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escape

Books about escape for readers of all ages.

Cover of The Knock Airport Mystery

The Knock Airport Mystery

Vincent McDonnell

Ages 8–12mysteryadventure

Cover of The greatest skating race

The greatest skating race

Louise Borden

Ages 7–12courageescape

Cover of Escape from Skull Island

Escape from Skull Island

Laura J. Burns

Ages 8–12adventuresurvival

Cover of Escape From Mercy Hall

Escape From Mercy Hall

Max Stasyuk

Ages 9–14courageescape

Cover of Gordon's great escape

Gordon's great escape

Sue Hendra

Ages 3–7adventurecourage

Cover of Escape to California

Escape to California

Josh Greenhut

Ages 8–12adventureescape

Cover of The gathering

The gathering

Dan Poblocki

Ages 10–14mysterycourage

Cover of Audrey (cow)

Audrey (cow)

Dan Bar-el

Ages 7–12individualityself-expression

Cover of Little Dog Moon

Little Dog Moon

Maxine Trottier

Ages 4–8couragerefuge and safety

Cover of ChickenHare

ChickenHare

Chris Grine

Ages 6–10adventurecourage

Cover of Escape from Jabar-Loo

Escape from Jabar-Loo

Tony Abbott

Ages 8–12escapeadventure

Cover of The Gingerbread Man (A Whitman Giant Tell-a-Tale Book)

The Gingerbread Man (A Whitman Giant Tell-a-Tale Book)

Bonnie Rutherford, Bill Rutherford

Ages 4–8clevernessdetermination

Cover of Escape From the Tower

Escape From the Tower

Santa Montefiore, Simon Sebag-Montefiore

Ages 8–12adventurecourage

Cover of Captives

Captives

Tom Pow

Ages 10–14adventuresurvival

Cover of The gingerbread man

The gingerbread man

Tony Hutchins

Ages 3–8clevernesschase

Cover of Nowhere

Nowhere

Jon Robinson

Ages 13–18mysterysurvival

Cover of Monkey on the Run

Monkey on the Run

Leo Timmers

Ages 3–7adventureescape

Cover of The Thief of Always

The Thief of Always

Clive Barker

Ages 12–16escapetemptation

Cover of Terror on the Titanic

Terror on the Titanic

Jim Wallace

Ages 8–12adventuresurvival

Cover of Stolen children

Stolen children

Peg Kehret

Ages 10–14couragesurvival

Cover of The Runaway Pancake

The Runaway Pancake

Mairi Mackinnon

Ages 3–7adventureescape

Cover of The great pig escape

The great pig escape

Linda Moller

Ages 7–11freedomadventure

Cover of Renegade

Renegade

Kerry Wilkinson

Ages 13–18survivalrebellion

Cover of Hollow City

Hollow City

Ransom Riggs

Ages 13–18friendshipcourage