Available Formats
Alex vs Axel: The Thief of Time
By (Author) Sam Copeland
Illustrated by Dotty Sutton
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
9th September 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 35mm
500g
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 . . .
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.