Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories

Two bored gorillas decide to play a game of dares.

Pigeon private investigator Murray just wants to take things easy, but when kind-hearted Vee starts to sing like a canary (after all, she is a canary) he can't hold out.

Something bad has happened to Prince Alexander, the only heir to the mighty Petrossian Empire.

A special edition of the tragicomic smash hit which stormed the New York Times bestseller charts, with an introduction from Markus Zusak.

Granny Smith is an ordinary little old lady when something extraordinary happens.

A funny and frank superhero story set in the world of Othergirl.

Samson is the star of Fleabag's Circus - this strong-flea can lift a match, he can lift a pea, he can lift lovely flea Amelie.

The trip of a lifetime - that's what it was supposed to be, paid for with money Gran left thirteen-year old Sam in her will, but when the small plane taking Sam and his Dad back to the airport crashes in the jungle, Sam is left alone and terrified.

When Hamish and Hermione hole are chased out of the cheese where they live, they search the palace for a new place to call home.

All aboard for the Bobo Road!

The world is dying, overcrowded and polluted.

Discover the magic of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty in this picture book, retold and stunningly illustrated by Ruth Brown for the very youngest of horse lovers.

The sheep on the hillside were munching away, Much as they always did, day after day, When suddenly something went ZOOM!

Mr Wuffles ignores all the toys people buy for him.

Kadija is the music-loving daughter of a guardian of the sacred manuscripts of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali.

Louise and Erica have been best friends since forever.

Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St.

The third sinister story in the Grimm series delves even further into the dark heart of the fairy tales you thought you knew and loved.

Cameron and his mom have been on the run for five years.

This new edition has artwork from award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell.

Peter can't wait to join his parents on an expedition to the ice caps of Greenland to study global warming.

Tin is looking after his little sister Nickel one afternoon when she grabs hold of a balloon and floats away!

Jonathan is half-angel, half-demon, and the only one of his kind.

I always liked your father he was a lad of spirit.

'Big snowflakes fluttered slowly through the air like white feathers and made all of Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful' So here we are on Christmas Eve, locked up in rotten Mrs Monday's boarding house with no presents and no Christmas dinner, while all the other children have gone home for the holidays.

'Show United's coaches what you can do!

George and his best friend, Annie have been selected as junior astronauts - part of a programme that trains up young people for a trip to Mars in the future.

George and his best friend Annie haven't had any space adventures for a while and they're missing the excitement.

Jeremy can hear voices.

'We ran away yes, of course we did.

Jonathan doesn't like Robin, the English master at his boarding school.

From the moment he is born, Lubrin Dhu is different and his unusual talent for drawing places him even further apart.

From James Dashner, the author of the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, comes an edge-of-your seat adventure.

1567Aphra is not a normal child.

A colourful illustrated children's picture book prequel to the worldwide bestseller A Street Cat Named Bob and The World According to Bob perfect for very young fans.

In 1847, an orphaned baby is rescued as the sole survivor of a massacre in a Polish village.

Two boys, Lewis and Richard, travel to paris in 1789 for very different reasons, and find their ideals challenged in the events of the French Revolution and the September massacre.

'When you take out the heart of gold, you must put something back in its place.

In a cave on the wild side of St James's Park live two ragged children; young Nick and his nine-year-old sister Jubilee.

'Him what's born on the chime .

Secrets whispered up a chimney, a golden locket with a broken chain, murder in the streets of London and suddenly young Barnacle is plunged into a terrifying mystery.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood was Charles Dickens final novel, and remained unfinished at the time of his death.

The Confidence Man follows 14-year-old Hans Ruppert and a band of Protestants as they leave their home town and seek peace and freedom from Persecution in the New World.

One stormy December night some time in the eighteenth century, a coach came thundering down the long hill outside of Dorking on its usual journey into London.

A bargain of a lifetime - seven years off the end of his life in exchange for a fortune now!

Across the continents of the ancient world wandered the Storyteller, enchanting all who heard him with his wondrous tales of the gods.

Set in the streets of London, the story follows the hopes and aspirations of young Tim and his pet monkey, Pistol, as they use their wits to get money out of rich folk.

On the night that Piggot s Comet will appear over Brighton, the town plan to honour it with music and dancing.

Life in eighteenth-century London was hard and especially so for the city's apprentices.

Harris and Bostock are best friends, but they are as different from one another as night and day.