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Alex vs Axel: The Impossible Quests
- Author
- Sam Copeland
- Narrator
- Sebastian Humphreys
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date
- 2 May 2024
- Run Time
- 7 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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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. Unfortunately, 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 Aërth.
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 win – when 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 . . . ?
©2024 Sam Copeland (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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A brilliantly funny, epic and moving adventure
Jenny Pearson, author of Operation Nativity
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Brilliantly written and very, very funny. I would have been utterly obsessed with this book as a kid.
Ross Montgomery, author of I Am Rebel
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Details
- Author
- Sam Copeland
- Narrator
- Sebastian Humphreys
- Duration
- 7 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 May 2024
- ISBN
- 9780241695142
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children's / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Synopsis
Brought to you by Puffin.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. Unfortunately, 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 Aërth.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 win – when 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 . . . ?©2024 Sam Copeland (P)2024 Penguin Audio
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