Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction books

Rinkitink in Oz

L. Frank Baum

Rinkitink in Oz is a youthful adventure that begins far from the familiar Emerald City, on the pearl‑rich…

Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope

Victor Appleton

Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope is a juvenile adventure that plunges the reader straight into the bustling…

The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries

Francis Rolt-Wheeler

The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries is an adventure tale aimed at younger readers that places a spirited boy,…

Frank Merriwell's Pursuit; Or, How to Win

Burt L. Standish

Frank Merriwell’s Pursuit is a fast‑moving juvenile adventure that thrusts its heroes into a night‑time trek…

Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence; Or, The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands

Alice B. Emerson

The novel is a lively juvenile adventure that blends romance, mystery, and a dash of early‑film intrigue.

George at the Fort; Or, Life Among the Soldiers

Harry Castlemon

The novel opens in the cramped headquarters of Fort Lamoine, where Colonel Brown, a hard‑nosed commander, is…

Polly's Business Venture

Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Polly’s Business Venture is a juvenile adventure set in the bustling world of early‑twentieth‑century New…

Tom, The Bootblack; or, The Road to Success

Horatio Alger, Jr.

The work is a juvenile adventure story that follows the everyday struggles of Tom, a fifteen‑year‑old street…

Adrift in the Wilds; Or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys

Edward Sylvester Ellis

The novel is a brisk, adventure‑filled tale of two teenage cousins, Elwood Brandon and Howard Lawrence, who…

Ben's Nugget; Or, A Boy's Search For Fortune

Horatio Alger, Jr.

Ben Stanton’s tale begins amid the rugged foothills of a California gold‑rush mining camp, where three…

Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies; Or, The Missing Pearl Necklace

Alice B. Emerson

The story opens with a lively scene at the Red Mill, where Ruth Fielding, a plucky teenage heroine, insists…

Frank Merriwell's Bravery

Burt L. Standish

Frank Merriwell’s Bravery is a juvenile adventure set against the rough‑and‑ready backdrop of the Oklahoma…

The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines

Kirk Munroe

The Copper Princess is a juvenile adventure set amid the copper‑mining boom of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

The Story of the White-Rock Cove

Anonymous

The story opens on a bright Thursday morning with a young boy named Willie finishing his arithmetic under his…

David and the Phoenix

Edward Ormondroyd

The Big Brother: A Story of Indian War

George Cary Eggleston

The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires; Or, The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail

Laura Dent Crane

The Box-Car Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

L. Frank Baum

Glinda of Oz In Which Are Related the Exciting Experiences of Princess Ozma of Oz, and Dorothy, in Their Hazardous Journey to the Home of the Flatheads, and to the Magic Isle of the Skeezers, and How They Were Rescued from Dire Peril by the Sorcery of Glinda the Good

L. Frank Baum

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

L. Frank Baum

The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered the High Ki of Twi and Other Surprising People

L. Frank Baum

The Scarecrow of Oz

L. Frank Baum

On the Irrawaddy: A Story of the First Burmese War

G. A. Henty