Children's / Teenage fiction: Science fiction

'It' is a Psammead, an ancient ugly and irritable sand fairy the children find one day in a gravel pit. It grants them a wish a day, but they soon find it hard to think of sensible wishes, and get themselves into all sorts of trouble.

Zak Nine and his friend Erro are on the run! While avoiding a band of patrolling prison guards, the boys meet another escapee who tells them the legend of an abandoned spacecraft. The boys believe that if they can find the ancient ship, they'll be able to fix it and blast off from Planet Alcatraz...

What if you could bring your best friend back to life - but only for a short time? Jamal's best friend, Q, doesn't know that he died, and that he's about to die - again. He doesn't know that Jamal tried to save him. And that the reason they haven't been friends for two years is because Jamal blam...

A divided StarClan has driven a deep rift between the warrior Clans, and the spirits of the Dark Forest are gaining strength. Now the warrior cats must decide whose word they can trust-before it's too late.

Here is a collection of short stories told from Four's perspective. Each brief story in this collection explores the world of the 'Divergent' series through the eyes of the mysterious but charismatic Tobias Eaton, revealing previously unknown facets of his personality, backstory, and relationships.

Meet Freddy - the most super-amazing superhero robot ever. His unbelievable amazing robotic abilities are mind-blowingly cool. But it turns out that teachers get really angry when you use your rocket boosters in class. Freddy's super awesome - but he's also in big trouble. Can he stay true to him...

Join the intrepid Galaxy Warriors Jet, Tip and Boo Hoo on their quest to save the universe from destructive baddies Lord and Lady Evil and Dr Y. In 'Galaxy Football Cup,' Tip can't believe his luck when he myseriously wins tickets to see his favourite team in the cup final. But there's a surprise...

As a star player on his high school American football team, Ash is used to taking some hard hits. But that one run in his last game must have knocked him a little loose, because suddenly his life doesn't look quite the way he remembers it. As Ash bounces into worlds that are almost-but-not-really...

Morgan, Ash, Harper, Po and Jodi return in another adventure in the world of Minecraft. Portals opening, worlds colliding! It sounds impossible, but the Evoker King has found a way from Minecraft into the real world! As Jodi races to piece together the clues to his identity, she doesn't like wher...

Something has gone wrong with time, and the Doctor - alongside her friends Yaz, Ryan and Graham - is determined to investigate. The trail leads to a dusty mining town at Hallowe'en - and something scary is lying in wait for them.