Siblings Beatrice and Caleb from the fraction Abnegation are on their way to their aptitude test. Tomorrow is the Choosing Ceremony, where they will choose to remain a member of Abnegation or join one of the other fractions Candor, Erudite, Amity or Dauntless. Results from their aptitude test will lead them toward the choice they [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Action/Adventure'
Divergent by Veronica Roth
January 14th, 2013 · No Comments · Action/Adventure, Dystopian Fiction
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The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
December 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Action/Adventure
Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Jason, Frank, Leo and Hazel are off on another journey aboard the Argo II in Rick Riordan’s third installment of The Heroes of Olympus series. With the angry Roman campers from Camp Jupiter hot on their tails, the seven demigod friends race across the United States to find clues and any support [...]
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The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
November 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Percy Jackson is back! Although, he is not quite sure who exactly he is since Juno has stolen his memory. He finds himself battling gorgon sisters all the way from Napa to the Berkeley HIlls where Juno leads him to Camp Jupiter, a Roman camp for demigods. Here Percy meets Hazel Levesque and Frank Zhang. [...]
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
July 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Westerfeld’s latested series goes steam punk (a blending of future and past). World War I is on the horizon. Clankers (Austrian-Hungarians and Germans) versus the Darwinists (British). The Clankers have machines that walk and zepplins. The Darwinists have genetically altered beasts for every kind of job. Leviathan tells the story of Alek, a young prince, [...]
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The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
July 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Action/Adventure, Fantasy
This sequel to The Red Pyramid finds Sophie and Carter Kane on another hero’s quest to save the ways of Ancient Egypt. Apophis, the Chaos snake, threatens to break free of his prison. The magicians of the House of Life do not trust the Kanes. Sadie and Carter with the aid of their Uncle Amos, Bast and [...]
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Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
June 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Action/Adventure, Mystery
This is the third book in the Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter. (I’d Tell You I Love You, Then I’d Have to Kill You and Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy) Cammie Morgan is thrilled to be in Boston with her roommate Macey as Macey’s father announces his candidacy for vice-president of the [...]
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The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
March 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Action/Adventure, Fantasy
This is book one of The Heroes of Olympus Series. Jason awakes on a school bus on a field trip to the Grand Canyon. He doesn’t remember anything that happened before. He has a girlfriend, Piper, and a best friend, Leo, but he doesn’t remember anything about them or his past. Apparently, he attends the [...]
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Swindle by Gordon Korman
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Action/Adventure, Realistic Fiction
The condemned Old Rockford House will be smashed to smithereens tomorrow morning to make way for the Cedarville Museum, instead of the Skate and Roller Park that the kids of Cedarville proposed to the town council. Griffin “The Man with The Plan” Bing invites his group to spend the night in the Old Rockford House [...]
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The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Action/Adventure, Mystery
The Cahill family has gathered in the Great Hall for the reading of the will of its matriarch, Grace Cahill. Grace gives her last instructions to her family via a previously taped video. She offers them each a million dollars or 39 clues which lead to a secret that will make the individual or team [...]
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Action/Adventure
“…a car accident…called the ambulance…intensive care…nothing anyone could do…so sorry.” The voices of the police at the door at three in the morning drift up the stairs to Alex as he listens from his bedroom door. Ian Rider, his uncle and the only parent he ever knew, is dead. But circumstances of his death don’t [...]
