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Middleworld

author: Voelkel, Jon
When his archaeologist parents go missing in Central America, fourteen-year-old Max embarks on a wild adventure through the Mayan underworld in search of the legendary Jaguar Stones, which enabled ancient Mayan kings to wield the powers of living gods.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750

Chomp

author: Hiaasen, Carl
The difficult star of the reality television show, "Expedition Survival, " disappears on location in the Florida Everglades, where they were filming animals from the wildlife refuge run by Wahoo Crane's family, and Wahoo and classmate Tuna Gordon set out to find him, but they must avoid Tuna's gun-happy father.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 139
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800

Leepike Ridge

author: Wilson, Nathan D
While his widowed mother continues to search for him, eleven-year-old Tom, presumed dead after drifting away down a river, finds himself trapped in a series of underground caves with another survivor and a dog, and pursued by murderous treasure-hunters.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780

When The Library Lights Go Out

author: Mcdonald, Megan
When the lights go out in the library, the storytime puppets set out on an adventure to find their missing friend, Hermit Crab.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 37
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: puppets, libraries, missing persons [X], adventure and adventurers, puppets and puppet plays, adventure fiction [X]

Lilly And The Pirates

author: Root, Phyllis
Lilly, 10, who fears the sea, sets out with an old woman pirate to rescue her parents, who are shipwrecked on an uncharted island.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: adventure fiction [X], pirates, self-realization, missing persons [X]

Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms

author: Evans, Lissa
Ten-year-old Stuart is swept up in a Willy Wonka-like quest to find his great-uncle, a famous magician who literally disappeared off the face of the earth.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: adventure fiction [X], missing persons [X], magic

So Yesterday

author: Westerfeld, Scott
Hunter Braque, a New York City teenager who is paid by corporations to spot what is "cool," combines his analytical skills with girlfriend Jen's creative talents to find a missing person and thwart a conspiracy directed at the heart of consumer culture.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 39
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770

The Hardy Boys, Undercover Brothers

author: Lobdell, Scott
Collects no. 1-4 of the graphic novel series "The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers, " in which Frank and Joe investigate the theft of an art treasure, a stolen identity case, a murder on the set of a television program, and a series of mysterious accidents.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 73
call number/section: FIC
lexile:

Rooftoppers

author: Rundell, Katherine
When authorities threaten to take Sophie, twelve, from Charles who has been her guardian since she was one and both survived a shipwreck, the pair goes to Paris to try to find Sophie's mother, and they are aided by Matteo and his band of "rooftoppers.
FIC
year:
copies: 33
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490

Max Cassidy

author: Adam, Paul
When fourteen-year-old Max Cassidy, an escape artist, is visited by a stranger after one of his shows, he learns that his father's supposed death did not occur, and that his mother, who was sent to prison for the crime, is innocent.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: escape artists, missing persons [X], adventure fiction [X], mystery fiction, central america

King Solomon's Mines

author: Kelly, Jack
An illustrated adaptation of the H. Rider Haggard story about a trio of men who venture into deepest, darkest Africa in search of the world's most fabulous treasure.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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The Golden Path

author: Montgomery, Anson
Readers are able to choose the course of the story as they embark on an epic quest with Peter and Dresdale to find their missing parents and explore the wonders and dangers of the Hollow Earth.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: missing persons [X], parents, students, adventure fiction [X], plot-your-own stories

King Solomon's Mines

author: Haggard, H. Rider
An elephant hunter's chronicle of his safari into the interior of South Africa to search for a fabled diamond mine and to rescue the brother of the English gentleman who accompanies him across the deserts and mountains.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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Search For The Mountain Gorillas

author: Wallace, Jim
Asks the reader to choose the path of the plot in a story about a photojournalist who is asked to help find a missing girl while on assignment in Uganda.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: gorillas, photojournalists, missing persons [X], plot-your-own stories, adventure fiction [X], uganda, gorilla

On Borrowed Time

author: Rosenfelt, David
Richard Kilmer's fianc?e, Jennifer Ryan, disappears after Richard loses control of his car and the car rolls, and after neither Richard nor the police can find her, he finds that no one in his life will confirm her existence and all traces of her have disappeared.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: missing persons [X], adventure fiction [X]

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