Action & Adventure

Ordinary Kids. Extraordinary Adventures. Laughs for the Whole Family.Big Dreams, even BIGGER trouble . . .Radio 1 broadcasters and bestselling authors of KID NORMAL - Greg James and Chris Smith - are back with a mind-bending adventure you won't want to...

'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times'Delightful, eccentric, heartfelt, surprising, philosophical, everything that a novel for children should be' - Eleanor Catton, winner of...

When a new family moves into a house in Pendle, they discover a witch's bottle filled with curses. Soon the spirits of those accused of witchcraft in the infamous Pendle Witch Trials of 1612 are released, wreaking havoc in the area. Eve, Clovis and Tom...

Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series.Five Go Off To Camp Ghost trains in the dead of night that seem to vanish into thin air? The Famous Five are on to it! If...

From the author/illustrator team behind The Snatchabook comes a book-filled adventure on the high seas!Nell is finally a pirate! And she has her trusty Pirate's Almanac to help her sail the seas, even if Captain Gnash doesn't like books on his ship. But...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780439598385Author David ShannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic US

The astounding new novel from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of Time Travelling with a Hamster, this is a story for everyone of ten and older who loves adventure, laughs and tears. "One of my favourite middle-grade...

Ruby Redfort: supercool secret agent, code-cracker and thirteen-year-old genius The fourth book in the scarily awesome Ruby Redfort series, from former Waterstones Children's Laureate and multi-million-copy bestselling author Lauren Child. ...

Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series.It is Christmas Eve, and the Famous Five are very excited about their mountain of presents. But when Timmy barks furiously he...

The tenth title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series! James and Lauren are off to America to help train the army - and get into trouble in Las Vegas ... The world's largest urban warfare training compound stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty...

Sealed with a sticky paw! Hilarious first class correspondence from everyone's favourite bear, Paddington - now a major movie star! Dear Aunt Lucy,I expect this will come as a great surprise to you, but not only have I arrived in England, but...

Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them. forever.A timeless classic,...

A full-colour short story taken from the magical Wishing-Chair series. Perfect for new readers. Be whisked away! Never in their wildest dreams, could Mollie and Peter have imagined something so wonderful as a magic Wishing-Chair that will fly you...

Meet the princess who loves breaking the rules and her Royal Unicorn, who happens to be a pig!A madcap and much-loved adventure series for 6-8 year olds, perfectly bridging the gap from picture books to chapter books, from award-winning...

The third volume in Philip Pullman's groundbreaking HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, now a thrilling, critically acclaimed BBC/HBO television series starring Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, Dafne Keen and Amir Wilson. "We're going...

Merlin has the power to shape the future - if the King doesn't kill him first. Action packed first instalment of a series plotting Merlin's journey from his youth to his mastery of magic. With a reading age of 8, it is particularly suitable for...

The first magical book in Matt Haig's festive series - now a major new film!BELIEVE IN THE IMPOSSIBLEYou are about to read the TRUE STORY of Father Christmas. If you believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Mildred L. Batchelder Award (Children's) 2019.Book InformationISBN 9780735843226Author Torben KuhlmannFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint North-South...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593570456Author Arie KaplanFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 168g

From critically acclaimed author-illustrator Tim Probert comes a box set that collects the first three books in his breathtaking fantasy adventure series Lightfall.In the land of Irpa, an ancient threat awakens, obsessed with plunging the world into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739810047Author Lewis CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Naturenet BooksPublisher Naturenet Books

Young Bond: Blood Fever is the second book in Charlie Higson's high-impact, explosive Young Bond series.James Bond has discovered danger. Now it's come looking for him.An Eton boy's family disappears at sea.James uncovers a shadowy society operating in a...

A hilarious story about the world's worst detectives by the bestselling author of the Alex Rider series, Anthony Horowitz.Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world's most defective detectives, by the author of the number one bestselling Alex Rider series...

It's James Bond's first day at Eton, and already he's met his first enemy. This is the start of an adventure that will take him from the school playing fields to the remote shores of Loch Silverfin and a terrifying discovery that threatens to unleash a...

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...

First name . . . Action. Second name . . . Dude. What would happen if you put Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham and Die Hard-era Bruce Willis in a bucket and stirred them together with a big stick? You'd get something like Action Dude. That's his...

A brilliant, hilarious one-off novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe, from number-one-bestselling author Derek Landy - now in paperback. This time, the bad guys take the stage. Tanith Low, now possessed by a remnant, recruits a...

All three instalments of the amazing Bromeliad trilogy available again in one very special edition. To the thousands of tiny nomes living under the floorboards of a large department Store, there is no Outside. No Day or Night, no Sun or Rain. They're...

Solve the mystery with the Secret Seven - everyone's favourite detective club! This fantastic bumper collection contains Secret Seven books 13-15, illustrated by Tony Ross.Shock for The Secret Seven: Book 13In book thirteen, dogs are disappearing from...

Winner of the Best Story Blue Peter Book Award. The first Five Realms adventure.A thick white blanket covers the wide slopes of the band of hills known as the Razorback Downs . . .Podkin is the son of a warrior chieftain. He knows that one day it will be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780545870115Author Dav PilkeyFormat HardbackImprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 1315gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 152mm * 48mm

In a world struggling to exist, only the strongest will survive. The explosive, action-packed new adventure from the award-winning author of Kick and Pop!Ash has always lived in Last Village, lonely since the day his father left and never came back.The...

The second book in the heart-warming White Giraffe series by Lauren St John, featuring the African adventures of Martine and her magical white giraffe.A school trip to see dolphins is a dream come true for best friends Martine and Ben - until a storm...

The second book in the hilarious bestselling WHO LET THE GODS OUT series; perfect for fans of David Solomons! 'I totally fell in love with Elliot and the gods, and I think you're all going to love them too.' ROBIN...

Traction Man and Scrubbing Brush are at the beach! Traction Man even has his special Squid-Proof Scuba Suit, perfect for exploring the secret crevices of the Rockpool. But there are adventures in store for our intrepid hero as he faces the thrills of...

The Tale of Mr Tod brings back Beatrix Potter's most popular heroes, Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, in an adventure that also features two very disagreeable villains. Fortunately Tommy Brock the badger and Mr. Tod the fox dislike each other so much...

Charlie Ashanti is on the run from an amazing floating circus with six homesick beautiful Lions and an extraordinary sabre-toothed creature. Charlie has promised to help the Lions find their way home to Morocco but he has his own problems: his Mum and...

When the ghosts of two young children start to haunt a local school, trainee ghost hunters Eve, Clovis and Tom are invited to help investigate the case. But before long they realise there is more to this haunting than they first realised. Could it be...

From acclaimed author Dan Smith comes a page-turning, atmospheric ghost story packed full of adventure and heart ... 'What a story ... absolutely gripping' EMMA CARROLL 'An enchanting, beautifully crafted...

A super-slick spy story which is guaranteed to be a story-time favourite! Guess who's back? It's Palmer. Charlie Palmer. Awesome spy and fluffy llama. Her latest mission? To stop Harley Hacker - rogue alpaca - from destroying the world . . . with...