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Top Ten Teen Adventure Books

Daughter of Sparta
by Claire M. Andrews

To save the gods' powers, warrior Daphne, guided by Apollo, must find nine mysterious items that have been stolen from Mount Olympus in a perilous journey that will pit her against the very gods themselves.

Phenomena: The Golden City of Eyes
by Brian Michael Bendis

Boldon, a young boy, and his warrior friend, Spike, both survivors of a phenomenon that took over Earth years ago, journey through a changed world, facing off against dark forces along the way.

Go the Distance
by Jen Calonita

Challenged to prove her worthiness of becoming a Mount Olympus god at Hercules side, an unsure Meg embarks on a soul-risking mission to rescue her loathed ex's new wife from the Underworld.

A Thousand Steps Into Night
by Traci Chee

When Muko is cursed and begins to transform into a demon with a deadly touch, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse and must decide if saving her soul is worth returning to her ordinary existence.

All the Stars and Teeth
by Adalyn Grace

Raised in the arts of royal magic as heir to the throne of her island kingdom, Amora Montara is forced to flee in the wake of a spell gone wrong and teams up with a mysterious pirate to prove her worthiness to rule.

Camp Valor
by Scott McEwen

Fourteen-year-old Wyatt avoids a prison sentence by agreeing to spend three months in a secret government training camp for teenage agents, but when enemies try to root out Camp Valor's secrets, Wyatt and his friends have to put their training into practice to protect their country.

Rainbow in the Dark
by Sean McGinty

High school senior Rainbow is trapped with three other teams in a game-like world that may or may not be real, in this darkly comic novel about identity, giving up, and finding your way home.

Wind Daughter
by Joanna Ruth Meyer

To save the North after her father exchanges his power for mortality because of his love for her mother, Sanu embarks on a dangerous quest to reclaim her father's magic, pitting her against the Winter Lord who wants the North Winds' destructive powers for himself.

Among the Beasts & Briars
by Ashley Poston

Cerys is safe in the Kingdom of Aloriya. Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and peace is everlasting. It has been this way for hundreds of years, since the first king made a bargain with the Lady who ruled the forest that borders the kingdom. But as Aloriya prospered, the woods grew dark, cursed, and forbidden. Cerys knows this all too well. When she was young, she barely escaped as the woods killed her friends and her mother. Now Cerys carries a small bit of the curse--the magic--in her blood. As a new queen is crowned, things long hidden in the woods descend on the kingdom itself. It's up to Cerys to find the legendary Lady of the Wilds and beg for a way to save her home.

York: The Shadow Cipher
by Laura Ruby

Tess, Theo, and Jaime try to solve a modern-world puzzle and complete a treasure hunt laid into the streets and buildings of New York City, in order to save their home.