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When Lucas meets his friends at the local cinema - nicknamed 'The Black Hole' - they're excited about the movie marathon ahead. Non-stop action, blockbuster special effects and all the snacks they can eat. But as the lights go down, Lucas, Ash, Maya, Caitlin, and Finn watch in disbelief as a jet-black tidal wave comes crashing out of the cinema screen and the five friends find themselves swept into an epic adventure. Secret hideouts. Prehistoric monsters. Lost cities. Impossible missions. Being the hero of your own film should feel like fun.

How amazing would it be to have a dad who's an astronaut? Rocket launches, zero gravity, and flying through space like a superhero! Jamie Drake's dad is orbiting the Earth in the International Space Station, and Jamie ought to think it's cool, but he just really misses him. Hanging out at his local observatory, Jamie picks up a strange signal on his phone. It looks like alien life is getting closer to home. But space is a dangerous place, and when his dad's mission goes wrong, can Jamie prove that he's a hero, too?

Eden's visit to The Escape sees her dropped into a world of puzzles and peril with no way out. She must find the keys, climb the levels and meet her fate. But what if she's not playing the game? Maybe the game is playing her...

When 12-year-old Ami arrives at The Escape, she thinks it’s just a game - the ultimate escape room with puzzles and challenges to beat before time runs out. Meeting her teammates, Adjoa, Ibrahim, Oscar and Min, Ami learns from the Host that they have been chosen to save the world and that they must work together to find the Answer. But as he locks them inside the first room, they quickly realise this is no ordinary game.

How do you know you really exist? It’s Maisie’s birthday and she can’t wait to open her presents. She’s hoping for the things she needs to build her own nuclear reactor. But she wakes to an empty house and outside the front door is nothing but a terrifying, all-consuming blackness. Trapped in an ever-shifting reality, Maisie knows that she will have to use the laws of the universe and the love of her family to survive. And even that might not be enough.... A mind-bending mystery for anyone who’s ever asked questions, from the author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright and The Jamie Drake Equation.

Nobody knows who started the Darkive. It's a database filled with first-hand accounts of strange, unexplained experiences. Ghosts; paranormal entities; weird anomalies. Each one is stored with a bank of evidence to prove the story. Are you ready to dive in? Adam didn't think his camping trip with his best friend, Sol, could get any worse. Stumbling upon an abandoned ghost town, they find themselves playing a strange game of hide and seek. But who or what is trying to find them? And can Adam stay one step ahead?

Secrets, spies or maybe even a monster... What lies in the heart of the wood? Charlie, Dizzy and Johnny are determined to discover the truth, but when night falls without warning they find themselves trapped in a nightmare. Lost in the woods, strange dangers and impossible puzzles lurk in the shadows. As time plays tricks, can Charlie solve this mystery and find a way out of the woods? But what if this night never ends? A timeless novel for anyone who’s ever felt lost.

How far would you go to change your world? When Albie's mum dies, it's natural he should wonder where she's gone. His parents are both scientists, and they usually have all the answers. Dad mutters something about Albie's mum being alive and with them in a parallel universe. So Albie finds a box, his mum's computer and a rotting banana and sends himself through time and space to find her....

Science and laughs combine in this out-of-this-world adventure from best-selling author Christopher Edge. You might think that this story is going to be an intergalactic adventure filled with UFOs, black holes, killer robots and some very foul-smelling aliens. And you'd be right. But it's mostly about a boy called Jake, his embarrassing dad and the mind-boggling question...are we really alone in the universe?

The Traitors meets the Spider-Verse in this fast-paced, action-packed adventure with mind-bending twists by the bestselling author of Escape Room, Christopher Edge. Perfect for readers of 10+. ‘A writer of genuine originality’ The Guardian The maze is a dangerous place. The maze is...

From the author of Bastards comes Scarcity, the new collection of poetry. Bleak, philosophical, and with an often surgical precision, it is a journey through emptiness, environmental collapse, and poverty that is at the same time rich with humanity, raw emotion, and hope.

Finde die Antwort. Rette die Welt. Als die zwölfjährige Ami bei The Escape ankommt, denkt sie, es sei nur ein Spiel – ein Fluchtraum mit den üblichen Rätseln und Herausforderungen. Doch beim Treffen mit ihren Teamkollegen Adjoa, Ibrahim, Oscar und Min erfährt Ami, dass sie auserwählt wurden, die Welt zu retten. Sie erkennen schnell, dass dies kein gewöhnliches Spiel ist. Von einer höhlenartigen verstaubten Bibliothek bis hin zu einem alten Maya-Grab, einem verlassenen Einkaufszentrum und einem Kommandomodul eines Raumschiffs – die Gefahren von The Escape scheinen endlos.

When twelve-year-old Ami arrives at The Escape, she thinks it's just a game—the ultimate escape room with puzzles to solve, codes to crack, and challenges to beat before time runs out. But soon after meeting her teammates, Adjoa, Ibrahim, Oscar, and Min, and being locked in the first room, Ami realises this is no ordinary game. From a cavernous library of dust to an ancient Mayan tomb, a deserted shopping mall stalked by extinct animals to the command module of a spaceship heading to Mars, the perils of The Escape are real and absolutely deadly.

Eden is cutting through an industrial park following directions that Ami, an online friend, has shared with her to a new escape room. She meets a boy named Ted who rudely tells her she's an NPC, a non-playing character in the video game he's playing and to stop bothering him with her side quests. Eden knows she's real, she knows the game is not a game, but she can't seem to get out without helping Ted find the keys and solve the puzzles. Each puzzle takes them to a new level with increasing levels of danger, but Eden seems to be the only one with an actual life to lose.