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With very stylized, bold covers, action/adventure focuses on young boys and girls who combat nature, industry, bad adults, and other evils (see the example, The Revenge of Joe Wild, in Figure 3-2). You can find action/adventure stories in early readers, middle-grade books, young adult books, and graphic novels.

From The Revenge of Joe Wild. Reprinted by permission of Santa Monica Press © 2022.

FIGURE 3-2: Find action and adventure in The Revenge of Joe Wild.

The best action/adventure stories include engaging, well-thought-out plots and a main character who’s smart, self-reliant, and cunning. These stories have a true danger element and often take place in territory unfamiliar to the reader.

Subgenres of action/adventure include thrillers and espionage (usually involving a spy who must protect their imperiled country, school, or family against an enemy), mysteries, crime-solving stories, and detective novels.