''Beast Quest'' is a best-selling British series of

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novels produced by Working Partners Ltd and written by several authors all using the house name Adam Blade. As of October 2024, the main series had achieved a total of 154 books, Master Your Destiny and Special Editions published, and over 20 million copies of the books have been sold altogether since March 2007. The series is published by Orchard Books in the UK and by

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in the US and is aimed largely at boys and girls aged 7 and over. The books take place in a world called Avantia, and focus on a young boy named Tom and his friend Elenna as they attempt to restore peace to the land by stopping beasts from causing destruction. Kathryn Flett, writing in London's ''

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''." The books are among the most-borrowed from UK lending libraries. There is also a companion science fiction series called ''Sea Quest''. From 2021 to 2023, a short spin-off series called ''Space Wars'' consisting of four books was published. There is also a 2015 mobile video game based on the ''Beast Quest'' book series, and a 2018 version for

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and PS4 (Maximum Games). A new mobile version was released in May 2020 by Animoca.

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Mobile Game: Beast Quest - Ultimate Heroes
Book series introduced in 2007 Series of children's books Fantasy novel series 2000s books Scholastic Corporation books Orchard Books books