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If pirates, jousting and horseback chases no longer appeal to you, you're too old or too boring. Adventure stories fell out of vogue among 20th century literary types who thought serious fiction had to be boring and depressing, but to those born with fire in their bones, adventure stories are deeply serious.

Not serious like existentialism or keeping a stiff upper lip, but serious like Robin Hood—devoted to protecting the downtrodden, committed to Maid Marian, sworn to fight injustice as long as a soul is in his body, always laughing and ready for a fight or a feast.

G. K. Chesterton wrote adventure stories because they best expressed the eternal joy that supported his generous frame. For those raised on Modern Adventure Stories, joy may seem an inappropriate word for an increasingly dark genre, but the fault lies with those who think adventures are forays into evil rather than romps with Gilbert Keith.

There's nothing evil about a good adventure. There may be bad guys (there ought to be), but if the Good Guy does his job there'll be more of his exploits to talk about than theirs. Because, should he be doing his job, the Hero will be sword-fighting, being clever, wooing, chasing and laughing to the detriment of his enemies on every page.

Average people don't have the adventures Heroes in Books have—they have the adventures of Modern Men in Books. But the way through the prosaic troubles of life isn't to immerse yourself in them, it's to let the Good Guys show The Way Out of Problems, and do your best to imitate them when you meet the less dramatic, but no less real, dangers of everyday existence.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.
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100-Year-Old Secret
Sherlock Files #1
by Tracy Barrett
1st edition from Square Fish Publishing
for 4th-8th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Conan Doyle
from Penguin Classics
for 7th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$11.20
Avion My Uncle Flew
by Cyrus Fisher, illustrated by Richard Floethe
from Purple House Press
for 5th-7th grade
1947 Newbery Honor Book
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$13.95
Beast of Blackslope
Sherlock Files #2
by Tracy Barrett
1st edition from Square Fish Publishing
for 4th-8th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery #4
by Agatha Christie
Reissue, 2012 from William Morrow & Company
for 9th-Adult
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Case of the Baker Street Irregular
by Robert Newman
from Aladdin Paperbacks
for 4th-6th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
from Hyperion/Madison Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$10.99
Computer Nut
by Betsy Cromer Byars
Reprint from Puffin Books
for 3rd-6th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Conference of the Birds
by Ransom Riggs
for 8th-12th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Crispin at the Edge of the World
by Avi
from Hyperion/Madison Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
Crispin: The End of Time
by Avi
from Hyperion/Madison Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$7.99
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
A Hercule Poirot Mystery #39
by Agatha Christie
2011 Reprint from William Morrow & Company
for 8th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$13.99
Dark Canoe
by Scott O'Dell
Reprint from Sourcebooks
for 4th-8th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Death in the Clouds
A Hercule Poirot Mystery #12
by Agatha Christie
from William Morrow & Company
for 9th-Adult
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Desolations of Devil's Acre
by Ransom Riggs
for 8th-12th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Detectives in Togas
by Henry Winterfeld
from Harcourt
Humorous Historical Fiction for 4th-6th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$9.99
Disappeared
by Francisco X. Stork
from Arthur A. Levine Books
for 7th-12th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$10.99
Double Trouble in Bugland
by William Kozwinkle
from David R. Godine
for 3rd-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Dumb Witness
A Hercule Poirot Mystery #16
by Agatha Christie
Reprint from William Morrow & Company
for 8th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$13.99
Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
by Nancy Farmer
from Puffin Books
for 4th-6th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
by Nancy Farmer
First Printing from Scholastic Press
for 4th-6th grade
1995 Newbery Honor Book
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$7.99
Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict
Mysterious Benedict Society #5
by Trenton Lee Stewart
from Little, Brown & Company
for 5th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$9.99
Four Adventures of Richard Hannay
by John Buchan
from David R. Godine
Action Adventure for 8th-10th grade
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
Harriet the Spy, Double Agent
by Maya Gold (based on Louise Fitzhugh)
Reprint from Yearling
for 3rd-6th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$6.99
Hold Fast
by Blue Balliett
Reprint from Scholastic Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$7.99
Hollow City
Book 2
by Ransom Riggs
from Quirk Books
for 8th-12th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Hollow City
by Ransom Riggs
for 8th-12th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Library of Souls
by Ransom Riggs
for 8th-12th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Long Secret
Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
Reprint from Yearling
for 3rd-6th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$6.99
Man in the Brown Suit
A Colonel Race Mystery #1
by Agatha Christie
from William Morrow & Company
for 9th-Adult
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Mandala of Sherlock Holmes
by Jamyang Norbu
from Bloomsbury Publishing
for Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
Map of Days
by Ransom Riggs
for 8th-12th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Maze
by Christopher Manson
from Henry Holt and Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Brain Teasers & Puzzlers (Location: LOG-PUZ)
Midnight is a Place
by Joan Aiken
from Smart Apple Media
for 4th-6th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs
Reprint from Quirk Books
for 7th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$5.50 (1 in stock)
More Two-Minute Mysteries
by Donald J. Sobol
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-7th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Mr. Benedict's Book of Perplexing Puzzles, Elusive Enigmas, and Curious Conundrums
Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart
from Little, Brown & Company
for 5th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$9.99
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics
Limoncello's Library #2
by Chris Grabenstein
from Yearling
for 3rd-5th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Mysterious Benedict Society
Mysterious Benedict Society #1
by Trenton Lee Stewart
from Little, Brown & Company
for 4th-8th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$9.99
Mysterious Benedict Society - Boxed Set
by Trenton Lee Stewart
from Little, Brown & Company
for 5th-10th grade
in Boxed Sets & Literature Packages (Location: FIC-BOX)
$50.00
Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
Mysterious Benedict Society #2
by Trenton Lee Stewart
from Little, Brown & Company
for 5th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$9.99
Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma
Mysterious Benedict Society Book 3
by Trenton Lee Stewart
from Little, Brown & Company
for 5th-10th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$9.99
Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages
Mysterious Benedict Society #4
by Trenton Lee Stewart
from Little, Brown & Company
for 4th-8th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$9.99
Mystery of the Roman Ransom
by Henry Winterfeld
from Harcourt
Historical Fiction for 4th-6th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Nightbirds on Nantucket
Wolves Chronicles #3
by Joan Aiken
from Dell Yearling
for 5th-8th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Rooftoppers
Reprint from Simon and Schuster
for 3rd-7th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$7.99
Secret Agents Four
by Donald J. Sobol
from Bethlehem Books
Action/Adventure for 6th-9th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Secret of Chimneys
A Superintendent Battle Mystery #1
by Agatha Christie
from William Morrow & Company
for 9th-Adult
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon
by Larry Millett
from Penguin Classics
for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
Splendors and Glooms
by Laura Amy Schlitz
Reprint from Candlewick Press
for 4th-7th grade
2013 Newbery Honor Book
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.99
Sugar Creek Gang #22
by Paul Hutchens
Revised from Moody Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
Sugar Creek Gang #27
by Paul Hutchens
Revised from Moody Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
Sugar Creek Gang #28
by Paul Hutchens
Revised from Moody Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
Sugar Creek Gang #32
by Paul Hutchens
Revised from Moody Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
Sugar Creek Gang #36
by Paul Hutchens
Revised from Moody Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Sugar Creek Gang (Location: SER-SCG)
Taken at the Flood
A Hercule Poirot Mystery #27
by Agatha Christie
2011 Reissue from William Morrow & Company
for 9th-Adult
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Tales of the Peculiar
by Ransom Riggs
for 8th-12th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
They Came to Baghdad
by Agatha Christie
2011 Reissue from HarperCollins
for 9th-Adult
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Three Times Lucky
Mo and Dale Mysteries #1
by Sheila Turnage
Reprint from Puffin Books
for 4th-8th grade
2013 Newbery Honor Book
in Mystery & Suspense (Location: FIC-MYS)
$8.99
Trouble in Bugland
by William Kozwinkle
from David R. Godine
for 3rd-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by Avi
from Scholastic Press
for 3rd-7th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$9.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Two-Minute Mysteries
by Donald J. Sobol
Reprint from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-7th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$6.99
Under Dog and Other Stories
by Agatha Christie
2012 Reissue from William Morrow & Company
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Under the Egg
by Laura Marx Fitzgerald
Reprint from Puffin Books
for 3rd-7th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$7.99
Wanted...Mud Blossom
by Betsy Byars
from Dell Publishing
for 4th-6th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
$1.50 (1 in stock)
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