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This is a school-and-family story about a child trying to protect a grandfather’s dignity while resisting pressure over friendship and reputation. It offers interpersonal dilemmas rather than a straightforward adventure, with the ending and resolutions left unclear.

A friendship-focused story about fitting in, social shifts and keeping promises when different groups want Natalie’s attention. Its central tension is between new connections and an existing best friendship.

A mystery-led family story about guilt, disappearance and unexpected partnership, with Rosalie and David investigating together while learning more about the people around them.

A school-set story about a reluctant student encountering boxing, a new community and a threat to her school. Tessa’s changing relationship with New Directions appears to drive the book.

A friendship-focused school story about loyalty, jealousy and social power, with wealthy teenagers pursuing excitement before a newcomer changes the balance. The investigation into Stella’s past adds an unresolved mystery element.

A resistance adventure combines robot-chicken domination, rival human factions, a suspected spy and a rescue mission. Rayna investigates the attacks while Jesse seeks a way to free captives, including his brother.

A school friendship story about belonging, social status and the pressure to conform. Lane’s cousin Mint unsettles the existing social order, leaving Lane caught between protecting someone, preserving friendship and wanting life restored.

This is a supernatural flight-and-romance story in which Bianca and Lucas face danger from vampire hunters and Evernight’s leaders after Balthazar is captured. Bianca’s hidden heritage and uncertain destiny add pressure to their attempts to stay together.

A magical family adventure with escalating secrets, strange powers and rescue peril. Chase’s world is disrupted by revelations that appear to leave him feeling like one of the worst people in the world as events move towards a dramatic climax.

This looks like a choice-driven story about balancing a crush with loyalty to friends. Its interest lies less in simply meeting Rio than in Kitty weighing promises, popularity and the hope of being liked.

This is a story about romantic expectations meeting awkward reality. Its central situation combines kissing, friendship, reputation and the influence of romance narratives, with embarrassment and social complications along the way.

A fantasy adventure about two friends separated between fairy and human worlds, each facing different responsibilities. Its central tension is whether they can protect people and relationships while conflict between humans and fairies grows.

A lively school friendship story about Lily and Darby forming an unusual club, then facing uncertainty when Darby’s former best friend returns. Expect comic awkwardness, oddball interests and school-prank mishaps alongside questions about belonging.

A fast-moving YA thriller about a teenager entering a secretive training programme, where academic pressure, team-building and suspicion intensify after someone is accused of betrayal.

A lively toy adventure about loyalty and rescue, with comic danger in a rubbish bin. Traction Man’s imaginative mission contrasts an inseparable pet relationship with a new, less capable battery-operated toy.

A lively mystery with a threatening edge, told through Bowser’s investigation of a break-in and the unresolved death of Birdie’s father. Its appeal appears to lie in clues, danger, unusual characters and the dog’s protective role.

This is a speculative adventure about friendship, divided loyalties and difficult choices. Rayen's return unsettles the MystiK community, while an approaching attack forces her and Callan to work together despite personal conflict.

This is a crime-centred story about ambition, partnership and attempted reinvention. It follows Lamin from teenage involvement in drugs towards entertainment, while Zion’s continuing criminal activity brings serious allegations and threatens their shared future.

This offers a lively historical court mystery through Grace’s viewpoint, combining investigation with questions about trust and loyalty. Its central appeal is a determined young observer trying to make sense of danger surrounding a powerful queen.

A comic school adventure built around Spirit Week rivalry: Chase is drawn into a public competition against Wyatt while trying to stop his rival group gaining strength. The premise also mentions the Scavengers seeking revenge and includes exaggerated “ninja” language and gross-out imagery.

This is a school-set ensemble story about achievement, reputation, relationships and friendship under pressure, with a journey to find a student who has left unexpectedly.

A determined young person tackles isolation, hard physical work and uncertainty while trying to make a home. The story also brings friendship, community support and pressure surrounding German ancestry during wartime.

A high-stakes YA thriller about coercion, environmental activism and divided loyalties. Ellie’s undercover role becomes morally complicated as genuine commitment and personal attachment challenge the mission imposed on her.

This is a speculative story about belonging, family and self-reliance, set between a virtual society and another world. Skye’s attempt to reunite with her family becomes entangled with hidden powers and changing loyalties.

A darkly fantastical adventure combines an unhappy boy, supernatural occupants, a cursed town and a toyshop opening with threats to humanity. Its imaginative cast includes a dog, demons, dwarfs and a polite monster.

A fast-moving fantasy adventure about Max and her winged adopted family, combining rescue, escape and battles with questions about experimentation, loyalty and whether a young person can carry a world-changing purpose.

This offers a tense mystery centred on a broken friendship, bereavement and secrets. Its appeal appears to come from uncertainty: June’s search for the truth becomes increasingly complicated rather than straightforward.

A supernatural mystery about a teenager confronting deep fears while searching for his missing mother. It combines coastal horror, strange allies and escalating danger, with family loss and courage at its emotional centre.

This is a historical mystery-adventure about loyalty, investigation and survival amid crowded, dangerous city streets. Its strongest appeal may be the determined young detective partnership, while crime, pursuit and imprisonment give the story a serious edge.

This combines speculative catastrophe, secrecy and romance: Prenna’s attempt to protect history is tested when her feelings for Ethan conflict with her community’s strict rules. The central appeal is likely the tension between collective duty and personal attachment.

This is a character-led story about siblings trying to stay together while temporary housing disrupts ordinary routines. Its strongest concerns are grief, loyalty, education and the pressure of making adult-seeming decisions without stability.

Choose this for a myth-based adventure centred on friendship, loyalty and a high-stakes rescue. Its interest also lies in Percy’s uncertainty about family identity and whether inherited status feels honourable or painful.

A brisk mystery-adventure centred on a young performer who investigates a suspicious death while pursuing answers about his missing father and imprisoned mother. Escapology provides an unusual skill set, while the numbered clue drives the central puzzle.

This is an imaginative, high-stakes adventure about a teenager whose family history and future may be altered by time travel. Its appeal lies in movement across cultures, eras and legendary worlds, alongside a developing romantic connection.

A historical adventure about identity, loyalty and belonging, with Will caught between two heritages during war. Expect moral pressure, danger and displacement alongside determination, rather than a light or purely escapist journey.

This is a high-stakes science-fiction story about young people confronting attack, separation and competing expectations. Personal relationships matter alongside survival, leadership and the future of two space communities.

This is a dark fantasy about protecting someone you love when power seems absolute. Stories become a means of survival and change, while grief, fear and mysterious magic connect two sisters across distance.

A science-fiction collection built around missing people, alien enemies and the survival of Lorien. Its three linked stories follow Sam, Adam and Sandor through captivity, atonement, defence and discoveries that may affect the war.

This is a high-stakes science-fiction adventure about an ordinary farm boy drawn into an interplanetary mission. It combines rural everyday life with imaginative technology, alien characters, danger and a broad save-both-worlds quest.

Expect an inward-looking coming-of-age journey shaped by disguise, sibling loyalty and political danger. Mitra’s hopes of restored status meet hardship, pursuit and Babak’s failing health; the ending brings a changed understanding of home, though some events remain offstage.

A large-scale fantasy adventure combining dragon warfare, military leadership, perilous travel and personal loyalties. Its strongest supplied emphasis is the connection between external battles and the companions’ doubts, betrayals and difficult choices.

This is an imaginative fantasy centred on chronic illness, transformation, belonging and divided loyalties.

A character-led sports novel about identity and moral choice, set against strong community expectations.

Expect a fast-moving science-fiction mystery combining time travel, gunfights, fistfights, romance, family secrecy and conspiracy.

This contemporary romance follows 16-year-old Delilah after Laurent kisses her during a summer holiday in the South of France. A legendary Kiss may be linked to sudden crushes, break-ups and emotional upheaval at home.