
Alex vs Axel: The Thief of Time
Sam Copeland(Author)
Puffin (Publisher)
Published on 4. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-241-57315-0 (ISBN)
Description
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, the team are going to need extra help, which arrives in the shape of Alex's family cat, Mr Sunshine, and a bloodthirsty gnome called Finagle.
Facing monsters, angels and warlocks, our unlikely heroes set off on a double quest. But can they overcome their own doubts and fears in time to save the day . . . ?
'Brilliantly written and very, very funny' - Ross Montgomery, author of I Am Rebel, on Alex vs Axel: The Impossible Quests.
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, the team are going to need extra help, which arrives in the shape of Alex's family cat, Mr Sunshine, and a bloodthirsty gnome called Finagle.
Facing monsters, angels and warlocks, our unlikely heroes set off on a double quest. But can they overcome their own doubts and fears in time to save the day . . . ?
'Brilliantly written and very, very funny' - Ross Montgomery, author of I Am Rebel, on Alex vs Axel: The Impossible Quests.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
234 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-57315-0 (9780241573150)
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E-Book
09/2025
Puffin
€8.99
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Persons
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.
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.