Action & Adventure

America. The 1960s. Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure. One night she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky…before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship opens and reveals a mysterious alien, all Ruth’s dreams come true. But does this visitor from another planet have a giant secret?

It’s a normal day in Beckingsferret, when suddenly there are reports of cows going missing, which means...no milk! Follow General Spanner, Professor Spoon, Aunt Biscuit, Tiddles and company as they get sent to a parallel universe in search for the missing moos.

Amy Pond looks for her Raggedy Man, Jo Grant remembers her childhood, the Master hunts the past...a young girl discovers a love for explosives. Eleven incredible stories from the world of Doctor Who—the early lives of friends and foes that have never been told before.

Do you know about The Grumpus? And his Dastardly, Dreadful Christmas Plan? And about the Awful Thing that happened at the North Pole on Christmas Eve? Perhaps I should tell you about it.... This heartwarming story follows the adventures of an unlikely hero as he journeys to the North Pole, unwittingly and somewhat reluctantly making lots of new friends along the way.

The community aboard the massive space station Vantia1 is in danger once again—and now their enemy, Vellis, has stolen the technology that could allow him to escape the Void and attack the station himself! When a massive space spider is spotted, armed with powerful lasers and the ability to spin deadly webs, Harry and Ava know they must act—but can they foil their enemy and save their friends and families?

The family who adventured through the forest are now challenged with discovering The Dark Mountains. This story follows the Tinkerberry family through their adventures in The Dark Mountains, filled with bears, dragons, and even more magical excitement. Discover what awaits them as they search for The Gopsall Witch.

The book talks about the adventures of two children, Laura and Tom, who stumble into some dragons' annoying villages and castles. They learn about different dragons and how to defeat them with the help of knights. The children grow into exceptional dragon experts. Stories are explained in information technology and software testing terms and concepts, e.g. a dragon represents a software defect, and knights represent testers and developers. Listening to parallels is an easy-to-understand way of learning.

Alex knows exactly how many steps it takes to get from his home to Mason Middle School. This is normal. Alex knows the answers in AP math before his teacher does, which is also normal. Alex knows that something bad is coming out of the big screen in his special needs class. It's pushing images into his head, hurting him, making him forget. Alex pushes back, the screen explodes, and nothing is normal any more. Giant screen televisions appear all over the city. The programming is addictive. People have to watch, but Alex cannot.

When her mother falls ill, brave Kameko sets off on a journey to bring back the jewel from the Monkey-King’s crown, known for its healing properties. Along the way she is helped by both people and kindly divinities, but will the Monkey-King give up his jewel so easily? Kameko and the Monkey-King is a magical story, showing that courage and kindness bring unexpected gifts.

After their discovery of the treasure map, the children settle in for a relaxing end to their holidays. That is, until Robert spies a large and sinister ship lurking in the fog on the ocean. Join the children as they discover the secrets of the Phantom Galleon and unearth even more clues as to what happened to Lord Darvil. How do the brass pieces fit together, and what do these have to do with a ship long thought to have been blown to smithereens?

Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father’s father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. Some say he moves like a minnow, not just an ordinary boy so he’s hoping to finally prove himself in front of Ama and his friends in a swimming contest against his older, stronger cousin. But before this can take place, a festival comes to the villages of Upper and Lower Kwanta and Kofi’s brother is chosen to represent Upper Kwanta in the wrestling contest. 

Bernie Cholach's dad wants him to take over the family's rural Alberta feedlot, but Bernie has other ideas: he wants to be a biologist, an interest sparked by his experiences as a volunteer bird handler at a Canadian Wildlife Service facility that breeds and rears peregrine falcons for release into the wild.

After the battle on the shore of the Bottomless Sea, Fable is determined to connect with the prize she won from Endora—the Blood Star. But her fractured magic is still not working right. And with her firehawk friend still in Endora’s clutches, the Tanagers' store missing, and Thorn's sister wandering in the Lichwood, nothing seems to be going well for Fable and her friends. When a strange messenger arrives at the Thistle Plum Inn, the residents are sent on a mysterious quest to Stonebarrow. They soon find out that Starfell is facing an even bigger threat than Endora.

Sebastian Garcia, Juliet Okofor, and twins Angus and Celia McNeil could not be more different from one another. But when they accidently discover an enchanted house that once belonged to the great magician Moriarty Mortimer, everything changes. Legend has it that somewhere inside the mysterious mansion is the most powerful book of magic ever known, and the kids aren’t the only ones hoping to find it. Someone unexpected wants to use it for their evil plan. 

When a pirate captain and her crew steal an ancient Prophecy Medallion, Anne, Penelope, and Hiro are caught up in yet another adventure. After accidentally activating a quest, Anne and her friends have no choice but to complete the task and deliver the medallion to the supreme pirate ruler, Octo-Horse-Pirate. But the quest and the medallion are not what they seem, and Octo-Horse-Pirate is no run-of-the-mill villain. To complete the quest, Anne will have to uncover the truth about her mysterious past—and, just maybe, save the whole world in the process.