Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories

Mr Corbett is a cruel employer and his young apprentice Benjamin can't help but wish he were dead.

'As far as the eye can see, scarlet men are marching .

Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen retells some of the most famous Greek myths in this classic of children's literature.

Sword Song is the swashbuckling story of Bjarni, a Viking swordsman.

Rosemary's Sutcliff's absorbing collection of stories cover the fall of Londinium to the building of Hadrian's Wall, and the final departure of the Romans from Britain.

When the alien Tripod machines land on Earth, they don't seem much of a threat.

The final battle for the Earth has begun, as the human resistance strikes back against their alien Tripod masters.

Will Parker and his friends have escaped the mind-controlling alien Tripods, and found sanctuary in the White Mountains - but when an opportunity arises for them to infiltrate a Tripod city, they realise they have a chance to strike back against the invaders.

Nobody knows how long it has been since the Tripods came.

Joey Pigza is back in his fifth hilarious adventure, with illustrations by David Tazzyman.

This town is haunted by more than just ghosts .

A thrilling, poignant story of hope and loss set during World War 1, from Carnegie Medal-winning author Theresa Breslin.

The children of Mivtown have grown up hearing the legend of the monsters of the loch.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE REDBRIDGE AWARD 2015RUNNER UP TEACH PRIMARY NEW CHILDREN'S FICTION AWARD 2015BOOKTRUST PICKWhen they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way.

A boy and a bear go to sea, equipped with a suitcase, a comic book and a ukulele.

Exploding euros and exciting elements - join Itch, Jack and Chloe on their latest adventure.

'Take my place, Phaedrus, and with it, take my vengeance .

Speaking to the dead is nothing for Daisy Goodnight.

From the creator of the award-winning THE ANIMALS OF FARTHING WOOD books, comes the CITY CATS series: incredible animal adventures starring furry felines, Sammy and Pinkie.

'Characterful, page-turning drama and a vivid mixture of research and imagination' - The Sunday Times A gripping tale of a group of larger-than-life con artists who roam the streets of eighteenth-century London.

All is not well at StregaSchloss, home of the bizarre but lovable Strega-Borgia clan.

With the slates of the StregaSchloss roof crumbling round their ears, the Strega-Borgia family, complete with staff and dungeon-dwelling beasts, is forced to decamp to a local hotel for Christmas.

There's trouble brewing at StregaSchloss!

Audrey s father taught her that to stay human in the modern world, she had to build a moat around herself; a moat of books and music, philosophy and dreams.

Your home was the one place you felt safe.

When Wilf sees the simple wooden bowl in the local museum, he s not sure why he s so drawn to it but it has him mesmerized.

Hermelin is a noticer.

Space rocket, race racket, race to the moon, rocket racers to your places, ready, steady, ZOOM!

The ninth book in the classic fantasy Redwall series perfect for readers aged 9+.

'Two Surface-dwellers.

'I have often wondered what I would be when I grow up, but never, never, never did I expect to be a Kangaroo!

On the contrary, my dear Watson, you can see everything.

'Suppose you got stuck in here, and Clare there in your time.

Ten-year-old Silo Zyco hasn t had the easiest start to life.

My name is Eleanor Kerchner.

Now a major Netflix series!

The second adventure in the life of the extraordinary Mesopotamian Blue, Varjak Paw: kung fu for cats!

The thirteenth book in the classic fantasy Redwall series perfect for readers aged 9+.

The twelth book in the classic fantasy Redwall series perfect for readers aged 9+.

The tenth book in the classic fantasy Redwall series perfect for readers aged 9+.

On a bitterly cold winter's night in 1900, a young boy disappears without trace from the forest near his home in the quiet village of Litton Cheney.

Callum Hunt's life has fallen apart.

From the imaginations of bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a heart-stopping plunge into the magical unknown.

Rosy Weeks works for a local horse trainer at a once-successful stable, now fallen on hard times.

SOMETIMES A NIGHT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE: Carl knows this, because it happened to him.

Magic can save youMagic can kill youIt should be a time of celebration.

Joseph Grubb is the newest member of the Demon's Watch.

Cade Quarter is building a new life for himself in the wild Farrow Ridges, miles away from civilization and from the enemies who are seeking him.

Cade Quarter has never met his uncle, the infamous descender Nate Quarter, who years ago committed heresy by lowering himself over the cliff-face of the Edge.

Everything changes for Joey when his crazy, long-lost dad returns home after a lucky lottery win.