Reviews and Blog Posts: adventure

Charity Meyers knows what she should do if she's taken.It's 2035, and kidnapping is a career choice for many money minded individuals in the United States. Charity has gone through trainings on kidnapping procedure and lives in a gated and secured neighborhood, escorted to school every day by armed guards....

Emmy is a very rich, lonely girl. Her parents go off on long trips and leave her with a horrible nanny, Miss Barmy. When Emmy starts hearing her class's pet rat talking to her, an exciting series of events unfolds. The rat is one of many rodents with special powers,...

Elissa has lived in the valley with the healing woman for her whole life. She does not know who her parents were and Nana has never spoken of them. Elissa has learned not to ask questions about her past, so it is shock when her father, a nobleman, turns up...

Julie's mom is Rapunzel, her brother is Puss n Boots. They're having dinner tonight with Snow's Seven. Living with fairy tale characters in the modern world is tough. Even harder is keeping The Wild under Julie's bed and out of power. The Wild is a powerful, magical world that wants...

Clio's father is an adventurer and a charmer, but the qualities that make him fun are the same qualities that make him difficult. Out of the blue, her dad wants Clio to join him on a yacht in the Mediterranean for the summer. Clio has just accepted a job at...

On the planet of New Earth, a computer game, Epic, was created to provide an emotional outlet for the displaced people of Earth. Now, Epic seems more real than life away from the screen. Erik and his friends spend all of their time playing Epic. One day, Erik decides to...

Weasel is a former pickpocket trying to reform as a clerk for Justice Holis. Unfortunately, the justice's revolutionary ideas get both of them thrown in jail. Weasel lucks out and is locked up with a very resourceful girl named Arisa who helps him escape from the tower. Weasel knows that...

Zanna and Deeba have just followed a walking umbrella and discovered the world of UnLondon, a fantastic place full of amazing creatures--carnivorous (and hungry!) giraffes, pet milk cartons, fighting trashcans called the Binja, and the Smog, which is trying to take control of the city. Zanna is hailed by the...

Creel is an orphan who is sacrificed to a dragon by her aunt, who hopes a rich knight or prince will come rescue her. The dragon is not interested in eating people, though, so Creel bargains with the dragon for a treasure in exchange for saving him from the knight....

The story follows a group of girls with spy power skills as they navigate an old city under New York and fight crime. It couldn't get any better - with tips on disguises, how to tell if someone's lying to you, and self-defense, this is a sure-fire winner. I loved...