# Books about adventure and adventurers assigned in US schools

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

**Grade span:** 2–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/adventure-and-adventurers
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors who explore adventure and adventurers

- [Avi](https://readinglist.school/author/avi)
- [Gordon Korman](https://readinglist.school/author/gordon-korman)
- [Kate DiCamillo](https://readinglist.school/author/kate-dicamillo)
- [Lauren Tarshis](https://readinglist.school/author/lauren-tarshis)

## adventure and adventurers canon

- [Bink & Gollie](https://readinglist.school/book/bink-gollie) by Kate DiCamillo _(Grades 2–8)_
- [I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871](https://readinglist.school/book/i-survived-the-great-chicago-fire-1871) by Lauren Tarshis _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Loot](https://readinglist.school/book/loot) by Jude Watson _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Apothecary](https://readinglist.school/book/the-apothecary) by Maile Meloy _(Grades 2–8)_
- [The Cardboard Kingdom](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cardboard-kingdom) by Chad Sell _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The End of the Beginning](https://readinglist.school/book/the-end-of-the-beginning) by Avi _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Zoobreak](https://readinglist.school/book/zoobreak) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 4–6)_

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