Adventure

Ready to go back in time? Explore a new world? Try to survive in the wilderness? Scare yourself? Maybe just ready to read a good book? Enjoy an adventure!

This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Children's Services Staff, 12/06 

Scary Adventures

Coraline by Neil Gaiman(2002)Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.

Dial a Ghost by Eva Ibbotson(2001)A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians.

Disney Scary Storybook Collection(2003)Gently spooky collection of fifteen easy-to-read stories based on Disney cartoons.

The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs(1973)A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday.

It Came From Beneath the Bed by James Howe(2002)With help from his Uncle Harold, who wrote books about Bunnicula, Howie the wire-haired dachshund writes a story in which he saves the world from a science experiment gone awry.