Action & Adventure

This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.It's Midwinter's Eve, the day before Will's eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. This will be a birthday like no other. Will discovers...

Winner of The Red House CHildren's Book Award.AwardsWinner of Children's Book of the Year Award 2000.Book InformationISBN 9780435125295Author Michael MorpurgoFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint HeinemannPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams)...

'Keeps one reading long after the lights should have been out' - Robin Hobb Read the explosive New York Times bestselling debut that's captivated readers worldwide. Set to be a major motion picture, An...

Book 2 in the New York Times bestselling series - perfect for curious readers! 'This book reminded me of some of the children's books I grew up with, like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Phantom...

The Everest Files: a thrilling journey to the dark side of Everest.In the deepest Himalaya a story is spreading like wildfire. The story of an Everest expedition unlike any other.An expedition that ended with mysterious disappearances ... and death.This...

There I was: Cammie the Chameleon--the Gallagher Girl who had risked the most sacred sisterhood in the history of espionage. For a boy. But I was through with lying. And sneaking around. I was going to be...myself.Despite Cammie's best intentions to be a...

Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2017.'A Skinful of Shadows confirms Hardinge's status as one of our finest storytellers. It's rare to find a book which is every bit as intelligent and stylish as it is riveting - I was enthralled' - Sarah...

The third and final adventure in Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder's magical Midnight Hour series! 'A fantastic magical adventure featuring a cast of Ghibli-esque characters, a feisty heroine and a hedgehog. I loved it.' ...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

Luna loves living on the moon. She enjoys helping her father - a Moon Miner - on his search for precious minerals and rocks. But when a devastating meteor strike destroys their base, Luna is left stranded alone on the moon. With no shelter and few...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739681975Author Stephen WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Foster MediaPublisher Foster Media

A tale of imagination and friendship, from the nation's favourite illustrator, Quentin Blake!When two bold adventurers climb over the wall to explore the overgrown garden next door, the discover a ship made of bushes, with tall, thin trees for masts...

One is a 15-year-old boy, Samuel Miles, a.k.a. 'Smiler', wrongly convicted of theft and sent to a young offenders institution. The other is a cheetah, Yarra, a restless resident of Longleat Wildlife Park. Both are in danger from the outside world -...

A special anniversary edition, with a striking new cover design, to celebrate 10 years of the Chaos Walking trilogy.Three armies march on New Prentisstown. The New World is at war. Todd and Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape. How...

In this prequel to the NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING phenomenon of TIKTOK fame, They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast make their first fateful calls. 'If They Both Die at the End broke your...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899262052Author Julia JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Golden Duck (UK) LtdPublisher Golden Duck (UK) LtdDimensions(mm) 185mm * 130mm * 15mm

Atticus Caeso, a Roman boy of 15, lives in Socratis with his father, the great Numitor Caeso, winner of the Trials and second-in-command to Governor Cicero.All is well at first, but when the cowardly Governor of Socratis brings in military reinforcements...

The critically acclaimed Mortal Engines quartet is repackaged in a paperback boxset with fantastic and eye-catching covers featuring new artwork by Ian McQue. Mortal Engines launched Philip Reeve's ...

It's Katie's 17th birthday - the dancefloor is packed, the drink is flowing and Rave-fess, the Raven's Hill School confession site, is alight with gossip. Then a huge fight breaks out, sending guests fleeing. When Frankie, Jess and Sorcha go back...

"I have written this book so that others can experience the thrill of making a garden that is as boisterous as it is beautiful; a garden that sizzles with vivid colour and is alive with bees and butterflies; a garden of intoxicating scents that suffuse...

How I Live Now is an original and poignant book by Meg RosoffHow I Live Now is the powerful and engaging story of Daisy, the precocious New Yorker and her English cousin Edmond, torn apart as war breaks out in London, from the multi award-winning Meg...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

Book 3 in the New York Times bestselling series - perfect for curious readers! 'This book reminded me of some of the children's books I grew up with, like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Phantom...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782703457Author John Meade FalknerFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Award Publications LtdPublisher Award Publications Ltd

The eighth episode in the latest sure-fire hit series from the bestselling author of Cherub. Teen rebel and social-media star Robin Hood continues his epic struggle against the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham and brutal crime boss Guy Gisborne.Robin Hood...

Fisherman Sam McFinn moves into a little house by the sea with his dog, Jock. Nobody has lived there for a long time, but the house is home to lots of others - sheep, sparrows, rabbits, mice and a stray cat. What will happen to them when a human wants to...

Alara's incredible gaming skills bring her to the attention of Estrella's leaders. She is chosen to go on a dangerous mission to London Under, the original older, long-deserted and distrusted city on top of which Estrella (the Star city) was built, to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult Reluctant Readers 1997 and Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award 1998 and Iowa Teen Book Award 1998 and Iowa Teen Book...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

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Fin is devastated by guilt when his sister, Ella, is kidnapped. She is snatched away from the house in the middle of a storm. As the kidnappers make their demands, Fin's guilt is replaced by a fierce determination to find his sister by whatever means he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989046166Author Kelley ArmstrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Kla Fricke IncPublisher Kla Fricke IncWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award 1995. Nominated for Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 1994 and Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book...

The seventh episode in the latest bulls-eye hit series from the bestselling author of Cherub. Teen rebel and social-media star Robin Hood continues his fight against brutal and corrupt authorities.Robin is having fun sabotaging former Sheriff of...

Kyla's memory was erased,her personality wiped blank,her memories lost for ever.Or so she thought.After the shocking events of SLATED and FRACTURED, we return to Kyla's oppressive world as she tries to make sense of her life and everything around her.Set...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult Reluctant Readers 2000 and Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award 2001. Nominated for Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult...

Derwent Drive was known as the Speed Creep. A continual chain of Dashes into Blind. We'd all heard the story about the Creeper who dropped Blind into a garden, only to discover he was standing in a dog pound. It was also the longest creep; twenty-five...

"A gripping, heart-wrenching coming-of-age story" - GuardianIn her first YA novel, Costa-shortlisted Kit de Waal responds to classic Moby Dick by tearing the power away from obsessive Captain Ahab and giving it to a teenage girl.Dinah's whole world is...

The first volume in Philip Pullman's groundbreaking HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, now a thrilling, critically acclaimed BBC/HBO television series. First published in 1995, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, this first ...