Children's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure stories

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  • La Belle Sauvage Book Of Dust Volume 1

    £10.99

    Philip Pullman returns to the world of ‘His Dark Materials’ with this novel, set ten years before ‘Northern Lights’ and featuring his much-loved character, Lyra Belacqua.

  • Hole in the Zoo

    £7.99

    In the garden at Number 2, there’s a hole in the wall that belongs to the zoo and things have started coming through. Jam-packed with mischievous animals swinging, splashing and crashing through the pages, this energetic rhyming adventure is a breath of fresh air.

  • Nyxia

    £10.99

    Emmett Atwater isn’t just leaving Detroit; he’s leaving Earth. Why Babel recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on his contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family, forever. As he and nine other teenagers wormhole their way through space, Emmett discovers that each recruit must earn the right to travel down to Eden. There, Babel will use them to mine a substance that’s quietly become the most valuable in the world. For the chosen ten, every training session is measured, every point matters, and Emmett will do anything to win. But Babel’s ship is full of secrets. And as Emmett uncovers the truth, he realises he’s not fighting for wealth or glory. He’s fighting for his life.

  • Infinite Lives Of Maisie Day

    £6.99

    It’s Maisie’s birthday and she can’t wait to open her presents. She’s hoping for the things she needs to build her own nuclear reactor. But she wakes to an empty house and outside the front door is nothing but a terrifying, all-consuming blackness. Trapped in an ever-shifting reality, Maisie knows that she will have to use the laws of the universe and the love of her family to survive. And even that might not be enough.

  • Nevermoor The Trials Of Morrigan Crow

    £7.99

    Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she’s blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks – and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor. It’s then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city’s most prestigious organisation: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each boasting an extraordinary talent that sets them apart – an extraordinary talent that Morrigan insists she does not have.

  • Little Red Reading Hood

    £8.99

    An inspiring new take on the much-loved fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, which celebrates the magic and joy of reading books and visiting libraries.

  • Whatever Next

    £7.99

    Baby Bear goes to the moon and back, all before bath time, in this classic story, Whatever Next!

  • Dog Man 2: The Adventures Of: Unleashed

    £9.99

    If only the Chief would throw Dog Man a bone every once in a while…Petey the cat is out of the bag, and his criminal curiosityis taking the city by storm. Can the canine crime biter unleash justiceon this ruffian in time to save the city, or will Petey getaway with the purrfect crime?

  • The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club

    £7.99

    It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer – tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk – but Stella really, really didn’t want that to happen, just the same. Join Stella Starflake Pearl and her three fellow explorers as they trek across the snowy Icelands and come face-to-face with frost fairies, snow queens, outlaw hideouts, unicorns, pygmy dinosaurs, and carnivorous cabbages.

  • Isadora Moon Goes on a School Trip

    £7.99

    With irresistible pink and black artwork throughout by author/illustrator Harriet Muncaster and a totally unique heroine with an out-of-this-world family, this is a beautiful, charming, and funny series of first chapter books.In this story Isadora goes on a school trip to a spooky old castle, where she discovers a surprising new friend.

  • Hiccup How To Train Your Dragon

    £7.99

    Hiccup Haddock Horrendous III was a truly extraordinary Viking hero. The warrior chieftain and awesome sword fighter was known as ‘the Dragon Whisperer’, on account of his power over these terrifying beasts. But it wasn’t always like that, and this is the story of his rise to fame, in his own words.

  • Emma Janes Aeroplane

    £7.99

    Emma Jane zooms off in her aeroplane around the cities of the world. Along the way she makes a crew of animal friends who save the day when the little plane gets into trouble. A rhyming narrative with a light touch and a zingy female protagonist, this tale is perfect for little explorers everywhere.

  • Way Back Home

    £7.99

    New cover reissue of this magical story from award-winning international bestselling picture book creator of Lost and Found, Oliver Jeffers.