Action and adventure stories Books

Age range 14 to 18In this ripped-from-the-headlines Gone Girl meets A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz weaves a white-knuckle YA thriller about a beautiful young influencer who vanishes after...

Age range 8 to 12Wild boar, alligators, hammerhead sharks...Can twelve-year-old Algie Emsworth survive the swamps of South Florida? More importantly, can he survive his asthma attacks long enough to make a scientific discovery and fulfill his dream of...

In the fifth adventure of the Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast series, our delectable rhyming friends find their home covered in darkness and embark on a LasVeggiesheist-perfect for fans of The Food Group series.When Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast...

Age range 3 to 5When Superheroes feel worried or scared, When they fret, when they sweat, when they feel unprepared . . .They could run off screeching, they could but they don't. Because real superheroes just wouldn't, they won't.Even superheroes get...

Age range 3+Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast worry that they're going stale, so they visit Professor Biscotti's lab to try a new despoiling procedure. But instead of beautifying them, Professor Biscotti's faulty gadget transforms them into...

When you come from Nowhere, can you ever really make it anywhere?  Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least livable town in the United States. For Gus, a bright 13-year-old with dreams of getting out and going to college, life there is made even...

Even superheroes slip up and err. When that happens, do they complain or give up in despair? NO! Whether they’ve nabbed the wrong guy by mistake or bashed into a planet while zooming through space, all superheroes ‘fess up their...

Age range 4 to 8A thoroughly delicious rhyming story about the funniest food fight ever - perfect for fans of The Food Group series - now in paperback edition. Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast have a beautiful friendship - until they discover that...

Giddyup and gallop right over to read this rootin' tootin' tale of an unlikely cowboy. Avery's at camp, training hard with his horse and his lasso. But he's just not feeling up to the challenge. Then a bully threatens all the campers—and Avery...

Ages 9 to 12 yearsNOBODY HAS SEEN A WORLD LIKE EPICA!"Emily had always wanted a pet. She has longed for a dog. Would love a cat. Adore a stick insect. Or a slug. Or a nit. Anything would have done. But what arrived would change her life forever .....

Age range 14 and up"It was strange Wilt calling me when he'd died the week before. Maybe a lot of other people get called from the spirit world or whatever, but it was a first for me and so I didn't pick up until the fifth or sixth ring...

Age range 9 to 12 Apart from the company of her flying pet ferret Fernando and her auntie Carla, 13-year-old Nessa Santiago is alone. Her mother died in a circus accident and she has never known her father. But when the day finally comes for Nessa to...

The year is 2212. Sixteen uneventful years have passed since the catastrophic event known simply as the Resource Wars and an uneasy peace still exists between the three distinct zones that divide the Earth's surface.The War's effects have reached far and...

Children can learn all about things that go with this fun lift-the-flap book! Children can learn all about a variety of things that go with this fun lift-the-flap book! Different vehicles are presented, such as construction machines, vehicles that...

'A Slumdog, feel-good treasure find' Daily Mail 'A SLUMDOG, FEEL-GOOD TREASURE FIND' Daily Mail Now adapted into a Bafta-nominated film directed by Steven Daldry and written by Richard Curtis. Raphael lives on a dumpsite, eking out a living sifting...

He's brave! He's bold! HE'S THE BEST!Tashi's too cunning for the war lord and the wicked baron, and far too clever for giants, ghosts, witches and demons. And Tashi tells the best stories ever! Seven books rolled into one Big Big Big Book of Tashi...

The 104-Storey Treehouse is the eighth book of Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton's wacky treehouse adventures, where the laugh-out-loud story is told through a combination of text and fantastic cartoon-style illustrations. Join Andy and Terry in their...

Powerful and universal retellings of seventy-eight divine stories, legends, and myths from around the world, each accompanied by a gorgeous illustration from acclaimed artist Yoshi Yoshitani.  Many of the lessons we learn are shared stories passed among...

A hilarious new adventure from the mega-bestselling author of Wolf Girl and Ninja Kid. Hi there! I'm Pow Pow Pig!  Me and my friends didn't make the A team ... or the B team ... or the C, D or E teams ....  We made the Z team!  How are we going to...

From the author of the multi-award-winning and bestselling How To Bee comes an intense and thrilling new adventure. 'We're gonna starve if we stay here,' Emery said. 'If we're gonna go, best go now.'  And he said it like going was something easy. Like...

The stakes are high in this fast-paced mystery adventure starring young magician Flick Lions. The second book in the Great Fox series. How well do you really know someone...? Flick is a magician who needs answers. Her father is still missing, and top...

Winner of the Book of the Year for Younger Readers at the CBCA Awards 2019 From Australia's favourite storyteller comes a story, within a story, that shows us the extraordinary power of true love and solves a decades-old mystery. 'Once upon a time, in...

'The world will need a Hero, and it might as well be you ...' Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. The Hairy Hooligan tribe think he's totally useless, but Hiccup is about to face his destiny ... with one tiny...

The No.1 Bestselling Series Enter a land of wizards, warriors, mythical creatures and powerful magic in an exciting fantasy adventure from the author of How To Train Your Dragon. Witches are creating havoc in the Wildwoods and danger lurks behind every...

From the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon comes an exciting high-adventure series - set in an ancient, magical time, full of Wizards, Warriors, Giants and Sprites. #1 Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award This is the...

Ada Twist is full of questions. A scientist to her very core, Ada asks why again and again. One question always leads to another until she’s off on a journey of discovery!  When Rosie Revere’s Uncle Ned gets a little carried away wearing his famous...

The creators of the New York Times bestselling picture books Rosie Revere, Engineer and Iggy Peck, Architect are back with a story about the power of curiosity in the hands of a child who is on a mission to use science to understand her world. Ada Twist,...

WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The iconic, multi-million bestselling novel, in a 25th anniversary edition with exclusive new material inside. An unmissable modern classic. Stanley...

AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT TO READ, WITH LOTS OF CHARMING AND QUIRKY CHARACTERS' -- Better Reading Freja and her mother, Clementine, are reunited at last. Tobias and Vivi are in love. And Lucerne, their new home, is a paradise of snowy alps, sapphire lakes,...

FANS OF ... JACQUELINE HARVEY WILL LOVE THIS BOOK' -- Kids' Book Review on The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome When Freja and Tobias arrive in Claviers, Provence, it feels like home. The hilltop village is surrounded by olive groves, lavender fields...

After a tsunami causes massive devastation to a tropical island, its governor sends in the bulldozers to knock down villages, replacing them with luxury hotels. Guarding the corrupt governor's family isn't James Adams' idea of the perfect mission,...

A new hero, a new mission: meet CHERUB's latest recruit. Twelve-year-old Ryan is CHERUB's newest recruit. He's got his first mission: infiltrating the billion-dollar Aramov criminal empire. But he's got no idea that this routine job will lead him into...

It's 1919, Richmond football club is on top of the ladder, cream buns are threepence each and four boys are gunning for the best job in town. Charlie is lucky enough to win the prime job - running messages for Squizzy Taylor, the most dangerous gangster...

Adam and his family live in a compound with other foreigners who work in the Middle East. He's got everything he wants, everything he needs, and there's a lot he takes for granted. Then war breaks out, and, in the confusion to escape, Adam runs away. It...

ALL SIX BOOKS IN ONE! Join Amy and Sprocket as they uncover deadly secret after deadly secret on the most tumultuous journey of their lives. An adventure full of delight, terror, tears and laughter, DEADLY!will leave you gasping. IT'S DARING! IT'S...

A tense thriller about a serial killer targeting homeless youngsters; STONE COLD won the Carnegie Medal and is now part of the Originals, showcasing Penguin's very best modern classics for young adults. A tense, exciting thriller combined with a...

IF YOU LIKE POISONINGS, BETRAYALS, MUTILATIONS, MURDERS AND FLESH-EATING FARMYARD ANIMALS, KEEP READING . . . In this gripping follow-up to Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods, demigod Percy Jackson tells the stories of twelve of the original Greek heroes...

"If you like horror shows, bloodbaths, lying, stealing, backstabbing and cannibalism, then read on..." Who could tell the true stories of the gods and goddesses of Olympus better than modern-day demigod Percy Jackson? In this action-packed tour of Greek...

The fifth book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now with a new cover look, read the stories that launched Percy Jackson into the stratosphere, before the Disney+ series comes out! HALF BOY - HALF GOD - ALL HERO. FOR ME, THE END...

The fourth book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now with a new cover look, read the stories that launched Percy Jackson into the stratosphere, before the Disney+ series comes out! HALF BOY - HALF GOD - ALL HERO. SURE, AS A...

Movie available from June 12th only on Disney+ The explosive, emotional, incredible final book in the Artemis Fowl series. IS THIS THE END FOR ARTEMIS FOWL? Opal Koboi is back, and up to no good. A bit of world-domination here, a little light...

Movie available from June 12th only on Disney+ Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code is the third book in the unbelievably brilliant Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. CAN ARTEMIS FOWL LEAVE HIS CRIMINAL PAST BEHIND? Not quite. At least, not yet. He's got one...

Movie available from June 12th only on Disney+ Join the world of Artemis Fowl, the number one bestseller by Eoin Colfer. THE FAIRIES ARE IN TROUBLE Goblin gangs (exactly as bad as it sounds) are planning an uprising, and it looks like they've had human...

Join the world of Artemis Fowl, the number one bestseller by Eoin Colfer. AT JUST TWELVE YEARS OLD, ARTEMIS FOWL IS A CRIMINAL GENIUS. No scheme is too dastardly, no plot too devious. And he's just discovered that fairies are real. Poor fairies. But...

Movie available from June 12th only on Disney+ Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex is the seventh awesome book in the bestselling Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH ARTEMIS FOWL When he gathers the fairy elite to show...

Winner - KOALA Children's Choice Awards 2010 - Fiction for Years 7-9 Winner - YABBA Children's Choice Awards 2010 - Fiction for Years 7-9 Winner - COOL Children's Choice Awards 2010 - Fiction for Years 7-9 Longlisted - Family Award for Children's Books...