Action & Adventure

Meet RORY BRANAGAN - he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not ACTUALLY. But he IS the best detective in town. Second in a hilarious illustrated comedy-crime book series for kids. Hello. I am Rory...

When Joe, Beth, Frannie and Rick, and their friends Silky and Saucepan-man, are turned into toys, they're not sure how to get back to their normal state. Only one person can help them. The friends must get to very top of the Magic Faraway Tree and Santa...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Academy Awards 2011 (UK) and Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2011 (UK). Commended for Kate Greenaway Medal 2015 (UK).Book InformationISBN 9780734417114Author Shaun...

Fight the Beasts, Fear the Magic! Danger stirs in the land of Avantia. Max, son of Evil Wizard Malvel, has stolen the magical Golden Gauntlet. Using its power he plans to force the Good Beasts, Ferno and Epos, to fight each other to the death! Meet a new...

Join our brave young knight Sir Charlie Stinky Socks in his bestselling super duper picture book adventure series - oh my! At the top of a tall, tall tower with a pointy roof something is stirring. Lightning flashes, thunder roars and...

Are you feeling hungry? Then step this way because this hilarious picture book by award-winning comic genius, Elys Dolan, is a delicious treat!It's just another ordinary day in Food Town and Nancy McNutty, peanut butter sandwich and rookie reporter,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916273603Author Sue CurtisFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Sue CurtisPublisher Sue Curtis

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781090125088Author Rob AspinallFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

A stunning new story of hope, humanity and high-seas adventure for children and adults everywhere from Sir Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestselling author of WAR HORSE. ...

The excitement continues. Complete your Pokemon Adventures collection! All your favourite Pokemon game characters jump out of the screen into the pages of this action-packed manga! Contains Pokemon Adventures vols 8-14 and a colour poster!About the...

'No one has ever come out alive'. Hal and Roger Hunt crash-land into the middle of a pioneering expedition to the unmapped regions of the greatest jungle on earth: the Amazon. And when their mission to explore the uncharted territory of the Pastaza River...

Book four in the OFFICIAL Minecraft fiction series for readers age 7+ Morgan, Ash, Harper, Po and Jodi return in another adventure in the world of Minecraft. Portals opening... Worlds colliding! It sounds...

ROOM 13Somebody was in there. Somebody - or some thing.There is no room thirteen in the creepy Crow's Nest Hotel, where Fliss and her friends are staying on a school trip. Or is there? For at the stroke of midnight, something peculiar happens to the door...

The first in the Snow Sisters series. Three brave sisters must race to discover their magical powers and save their home and their parents from the evil Shadow Witch! Luckily, they have a brave polar bear cub and a cast of cute snowy animals to help them...

Now a Netflix animated TV series! What's better than ONE ninja? TWO ninjas! Especially flying...on a dragon...with a cat! Adventure (and more sandwiches) await in this romp from Hello, Ninja creators N.D. Wilson and Forrest Dickison as young ninja Wes...

Full of thrills, mystery and danger, Vega Jane and the Maze of Monsters (previously published as The Keeper) is the second title in the fast-paced fantasy adventure series for children of 10+ by bestselling master storyteller David Baldacci. Illustrated...

Winner of the Branford Boase award, Fly By Night is the stunning YA fantasy novel from Frances Hardinge, author of the Costa Award winning The Lie Tree. As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy peace after years of civil war and tyranny, a...

Emmeline Widget has never left Widget Manor - and that's the way she likes it. But when her scientist parents mysteriously disappear, she finds herself being packed off on a ship to France, heading for a safe house in Paris. Onboard she is befriended by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996492102Author R L UllmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint But That's Another Story ... PressPublisher But That's Another Story .....

The boy who takes up the spear and shield of Manhood on this day will become the most renowned of all the warriors of Ireland, men will follow at his call to the world's end, and his enemies will shudder at the thunder of his chariot wheels. So the...

"A summer holiday in a book... unforgettably exciting." Piers Torday"Lauren St John at her very best... a gripping adventure across stormy seas, stately homes and boarding schools, with a fabulous plotted mystery at its core. I couldn't put it down." Abi...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147515650Author Jonathan W. StokesFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint PuffinPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm...

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. ...

A boy called George had a marvellous idea One night as he gazed at the stars, 'I'll go and find out what sweets Martians like best.' So he planned his first mission to Mars. Join George, a young and courageous...

Spring, 1943. The war is turning against Germany, but Hitler isn't giving up. In a secret bunker deep in occupied France, scientists are hard at work on Hitler's latest deadly weapon: code name FZG-76.Back in England Henderson's boys will need to...

Meet Emily Windsnap! Ordinary girl on land, magical mermaid in water... Bubbling with magic, fun, friendship and new heights of adventure, a must-read for girls aged 8-12. Emily Windsnap, an ordinary girl on land and a magical mermaid in water, is...

A magical tale for nature lovers and fans of adventure, from award-winning author-illustrator Tim Tilley.Winner of Best Children's Book 6+: Silver at the Junior Design Awards 2021."A charming fairytale adventure with an enduring ecological message."...

Tag along with the Timekeepers in these history-themed adventure stories to discover amazing people and events that shaped our world.Tag along with the Timekeepers in these history-themed adventure stories for 7 to 9 years olds that will help readers...

A rip-roaring, island-hopping adventure - and unforgettable ecological fable - from the award-winning author of Wildspark and Brightstorm. 'Hardy has drunk from the same cup as Philip Reeve and Philip Pullman.' -...

A fast-paced historical mystery adventure for readers aged 9+ years, with gorgeous Edwardian period detail. Perfect for fans of Chris Riddell's Goth Girl series, Enid Blyton and Robin Stevens's Murder Most Unladylike series. You are cordially...

When young novice monk Brother Beowulf is sent to spy on Spook Johnson, he has no idea of the trouble he's about to find himself in. Johnson boasts to Wulf of his battles against demonic creatures, and even seems to imprisons local witches, though Wulf...

Bear and Hare have gone for a walk, but every nice thing they find on the way, Hare wants all for himself. He even gobbles up a lovely ice cream without offering a bite to his best friend. Naughty Hare! Can Bear teach Hare how to share?The best friends...

Fast-paced and exciting, beautifully illustrated and full of unicorn magic, children will love Unicorn Seekers a thrilling new series from BBC disability ambassador, Cerrie Burnell. Growing up in a bustling city,...

"Cranks up the fun factor to eleven." Philip Ardagh"So much fun!" Katie Tsang"Good for newly developing readers." Primary TimesLaugh-out-loud school-based antics, illustrations AND evil headteachers make this book perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and...

An enchanting and empowering standalone story from the author of The Princess and the Foal. Twelve-year-old Hilly has landed her dream job, riding on the set of Brunhilda, an epic film based on the fearless warrior of...

From Cornwall to the Caribbean, 11-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin comes face to face with pirates, sharks, criminal masterminds and an erupting volcano in her second mystery adventure, from award-winning author Lauren St John. Laura cannot contain...

From the legendary Terry Pratchett, the author of Discworld, the third instalment in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy --------------------- THIS TIME . . . IT'S WAR. Johnny Maxwell is just an ordinary boy, walking through an ordinary alley . . . until he...

'If you can imagine it, it exists ... somewhere.' The second incredible instalment of a spellbinding fantasy adventure from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Last Wild trilogy.It is 1984 and forty years since Simon, Patricia and Evelyn and...

Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire will whisk you away on a fabulous adventure, full of daring action and delicious cakes!Baker by day, spy by night - Alice Eclair leads an exciting double life!Inventors and artists have gathered in Paris for the World...

An epic adventure featuring danger, dragons and a fight against destiny. "A smart, original, fantasy adventure" Dominique Valente, author of Starfell "Richly imagined and unputdownable" Vashti Hardy, ...