books about: adventure

books about: adventure

books:

Adventure

Suzanne Collins

Scholastic Press, 2008

The Hunger Games
I loved this book it was intense to the very end, exciting, a twisting romance that always adds to the book. I really enjoyed it!

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

HarperCollins, 2008

It takes a graveyard
Imagine Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book"... but replace the animals with ghosts, ghouls, werewolves and other such supernatural creatures. Such is the concept of "The Graveyard Book," which cleverly turns Kipling's classic story into an exquisitely-written, darkly ...

The 39 Clues (The Maze of Bones, Book 1)

Rick Riordan

Scholastic Press, 2008

My 10 year old Loves The 39 Clues Series
Got Book 1 for my 10 year old daughter. She read the entire book in days, joined the website, and talks about these a lot. She keeps asking me to get her all 39 books - she really loves this series. Previously loved the Daisy Meadows books and still likes Nancy Drew. ...

Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3)

Christopher Paolini

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008

Another wonderful book!!!
This series has been great! I just finished this book and can't wait for the next one. My son has started it and already can't put it down.

Tsar: A Thriller

Ted Bell

Atria, 2008

Fascinating and imaginative; absolutely first rate.
Just a quick note to extend my sincere thanks for all your wonderful books. I absolutely love the character you have created in Hawke. Fascinating and imaginative; absolutely first rate. In all fairness, being Irish, I was initially a skeptic regarding the British ...

Inkdeath (Inkheart)

Cornelia Funke

The Chicken House, 2008

Sad that it is over
This was a really good ending to the series! I loved all the twists the story took. It was like riding with a giant and you have no idea where it is going to take you but you don't want to be left out of the excitement. I am sad that these books are over because I grew ...

Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)

Stephenie Meyer

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008

Breaking Dawn
Best in the series! Kept me up all night reading to see how it ended. Talk about twists! Can't wait to see the movie, can only hope it's 1/2 as good as the series.

The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, Book 6)

Eoin Colfer

Hyperion Books for Children, 2008

This is my favorite of the series
I've read that male writers tend to be more plot based and female writers more character based. Every time I read a book I've been noticing that this statement is true. Women writers portray more emotion in their characters and this is what makes them so interesting. ...

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

Three Cups of Tea
A must read book that is truly inspirational about what one man is doing to change the world!

Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)

Stephenie Meyer

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2006

Wonderful book
This was one of the best books I have ever read! Very impressed! I have read all of this collection and am ordering more books written by her, hopefully they are as good!

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)

Rick Riordan

Hyperion Book CH, 2008

Percy's adventures continue at a frenetic pace!
I had purchased The Lightning Thief (1st book in the series of 4, so far...) for my 11 year old son who does NOT like to read silently, figuring that we could read it aloud together, and to try to get him interested in non-fiction. It also coincided with Greek ...

The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003

Now I know why people kept buying this book
When I worked at Barnes and Noble, people would come in all the time, wanting to buy "The Secret Life of Bees". It was on the Bestseller list at the store just recently as I can remember...Around April or May of this year. I never understood why, I guess because I've ...

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick

Scholastic Press, 2007

Beautiful Storytelling
"The Invention of Hugo Cabret" takes place in Paris, in the early 20th century. It tells the tale of an orphan named Hugo who secretely lives in a train station and fixes the clocks, unbeknownst to the stationmaster. Hugo is not just an ordinary boy however. In ...

Night of Thunder: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel (Bob Lee Swagger Novels)

Stephen Hunter

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Hunter a terrific read, as always
Just finished Night of Thunder, practically in one sitting: as with the previous eleven Hunter thrillers, I enjoyed myself immensely. I still think DIRTY WHITE BOYS is Hunter's best; I've re-read it half a dozen times. One small quibble at the end when our hero talks ...

Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books)

HarperTrophy, 1981

We Love Harold !
My son loves to read about Harold's adventures over and over and over again. After Harold, it's Cyrano, a caterpillar failing in school in Life's Little Lessons: An Inch-By-Inch Tale of Successand then Nate the piglet that turns a school upside down when he visits in ...