Action & Adventure

She dreamt of soaring, of brilliant flowers, and of making new friends in the sun. She could feel herself shifting deep below, slowly but definitely, into something new and magnificent. Then, one morning, the first light of day came through the leaves and touched the fragile cocoon.

Meet Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timothy. Together they are The Famous Five....

A gentle breeze, redolent of something almost edible—stardust, perhaps, or the scent of fresh rain—brushed across Arlo's skin. Tilly nestled comfortably against him, and Arlo stepped along the glowing path without a second thought.

Super Sleuth, from Children's author David Walliams. Dilly loves a good murder. Not a REAL murder. A made-up murder. One you would find in a murder-mystery novel. Sherlock Holmes is her favourite detective. She even named her dog Watson after his faithful companion, and trained him to sniff out...

Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series....

Books 4, 5 and 6 in the SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT series – known collectively as TTHE DEATH BRINGER TRILOGY, Derek Landy's fantastically imaginative series about our favourite dead detective. DARK DAYS Skulduggery Pleasant is lost on the other side of a portal, with only some evil gods for company...

The world's largest urban warfare training compound stands in the desert near Las Vegas....

A New York Times bestseller! A GMA3 Summer Reading Squad Selection! “Ingeniously plotted, and a grin-inducing delight.” —People “Will keep young readers glued to the page…So when do I get the sequel?” —Beth McMullen, author of Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls In this thrilling...

Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was an eleven-year-old girl! When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery she uses the reward money to send herself to the most exclusive boarding school in the country, Highcrest Academy. On arrival, Friday is shocked to discover the respectable school is...

A terrorist doesn't let strangers in her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place. The terrorist doesn't know that a kid has bugged every room in her house, cloned the hard drive on her PC, and...

The ULTIMATE story collection for Skulduggery Pleasant fans, now updated to include Apocalypse Kings AND six more new stories for this edition–22 stories in all....

The Hardy brothers and Frank’s new girlfriend, Jones, are attending a local comic book convention on the shore. They meet up with Jones’ friend Harper, and end the perfect day with pizza at Harper’s short-term rental apartment. Things don’t stay so perfect, though....

Max is distraught when he receives a letter from the school telling him he has to go on a weekend of cycling and camping for the Duke of Wellington awards scheme. But things vastly improve when his friends agree to come with him....

Dear Diary.... I thought a trip to Nantucket with Bess and George would be a simple vacation, but of course mysteries seem to follow me everywhere....

Mabel lives with her parents in the Mermaid Hotel, where she keeps an eye on all the guests, particularly her friend, the endlessly fascinating Madame Badobedah. Madame Badobedah, who considers herself part of a long tradition of daring women such as Amelia Earhart and Zora Neale Hurston....

Meet Enola Holmes, teenaged girl turned detective and the younger sister to Sherlock Holmes. When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her.

Three more spine-tingling mysteries for Scarlet and Ivy to solve in the creepily atmospheric Rookwood School… THE LIGHTS UNDER THE LAKE It’s summer and as a special treat after the horrors of last term Mrs Knight announces a school trip to Shady Pines Hotel on the shores of Lake Seren...

Picket, Heather, Jo, and your favorite Green Ember heroes are back for a thrilling new adventure. In the days after their arrival at Halfwind Citadel, the friends are caught up in a desperate fight for the cause.

In this fifth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies takes on New York City in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Charlie Thorne. The City Spies head to the Big Apple when a credible...

A cosy Christmas mystery for Alice-Miranda! Join Jacqueline Harvey's MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING character in a delightful Christmas adventure. Christmas is almost here, and Alice-Miranda and her closest friends are celebrating early at Highton Hall. But it's not all gingerbread, parties and...

Season Two begins! As Book 21 of the Surfer Villager series opens, several years have passed since the events of Book 20 and the world of Minecraft is finally recovering from the evils of Entity 303 and Lamashtu. The world is calm and stable. War is a distant memory. Commerce and art flourish.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wrecker needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas—just as soon as he finishes Zoom school. Welcome to another wild adventure in Carl Hiaasen's Florida! Valdez Jones VIII calls himself Wrecker because his...

The hilarious, moving and adventure-packed new novel for listeners of 9 and up from Ross Welford, the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of Time Travelling with a Hamster The year is 2425. Centuries after a catastrophic meteor collision, nature has retaken the earth. In a small town in...

Coke and Pepsi McDonald didn’t want to jump off a cliff. They didn't want to get hit by poisoned darts from blowguns either....

Nancy and her friends are spending the weekend in a small mountainside town called Shady Oaks. The local museum is displaying a never-before-seen collection from famous nature photographer, Christopher DeSantos. So the usually sleepy town is now filled with tourists....

Bela mora em um lindo castelo, com a Fera e objetos encantados que ganharam vida. Entretanto, esta não é a coisa mais estranha do castelo. Pétalas de rosa e folhas começaram a aparecer, de forma misteriosa, em locais aleatórios, fazendo Bela e seus amigos Horloge, o relógio, e Lumière, o castiçal, começarem uma busca pelo intruso.

A camp kid who loves big words. A large dog of unknown origin. Together, can they find the dog’s home before he’s sent away for good? Ten-year-old Scout is reading a mystery novel when a dog springs from the forest and steals her dictionary. Then he eats it, page by page. And everything changes. Scout doesn’t want to like this dictionary-digesting dog. But somehow he works his way into her heart. Now she’s on a mission to find where he came from—before the camp director sends him to the animal shelter.

The third audiobook in a new series set in both a Minecraft-style video game world and the real world of elementary school where friendships will be tested, courage will be discovered, and teamwork will always win!

Penny und ihre Freundinnen sind ganz aufgeregt: Sie dürfen mit ihren Hunden Mailie und Dschastin an der Show Fit Dog teilnehmen. Die erste Runde läuft, abgesehen von einigen kleineren Missgeschicken, ganz gut. Aber in der zweiten Runde geht alles schief, und das nicht nur bei Mailie und Dschastin. Manipuliert hier etwa jemand die Show? Zum Glück sind Penny und Co. nicht nur super Hundetrainerinnen, sondern auch hervorragende Detektivinnen.

Every summer, Ellie returns to her grandparents' coastal town for a peaceful vacation by the sea. But this year, something is amiss—starfish have mysteriously disappeared from the beach, and the ocean seems to be losing its vitality. Alongside her new friend, Ben, Ellie embarks on an adventure to uncover the truth behind the strange happenings. As the two friends dig deeper, they discover an ancient legend about "The Keeper of the Light," a mythical protector who once safeguarded the island's delicate balance between land and sea.

Just before Christmas, Nellie discovers that someone has stolen everyone's hair. Children have lost their hair. All adults have lost their hair, even the police. Santa Claus has lost his hair. Everything is a disaster. Nellie makes some strange observations about an odd man on a penny-farthing and, with the aid of two rather inept detectives, is able to solve the mystery.

When Omeletta Du Champignon rolled in to the Sunny-Side-Up detective agency, Hard Boiled knew that he had a tough case on his hands. The bad eggs Rotten, Cracked and Fried were in town, and they were hassling Omeletta! Can Hard Boiled track them down and whip them into shape?

In this third adventure, Daisy is delighted to be staying in a countryside farmhouse, which just so happens to be home to some cuddly creatures! But when Pearl the rabbit goes missing, Daisy has to turn detective to find her. Can our brave heroine and her animal friends solve the mystery?

Längst haben Tim, Abena und Balu bewiesen, dass sie ihre Aufträge selbstständig meistern können. Doch plötzlich tauchen im Hauptquartier Fotos auf, die die YOUNG AGENTS im Einsatz zeigen. Alarmstufe Rot! Der Professor reaktiviert Billy, Naomi und Charles, denn um den Fotografen ausfindig zu machen, ist die geballte Erfahrung aller YOUNG AGENTS gefordert. Wird es gelingen, den Maulwurf zu enttarnen? Bei ihrem neuesten Fall müssen die YOUNG AGENTS alles riskieren …

Step into a breathtaking world of mystery, melody, and magical maps in The Faded Wonders, a cinematic fantasy adventure filled with courage, curiosity, and the power of friendship. Join Blukky, Chippy, Vroomy, and Scouty — four unlikely heroes drawn together by a legendary map that reveals ancient wonders long forgotten by time.