# Books about adventure and adventurers, fiction assigned in US schools

**7** books in the US-school assigned-reading canon explore _adventure and adventurers, fiction_. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 3–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/adventure-and-adventurers-fiction
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## Authors who explore adventure and adventurers, fiction

- [Ben Mikaelsen](https://readinglist.school/author/ben-mikaelsen)
- [Betsy Cromer Byars](https://readinglist.school/author/betsy-cromer-byars)
- [Margaret Peterson Haddix](https://readinglist.school/author/margaret-peterson-haddix)
- [Peg Kehret](https://readinglist.school/author/peg-kehret)
- [Phyllis Reynolds Naylor](https://readinglist.school/author/phyllis-reynolds-naylor)

## adventure and adventurers, fiction canon

- [A Wolf Called Wander](https://readinglist.school/book/a-wolf-called-wander) by Rosanne Parry _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Cracker Jackson](https://readinglist.school/book/cracker-jackson) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 4–8)_
- [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)_
- [Nightmare Mountain](https://readinglist.school/book/nightmare-mountain) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Running Out of Time](https://readinglist.school/book/running-out-of-time) by Margaret Peterson Haddix _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Sparrow Hawk Red](https://readinglist.school/book/sparrow-hawk-red) by Ben Mikaelsen _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Grand Escape](https://readinglist.school/book/the-grand-escape) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–5)_

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