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Alex vs Axel: The Impossible Quests
Series: Alex vs Axel
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The hilarious new fantasy adventure from the author of Charlie Changes Into a Chicken. Alex is a normal, everyday kid, living in a normal, everyday city. Axel is a monster-slaying hero, living in a world of magic. But when the two boys mysteriously swap places, each...
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Description
The hilarious new fantasy adventure from the author of Charlie Changes Into a Chicken.
Alex is a normal, everyday kid, living in a normal, everyday city. Axel is a monster-slaying hero, living in a world of magic. But when the two boys mysteriously swap places, each of them ends up being mistaken for the other.
With zero experience of heroism, Alex is thrust into an epic quest to defeat the evil Felonius Gloam, who has stolen the Book of Lifetales and is using it to unravel the very fabric of the world of Aerth. Meanwhile, Axel is faced with double maths, a gran who's six months behind on the rent, and a crucial chess tournament he's got to winโwhen he doesn't even know how to play.
Can the two boys complete their Impossible Quests and find a way back to their own lives, or will they both discover they don't have a life to come back to...?
Series: Alex vs Axel
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Alex vs Axel: The Impossible Quests
The hilarious new fantasy adventure from the author of Charlie Changes Into a Chicken. Alex is a normal, everyday kid, living in a normal, everyday city. Axel is a monster-slaying hero, living in a world of magic. But when the two boys mysteriously swap places, each of them ends up being mistaken for the other. With zero experience of heroism,...Paperback$2100Elsewhere:$2300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Alex vs Axel: The Thief of Time
The hilarious second book in the Alex vs Axel series by the author of Charlie Changes Into a Chicken. Alex, Axel and the rest of the gang are back - but this time it's Earth that's in trouble... Time has been frozen and every single person on the planet is in mortal danger. With just seven days to help them,...Paperback$2400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241573136
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 May 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Puffin
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 308g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Sam Copeland is an author, which has come as something of a surprise to him. He is from Manchester and now lives in London with two smelly cats, three smelly children and one relatively clean-smelling wife. He is the author of the bestselling Charlie Changes Into a Chicken series (the first book of which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize), Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything and Greta and the Ghost Hunters. With Jenny Pearson, he has also written Tuchus & Topps Investigate- The Underpants of Chaos and Tuchus & Topps Investigate- The Attack of the Robot Librarians. Despite legal threats, he refuses to stop writing.
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The hilarious second book in the Alex vs Axel series by the author of Charlie Changes Into a Chicken. Alex, Axel and the rest of the gang are back - but this time it's Earth that's in trouble... Time has been frozen and every single person on the planet is in mortal danger. With just seven days to help them,...Paperback$2400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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