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Dawn's End
Bonnie Ferrante
Synopsis: Betrayed by her fiancé, Nicole Newman has put her love life on hold. She loses herself in fantasy, becoming isolated and despondent. When a voice from the woods identifies himself as the man of her dreams and asks for her help, Nicole is unsure whether he is stalking her or about to take her on the adventure of a lifetime. Who, or what, is this mysterious being?

Dawn’s End, a place of simplicity and goodness, is being overcome by a gruesome darkness. Possessing bits of information, Nicole and the dark man know only that they must complete their quest before Nightfall becomes permanent. How far can she trust this not-quite-human? Can they save a world, possibly two, when Nicole isn’t sure she can save herself?

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Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Adventure
Dawn's End Poisoned
Bonnie Ferrante
Synopsis: When Anastasia travels to Lucerne, Switzerland, to attend a wedding and stumbles upon a different reality, new information tears apart her ideas of family and self. Why did her mother, Nicole, give her a history of lies? When she learns the truth about her parents, she must decide whether to risk her life by following in their footsteps. Like them, she has the chance to save Dawn's End, her birthplace. But, evil beings beyond her comprehension will not hesitate to kill her if she tries. Her secret legacy may be the only chance to set Dawn's End right, deal with her anger and grief, and discover who she really is.

Suitable for ages 18 and up.
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Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Adventure
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Adventure
Jade Dreams (Sacred Stones)
Synopsis: Impossible memories fill Karen's vivid dreams. When her parents go missing, Karen does her best to take care of her little brother, Timmy, while they stay with her busy Aunt Sarah, but then Timmy is kidnapped.

Joey has fiery red hair and a temper to match but no memory of who he is or where he came from.

Mike has a legendary swordsman for a grandfather and a past that he doesn't want to talk about.

As the meaning of Karen's dreams becomes clear, these three teens must join together to help Karen master the first Sword Spirit and rescue Timmy. If they can just keep from killing each other first.
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Adventure
THE "OLD" ADVENTURES OF HAILEY AND JARED BOOK #1
Synopsis: Hailey and Jared are best friends who have gone on several exciting adventures. Originally a series I have now put six of their fun but scary short stories together for this book. Each story has suspenseful adventures that always end with a twist!
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Adventure
The Boy Who Delivered the Wind
Synopsis: Little Sammy needs ten thousand dollars, and fast, if he is to save his home from foreclosure and his family from catastrophe. Russ befriends the lonely boy, and soon the two embark on a series of adventures that reveal the sorry underbelly of humanity and the glorious mysteries of nature.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Adventure
Delta Legend
Kelan O'Connell
Synopsis: When 16-year-old Oakland teenager, Calvin Pierce, makes a bad decision and winds up getting arrested, his mother is quick to take action. Determined not to lose a second son to the drug and gang violence of the inner city, she sends Calvin to spend the summer working for his great uncle in the heart of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Stuck in the predominately white region of agriculture and recreational boating, Calvin’s a fish out of water with a chip on his shoulder. But when severed body parts are discovered floating in a slough, his summer of proving himself takes on new meaning.

Something deadly is lurking in the deep murky waterways of the Delta. Now the daunting task of containing the living incarnation of a mythical creature falls to Calvin and his ragtag posse of oddball characters.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Adventure
Bending Willow
Jacci Turner
Synopsis: When Riley finds her grandmother dead, she knows her world is about to collapse. Determined to find the father she knows only by an address, Riley and Mia take off on a journey with so many twists and turns Riley begins to doubt they’ll ever find a real home. She ignores the question that keeps popping into her mind–if they do find her father, will he even want them? Or will he send them away?
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Adventure
Tesania - Trannyth's Keep
Grant E. Brazell
Synopsis: Tesania is the only survivor after her village is massacred by magically altered beasts. In the aftermath of the attack she senses her father's sword calling out to her, the hilt reforming to fit her small hand as she draws the blade from its sheath.

With its magic tingling at her nerves, she embarks on a mission of revenge.

Could her father's sword be the ancient weapon spoken of in the decaying parchments of the Tenule chronicles, imbued with magic and forged with blood? Can it possibly make the difference when she stands before the evil mage, Trannyth, and demands her vengeance on his beasts?

Tesania - Trannyth's Keep is a 132,000 word (500 page) novel.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Adventure
Woman of Honor (Kingdom of Arnhem, Book 1)
Synopsis: Aislinn of Bairbhe dreams of becoming a lady knight to honor the death of her fallen brother. To her mother's horror, King Patrick grants Aislinn's wish.

Despite the mockery of the other pages and the disdain of Prince Caelen, who also trains to be a knight, Aislinn commits herself to her training and embarks on a journey of self-discovery and bravery.

Through the years, Aislinn and Caelen grow from sparring classmates to good friends. Honor, bravery, and yes, love are worth fighting for even when they both know that someday Caelen will have to marry for the sake of the kingdom.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Adventure
Knight of Glory (Kingdom of Arnhem, Book 2)
Synopsis: Ranulf, the Speican lord, is dead, and Arnhem is save, or so the Arnhemians believe.

Sir Geoffrey and his companions have just completed a mission for Queen Aislinn when he receives word of the Speicans attacking Arnhem. Geoffrey and his party, which now includes exile Jenanna, split up and rush to different kingdoms to ask for aid. Even as he fights for his kingdom and his life, Geoffrey finds himself torn between his new friend Jenanna and the mysterious lady Celestia he left behind in Arnhem.

Enlisting help is infinitely more difficult than they anticipated and to make matters worse, rumors about that the Speicans have enlisted a mage of their own, to work unspeakable, forbidden magic. The war between Speica and Arnhem has just begun. Will Geoffrey survive the battle to live another day and discover which woman he truly loves?
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Adventure
Kingdom of Arnhem Book Three: Champion of Valor
Synopsis: The war between Specia and Arnhem now reaches the sea after the selkies discover the Mystical Conch Shell of the Sea has been stolen. Selliki the selkie sets out to find it, and Gabrael, the mage she loves. No union between a selkie and a human has ever had a happy ending, but neither can ignore their feelings. Each night, they experience terrible, real dreams that show how doomed their love is.

The war threatens not only their love but the entire world. Lucifer has aligned himself with Specia and wants nothing less than to bring about the Apocalypse before its time. In the last battle, trolls fight icthyocentaurs, dwarves armed up against the Drow, angels against demons. Only one kingdom will prevail; that is, if the world doesn't end.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Adventure
An Unexpected Adventure
Synopsis: When ten-year old Christopher Knight gets an email from his best friend, now living two hundred miles away, he has no idea that it holds the key to another world. The two friends unexpectedly find themselves in the magical kingdom of Distania. There they must face a raging river, dragons, a mysterious prince and an angry king; and they need to get home in time for dinner!
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Adventure
The Big Apple Posse (The Big Apple Posse Trilogy)
Sophie Escabasse, Wendy R. Williams
Synopsis: ""The Big Apple Posse: Escape From New York" is an action/adventure story for kids of all ages. It is only a children's story if "The Lord of the Flies" is only for children.

"The Big Apple Posse" tells the story of four kids who were trapped in New York City after a terrorist attack. In the spirit of "The Wizard of Oz," they become a band of travelers (The Big Apple Posse) adding new friends as they attempt to flee the city and find their families. By pooling all of their different skills, they discover what happened to the city and escape.

Twelve-year-old Amanda was dreading a boring afternoon at a Broadway theater, babysitting her ten-year-old brother Peter and watching her cousin Cindy perform the lead role in an Off-Broadway production of "Annie." After the show, as they wait to be picked up in Cindy’s basement dressing room, something unimaginable happens—the theater, and perhaps the entire city, explodes above them! Armed with a laptop and backpacks, the terrified but determined tweens manage to escape through an old door in the men's room and climb down a Prohibition-era stairway to the subway.

When they emerge, they are stunned to find an empty city where the streets are choked with abandoned cars and plagued by looters running wild. They dodges thieves and thugs, making their way to Grand Central Station where they find an explosion of white powder. What really happened? Is it a terrorist attack?

Determined to solve the mystery and reunite with their families, the tween posse quickly expands, adding characters they meet along their way: Mr. Garvain, a true New York eccentric; his sister Miss Virginia, proprietress of an extensive costume wardrobe; Thibodeaux, a twelve-year-old New Orleans boy turned New York City rapper and clothing designer; and Auntie Tina, Thibodeaux's guardian.

Amid the nonstop thrill-ride, the now expanded posse learn to trust each other and stay together to save the city.

"The Big Apple Posse," written by Wendy R. Williams and illustrated by Sophie Escabasse, is the first in a series of three books, "The Big Apple Posse Trilogy," which follow the posse in their journey from hapless victims to witnesses in the terror trial of the century. The second in the trilogy, "The Big Apple Posse: Escape From New Orleans," was published in December of 2011 and is for sale at Amazon.com. The third book, "The Big Apple Posse: Escape from Los Angeles" was published in August of 2012 and is also for sale at Amazon.com. "Solange's Song," the young adult sequel to the "Big Apple Posse" books, was published in January of 2014.
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Adventure
The Impossible Rescue (The Castle Sisters #1)
Synopsis: Faith and Summer Castle are the ultimate crime fighting duo.
And they’re not even old enough to drive.
Faith has the super smarts and Summer brings the super brawn.

When their Uncle gets kidnapped by the evil Agent Dark the Castle Sisters find themselves facing their greatest challenge yet.

The forces of darkness are gathering and the battle between good and evil has reached a pivotal turning point. Agent Dark has stolen a secret formula that could give him the ultimate control. With the sisters’ Uncle out of the way, no one stands between Agent Dark and the end of everything.

Not only does the fate of the world now hang in the balance, but the sisters must pull off what will almost certainly be an impossible rescue.
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Adventure
Desert Fire
H.M. Prévost
Synopsis: Nick stared at the mini-CD. It gleamed under the streetlights. Only the dying American pilot could have slipped it into his pocket. . . .

After running to the scene of a plane crash in Abu Dhabi, Nick Chevalier stumbles across classified military secrets. And an unknown terrorist will stop at nothing to get them. As Nick investigates the cover-up behind the downed plane, he crosses paths with an agent from a covert espionage agency and makes the leap from high school senior to teen spy. But he realizes too late that he put more than his own life at risk—his mother and sister are also in danger. Does he have what it takes to outwit a terrorist who wants him dead and save the two people he loves?
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Adventure

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