8 must-read adventure books like Augustine Came to Kent by Barbara Willard

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Augustine Came to Kent

By: Barbara Willard

3.60

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

It is the year 597 and Pope Gregory is sending a select number of his monks, led by Fr. Augustine, …

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Cover of Madeleine Takes Command by Ethel C. Brill, Bruce  Adams, Bruce Adams

1. Madeleine Takes Command

By: Ethel C. Brill , Bruce Adams , Bruce Adams

3.81

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Madeleine Verchère's story is based on a true account of colonial French Canada of the 1690's. Hara… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Adam of the Road

By: Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

"A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • medieval
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3. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

By: Howard Pyle

4.07

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Dünya tarihinin en ünlü halk kahramanlarından biri olan Robin Hood, zorlu bir dönemde ortaya çıkmış… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Now there was no sign of any foul weather, but when one wishes to do a thing . . . one finds no lack of reasons for the doing."

-Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

"So passed the seasons then, so they pass now, and so they will pass in time to come, while we come and go like leaves of the tree that fall and are soon forgotten."

-Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

"I had to pay a ransom of six hundred pounds in gold. All might have gone well even yet, only that, by ins and outs and crookedness of laws, I was shorn like a sheep that is clipped to the quick."

-Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

"Let us e'er be merry while we may, for man is but dust, and he hath but a span to live here till the worm getteth him, as our good gossip Swanthold sayeth; so let life be merry while it lasts, say I."

-Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

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4. Shadows on the Rock

By: Willa Cather

4.00

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

Set in seventeenth-century Canada, an evocation of North American origins highlights the men and … read more

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  • catholic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The mind, too, has a kind of blood; in common speech we call it hope."

-Willa Cather, Shadows on the Rock

"You must pray for him, my child. It is to such as he that our Blessed Mother comes nearest."

-Willa Cather, Shadows on the Rock

"Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything."

-Willa Cather, Shadows on the Rock

"The Law is to protect property, and it thinks too much of property. A couple of brass pots, an old saddle, are reckoned worth more than a poor man’s life."

-Willa Cather, Shadows on the Rock

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5. The Cross of Lead (Crispin, #1)

By: Avi

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

"Asta's Son" is all he's ever been called. The lack of a name is appropriate, because he and his mo… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Hittite Warrior

By: Joanne Williamson

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Judea has always been the crossroads and battlefield of contending nations. It is no less so in thi… read more

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  • christian
  • childrens
  • school
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Prince and the Pauper

By: Mark Twain , None , Everett Emerson

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-cen… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Loose and forbear!"

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

"A fully belly is little worth where the mind is starved."

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

"A full belly is of little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart."

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

"Yes, King Edward VI lived only a few years, poor boy, but he lived them worthily."

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

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8. Mara, Daughter of the Nile

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom. In order to gain it, she finds her… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Bronze Bow

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Sa… read more

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  • christian
  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

"It is the hate that is the enemy. Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

Cover of The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

10. The Door in the Wall

By: Marguerite de Angeli

4.88

Format: 242 pages,

The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Hidden Treasure of Glaston

By: Eleanore Myers Jewett

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Amidst great mystery, Hugh is left in the care of Glastonbury Abbey by his father who must flee to … read more

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  • historical fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome by Susan Wise Bauer

12. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more

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13. Macbeth For Kids (Shakespeare Can Be Fun series)

By: William Shakespeare , Lois Burdett

3.76

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

"Who is William Shakespeare?" For more than 20 years, Lois Burdett has asked that question of her e… read more

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14. Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

By: Nabeel Qureshi

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An Unexpected Journey from Islam to Christianity In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi de… read more

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15. Beorn the Proud

By: Madeleine A. Polland , None

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

Two cultures, two faiths, struggle against each other in this exciting story by Madeleine Polland. … read more

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16. The Story of Rolf & the Viking Bow

By: Allen French

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Rolf, son of Hiarandi the Unlucky, is a character who exemplifies the effect of Christ's teachings … read more

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17. The Golden Goblet

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

3.82

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Ranofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother, Gebu, so he can become master goldsm… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

18. Johnny Tremain

By: Lynd Ward , Esther Forbes

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 B… read more

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19. King of the Wind

By: Maguerite Henry

4.40

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Originally published in 1948, this is the story of one of historyâ€s most famous horses, the Godolp… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Wishtress

By: Nadine Brandes

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Hardcover

She didn't ask to be the Wishtress. Myrthe was born with the ability to turn her tears into wish… read more

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  • christian
  • fiction
"When one fills each day with life, it makes time multiply"

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

"We may be on opposite sides, but that doesn't mean we're enemies."

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

"I've heard you. I want you to know that.' He held my gaze, his expression intense and determined. 'I know you're trying to get to the Well."

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

Cover of Augustine Came to Kent by Barbara Willard

21. Augustine Came to Kent

By: Barbara Willard

3.60

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

It is the year 597 and Pope Gregory is sending a select number of his monks, led by Fr. Augustine, … read more

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  • christian
  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • read for school
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • catholic
  • medieval

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Madeleine Takes Command

Ethel C. Brill , Bruce Adams , Bruce Adams

3.81

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Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

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Howard Pyle

4.07

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Willa Cather

4.00

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Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)

Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

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Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

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Elizabeth Enright

3.75

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Joan W. Blos

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