Action and Adventure

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fiction, Humorous, Mystery, Realistic Fiction, Reviews

Spy School

Author: Stuart Gibbs Illustrator: Lucy Ruth Cummins © Date: 2012 Publisher: Simon & Schuster books for young readers Pages: 291 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: No Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Agent: Ben Ripley, age 12 Mission: Survive the “science school” that is really a front for training […]

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Animals, Fiction, Humorous, Mystery, Page Pig Favorites, Reviews

FunJungle: Big Game

Author: Stuart Gibbs Illustrator: Lucy Ruth Cummins (map illustration: Ryan Thompson) © Date: 2015 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Pages: 339 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: No Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No, but has an author note that rhinos and elephants are in trouble due to poaching,

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Humorous, Reviews, Romance

The Land of Stories

Author: Chris Colfer Illustrator: Brandon Dorman © Date: 2012 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Pages: 438 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Not really, small illustrations are included at the start of each chapter Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Alex and Conner Bailey’s world is about to change.

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Nibbles

The Unicorn Rescue Society: The Creature of the Pines

Author: Adam Gidwitz Illustrator: Hatem Aly Created By: Jesse Casey, Adam Gidwitz, and Chris Smith © Date: 2018 Publisher: Dutton Children’s Books Pages: 163 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, many pages have illustrations Publisher Recommended Age: 7-10 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: I, Professor Mito Fauna, am the founder of

4-8 year old, 8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Humorous, Nibbles

Rover and Speck: This Planet Rocks!

Author: Jonathon Roth Illustrator: Jonathon Roth (with color by Paulina Suárez) © Date: 2022 Publisher: Kids Can Press Pages: 96 Chapters: No Illustrations: Yes, graphic novel Publisher Recommended Age: 7-10 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: Yes, spotlight on famous rovers, tips for drawing your own rover Summary from Book: Adventure rocks! Meet Rover

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Humorous, Reviews

The Adventurer’s Guide to Dragons (and Why They Keep Biting Me)

Author: Wade Albert White Illustrator: Mariano Epelbaum © Date: 2017 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Pages: 371 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, but only on the first page of a chapter Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: There are two kinds of adventure: The kind that involves

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