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Reading Lists by Theme – Adventure Stories

Key to Symbols Used: Challenging Reads:  Year 3  Year 4  Year 5  Year 6Core Curriculum Text: JGS3 4 5 6 Prep 3 4 5 6

For fuller information and guidance on reading at Surbiton High Junior Girls’ and Boys’ Prep, pleaserefer to the Reading Guide.

An adventure story can be a fictional or non-fictional tale with a fast-moving plot, and usuallyinvolves 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 wehave 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 theprevious, but not set on an island); Sea Adventure

     

     

 

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Title Author Key

Core

Text

Robinson-esque Survival on an island)

Swiss Family Robinson JD Wyss

Coral Island RM Ballantyne  

Lord of the Flies William Golding  

Survival not on an island)

Kensuke’s Kingdom Michael Morpurgo

Sea Adventure

Treasure Island RL StevensonTwenty 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 Rick Riordan  

Heroes of Olympus series 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 Solomon’s Mines H Rider Haggard

Allan Quatermain H Rider Haggard

8/18/2019 Adventure Stories Reading List

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Reading Lists by Theme – Adventure Stories

Key to Symbols Used: Challenging Reads:  Year 3  Year 4  Year 5  Year 6Core Curriculum Text: JGS3 4 5 6 Prep 3 4 5 6

For fuller information and guidance on reading at Surbiton High Junior Girls’ and Boys’ Prep, pleaserefer to the Reading Guide.

Title Author Key

Core

Text

Magical Adventure 

Five Children and It Edith Nesbit

The Phoenix and the Carpet Edith NesbitThe Enchanted Castle Edith Nesbit

Harry Potter series JK Rowling

Peter Pan stories JM Barrie

The Hobbit JRR Tolkein

A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket

The Spiderwick ChroniclesTony DiTerlizzi and Holly

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Eragon, Eldest, etc. Christopher Paolini