Risk in Children's Adventure Literature examines the way in which adults discuss the reading and entertainment habits of children, and with it the assumption that adventure is a timeless and stable constant whose meaning and value is self-evident.
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Introduction
1. Adventurous Hegemonies in the Imperial Romance
2. Romance Without Risk in Early American Girls' Scouting Fiction
3. We Didn't Mean to: The Accidental Adventurer in Ransome, Blyton, and Beyond
4. Risk and Randomness in Choose Your Own Adventure
5. Adventurous Authority in the Survival Novel
6. Treasure Chests and Tomb Raiders: Redistributing Risk in the Postcolonial Adventure Novel
Epilogue: Breaking Free
