<div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>I highly recommend the "Cracked Classics" by Tony Abbott. It's about two friends and their adventures as they go into classic novels ("Dracula," "Adventures of Tom Sawyer," "Around the World in 80 Days," "A Christmas Carol," and "Romeo and Juliet"). Still speaking from personal reading experience, so this is an older title as well, but "The Icemark Chronicles" by Stuart Hill was also an incredible fantasy adventure.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Chris<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div>Adult Services Librarian</div><div>Kent Free Library</div><div>330.673.4414</div><div><font size="2"><a href="http://kentfreelibrary.org" target="_blank">kentfreelibrary.org</a></font></div></div><div><br></div><div>Currently reading: <a href="https://portage.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/kent/search/results?qu=wolfskin+marillier&te=">Wolfskin</a> by Juliet Marillier<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;display:inline;font-size:12px;color:rgb(68,68,68);white-space:pre-line;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"></div></div><div>Currently listening to: <a href="https://portage.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/kent/search/results?qu=evvie+drake+starts+over+holmes&te=">Evvie Drake Starts Over</a> by Linda Holmes<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 2:10 PM Kathleen Webb via OPLINLIST <<a href="mailto:oplinlist@lists.oplin.org">oplinlist@lists.oplin.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Some of the older Newbery Award and Honor Books would be a good challenge. They tend toward adventure rather than the problems of modern society. These were some of my favorites:<div><br><div>Adam of the road / Elizabeth Janet Gray</div><div>The door in the wall / Marguerite De Angeli</div><div>Island of the blue dolphins / Scott O'Dell</div><div>The tale of Despereaux / Kate DiCamillo</div><div>The borrowers / Mary Norton</div><div>Caddie Woodlawn / Carol Ryrie Brink</div><div>Mr. Popper's penguins / Richard Atwater (the original version!)</div><div>Rabbit Hill / Robert Lawson</div><div>Amos Fortune, free man / Elizabeth Yates</div><div>Charlotte's web / E. B. White</div><div>Carry on, Mr. Bowditch / Jean Lee Latham</div><div><br></div><div>Kathy</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Kathleen Webb</span><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-1185802564259978561gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Library Director</div><div>Marvin Memorial Library</div><div>29 W. Whitney Avenue</div><div>Shelby, OH 44875</div><div>MarvinLibrary.org</div><div>419-347-5576 phone</div><div>419-347-7285 fax</div><div><a href="mailto:kwebbmml@gmail.com" target="_blank">k</a><a href="mailto:webb@marvinlibrary.org" target="_blank">webb@marvinlibrary.org</a></div><div><span></span><span></span><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1ay7q49WMd4C-aH7xMp3ZMNy1bLUpxUyI&revid=0BxP4GvZyH04TUmQ2UEttOVR2Uy94ZHFBSm12bVgwcWFmUUU4PQ" width="200" height="84"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 11:30 AM Kathleen Lamantia via OPLINLIST <<a href="mailto:oplinlist@lists.oplin.org" target="_blank">oplinlist@lists.oplin.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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