenly she is allergic to the sun, craves raw food, and if she cuts herself, her blood [...]

I Am the Messenger

Rating: (64 reviews)
Author: Markus Zusak
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Meet Ed Kennedy—underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he’s hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until [...]

Unwind

Rating: (26 reviews)
Author: Neal Shusterman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

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In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would “unwind” themConnor’s parents want to be rid of him because he’s a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to [...]

Melting Stones

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Tamora Pierce
Publisher: Scholastic Press

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Four years have passed since Evvy left the streets of Chammur to begin her training as a stone mage. At fourteen, she’s unhappy to be on a new journey with her mentor, prickly green mage Rosethorn, who has been called to the Battle Islands [...]

Artemis Fowl: Lost Colony, The (Artemis Fowl)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Miramax

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Ten thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland. When it became clear to the fairy families that they could never win, they decided to move their civilization underground and keep themselves hidden from the humans. All [...]

Saving the World (Maximum Ride, Book 3)

Rating: (90 reviews)
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Vision

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There’s one last chance to save the world in the third book in the Maximum Ride series, SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS. The time has arrived for Max and her winged “flock” to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: [...]

The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Book 1)

Rating: (234 reviews)
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers

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Characters based on James Patterson’s international bestsellers When the Wind Blows and The Lake House are re-invented in Maximum Ride and are launched on the ultimate action-packed adventure full of humor and suspense. Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what [...]

Masquerade (A Blue Bloods Novel) (Blue Blood Novels)

Rating: (34 reviews)
Author: Melissa De La Cruz
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH

Book Description
Schuyler Van Alen wants an explanation for the mysterious deaths of young vampires. With her best friend, Oliver, Schuyler travels to Italy in the hope of finding the one man who can help–her grandfather. Meanwhile, back in New York, preparations [...]

The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, Book 5)

Rating: (126 reviews)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Miramax

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Ten thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland. When it became clear to the fairy families that they could never win, they decided to move their civilization underground and keep themselves hidden from the humans. All [...]

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (rpkg) (HarperClassics)

Rating: (406 reviews)
Author: Avi
Publisher: HarperTrophy

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A vicious captain, a mutinous crew – and a young girl caught in the middle
Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen [...]

The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)

Rating: (868 reviews)
Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Laurel Leaf

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From the very start of its very first scene, The Amber Spyglass will set hearts fluttering and minds racing. All we’ll say here is that we immediately discover who captured Lyra at the end of The Subtle Knife, though we’ve yet to [...]

I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls)

Rating: (56 reviews)
Author: Ally Carter
Publisher: Hyperion

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The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is a fairly typical all-girls schoolthat is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE, the latest in chemical warfare in science; and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes computer class. So in truth, Gallagher [...]