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ADVENTURE

Reading levels are indicated: “beginning” is for readers who are starting to learn English, while “intermediate” and “advanced” are for readers with some experience in the language.
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All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team 
​by Christina Soontornvat
​This well-researched account follows 12 young soccer players and their coach as a day trip to a local cave turns into a 17-day ordeal as flood waters trap them in the cave with no light or food. Outside rescuers race to figure out innovative ways to rescue them, while the boys and their coach have to learn the mental skills they need to survive. (nonfiction) (intermediate-advanced)
Amulet series 
Book 1: The Stonekeeper
by Kazu Kibuishi
After chasing the monster that kidnapped their mother, Emily and Navin find themselves in a magical world of man-eating demons and shadowy enemies, and must learn to control an amulet given to them by their grandfather. (graphic novel) (beginning)
Greetings from Witness Protection! 
​by Jake Burt
When orphan and pickpocket Nicki Demere is approached by Federal Marshalls to join a family on the run from notorious criminals, it seems like a good match. The bad guys are looking for a family with one kid not two, and Nicki has some street smarts. But some secrets from her past may be more dangerous than anything they encounter on the road. (intermediate)
The Last Cuentista 
​by Donna Barba Higuera
​Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children – among them Petra and her family – have been chosen to journey to a new planet. When Petra awakens hundreds of years later she discovers she is the only one who remembers Earth, and the only one who can tell its story. (intermediate)
Lost series  
Lost in the Amazon
​by Tod Olson
On Christmas Eve, 1970, when flying over the Andes mountains, lightning strikes her plane and 17-year-old Juliane finds herself alone in the largest rainforest on Earth. (nonfiction) (intermediate)
Miles Morales: Spiderman 
​by Jason Reynolds
Miles is a pretty normal guy, he  plays video games with his best friend, likes a girl in his class, but he gets a weird vibe from  the racist history teacher at his elite Brooklyn school--he's also Spiderman in his spare time. (intermediate)
The One and Only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate
(also by this author: The One and Only Bob, The One and Only Ruby, and The One and Only Family)
When Ivan, a gorilla, meets Ruby, a baby elephant, he decides to find her a better life. 2013 Newbery Medal winner. (beginning)
Spy School series
​by Stuart Gibbs
Book 1: Spy School
​Ben leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's secret Espionage Academy. (intermediate)    
Terror at Bottle Creek 
​by Watt Key
Cort has to use all the survival skills his father has taught him to help two young neighbor girls survive a hurricane in the wetlands of Alabama. (beginning)
Warcross 
by Marie Lu
Emika Chen is a bounty hunter and a hacker in futuristic NYC. One night she hacks into an “unhackable” playoff game of Warcross (like Fortnite) and draws much more attention to herself than intended. (advanced)
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