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World of Adventure Books in Order

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Explore the World of Adventure books by Gary Paulsen in reading order, with short summaries to help you choose your next story of danger and survival.

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World of Adventure books in publication order

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18 books

1

Escape from Fire Mountain

by Gary Paulsen

1994

Thirteen-year-old Nikki Roberts tries to rescue two children trapped by a forest fire. Poachers interfere with her efforts and threaten her life, leaving Nikki to rely on her horse and experience as a hunting guide to survive.

2

Brett Wilder and Tom Houston enjoy a new virtual-reality game filled with monsters, hazards and a hostile king. When it begins controlling their minds, its imaginary dangers become real and every mistake threatens their lives.

3

Will Little Bear Tucker and Sarah Thompson discover clues to an Apache legend in the Sacramento Mountains' caverns. Pursued by armed bandits and frightened by an eerie apparition, they must find their way through a dangerous underground maze.

4

Captive!

by Gary Paulsen

1995

Masked gunmen seize Roman Sanchez and three classmates, taking them to an isolated mountain cabin. Still grieving his father's death in police service, Roman must confront his fear as the boys search for a way to escape their captors.

5

Danger on Midnight River

by Gary Paulsen

1995

Daniel Martin spends time outdoors to escape classmates who mock his learning difficulties. When a van crash throws him and several bullies into a river, his survival knowledge forces a choice between saving himself and risking his life for them.

6

Hook 'Em Snotty

by Gary Paulsen

1995

Bobbie Walker resents her city cousin Alex's visit to their grandfather's ranch, and their arguments quickly escalate. Encounters with a dangerous bull and the hostile Bledsoe boys force the cousins to consider working together for their own safety.

7

The Gorgon Slayer

by Gary Paulsen

1995

Warren Trumbull is an outsider even in a land of warlocks and giants. Working for Prince Charming's rescue agency, he receives an assignment to destroy a Gorgon whose ability to turn people to stone makes failure especially dangerous.

8

Three friends exploring the cliffs of Devil's Wall discover a crashed bomber and a crew member's diary. As they uncover disturbing clues, the mountain's dangerous terrain confronts them with questions about what survival might require.

9

Jim Stanton's family enjoys a new house and car after his father joins a New Mexico laboratory. A warning from strangers in the mountains makes Jim question the company's generosity and investigate what its comfortable promises might cost.

10

Skydive!

by Gary Paulsen

1996

Thirteen-year-old Jesse Rodriguez works at a flight and skydiving school near Seattle, waiting until he is old enough to jump. Evidence of drug-cartel smuggling draws him and his friend Robin into danger and raises doubts about Jesse's trusted mentor.

11

The Seventh Crystal

by Gary Paulsen

1996

Chris Masters becomes absorbed in a computer game that arrives unexpectedly without a return address. As he plays more obsessively, the discovery that its world is real transforms an entertaining mystery into something he cannot safely treat as make-believe.

12

Tag Jones searches Bermuda's waters for the wreck his father died trying to find. When tourists hire him and his friend Cowboy to retrieve underwater parcels, the boys' diving skills draw them into a different kind of danger.

13

Grizzly

by Gary Paulsen

1997

Justin McCallister enjoys life on a Montana sheep ranch until a grizzly begins attacking its animals. Determined to stop the bear himself, he sets out to track it and discovers that confronting it presents dangers he has underestimated.

14

Ryan Swanner moves to Black Water Lake, where locals tell stories of a creature beneath the surface. His new friend dismisses the legend, but vanishing wildlife and a suspicious lack of fish make Ryan question what inhabits the water.

15

Thunder Valley

by Gary Paulsen

1997

Twins Jeremy and Jason Parsons are left to run their grandparents' ski lodge while their grandfather recovers in hospital. Strange incidents disrupt the business, leading the brothers to suspect a secret society called the Broken Tree.

16

Time Benders

by Gary Paulsen

1997

Zack Griffin and Jeff Brown visit a laboratory and encounter a machine that sends them into ancient Egypt. Discovering a plot against King Tut, the boys must decide whether to interfere with events far from their own time.

17

Curse of the Ruins

by Gary Paulsen

1998

Katie and Sam arrive in New Mexico to meet their anthropologist father, who is studying ancient cliff dwellings. When he fails to appear at the airport, their search raises fears about the ruins and a possible curse.

18

Flight of the Hawk

by Gary Paulsen

1998

After his parents die in a hit-and-run, Andy Hawkes goes to live with his inventor grandfather. Suspecting their deaths were deliberate, Andy turns to an unusual invention as a new threat puts his grandfather in danger.

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