Adventure stories for young readers.
Books that treat a young reader as capable. Real stakes, honourable characters, and a story worth finishing — published under the Valor Books and Fox Cub imprints.
AWARD FINALIST
Storm-Dragon
Dave Freer · Valor Books · Ages 10–14
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A 2026 Prometheus Award finalist for Best Novel.
TWO IMPRINTS, TWO READING LEVELS
Find the right book for the right reader
Valor Books
AGES 8–14
Longer adventures for confident readers. Sea voyages, frontier settlements, dragons and starships — with protagonists who have to decide something difficult, not just survive something exciting.
Fox Cub
AGES 6–9
Shorter books for readers building stamina. Simpler sentences and bigger type, but the same respect for the reader — no talking down, and nothing written to fill a page count.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
New in the library
Dreams of Gold and Fire
Fred Phillips · Ages 10–14
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A Wobblegong and His Boy
Fox Cub · Ages 6–9
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FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS
What you can expect from every book
A stated reading age
Every title carries a reading range on its page, so you can match a book to a reader without guessing from the cover.
Consequences that land
Characters can fail, and it costs them something. We don’t write danger that turns out not to have been dangerous.
No cynicism
Courage, loyalty and honest work are treated as real. A reader should close the book thinking better of people, not worse.