adventure stories

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adventure stories

Tarzan of the apes

1990
Tarzan, abandoned as a baby in the jungle of Africa, is adopted into a tribe of great apes and grows to become Lord of the Jungle until his domain is disturbed by civilized men who cause Tarzan to question his true identity.

White : the great pursuit

2007
Thomas Hunter finds himself at the crux of the fates of both realities as scientists race to find an antidote to the virus that may wipe out all life and Thomas is forced to make a choice about his love, which could leave the Circle in ruins.

Special ops

2001
A military thriller based on the facts and legend surrounding Che Guevara's revolutionary activities in South America and Africa.

The secret of Shambhala

in search of the eleventh insight
2001
An adventure parable in which the narrator travels to Shambahala in search of spiritual enlightenment.

Kidnapped

1981
A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish Highlanders against English rule.

The adventures of Tom Sawyer

2005
A simple retelling of the adventures of Tom and his friends, who witness a murder by the villainous Injun Joe and sail the Mississippi River pretending to be pirates.

Wanderville

2014
To escape rumored terrors in Kansas, New Yorkers Jack and Frances, eleven, and Frances's brother Harold, seven, jump off an orphan train in 1899 and help new friend Alexander to build Wanderville, a safe place for homeless children.

The Count of Monte Cristo

2009
An illustrated adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic in which Edmond Dant?s, having escaped from an island where he had been imprisoned, plots his revenge on the people responsible for his imprisonment.

The Iliad

2009
Retells the events of the war between Greece and the city of Troy, that focuses on Achilles' quarrel with Agamemnon.

Jimmy Coates: assassin?

2006
While escaping from the strange men that are after him in London, Jimmy discovers he possesses many unusual talents for an eleven-year-old boy.

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