Ali Sparkes

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  • Bibliography:
    48 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2006
  • Latest Book:
    January 2024
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Full Series List in Order

S.W.I.T.C.H.

1 - Spider Stampede (May-2013)
2 - Fly Frenzy (May-2013)
3 - Grasshopper Glitch (May-2013)
4 - Ant Attack (May-2013)
5 - Crane Fly Crash (May-2013)
6 - Beetle Blast (May-2013)
7 - Frog Freakout (Apr-2014)
8 - Newt Nemesis (Apr-2014)
9 - Lizard Loopy (Apr-2014)
10 - Chameleon Chaos (Apr-2014)
11 - Turtle Terror (Apr-2014)
12 - Gecko Gladiator (Apr-2014)
13 - Anaconda Adventure (Apr-2014)
14 - Alligator Action (Apr-2014)

Shapeshifter

1 - Finding the Fox (May-2006)
2 - Running the Risk (Sep-2016)
3 - Going to Ground (May-2007)

Unleashed

1 - Trick or Truth (Aug-2016)
2 - Mind Over Matter (Aug-2016)

Book List in Order: 48 titles

  • Finding the Fox

    Shapeshifter - 1

    Dax Jones is an ordinary schoolboy . . . until something extraordinary happens one day. Whilst frightened for his life, he inexplicably changes into a fox! Before long, both a government agent and an ambitious young journalist are on his tail. The ag...

  • Going to Ground

    Shapeshifter - 3

    When Dax receives an urgent call, he knows he has to drop everything and race to the aid of his friends. But that's not as easy as it sounds. Strange things are happening-unbelievable occurrences that seem to be following Dax and his friends wherever...

  • Frozen in Time

    1956: Freddy and Polly Emerson are enjoying a terrific summer vacation helping their father with his latest experiment. That is, until they disappear. The police investigate, but find nothing. Their father, Professor Emerson, has also vanished. 20...

  • Freak of Fortune

    The fate of Fortunestone rests in the hands of Nic and Rav, two former friends. But it's not until a freak act of nature throws them together that they realise their importance. They must survive, only then can they begin a journey that will end up s...

  • A Life & Death Job

    A group of very special teenagers. Each with an incredible power, they live together, protected by the government. Out in the ordinary world they know they must not use their powers. But good intentions are easy . . . following them through is anothe...

  • Ant Attack

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 4

    Danny and Josh were having a great day until Tarquin, the most annoying boy in the neighborhood, came over to play. He dresses like he's fifty-five, doesn't do anything fun, and pulls the legs off of bugs. The twins thought that their day couldn't ge...

  • Beetle Blast

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 6

    When Danny's soccer practice is canceled, he's forced to go with his brother, Josh, to a meeting for a wildlife and nature group. But a fluke encounter with a muffin turns both brothers into beetles just in time to learn all about pond-dipping...from...

  • Crane Fly Crash

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 5

    When Petty Potts leaves town, she puts Danny and Josh in charge of some of her special S.W.I.T.C.H. spray. But leave it up to the nutty scientist to put S.W.I.T.C.H. spray in a bottle identical to their sister Jenny's hairspray. When Danny and Josh's...

  • Fly Frenzy

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 2

    Mad scientist Petty Potts asks her neighbors, twins Josh and Danny, to help with her experiments and when her SWITCH spray turns them into flies, they are able to investigate the sabotage of their mother's garden. ...



  • Grasshopper Glitch

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 3

    Danny and Josh thought that today would be just like any other school day--wake up, eat breakfast, and go to school. Of course, they didn't expect to accidentally turn into grasshoppers in the middle of class! Can they avoid being eaten while they se...

  • Spider Stampede

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 1

    All Josh and Danny Phillips want to do is play in the yard with their dog, like regular eight-year-olds. Unfortunately, their crazy neighbor Miss Potts makes sure that they never have any fun. When the boys accidentally stumble on Miss Potts's secret...

  • Out of This World

    Tyrone Lewis is messing about in the woods, trying to keep out of trouble, when he stumbles upon something weird, a glowing lump of rock or metal or something. Whatever it is, it gives him an amazing power. Which is cool at first, until Ty's new powe...

  • Speak Evil

  • The Burning Beach

    The final book in the mind-blowing Unleashed series. When Mia washes up on a remote beach, barely alive and suffering from amnesia, there''s only one thing she knows for certain . . . everyone she loves is dead. Sheltered by a tiny Irish community, h...

  • Alligator Action

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 14

    Petty Potts has been kidnapped! Josh and Danny have to find her before it's too late. While investigating, the boys come across Petty's latest S.W.I.T.C.H. spray that can turn them into alligators. Josh and Danny soon have a date with destiny…...

  • Anaconda Adventure

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 13

    At the zoo, twins Josh and Danny willingly try out Petty Pott's new REPTOSWITCH formula and enjoy being snakes until they are spotted by a group of girls on a field trip, including their camp friend, Charlie. ...

  • Chameleon Chaos

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 10

    Twins Josh and Danny continue following clues leading them to marbles filled with scientific code, despite the fact that mad scientist Petty Potts' REPTOSWITCH formula is having some very strange side-effects. ...

  • Frog Freakout

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 7

    Surprise! Mad scientist Petty Potts is the new counselor at Josh and Danny's summer camp. And she just happens to be hiding some bottles of her extraordinary serum inside her raincoat. Now she can turn the boys into amphibians! Josh and Danny vow to ...

  • Gecko Gladiator

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 12

    Twins Danny and Josh reveal to neighbor Petty Potts that they have been on a quest to find marbles containing secret code and soon find themselves--as geckos--in her new secret laboratory within the very pink Princessland. ...



  • Lizard Loopy

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 9

    An intruder at mad scientist's Petty Potts' house interrupts her latest experiment, trying REPTOSWITCH on twins Josh and Danny, and when they return home they find a package that sends them on a mysterious quest. ...

  • Newt Nemesis

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 8

    Summer camp was going great for Josh and Danny until mad scientist Petty Potts showed up. Sure, her serum turned them into frogs to help them save their new friend Charlie. But the serum didn't completely wear off: all three kids still have frog feet...

  • Turtle Terror

    S.W.I.T.C.H. - 11

    While on vacation with their parents in Cornwall, twins Danny and Josh follow clues to another marble but find themselves trapped by the tide on a rocky island and the only way back is to use some pilfered REPTOSWITCH. ...

  • Car-Jacked

    Jack Mattingly is a genius.He has an IQ of 170.He speaks fluent Mandarin and Latin.And he can calculate the square root of 1,673,549 in his head.But when Jack''s parents'' car is hi-jacked, with him inside it, for once he''s as clueless as the rest o...

  • Wishful Thinking

    It''s just a regular trip for Kevin, and he comes back with just the regular sorts of things. Some local fudge, a scented candle for his mum . . . and his own personal god. It''s Abandinus, a little-known Celtic deity, who has suddenly found a new pu...

  • Feather and Fang

    Dax Jones will not be tamed.The Children of Limitless Ability can do all sorts of amazing things. Terrifying things too. Some can move things with their minds. Some can make themselves vanish. Dax Jones can change his form; can hurtle through the sky...

  • Dark Summer

    Eddie hates staying with his cousins - so it looks set to be a really long summer. But then they visit the amazing caves at Wookey Hole and Eddie is entranced. Until he wanders off down a secret passage and gets lost in the dark. Underground, on his ...

  • Mind Over Matter

    Unleashed - 2

    Gideon and Luke are spending some quality family time, playing at being normal teenagers. They have no reason to use their telekinetic powers in the small seaside town, and they have enough bodyguards to keep them safe, right? Wrong. A brutal killer ...

  • Trick or Truth

    Unleashed - 1

    With his supernatural ability to conjure spectacular illusions, Spook Williams knows he is destined for greatness. So when he's kidnapped by a celebrity magician claiming to be his real father, he can't help but be intrigued... Very soon, Spook is...

  • Electrotaur and Slashermite

    Jack and Lewis never dreamed their monster drawings would come to life, but the boys wake up to find their latest creations, Electrotaur and Slashermite, are in their bedroom. From that point on, Jack and Lewis' lives are turned upside down....



  • Running the Risk

    Shapeshifter - 2

    Falling out with his best mate wasn't exactly the start to the new term that Dax Jones wanted. But when Gideon's life changes, it seems that he's leaving Dax behind. And as if that's not bad enough, everyone at school has started acting weirdly. Is D...

  • Dowsing the Dead

    Ordinary kids: extraordinary powers: amazing adventures. The fantastic Shapeshifter series continues with Dax and his friends settling into their new secret hideaway in the Lake District. The whole place has been fortified so that the Children of Lim...

  • Stirring the Storm

    "Ordinary kids: extraordinary powers: amazing adventures. There''s a lot of strange stuff going on for Dax Jones. To start with there''s the mysterious letter from his dad telling Dax to go to a secret location and find something from his dead mother...

  • Ant Attack and Other Stories

    Two brothers, one serum, and a world of trouble! In 'Ant Attack', the twins are horrified when they are accidentally turned into ants: can they escape before terrible Tarquin roasts them under his magnifying glass? 'Crane Fly Crash' finds Josh an...

  • Bashertaur

    Jack and Lewis love drawing monsters – and their drawings have a funny habit of coming to life! But now everything is going horribly wrong. The dreaded Dahlia Dawkins has somehow managed to find out their secret – and now she’s crea...

  • A Life and Death Job

    A group of special teenagers, each with an incredible power. They live together and learn how to use their abilities, protected from those who wish to harm them. Now, for one short week they are let out into the world, with strict instructions that t...

  • Lizard Loopy and Other Stories

    Petty's back with a new kind of SWITCH spray - repto SWITCH! The lizard formula is ready for testing, and Josh and Danny are eager to help. But as Josh and Danny are trying it out in the safety of Petty's secret underground lab, they're interrupted b...

  • Monster Makers

    Jack and Lewis love drawing monsters: the scarier the better! But they don't expect them to come to life! They've already set Electrotaur and Slashermite loose upon the world. Now they've created Stinkermite - but they didn't mean to set him on t...

  • Spider Stampede and Other Stories

    Josh and Danny are in bug trouble when their next-door neighbour Petty Potts, a mad scientist with a beastly serum, squirts them with her S.W.I.T.C.H. spray!In 'Spider Stampede', the twins find themselves with eight legs and the ability to shoot webb...

  • Thunderstruck



  • 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 fracturing their lives . . . until they venture out into the dark and find each other. And then the sleepless trio realize their astound...

  • Night Raiders

    Since the 1.34 a.m. wake up calls began, Elena, Matt, and Tima had all had the power to talk to animals, birds and insects like no other human could. None of them would ever trade that for a full eight hours sleep. It was too amazing.But an amazing l...

  • Night Walker

    Spin has always dwelled in the darkness. He was happy to lurk alone, until Elena, Matt and Tima came to disrupt his night-time world.Elena, Matt, and Tima are Night Speakers. They wake up at the same time, every night, and since the beginning of thes...

  • Night Terrors

    It''s not every day a couple of eagles pay you a visit in the middle of the night and tell you your friend, who happens to be hundreds of miles away, is in terrible danger. But Matt and Elena are not everyday people. They''re Night Speakers, with the...

  • The Great Pebble Puzzle

    Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there a...

  • Night Forever

    1.34 a.m. It''s always 1.34 a.m.Every night without fail, at 1.34 a.m. on the dot, Elena, Matt, and Tima wake up.Except, something''s changed. The beam that gave them the ability to communicate telepathically with animals has started to come through ...

  • The Prince Frog

  • My Sister is a Dog

    Joe thinks the dog next door is trying to kill him. Willow didn't mean to nearly kill him. She just needs to tell Joe about three important things. But how can you make your brother understand important things when you live with the neighbour these d...

  • 100 Summers

    What's an inner city kid like Dante doing in a posh old mansion house in the country? Having ADHD and dyslexia has 'won' him a place in a free summer school - so he can feel extra stupid, get into fights and be accused of stuff he didn't do.Finding a...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ali Sparkes has published 48 books.

Ali Sparkes does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, 100 Summers, was published in January 2024.

The first book by Ali Sparkes, Finding the Fox, was published in May 2006.

Yes. Ali Sparkes has 3 series.
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