Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"Boy Soldier"		Retail £5.99 GBP £4.80 Save 20% Retail $11.98 USD $9.60 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	Danny's grandfather was a traitor - an SAS explosives expert who betrayed his country and his Regiment for money. He was arrested and left to rot and die in a Columbian jail. At least, that's what seventeen-year-old Danny is told when his hopes of becoming a soldier are destroyed for ever. But he knows something the army doesn't seem to know. New ed. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 77g. Author:  McNab, Andy Rigby, Robert ISBN:  0552552216 Publisher:  Random House Children's Books Date:  2006  (United Kingdom) Readership:  Children / Juvenile Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"Meltdown"		Retail £10.99 GBP £8.79 Save 20% Retail $21.98 USD $17.58 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	"Boy Soldier" series; A lethal new drug with devastating side effects, known as Meltdown, is threatening to destabilize society. Dudley knows that the security services have to act fast, and when his 4 x 4 arrives at their remote hideout in the Canadian lakes, Danny and his grandfather, ex-SAS hero Fergus Watts, are once again sucked into a deadly undercover operation. Hardback, 304 pages. Size: 223 x 145 mm. Weight: 443g. Author:  McNab, Andy Rigby, Robert ISBN:  0385608063 Publisher:  Random House Children's Books Date:  2007  (United Kingdom) Readership:  Children / Juvenile Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"Payback Payback"		Retail £5.99 GBP £4.80 Save 20% Retail $11.98 USD $9.60 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	Danny and his grandfather, ex-SAS explosives expert, are on the run, with their cover in Spain blown. Encouraged by the mysterious Deveraux, they return to London to confront their enemy in MI6, Fincham. But a suicide bomber has brought death to Westminster. And there seem to be other willing martyrs. This title is a sequel to Boy Soldier. New ed. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 197 x 129 mm. Weight: 505g. Author:  McNab, Andy Rigby, Robert ISBN:  0552552224 Publisher:  Random House Children's Books Date:  2006  (United Kingdom) Readership:  Children / Juvenile Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult) (No.2)

"The Navigator"		Retail £12.99 GBP £10.39 Save 20% Retail $25.98 USD $20.78 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	Owen's world as he knows it is turned upside down the day he joins the Resisters in their ancient feud against the evil Harsh. With their icy blasts and constant onslaught, the Harsh have one aim - eliminate all life. Unless they are defeated, everything Owen knows will vanish. Hardback, 352 pages. Size: 222 x 141 mm. Weight: 545g. Author:  McNamee, Eoin ISBN:  0007209762 Publisher:  Harpercollins Publishers Date:  2006  (United Kingdom) Readership:  Children's (6-12) Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"Cairo Jim Amidst the Petticoats of Artemis"		Retail £4.99 GBP £4.00 Save 20% Retail $9.98 USD $8.00 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	"Cairo Jim Chronicles" series; Amidst the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus, Captain Neptune Bone has unearthed a relic which promises him supernatural powers. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, it's up to that well-known archaeologist Cairo Jim, and his companions to prevent Bone from meddling with the Petticoats of Artemis. But can he do it in time? With illustrations. Paperback, Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 30g. Author:  McSkimming, Geoffrey ISBN:  1406305987 Publisher:  Walker Books Ltd Date:  2007  (United Kingdom) Readership:  Children's (6-12) Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"Cairo Jim and the Chaos From Crete"		Retail £4.99 GBP £4.00 Save 20% Retail $9.98 USD $8.00 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	"Cairo Jim Chronicles" series; At the ruins of the ancient Palace of Knossos in Crete, strange toxic gases are forcing visitors to abandon the site. Where are these foul-smelling emissions coming from and what mythical secret lies beneath the ruins? Only one man can solve this ancient mystery of history - and Cairo Jim has a gas mask! Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 198g. Author:  McSkimming, Geoffrey ISBN:  1406310468 Publisher:  Walker Books Ltd Date:  2008  (United Kingdom) Readership:  Children's (6-12) Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"Cairo Jim and the Lagoon of Tidal Magnificence"		Retail £4.99 GBP £4.00 Save 20% Retail $9.98 USD $8.00 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	"Cairo Jim Chronicles" series; A legendary palace in the crater of a Sumatran volcano conceals a secret - one that Cairo Jim is determined to uncover. But he isn't the only one on the trail. Why has the Turkish Women's Olympic Tent Erection Team disappeared? How is Preston Glamourdust, of the Glamourdust Glove and Gusset Company, involved - and why does he seem so familiar? Paperback, Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 20g. Author:  McSkimming, Geoffrey ISBN:  1406305995 Publisher:  Walker Books Ltd Date:  2007  (United Kingdom) Readership:  Children's (6-12) Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"Cairo Jim and the Quest for the Quetzal Queen"		Retail £4.99 GBP £4.00 Save 20% Retail $9.98 USD $8.00 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	"Cairo Jim Chronicles" series; Cairo Jim has a new condundrum to solve: the sudden and unexplained appearance of paintings of the legendary Quetzal Queen. Did she really reign for 800 years? What does the sudden disappearance of Fifi Glusac, the famous contortionist and harmonica player, have to do with it? And what is the plan of Cairo Jim's nefarious nemesis Neptune Bone? Paperback, Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 201g. Author:  McSkimming, Geoffrey ISBN:  140630543X Publisher:  Walker Books Ltd Date:  2007  (United Kingdom) Readership:  Children's (6-12) Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"Cairo Jim and the Secret Sepulchre of the Sphinx"		Retail £4.99 GBP £4.00 Save 20% Retail $9.98 USD $8.00 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	"Cairo Jim Chronicles" series; A fragment of an old diary puts Cairo Jim on the trail of a secret more stunning than all the Seven Wonders of the World put together. It's the find of the century - and Jim and his friends are the heroes of the hour. But behind the scenes lurks a manicured, fez-wearing villain, with a devious plot to blast Jim's hard-earned reputation to pieces. Paperback, Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 214g. Author:  McSkimming, Geoffrey ISBN:  1406305448 Publisher:  Walker Books Ltd Date:  2007  (United Kingdom) Readership:  Children's (6-12) Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"Cairo Jim and the Tyrannical Bauble of Tiberius"		Retail £4.99 GBP £4.00 Save 20% Retail $9.98 USD $8.00 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	"Cairo Jim Chronicles" series; A priceless artefact has gone missing in Rome - the imperishable Bauble of the ancient Emperor Tiberius. The Bauble has strange powers, and held in the wrong hands it could be used to bring about the end of civilization as we know it. Can Cairo Jim, well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, get to the bottom of things before it's too late? Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 228g. Author:  McSkimming, Geoffrey ISBN:  1406310476 Publisher:  Walker Books Ltd Date:  2008  (United Kingdom) Readership:  Children's (6-12) Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"Moby Dick"		Retail £4.99 GBP £4.00 Save 20% Retail $9.98 USD $8.00 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	"Usborne Classics Retold" series; Provides a simplified and shortened retelling of a literary classic. This book intends to encourage enthusiastic young readers to pursue an interest in literature. It is also suitable for older readers who prefer a quick read. With black line drawings throughout. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 196 x 130 mm. Weight: 505g. Author:  Melville, Herman ISBN:  0746076665 Publisher:  Usborne Publishing Ltd Date:  2007  (United Kingdom) Readership:  Children's (6-12) Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"Girl in the Attic"		Retail £5.99 GBP £4.80 Save 20% Retail $11.98 USD $9.60 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	Nathan, 13, is furious when his mum tells him they are moving to Cornwall after spending Christmas there. He wants to be back with Dad, with his best friend Tom, in his London life. But then he finds a cottage, and a girl in its attic - who is she and what is the family secret that haunts her life? Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 216 x 135 mm. Weight: 154g. Author:  Mendes, Valerie ISBN:  0689836805 Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Ltd Date:  2002  (United Kingdom) Readership:  Teenage / Young Adult Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"The Cat and the Canvas"		Retail £10.90 GBP £10.25 Save 6% Retail $21.80 USD $20.50 Save 6%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	Paperback, 312 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 399g. Author:  Mercier, Deborah ISBN:  0595381731 Publisher:  Iuniverse Dotcom Date:  2006  (United States) Readership:  Children's (6-12) Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"In the Belly of the Bloodhound"		Retail £4.99 GBP £4.00 Save 20% Retail $9.98 USD $8.00 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	"A Bloody Jack Adventure" series; The British crown has placed a price on Jacky's head, so she returns to the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston to lay low. But the safe haven doesn't last - a school outing goes awry as Jacky and her classmates are abducted and forced into the hold of the Bloodhound, a ship bound for the slave markets on the Barbary Coast. Paperback, 544 pages. Size: 178 x 114 mm. Weight: 325g. Author:  Meyer, L.A. ISBN:  0152061665 Publisher:  Harcourt Children's Books Date:  2008  (United States) Readership:  Teenage / Young Adult Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)

"My Bonny Light Horseman"		Retail £11.99 GBP £9.59 Save 20% Retail $23.98 USD $19.18 Save 20%
Click to enlarge Double-click to reduce	"A Bloody Jack Adventure" series; The infamous pirate, riverboat seductress, and street-urchin-turned-sailor Jacky Faber has been captured by the French and beheaded. Inconceivable? Yes! The truth is she's secretly forced to pose as an American dancer behind enemy lines in Paris, where she entices a French general into revealing military secrets - all to save her dear friends. Paperback, 448 pages. Size: 210 x 140 mm. Weight: 569g. Author:  Meyer, L.A. ISBN:  0152061878 Publisher:  Harcourt Children's Books Date:  2008  (United States) Readership:  Teenage / Young Adult Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult)