Action & Adventure

The History of Robinson Crusoe

by William James McGlothlin Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 3.7
A 6-page digest of Defoe's famous work for young readers (Summary by Dennis Sayers)

Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacie

by Thomas Lodge Read by Thomas A. Copeland 4.5
This novel, which Shakespeare adapted in his pastoral comedy As You Like It, is the archetypal pastoral adventure. Two young persons of high…

The Old Adam

by Arnold Bennett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Edward Henry Machin, whose rise from humble beginnings to prosperity was told in 'The Card', leads a comfortable life in the English Midland…

The Seats of The Mighty

by Gilbert Parker Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
For the time of his story Mr. Parker has chosen the most absorbing period of the romantic eighteenth-century history of Quebec. The curtain …

The Peril Finders

by George Manville Fenn Read by LibriVox Volunteers
In California settlers are trying to make a living working as fruit-growers. Problems with blights and insects mean that the crops are faili…

The Cliff Climbers

by Thomas Mayne Reid Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
A plant hunter, Karl Linden, and his brother Caspar are on their way to the Himalayas to collect the plants of that region. Many adventures…

Dan, the Newsboy

by Horatio Alger, Jr. Read by DaleBarkley 4.8
Dan and his mother are poor, so he begins selling newspapers on the streets of New York City. His perseverance, hard work, and honesty are q…

Nobody's Boy

by Hector Malot Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.1
One day, French mason Jerome Barberin finds an abandoned baby boy. As the boy is wearing fine clothes, Barberin hopes that he is the son of …

The Boy Scout Aviators

by George Durston Read by Kangaroo 2.6
Follow the adventures of Harry Fleming, Dick Mercer, and Jack Young in this exciting Boy Scout adventure! Harry is an American Boy Scout sep…

The Talking Handkerchief

by Thomas Wallace Knox Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.4
This is a collection of 22 stories of action and adventure. We follow the narrators as they escape pirates and cannibals, overcome natural d…

The Lances of Lynwood

by Charlotte Mary Yonge Read by Carol Pelster 4.4
The Lances of Lynwood brings to life the high days of knighthood and chivalry in the 14th century during the Hundred Years War, in which the…

In Desert and Wilderness

by Henryk Sienkiewicz Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In Desert and Wilderness is a novel for children by Polish author and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz. It tells the story of…

Marooned in the Forest

by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Lost in the depths of the forest without food, fire, weapons, or compass, what is a young man to do? This "modern-day" Robinson C…

The Shore Road Mystery

by Franklin W. Dixon Read by Anthony St. Pierre 4.8
The Hardy Boys track down a ring of car thieves - summary by Anthony St. Pierre

The Train Dogs

by E. Pauline Johnson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of The Train Dogs by E. Pauline Johnson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 6th, 20…

Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders

by Jessie Graham Flower Read by ashleighjane 4.4
Seeking adventure after the end of the war, Grace Harlowe and friends take a journey through The Old Apache Trail. Along the way they are co…

The Secret of the Caves

by Franklin W. Dixon Read by James R. Hedrick 4.8
The Hardy boys were sons of a celebrated American detective and from their father learned the particulars of a number of unusual crimes. The…

Dave Dashaway Around the World

by Roy Rockwood and Weldon Cobb Read by Scott Danneker 4.6
Never was there a more clever young aviator than Dave Dashaway, and all up-to-date lads will wish to make his acquaintance.Weldon J. Cobb wa…

In Search of Mademoiselle

by George Gibbs Read by Tony Oliva 4.9
Preface note by George Gibbs: There were no more vivid episodes in the colonization of the New World than those resulting from the attempts…

Deeds of Daring done by Girls

by Hannah Hudson Moore Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.8
Do not think, dear girls, that because you are girls you may not have as much courage as your brothers. I believe that quite as stout hearts…

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