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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Book of reality Book of reality John Peel When Pixel, Jenna, Score, and Helaine journey back to Calomir, Pixel's home planet of virtual reality to meet his parents, the four magic users find treachery, slavery, and deceit instead of the happ… OL1000307W
Tentacles Tentacles Roland Smith After the mysterious disappearance of their parents, Marty and Grace go to live with their scientist uncle and accompany him on, what soon becomes, an increasingly dangerous expedition to New Zealand… OL15071758W
Bubble in the Bathtub Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbø A mysterious postcard leads Lisa and Nilly from Oslo to Paris in search of Doctor Proctor but, once there, all they find of their missing friend is a time-traveling bathtub powered by a special soap … OL15621281W
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder Jo Nesbø New adventures await Doctor Proctor, Lisa, and Nilly as they try to protect Oslo, Norway, from invading aliens, enormous snakes in the sewers, seven-legged Peruvian sucking spiders, and sinister waff… OL16116867W
River of Lost Bears River of Lost Bears Erin Hunter Kallik, Toklo, Lusa, and Yakone head away from the ice toward warmer territories. As they approach the mountains, Toklo is faced with an impossible choice. Though he is desperate to leave the struggl… OL17451745W
Wildfire run Wildfire run Dee Garretson A relaxing retreat to Camp David turns deadly after a faraway earthquake sets off a a chain of disastrous events that traps the president's twelve-year-old son, Luke, and his two friends within the c… OL17870775W
Mad dogs and Englishmen Mad dogs and Englishmen Fiennes, Ranulph Sir Sir Ranulph's personal expedition to trace the roots of this extraordinary family, which has been intimately involved in the major events of English history. His often eccentric ancestors have been a… OL17888887W
The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo Karen Holmes Edmond Dantes is a clever young seaman, but he has enemies who tell lies about him. On the day of his wedding to the beautiful Mercedes, Edmond is thrown into prison. There he meets a man who tells h… OL17893327W
Calling all master builders! Calling all master builders! David Fentiman An ordinary Lego minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together. OL17995342W
The golden lion The golden lion Wilbur Smith "The son of pirate and merchant Sir Frances Courtney, Henry "Hal" Courtney was raised at sea. When war broke out between the English and the Dutch empires, his father, fighting for the English crown,… OL19655939W
The Grave Robber's Apprentice The Grave Robber's Apprentice Allan Stratton Hans, a foundling raised by a grave robber, helps Countess Angela Gabriela, nearly thirteen, when she is torn away from her dream of being a professional puppeteer by an evil archduke out to destroy … OL20395909W
Lair of the leopard Lair of the leopard Bear Grylls When teen adventurer Beck Granger finds himself stranded on a Himalayan mountainside, he has to draw on all his strength and skill to survive. After death-defying climbing and sheltering in some of t… OL20982782W
Treasure Island Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality — as se… OL24034W
The Quillan Games (Pendragon #7) The Quillan Games (Pendragon #7) D. J. MacHale Quillan is a territory on the verge of destruction. The people have lost control of their own future and must struggle simply to survive. The only chance they have of finding a better life is by play… OL4086574W
Tim in danger Tim in danger Ardizzone, Edward When Ginger runs away to go to sea, Tim and Charlotte follow him and, having no money to return home, sign on as members of a ship's crew and have many adventures, including a shipwreck, before they … OL466167W
Antarctica, escape from disaster Antarctica, escape from disaster Peter Lerangis "In the darkest hours of 1910, mutiny, doubt, and disaster threatened to destroy Jack Winslow's secret American expedition to discover the South Pole..." OL4728807W
The Blue Djinn of Babylon The Blue Djinn of Babylon Philip Kerr Twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John have more adventures when they become involved in an international escapade involving the Blue Djinn, the supreme arbiter of all Djinn. OL79743W
Along the Templar Trail Along the Templar Trail Brandon Wilson Walking in the nearly forgotten footsteps of the legendary first Knights Templar, an American and a 68-year old Frenchman embark on a mission all their own. Traveling simply and trusting in the kindn… OL8846287W