Children's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure stories

This wonderful tale transports the reader from the city to the forests and fells of Northern England. Under a boundless starry sky, the unforgettable Sylvia Carr reconnects with the ancient past and discovers what it really means to be young in the world today.

For bonesmith Wren, becoming a valkyr - a ghost-fighting warrior - is a chance to solidify her place in the noble House of Bone and impress her frequently absent father. But when sabotage causes Wren to fail her qualifying trial, she is banished to the Border Wall, the last line of defence agains...

Join Rachel and Kirsty on their funnest fairy adventure ever! At the Tippington Leisure Centre, there are all sorts of sports to enjoy! But when Jack Frost steals Bonnie the Bike-Riding Fairy's magical object, the fun plans are knocked off balance. Kirsty and Rachel must find it, before the magic...

Bran and Fran love living with their mum, who is the storyteller at the Once Upon a Wow bookstore in their small Midlands town. But when mum goes missing and her stories turn out to be a portal to another world, they're going to have a huge, magical adventure on their hands. Luckily, they have Wi...

Ruby and Jones are now working together, scanning news stories, seeking out odd occurrences and paying attention to anything that might suggest that creatures from the Badlands are entering our world. But with Jones still desperate to leave the magical world behind and Ruby determined to prove th...

Boy rides across the desert on a 'borrowed' horse. His destination? The great city of Ravalan. He carries with him the Book of Secrets, which contains his late father's brilliant inventions, one of which could change the world forever. But Boy falls in with brigands who rob him and leave him for ...

Rachel and Robert live a grey, dreary life under the rule of cruel Charles Malstain. But when their librarian father enlists their help to steal a forbidden book, they are plunged into adventure. With their father captured, it is up to Rachel and Robert to uncover the secrets of the Book of Stole...

Roisin, Mark, and Elliott, think they are going to spend a quiet summer at their nanny's house. Everything changes as they discover a magical book from the past and an elderly neighbour who may be a witch. Spells are cast that send them travelling through time to the year 718. It is here they mus...

Milo lives on board the Sesquipedalian, or 'Quip' - a magical train that uses the power of imagination to travel through both Story and the real world. The train is owned by Milo's uncle, Horatio, and Milo has witnessed many of his uncle's dodgy dealings as a book smuggler trading in rare books. ...

Narrated in the all-knowing matter-of-fact voice of Death, witnessing the story of the citizens of Molching. By 1943, the Allied bombs are falling, and the sirens begin to wail. Liesel shares out her books in the air-raid shelters. But one day, the wail of the sirens comes too late.