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(/i) I can steal time. The most I can take at the moment is fifteen seconds, which is not a lot. Grandmother took almost three minutes once and she told me she’s done more, but I never saw it. She says there are stories of someone who can take all the time in the world, but how can that be right? (i\) When Alex and his father are forced to flee their home to escape a brutal government, they begin a life-threatening journey across Europe. But when they are separated before they can reach Britain, Alex finds himself alone, with only his extraordinary gift to keep him alive.

When science-obsessed teenager Itch discovers a powerful new radioactive element, he’s forced to go on the run to protect it from Greencorp, a sinister organisation seeking to weaponize it. But when the rock gives Itch radiation poisoning, and his closest friend betrays him, Itch risks losing the rock, putting the entire planet in danger.

Ten Little Robots are exploring a fantastical factory . . . But with neee-naaahing sirens, ker-boooming engines, and plenty of gadgets and levers, chaos soon ensues! Count along with the Ten Little Robots in this action-packed, rhyming adventure. The bestselling Ten Little books are part...

This audio collection includes the never-before-heard stories of Man on the Moon: a day in the life of Bob, Bob's Best Ever Friend and Bob and the Moontree Mystery. Bob is everyone's favourite Man on the Moon; follow him on his daily adventures. Bob has a special job - looking after the moon. He keeps it clean and entertains passing space tourists as well as giving guided tours. He knows everything about the moon and that there is definitely no such thing as aliens!

From the million-copy-selling author of The Roman Mysteries comes a nail-biting time-travel adventure in Roman London - where past meets present. Billionaire Solomon Daisy is obsessed with the skeleton of a blue-eyed girl from Roman London. He has managed to invent a time machine so that he can go and find her, but it's estimated that for each hour spent in the past, the time traveller's life will be shortened, so Solomon recruits a potential child time traveller: Alex Papas, a 12-year-old boy who knows a smattering of Greek and Latin.

Il l'a entendue. Il dit même qu'il l'a vue, avec ses yeux petits et méchants. Mais au village tout le monde sait que le père Gustave boit un peu trop. Alors son histoire à dormir debout, qui ravive le souvenir de la fameuse Bête du Gévaudan, ça ne me fait pas peur, enfin presque pas... Et puis, j'ai un problème plus urgent à traiter : organiser l'évasion de mon meilleur ami Maurice, qui a été arrêté par des SS. Mais comment moi et ma bande de copains, qu'une simple bête imaginaire effraie, pourrions-nous mettre en déroute les soldats allemands ?