This list was originally compiled for use in the AWESOME (Around the World Exploring Stories of Mystery and Excitement) Reading Program 2005/2006.
| Africa | Asia | Europe | North America | South America | Australia |
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| Africa | |
| Alexander, Lloyd | The Jedera Adventure |
| Beake, Lesley | Song of Be |
| Campbell, Eric | The Year of the Leopard Song |
| Courtenay, Bryce | The Power of One |
| Cussler, Clive | Sahara (AF) |
| Denton, Kit | The Breaker (AF) |
| Dickinson, Peter | AK |
| Farmer, Nancy | The Ear, the Eye and the Arm |
| Gordon, Sheila | Waiting for the Rain |
| Haggard, K. Rider | King Solomon's Mines |
| Hansen, Joyce | The Captive |
| Hollyer, Belinda | Long Walk to Lavender Street |
| Kaye, Geraldine | Comfort Herself |
| Laird, Elizabeth | Wild Things series |
| McKissack, Patricia | Nzingha, Warrior Queen |
| McSkimming, G. | Cairo Jim and Doris in Search of Martenarten |
| McSkimming, G. | Cairo Jim and the Rorting of Rameses' Regalia |
| McSkimming, G. | Cairo Jim and the Secret Sepulchre of the Sphinx |
| Malone, Geoffrey | Elephant Ben |
| Ryan, Chris | Desert Pursuit |
| Smith, Wilbur | Gold Mine (AF) |
| Warburton, Nick | Lost in Africa |
| Wilkinson, Carole | Ramose series |
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| Asia | |
| Baillie, Alan | Saving Abbie |
| Caswell, Brian | Only the Heart |
| Disher, Garry | The Divine Wind |
| Ellis, Deborah | Parvana |
| Ellis, Deborah | Parvana's Journey |
| Ellis, Deborah | Shauzia |
| Flynn, Warren | Escaping Paradise |
| Hand, Elizabeth | Anna and the King |
| Harris, Christine | Foreign Devil |
| Hicyilmaz, Gaye | Against the Storm |
| Holland, Julia | In the Poet's Den |
| Holman, Sheri | Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars |
| Hoobler, Dorothy | The Demon in the Teahouse |
| Indira, M. | The Young Widow |
| Jicai, Feng | Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom |
| Lomer, Kathryn | The Spare Room |
| McSkimming, G. | After the Puce Empress |
| McSkimming, G. | Cairo Jim Amidst the Petticoats of Artemis |
| McSkimming, G. | Cairo Jim and the Lagoon of Tidal Magnificence |
| May, Kara | Yeti Boy |
| Newton, Robert | The Punjabi Pappadum |
| Park, Linda Sue | A Single Shard |
| Rubinstein, G. | Across the Nightingale Floor |
| Wilkinson, Carole | Dragonkeeper |
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| Europe | |
| Ashworth, Sherry | Blinded by the Light |
| Austen, Jane | Pride and Prejudice (AF) |
| Banks, Lynne | The Dungeon |
| Banville, Vincent | Hennessy |
| Belbin, David | Dark Journey |
| Breslin, Theresa | Remembrance |
| Brooks, Kevin | Lucas |
| Brooks, Kevin | Martyn Pig |
| Cavendish, Grace | The Lady Grace Mysteries |
| Cooney, Caroline | Goddess of Yesterday |
| Cooney, Caroline | Prisoner of Time |
| Cooney, Caroline | On the Seas to Troy |
| Cooper, Susan | King of Shadows |
| Corder, Zizou | Lion Boy |
| Cross, Vince | Civil War: the story of Thomas Adamson |
| Cushman, Karen | The Midwife's Apprentice |
| Disher, Garry | Eva's Angel |
| Hartnett, Sonya | The Silver Donkey |
| Hendry, Frances | Victrix |
| Horowitz, Anthony | Alex Ryder series |
| Hutton, Sam | Special Agents series |
| Jinks, Catherine | Pagan's Crusade |
| Pullman, Felicity | Shalott series |
| Purkis, C. | The Shuttered Room |
| Thompson, Kate | The Alchemist's Apprentice |
| Wheatley, Alan | Merchant of Death |
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| North America | |
| Anderson, Janet | The Last Treasure |
| Beck, K. K. | Fake |
| Bennett, James | Dakota Dream |
| Blume, Judy | Tiger Eyes |
| Clark, Clara | Nellie Bishop |
| Cochran, Thomas | Roughnecks |
| Cooney, Caroline | Burning Up |
| Cottonwood, Joe | Danny Ain't |
| Cottonwood, Joe | Quake |
| Crutcher, Chris | Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes |
| Denzel, Justin | Hunt for the Last Cat |
| Durbin, W. | The Broken Blade |
| Fox, Paula | The Eagle Kite |
| Haddix, Margaret | The House on the Gulf |
| Hesse, Karen | Aleutian Sparrow |
| Hobbs, Will | Leaving Protection |
| Hobbs, Will | Far North |
| Hobbs, Will | Wild Man Island |
| Korman, Gordon | Son of the Mob series |
| Lowry, Lois | The Silent Boy |
| Murphy, Claire | To the Summit |
| Paterson, K. | Jacob I Have Loved |
| Ryan, Chris | Hostage (Alpha Force series) |
| Sullivan, Mary | Ship Sooner |
| Walter, Mildred | Second Daughter: the story of a slave girl |
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| South America | |
| Abela, Deb | The Amazon Experiment |
| De Jenkins, L. | The Honourable Prison |
| Keller, Beverley | The Amazon Papers |
| Kirwan, Anna | Lady of Palenque |
| McSkimming, G. | Cairo Jim and the Quest for the Quetzal Queen |
| McSkimming, G. | Cairo Jim on the Trail to ChaCha Muchos |
| Merino, Jose | Beyond the Ancient Cities |
| Paulsen, Gary | The Crossing |
| Redding, Bill | Red Dog in Bandit Country |
| Reilly, Matthew | Temple (AF) |
| Ryan, Pam | Esperanza Rising |
| Smith, Roland | Jaguar |
| Taylor, Theodore | Sweet Friday Island |
| Thomas, Rob | Green Thumb |
| Whyman, Matt | Boy Kills Man |
| Wittlinger, Ellen | Noticing Paradise |
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| Australia | |
| Aitken, Graeme | 50 Ways of Staying Fabulous |
| Baillie, Alan | Riding with Thunderbolt |
| Beale, Fleur | Deadly Prospect |
| Bell, Anita | Crystal Coffin |
| Bernard, Patricia | Stegosaur Stone |
| Bolland, Craig | I Knit Water |
| Catran, Ken | Letter from the Coffin Trenches |
| Clark, Mavis Thorpe | New Golden Mountain |
| Crew, Gary | Strange Objects |
| Drobnak, Ruth | The Secret of Falcon's Roost |
| Duff, Alan | State Ward |
| Gardner, Scott | Burning Eddy |
| Grant, Neil | Rhino Chasers |
| Greenwood, Kerry | The Long Walk |
| Gwynne, Phillip | Jetty Rats |
| Hathorn, Libby | Volcano Boy |
| Higgins, Simon | Thunderfish |
| Horniman, Joanne | The Serpentine Belt |
| Jenkins, Wendy | Killer Boots |
| Jones, Carol | Goddess of Cool |
| Kelleher, Victor | Taronga |
| Klein, Robin | People Might Hear You |
| Lay, Graeme | Return to One Foot Island |
| Lerangis, Peter | Antarctica |
| Malone, Geoffrey | Crocodile River |
| Mitchell, Euan | Feral Tracks |
| Ryan, Chris | Red Centre (Alpha Force series) |
| Ryan, Chris | Survival (Alpha Force series) |
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