# Adventure books assigned in US schools

**36** books in the Adventure genre that US schools assign. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 530L–1120L
**Grade span:** K–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/genre/adventure
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- survival (8)
- adventure (7)
- adventure and adventurers (7)
- adventure and adventurers, fiction (5)
- friendship (5)
- courage (4)
- nature (3)
- boys, fiction (2)
- dogs (2)
- family (2)

## Authors in this genre

- Ben Mikaelsen (3)
- Gary Paulsen (2)
- Roland Smith (2)
- Alan Gratz
- Anthony Horowitz
- April Henry
- Avi
- Betsy Cromer Byars
- Caroline B. Cooney
- Claudia Mills

## Adventure titles

- [7 X 9 = Trouble](https://readinglist.school/book/7-x-9-trouble) by Claudia Mills _(Grades 3–5)_
- [A Royal Conundrum](https://readinglist.school/book/a-royal-conundrum) by Lisa Yee _(Grades 3–6)_
- [A Wolf Called Wander](https://readinglist.school/book/a-wolf-called-wander) by Rosanne Parry _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Alabama Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/alabama-moon) by Watt Key _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Cracker Jackson](https://readinglist.school/book/cracker-jackson) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Crash](https://readinglist.school/book/crash) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Cryptid Hunters](https://readinglist.school/book/cryptid-hunters) by Roland Smith _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Dominic](https://readinglist.school/book/dominic) by William Steig _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Downriver](https://readinglist.school/book/downriver) by Will Hobbs _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Flight #116 Is Down!](https://readinglist.school/book/flight-116-is-down) by Caroline B. Cooney _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Freak the Mighty](https://readinglist.school/book/freak-the-mighty) by W. R. Philbrick _(Grades 6–9)_
- [Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye](https://readinglist.school/book/geronimo-stilton-lost-treasure-of-the-emerald-eye) by Geronimo Stilton _(530L · Grades 2–5)_
- [Hatchet](https://readinglist.school/book/hatchet) by Gary Paulsen _(1020L · Grades 5–8)_
- [Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library](https://readinglist.school/book/help-im-a-prisoner-in-the-library) by Eth Clifford _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Jaguar](https://readinglist.school/book/jaguar) by Roland Smith _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Loot](https://readinglist.school/book/loot) by Jude Watson _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Nightmare at the Book Fair](https://readinglist.school/book/nightmare-at-the-book-fair) by Dan Gutman _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Pursuit](https://readinglist.school/book/pursuit) by Michael French _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Race for the Ruby Turtle](https://readinglist.school/book/race-for-the-ruby-turtle) by Stephen Bramucci _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Red Midnight](https://readinglist.school/book/red-midnight) by Ben Mikaelsen _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Rescue Josh McGuire](https://readinglist.school/book/rescue-josh-mcguire) by Ben Mikaelsen _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Riding Freedom](https://readinglist.school/book/riding-freedom) by Pam Muñoz Ryan _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Run, Hide, Fight Back](https://readinglist.school/book/run-hide-fight-back) by April Henry _(Grades 6–9)_
- [Sheep](https://readinglist.school/book/sheep) by Valerie Hobbs _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Smoky Night](https://readinglist.school/book/smoky-night) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 1–4)_
- [Sparrow Hawk Red](https://readinglist.school/book/sparrow-hawk-red) by Ben Mikaelsen _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Stellaluna](https://readinglist.school/book/stellaluna) by Janell Cannon _(Grades K–3)_
- [Stormbreaker](https://readinglist.school/book/stormbreaker) by Anthony Horowitz _(Grades 5–8)_
- [The Call of the Wild](https://readinglist.school/book/the-call-of-the-wild) by Jack London _(1120L · Grades 6–10)_
- [The End of the Beginning](https://readinglist.school/book/the-end-of-the-beginning) by Avi _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Grand Escape](https://readinglist.school/book/the-grand-escape) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–5)_
- [The Last Musketeer](https://readinglist.school/book/the-last-musketeer) by Stuart Gibbs _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lumbering-giants-of-windy-pines) by Mo Netz _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The River](https://readinglist.school/book/the-river) by Gary Paulsen _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Two Degrees](https://readinglist.school/book/two-degrees) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Zoobreak](https://readinglist.school/book/zoobreak) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 4–6)_

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