Action & Adventure

The anthology comprises 42 stories, non-fiction pieces, flash fiction and poetry, the winning entries from an international competition to capture the best of Queer writing today. This is writing that explores characters, stories and experiences beyond...

From Andy Marino, author of The Plot to Kill Hitler series, comes another fast-paced historical thriller chronicling one family's desperate bid to escape the deadly Chernobyl disaster. 26 April 1986 01:18 ...

Unconditional Care in Context reclaims problems of ecological adversity --poverty, racism, housing instability, community disadvantage, food insecurity, and social disconnection -- as central to understanding and working with system-involved children and...

From the author of the Carnegie Medal nominated Wolf by Wolf, comes an epic new story - A fast-paced, heart-stopping journey through time that will leave you breathless.Time is running out . . .Farway McCarthy was born outside of time. With nowhere to...

Nobody knew who Shane was, or why he was travelling. He rode into a Wyoming homesteader's corral in the summer of 1889 and settled for a while with the Starrett family. Young Bob Starrett tells the classic story of that summer and fall, and the quiet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2022 (United States). Joint winner of Kids' Indie Next 2021 (United States) and Kids' Indie Next Pick 2021 (United States).Book...

The hair-raising action continues for Michael Vey in this charged third installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series.Michael, Taylor, Ostin and the rest of the Electroclan have destroyed the largest of the Elgen Starxource plants, but now...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912714315Author Robert L StevensonFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Chiltern PublishingPublisher Chiltern PublishingWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)...

'Julie Kagawa is a strong new voice' The Sunday Express The final hunt is on. Vengeance will be hers. Allison Sekemoto once struggled with the question, am I human or...

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...

From the bestselling, award-winning David Almond comes a book of hope and joy: under a boundless starry sky, the unforgettable Sylvia Carr finds out what it means to be brave. For readers of Michael Morpurgo and Katherine Rundell, from the author of the...

Immerse yourself in the world of the spellbinding genius Leonardo da Vinci, master of art, architecture, engineering, mathematics and more. From his futuristic inventions to the breadth of his artistic skill, discover the fascinating life and legacy of...

When Ben Tracey sets out with his cousin to spot hen harriers - a protected bird of prey - he doesn't expect to stumble upon a secret operation. But renegade researchers are using a military base near the birds' nest site to develop Project Vortex: a...

Seventeen-year-old Daphne has spent her entire life honing her body and mind into that of a warrior, hoping to be accepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis-who holds Daphne's brother's fate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733675703Author J W ElliotFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Bent Bow PublishingPublisher Bent Bow PublishingWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Ohio Buckeye Children's Book Award 2013.Book InformationISBN 9780385738774Author James DashnerFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062085504Author Tahereh MafiFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Little Albert Kropp; Muller who still carries his schoolbooks; Leer, with an eye for the girls and Paul Baumer missed by his sick mother-these are four classmates who have volunteered for the German army in 1914, with youthful optimism. This is the...

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...

From the multi-award-winning author of A Monster Calls comes a haunting tale of power and obsession that turns the story of Moby Dick upside down."Call me Bathsheba." The whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt. Led by the formidable Captain...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442475106Author Richard Paul EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon PulsePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 370gDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

The fifth book in the page-turning SPELLSLINGER fantasy series. Kellen and Reichis have just finished fighting a duel in the desert when Kellen inadvertently smears blood on the Daroman flag - an act of treason for which the Marshals have no choice but...

Seventeen-year-old Daphne has spent her entire life honing her body and mind into that of a warrior, hoping to be accepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis-who holds Daphne's brother's fate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593178348Author Alexandra MonirFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

The world is changing - the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now kids are disappearing. For fifteen-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside-down when they are hauled out of bed one night, separated from...

This is the iconic international fashion designer Sir Paul Smith's very first children's picture book - and the first book in a new and exciting series. Written by Sir Paul and illustrated by the brilliant Sam Usher,...

Luke is in trouble. Skin and the gang have a job for him. They want him to break into Mrs Little's house and steal the jewellery box. They want him to prove that he's got what it takes. That he's part of the gang. But Luke finds more than just a...

John Cox is dead, killed in an explosion while at work. His younger sister Hayley can't believe he's gone. Determined to see the place of his death, she flies to Moscow with John's fiancee, Annie-but the site they're shown isn't where John died. Suddenly...

The reviews are in! This Is Where It Ends, the #1 New York Times bestseller and one of the Best Books of the Decade (Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, BookRiot), "could break you." "I am speechless." "The saddest book I have ever read." "Literally tore my heart...

Every fangirl's daydream is about to become Milly's nightmare.When Milly arrives home to discover that her mum has been taken over by something very evil, she finds herself in mortal danger. But the last people she expects to rescue her are the boys in...

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...

She dreamed of the wood, and the wolf who was trapped there Echo Alkaev's world falls apart when her father mysteriously disappears. She finds him half-frozen in the winter forest, guarded by a strange talking wolf who proposes a bargain: Echo will...

NORWAY, OCTOBER 1940Norway, a country invaded by the Nazis. Finn Gunnersen and best friend, Loki Larson, are determined to fight back. Joining the Resistance, they risk arrest, torture and execution. They also don't know who to trust. When vital secrets...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646908011Author Siri PettersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint ArctisPublisher Arctis

Nobody knew it at that moment, but only three things stood in the way of the complete destruction of the Earth: one elderly parrot; one eight-year-old spelling mistake; and an intrepid young schoolgirl-turned-reporter in search of a story ... Greta...

He is Ireland's most famous warrior, a legendary figure who has enchanted children for millennia. But who really was Fionn Mac Cumhaill? And what was he like when he was a child? In this wonderful, modern retelling of an ancient tale, based on a...

In this thrilling adventure by bestselling author Oliver Poetzsch, thirteen-year-old Lukas has been trained as a swordsman by his father, a nobleman who was once a famed Musketeer. When the threat of war and accusations of witchcraft spread across the...

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 .....

From celebrated fantasy author Den Patrick comes Witchsign, the first novel in a fresh and exciting new fantasy trilogy. It has been seventy-five years since the dragons' rule of fire and magic was ended. Out of the...