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  • 5 stars across 76 books
    Ali was a local newspaper reporter and columnist before joining BBC local radio as a producer and presenter, and then chucked in the safe job to be dangerously freelance and write scripts and manuscripts. Her first venture was as a comedy columnist on the BBC Radio's top-rated Woman's Hour and Home Truths programmes. In 2010 she won the Blue Peter Best Book of the Year Award for Frozen in Time. Ali lives with her husband and two sons in Southampton.
    1st March 2018

    Night Speakers

    Night after night Elena, Matt, and Tima wake at exactly the same time, with no idea why. It's messing them up and fractu... More

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    6th June 2013

    Frozen in Time

    1956 Freddy and Polly are used to helping their father with his experiments. So they don't mind being put into cryonic ... More

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    5th May 2016

    The Shapeshifter: Finding the Fox

    Adventure, conspiracy and shapeshifting - X-Men meets Alex Rider. Dax Jones is an ordinary schoolboy . . . until somethi... More

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    4th August 2016

    The Shapeshifter: Going to Ground

    Ordinary kids: extraordinary powers: amazing adventures. When Dax receives an urgent call, he knows he has to drop every... More

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    2nd March 2017

    Thunderstruck

    What if your new best friend was a ghost? Getting struck by lightning whilst huddling under a tree isn't exactly the wa... More

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    4th April 2019

    Night Walker

    Spin has always dwelled in the darkness. He was happy to lurk alone, until Elena, Matt and Tima came to disrupt his nigh... More

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    4th January 2007

    Running the Risk: the Shapeshifter 2

    Dax is starting to get used to his life as a shapeshifter. At last he feels safe and secure, surrounded by people he tru... More

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    7th April 2011

    S.W.I.T.C.H: Beetle Blast

    Josh and Danny are on a day out with the local nature group, but when they accidentally eat a chocolate muffin laced wit... More

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    4th April 2013

    Unleashed 3: Trick Or Truth

    A group of very special teenagers. Each with an incredible power, they live together, protected by the government. Out i... More

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    3rd January 2008

    Stirring the Storm: The Shapeshifter 5

    In this exciting finale Dax and his friends are moved to the country in a bid to keep their identities a secret, but are... More

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    • The Shapeshifter: Going to Ground

      The Shapeshifter: Going to Ground

      by SAL04

      An outstanding shapeshifter book by Ali Sparks.

      Going To Ground is about Dax who receives a urgent call and he has to evacuate the school with his...

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      Night Walker

      I really liked this book, but I found it a bit confusing. Also, this is the last book with my favourite character in. The age recommendation I wou...

    • Night Raiders

      Night Raiders

      I really liked this book. I think that it would be better to read the first book before this one because there are some references. My favourite chara...