Adventure novel

"Peeled" is a young adult novel by Joan Bauer which focuses on the adventures of aspiring journalist Hildy Biddle. Residing in upstate New York's town of Banesville, sixteen year-old Hildy is the best writer for her school's paper, The Core. The daughter of deceased reporter Mitch Biddle, Hildy aspires to be a journalist. She is a student at Banesville High, and is well aware of the ghost stories that are circulating around the old Ludlow House. Banesville is a community known for its farming,…

Many different novels have objects that represent more than what they normally mean. The novel Dark Places by Gillian Flynn is about a young woman whose family was killed when she was 7 years old. She soon converges with the Kill Club, who says her brother had not killed her family. Libby Day embarks on the adventure of finding the truth of that cold night in January 1986. The three main objects in the novel Dark Places are an axe, a knife and the letter. The first object, an axe was used to…

Meybohm Rider Haggard, who was a barrister, and Haggard’s mother was named Ella Doveton, who was a poet and author. Haggard was British and he mainly wrote novels throughout his life. Furthermore, Haggard was mainly interested in writing tales of adventure, and many of these tales were full of romance and mystery. Likewise, Haggard loved to write novels with mystery, and often Haggard would use exotic settings or bizarre situations to indulge readers. (Carpenter). Additionally, Haggard married…

The Heroes of Olympus is a series of novels that are a sequel to the Olympians and Percy Jackson series of novels by American author Rick Riordan. The series of novels is a combination of fantasy and mythological elements that make for some of the most entertaining mish mash of narratives. The novels are made up of narratives that describe the conflict between Roman and Greek demigods and the earth goddess, Gaea. The novels have a lot of Roma mythological elements in addition to several…

deliver the author’s intended purpose effectively. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the author, Mark Twain, chooses an interesting and debatable narrator. Despite Huckleberry Finn’s youth, he is a suitable narrator for this novel because he gives the audience a unique perspective, allows the author to present controversial topics, and gives an unbiased view of events. As a young boy, Huck’s narration may be flawed. In this novel, a thirteen year old boy runaway meets up with a…

Published in 1868, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea is a science-fiction novel written by Jules Verne. This novel talks about the importance of trust and teamwork. The plot of the novel is about the underwater journey of three men and their life-changing incidents. The author revolves this plot around four main characters and has and an interesting theme. This book starts out by talking about a mysterious sea creature that has damaged many ships. Even though many expeditions were sent, the creature…

and formulate new ones to govern his life. In Joesph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness, the main character, Marlow, experiences a similar adventure. On the other…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee are both written in the voices of children. The narrator in Huckleberry Finn is Huck Finn himself. He tells the story from his point of view as a young man and in his own dialect and language. Not only do we hear Huck's own voice in the novel, but through his relating of his adventures, we hear other southern dialects, such as that of former slaves. All of this comes from the perspective of a child in the…

growing up; however, after this experience he is more open and understanding of the necessity it is for development. In the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the pivotal moment in the psychological development of Holden Caulfield is watching Phoebe on the carousel, because it reveals the author’s message that growing up is a necessity. Throughout the majority of the novel, Holden searched for answers about the adult world as well as constantly trying to prevent children from growing up.…

“ Someone’s Hiding on Alcatraz Island”, by Eve BUnting, is a realistic fiction novel that entertains us with an adventure filled journey on Alcatraz with Danny; a boy who finds himself on Alcatraz due to one decision, helping an old lady who was getting mugged. Little did he know he was getting tangled up with the toughest gang in school. One of their little brother had been the one mugging the lady. On page 46, it states,” I’d stay on Alcatraz overnight.” To add, later on that page, it says,” I…