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, 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.

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.

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 . . . ?

Dotty Sutton

Welcome to Hawthorne Manor, a fifteen-and-a-half-star hotel with a difference – it’s run by vampires! 
 
But nine-year-old Moth is only a half-vampire (that’s what happens if you get bitten by a vamp with only one fang), meaning he can’t fly and hates the sight of blood. He can come out in sunlight, though, which means it’s his job as Temporary Deputy Assistant Sub-Manager to run the hotel all day, while the rest of the staff snooze in the dark, creepy basement. 
 
Bullied by the other vampires, particularly cocky Vlad the Lad, who loves to make his life a misery, Moth’s life sucks. That is until a party of school children unexpectedly check in, and Moth is faced with a new challenge: a feisty (human) girl called Mina. 
 
Can Moth protect Mina from the vamps without revealing the truth about himself and the hotel? Or can humans and half-vampires never truly be friends?

Dotty Sutton

Books by Dotty Sutton

Series by Dotty Sutton

Alex vs Axel2 Books

Moth the Veggie Vampire1 Book

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