adventure fiction

"After discovering a clue from an old pirate captain, Amelia Bedelia digs for buried treasure"--OCLC.

"A ragtag crew of misfit criminals bands together to hunt the biggest score in the galaxy"--Provided by publisher.

When the pirate king dies, the Bone Crown Trials, a competition to determine the next ruler of the seas, begins. Three strangers named Csilla Abado, Kane Blackwater, and Lorelei Penny soon find themselves caught up in a deadly battle for the throne. Csilla dreams of becoming the first pirate queen, Kane is looking for a chance to save his father's ship, the "Iron Jewel," and Lorelei has stowed away on the "Iron Jewel" looking for her mother's killer. But these three realize they stand a stronger chance together and form a tentative alliance.

"Around the globe, exceptional mice live in the shadows. Under the direction of famed mouse inventor Gadget Hackwrench, they work together as a team to solve big problems using small gadgets. They are high trained. They are nearly invisible. And they love cheese. Their mission: save the world. Bernadette is a small--but brave--mouse with a score to settle. Jarvis is a sensitive rat with a big appetite and unmatched puzzle-solving skills. Both are eager to prove their worth as the youngest, newest recruits to the Mouse Watch. But before their first day of training is through, Bernie and Jarvis find themselves at the center of an evil plot orchestrated by the Rogue Animal Thieves Society (R.A.T.S.). Soon they are catapulted from new recruits into full-on action heroes, as they learn how to work together to save the Mouse Watch-and the world as they know it"--Provided by publisher.

"Join eight strangers inside a video game for a chance to win a million dollars. The challenge is simple: survive to the end, and you're rich. There's just one problem: A traitor is hiding among your group. One-by-one, crew members of the spaceship start disappearing. Can you find the traitor before it's too late?"--Provided by publisher.

On the way to the big race, a racecar named Lightning McQueen gets lost, but he manages to make new friends and learn what is truly important in life.

"All the students at Swedhump Elementary are thrilled, not just because it's Friday, but because they are in for a big treat. Their invisible principal's husband is a world-famous inventor, and today he's brought his enormous Ice Cream Machine to end the week on a sweet note. But wait! There are forces--evil forces--who don't want the kids to get any ice cream. In fact, the school is soon under attack from some highly annoying anti-ice-cream intruders. Only one person can prevent the school from being served three scoops of total disaster: Dash. He and his friends are going to make sure the bad guys get licked before they can melt all the fun"--Back cover.

"It is 2011. You want nothing more than to be a journalist in Somalia like your aunty. But the truth can be dangerous--and when you and your little sister are left alone, you find yourself facing life-and-death choices at every turn. Can you escape a terrorist organisation and find a safe place to call home? You'll be asked to cross a desert on foot, hide below deck in a leaky boat, and put your life in the hands of people smugglers. At every turn, the choice is yours. How far will you go for freedom?"--OCLC.

When seventeen-year-old orphan Twain finds a strand of starlight on the cliffs outside of his town of Severon, it puts him in contact with another orphaned teen, Quinta, who is searching for a mysterious curiosity shop called the Vermilion Emporium to find her destiny. The two find the magical shop that appears in town and inside they find a book that teaches them how to weave the newly found starlight into magical lace. They are commissioned to make a starlight dress for the town's ruler, but the dress puts them into danger from others who want the starlight lace's power.

Now that Csilla Abado is the first Queen of Bones, she is tasked with mending the crack between Limbo and the mortal realm before more otherworldly creatures pass through it. But when Lorelei and Nara go missing, Csilla sets sail once more to locate her friends. Kane Blackwater tracks the traitorous Dominic Rove to Death's Cove, but things take a dark turn when a magic-laced injury spreads an unknown evil through his veins. Lorelei Storm hasn't been the same since her return from the realm of Limbo, and when she runs away from Csilla and the others, she is captured by an Incendian Scout. Soon, the war between gods and mortals reaches a breaking point, and no one will ever be the same.