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Adventure Genre
Genre description for the 'Adventure' Genre. Full text description would go here to introduce the genre before showing a complete list of all the books in that genre.
Books in the Adventure genre:
King Ottokar’s Sceptre (2005)
In this Ruritanian adventure Tintin saves King Muskar XII from a coup and meets Bianca Castafiore for the first time. This is the facsimile of the first black and white edition. The cover image is from the true French first edition.
The Old African (2005)
Jaja, the Old African, leads his fellow slaves, walking across the ocean to Africa.
Author(s):
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Sea Snake (2005)
Barney Cannon stumbles on a German spy and discovers a hidden U-boat base in the Bahamas.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Thumbelina (2005)
A very small young lady has many adventures. This is the revised edition.
Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Amy Ehrlich
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Wild Pony Island (2005)
When Rick Landon comes to the attention of the law. his mother decides to move the family back to her home town - Ocracoke Island.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
The Will to Win (2005)
A collection of short stories by a master, many of which deal with high school sports.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
John Gincano
Asterix and the Vikings (2006)
Author(s):
René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
Away to Sea (2006)
Jim Slater ran away from his father’s farmhouse to become a sailor. Later, he discovered he was aboard a slave ship.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Clinton Balmer
Behind the Ranges (2006)
Seventeen year old Dick goes with his botanist father on a trip high into the Olympic mountains. But Dick is taken captive by a stranger.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
The Black Island (2006)
Wrongly accused of theft, Tintin and Snowy set out on the trail of a gang of counterfeiters. This is a reprint of the original black and white edition.
The Blue Lotus (2006)
The Cape May Packet (2006)
When British war ships cut off shipping during the War of 1812, Will Hand and his father convert their packet ship to a privateer.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Robert Frankenberg
Cedar’s Boy (2006)
Shad Davis gets caught up in the excitement of harness racing and finds he has a talent for driving.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Lee Townsend
Cigars of the Pharaoh (2006)
While traveling in Egypt Tintin and Snowy stumble on a tomb filled with dead Egyptologists and cigars. This is a reprint of the original 1934 black and white version.
Clear for Action! (2006)
In 1912 Jeff Robbins is pressed into service with the British Navy. His subsequent adventures aboard a man-o-war and escape make for a thrilling sea story.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Frank Beaudouin
E. C. Segar’s Popeye Volume 1 (2006)
This volume reprints the Thimble Theater dailies and color Sunday strips from 1928 to 1930. Popeye the Sailor appeared for the first time in the daily strip on January 17, 1929.
Author(s):
E. C. Segar
Illustrator(s):
E. C. Segar
Everglades Adventure (2006)
Toby Morgan and his family move to Florida after the Civil War where he becomes a swamp rat and discovers a reclusive Indian tribe.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
The Fish Hawk’s Nest (2006)
Andy Corson goes to count the cattle on Leaming’s Island, Cape May, New Jersey and discovers a crew of smugglers has been at work on the island.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Guns for the Saratoga (2006)
Gideon Jones helps his father cast guns for the American Navy’s new sloop-of-war, then decides to join her crew to fight the British.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
John O’Hara Cosgrave, II
The Invisible Moose (2006)
Author(s):
Dennis Haseley
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg