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Adventure Stories Reading List

Adventure stories can involve risk, action, mystery and exciting experiences. They are usually fast-paced fictional or non-fictional tales that can take place anywhere real or imaginary. This document provides a list of adventure stories categorized into four types: magical adventure, Robinson-esque survival stories set on an island, general survival stories not set on an island, and sea adventures. The list includes classic titles such as Treasure Island, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Swiss Family Robinson as well as more modern series like Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and Heroes of Olympus.

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Adventure Stories Reading List

Adventure stories can involve risk, action, mystery and exciting experiences. They are usually fast-paced fictional or non-fictional tales that can take place anywhere real or imaginary. This document provides a list of adventure stories categorized into four types: magical adventure, Robinson-esque survival stories set on an island, general survival stories not set on an island, and sea adventures. The list includes classic titles such as Treasure Island, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Swiss Family Robinson as well as more modern series like Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and Heroes of Olympus.

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Reading Lists by Theme Adventure Stories

An adventure story can be a fictional or non-fictional tale with a fast-moving plot, and usually
involves some mystery or an exciting tale about an experience. They usually contain elements of
risk and action and can be set anywhere, both real and imaginary. These are enjoyed by all, and we
have only just scraped the surface in this list. Adventure stories can be loosely classified into 4
categories: Magic Adventure; Robinson-esque (survival stories set on an island); Survival (like the
previous, but not set on an island); Sea Adventure

Title

Author

Key

Robinson-esque Survival (on an island)


Swiss Family Robinson

JD Wyss

Coral Island

RM Ballantyne

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Core
Text

Survival (not on an island)


Progressive list of titles from Year 3 up to and beyond Year 6

Kensukes Kingdom

Michael Morpurgo

Sea Adventure
Treasure Island

RL Stevenson

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

Jules Verne

Kidnapped!

RL Stevenson

The Famous Five

Enid Blyton

The Secret Seven

Enid Blyton

Wolf Brother

Michelle Paver

Other
The Magic Tree House series

Enid Blyton

Percy Jackson series


Heroes of Olympus series

Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan

Spirit Animals series

Garth Nix

The Wreck of the Zanzibar

Michael Morpurgo

Cinderboy

Laurence Anholt

The Wrestling Princess and other stories

Judy Corbalis

Swallows and Amazons series

Arthur Ransome

Journey to the River Sea

Eva Ibbotson

Kim

Rudyard Kipling

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

King Solomons Mines

H Rider Haggard

Allan Quatermain

H Rider Haggard

Key to Symbols Used: Challenging Reads: Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6


Core Curriculum Text: JGS 3 4 5 6
Prep 3 4 5 6
For fuller information and guidance on reading at Surbiton High Junior Girls and Boys Prep, please
refer to the Reading Guide.

Reading Lists by Theme Adventure Stories


Title

Author

Key

Core
Text

Magical Adventure
Five Children and It

Edith Nesbit

The Phoenix and the Carpet

Edith Nesbit

The Enchanted Castle

Edith Nesbit

Harry Potter series

JK Rowling

Peter Pan stories

JM Barrie

The Hobbit
A Series of Unfortunate Events

JRR Tolkein
Lemony Snicket

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly


Black

Eragon, Eldest, etc.

Christopher Paolini

Key to Symbols Used: Challenging Reads: Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6


Core Curriculum Text: JGS 3 4 5 6
Prep 3 4 5 6
For fuller information and guidance on reading at Surbiton High Junior Girls and Boys Prep, please
refer to the Reading Guide.

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