Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage)
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A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy
£7.99A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy
Gavin’s got a new neighbour and she’s really annoying. Niki follows him everywhere, bosses him about, and doesn’t care that her parents will obliterate Earth with their galactic warships if she doesn’t stop running away from them. Can Niki and Gavin sort out the alien despots (aka Mum and Dad) and save the planet? Possibly. Will they become friends along the way?
SKU: 9780857639936 Category: C Fiction 9-12 Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage)£7.99 -
A Boy Called Christmas
£7.99A Boy Called Christmas
You are about to read the true story of Father Christmas. It is a story that proves that nothing is impossible. If you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. It is most certainly not for you. Because this book is full of impossible things. Are you still reading? Good. Then let us begin. A tale of adventure, snow, kidnapping, elves, more snow, and an 11-year-old boy called Nikolas, who isn’t afraid to believe in magic.
SKU: 9781782118268 Category: C Seasonal Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage)£7.99 -
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
£8.99A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
A charming, heartwarming story following a Miami girl who unexpectedly finds love – and herself – in a small English town.
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SKU: 9781398523937 Category: C Fiction Teen Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Drama & performing (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Music: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage)£8.99 -
A Mouse Called Miika
£6.99A Mouse Called Miika
This is a tale of mice and magic. It is also a tale of great love (of cheese) and great danger. And learning the lesson that what matters most – when it comes to cheese and life – is not how strongly you smell but how strong you are on the inside.
SKU: 9781838853693 Category: C Fiction Fantasy 9+ Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage)£6.99 -
A ship in the dark
£7.99A ship in the dark
When Anna’s stepfather Caleb is arrested, she must prove his innocenceby finding a lost whaling ship. But without a map, only migratingbirds and whales can show the way . . .
SKU: 9781913696498 Category: C Fiction 9-12 Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Natural history (Children?s/Teenage), People & places (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: sexuality & relationships (Children's / Teenage), Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage), Science & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Wildlife (Children's / Teenage)£7.99 -
A tap at the window
£7.99A tap at the window
Welcome to Shiver Point, home of spooks, screams and small-town horror! Enter if you dare. When Riley notices a new scarecrow in the field by her house, she doesn’t think much of it. Until she hears rumours of break-ins across town and strange figures sighted in the fields when the sun goes down. And then one night she hears a tap at the window. It’s time to get the Shiver Squad on the case. But when all roads lead them to the abandoned Darkraven Farm, will they be able to save the town from the scarecrow’s vengeance in time?
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Adam wins the Internet
£7.99Adam wins the Internet
Everybody dreams of becoming a superstar YouTube sensation, but for Adam – a penniless, cameraless nobody, with only one friend – it isn’t just a dream, it’s an absolute impossibility! That is until he stumbles across the mysterious Popularis Incrementum website. As if by magic, Adam is thrown into a world of fame, fortune and hotels with really, really, really fancy TVs! But Adam’s luck may be running out. When he accepts a mission to reach one million subscribers in one year, it becomes clear that he has bitten off way more than he can chew, and his life becomes one epic fail after another. Fortunately for Adam, he still has a trick or two up his sleeve.
SKU: 9781526655660 Category: C Fiction Funny 9+ Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage)£7.99 -
Adventure calling
£7.99Adventure calling
When Suhana, Mia and Ayaan are transported back to 1911, they’re excited to meet some amazing people fighting for women’s rights! But will they be able to get back to the present without changing the course of history?
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Against the odds
£16.99Against the odds
Some of the greatest adventurers of all time have once failed. Many more have had to overcome great hardships to pursue lives of adventure. Hand-picked by Alastair Humphreys, this compilation retells the extraordinary journeys undertaken by adventurers who have tried, failed and succeeded against the odds. These men and women have ventured into space, oceans, deserts and jungles and inspired Alastair’s own adventures. They may do the same for you too. A book full of hope and the power of self-belief and determination.
SKU: 9781787410169 Category: C History Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Mountains, Picture books, activity books & early learning material£16.99 -
Alma
£9.99Alma
1786. Alma lives with her family in an African valley, isolated from the rest of the world. Her days are spent exploring their homeland; until her little brother finds the only way out. Meanwhile, in Lisbon, the petty thief Joseph Mars manages to get himself on board the Douce Amélie, a slave ship, to look for treasure. The ship’s captain, Lazare Gardel, is also hunting for treasure, that of the notorious pirate Luc de Lerne. Alma sets out on his trail, when she comes face to face with groups of Ashanti hunters, who capture and enslave everyone they meet. The journey to bring her brother home becomes an intricate mission of self-preservation. While everyone is searching for something, Alma and Joseph’s lives become intertwined on land and sea. In a whirlwind of adventures between Africa, Europe and the Caribbean, their quests and their destinies lead them towards each other.
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Alone On A Wide Wide Sea
£7.99Alone On A Wide Wide Sea
How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful and War Horse.
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Angel of Grasmere
£7.99Angel of Grasmere
Tarn grapples with the loss of her brother at Dunkirk as she faces the threat of Nazi invasion in the Cumbrian countryside in this gripping wartime tale from Tom Palmer.
SKU: 9781800902169 Category: C Fiction 9-12 Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage)£7.99 -
Arthur, High King of Britain
£7.99Arthur, High King of Britain
An enchanting take on the legend of King Arthur from War Horse author and former Children’s Laureate, Michael Morpurgo.
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Attack of the snailiens!
£7.99Attack of the snailiens!
The Famous Five in Space – except there are four of them! Blast of with Astrid and the Space Cadets in this illustrated chapter book, perfect for newly confident readers.
SKU: 9781035019748 Category: C Fiction 5-8 Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage)£7.99 -
Attack of the stink monster!
£6.99Attack of the stink monster!
Venture back to Grimwood in the wildly funny third book in Nadia Shireen’s bestselling and brilliantly anarchic illustrated comedy-adventure series.
SKU: 9781471199363 Category: C Fiction 5-8 Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Mysteries, the supernatural, monsters & mythological beings (Children?s/Teenage), Thrillers (Children's / Teenage)£6.99 -
Aubrey and the terrible spiders
£7.99Aubrey and the terrible spiders
When the animals start rebelling, and Aubrey is stung by a very polite wasp, he realises there is something weird going on in the valley below Rushing Wood. And as he’s the only boy he knows of who can talk with animals, he is determined to find out what. With help from his friends Ariadne the house spider, Silvio the silverfish and Lupo the Huskey pup, the young warrior sets out to find the terrible Terrible Spiders and their genius creator Big B and, just maybe, save the world.
SKU: 9781913102128 Category: C Fiction Fantasy 9+ Tags: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), School stories (Children's / Teenage)£7.99