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A first-person life story follows Aldrin from childhood towards astronaut training and the Apollo 11 Moon landing, connecting personal ambition with the achievement of a team.

Bo's story combines a mistaken accusation, prison labour, a dangerous tundra setting and an illegal football team. A runaway artificial intelligence adds a mystery: Bo must decide whether to trust the programme he created.

The quest makes geography part of the action: answers help readers advance, while clues and wrong turns guide their progress. A glossary offers a reference point for geographical words.

Max’s training involves learning practical tasks and joining Sam on ordinary outings. The story also gives him a small, relatable challenge: resisting the smell of chips while staying beneath a restaurant table.

This illustrated adventure centres on adoption, friendship and what makes a family. Queen Bee forms a new family with Virelldar and friends while keeping a future reunion with her birth family in mind.

Matt’s injury leaves him unsure how he was involved when a young Iraqi boy was shot. Returning to combat, he scans for danger and worries about whether he can act when required.

Mia faces a mixed reception in Genovia: her fashion sense is applauded, while her position on public parking meters meets resistance. Royal lessons and politics sit alongside cancelled dates, Algebra and her struggle to stop biting her fingernails.

A talking cat leads Zeke from everyday family and school difficulties into an eccentric underground fantasy, with zombies, spies and other unusual characters. The mix promises comic adventure alongside the pressures of home and school.

This is an action-adventure fantasy about a rescue, animal-inspired powers and friends learning to manage unusual devices. The stakes extend from Charlie’s father to the world, with complications among the group as well as external foes.

This is a cycling road-trip story about three schoolmates whose public journey brings friendship and national attention. Its plot combines social-media fame with self-acceptance and humour.

A family’s division of labour is disrupted when the mother, who does the household tasks, is suddenly absent. A note and peculiar changes bring fantasy into this family story.

At the centre is a school bullying incident involving Krista’s appearance and a poem about body image. Her friend Tessa is suspended after fighting in her defence; the story follows the three girls as their paths intersect.

A fantasy adventure turns Peter’s wish to sail into a struggle to escape the Pirate King’s plan to sacrifice him. Blame after a house fire and an abduction bring danger into the story.

A magical farm mix-up sets up a rescue adventure: Rachel and Kirsty try to help Penelope recover her foal while the baby animals make unexpected sounds. Fairies, farm animals and friendship are central elements.

This is a historical adventure centred on Julia’s journey and the secrets of the people she meets. Her choices about trust and what to fight for drive the story.

A novel about two very different family worlds, and the choices that arise when Lynn encounters Blossom’s hidden community. Friendship, family and ways of living are central concerns.

Explore ordinary outings through words, familiar objects and touch. Flaps, textures and finger trails make the book something to handle together, as well as look at.

Owen and Hannah run a relationship-advice blog for local teenagers. Owen hopes it will bring Kamryn closer to him, but his plan uses fraudulent tactics, which lead to consequences.

A working dog, his trainer and their allies undertake a hazardous rescue mission involving a captured UN official. The adventure also follows Charlie's return to SAS service after mastering the use of prosthetic legs.

Katy and Daemon’s relationship grows closer amid a dangerous effort to free loved ones. Katy also confronts her changing abilities and the threat posed by an organisation targeting hybrids.

Lily’s self-image as the sensible one is unsettled by a moment of attraction to Daniel. Around her, teenagers and grandparents face separate dilemmas that connect through the family.

Expect a browse-and-name experience rather than a continuous story: themed spreads pair pictures with labels, and Little Mouse appears as a find-and-search detail.

Zoe must make sense of a changed life, including new technology and a social position unlike the one she remembers. Her efforts to revive her friendship with Jonah sit alongside questions about popularity and returning home.

This is a wartime survival story about a young person taking responsibility for someone in danger, set against the upheaval of occupation. It combines perilous escape with human kindness and morally complicated choices.

A snowy Christmas Eve meeting leads two children to hope for a tree like the one in their picture book. The story follows the tree’s appearance at home, where candles and gifts make the scene especially wondrous.

A friendship-and-rescue story set amid occupation, food shortages and Nazi soldiers in Copenhagen. Annemarie’s family shelters Ellen, then Annemarie faces a dangerous task connected with keeping her friend safe.

Porter is drawn into a mystery involving missing teenagers, crop circles and a strange boy linked with the future and past. He sets out to confront evil, relying on his wit and a designer bag.

A Halloween mystery follows Chris and his friends as they investigate a missing bicycle and weigh a magical explanation against rational clues.

This fantasy adventure follows Charlie as he enters a school for people who fight monsters. His unusual power, new friendships and a dangerous portal bring the threat from his nightmares into a struggle involving his family and Earth.

Jane’s story combines life in court and noble households with tutoring and the struggle over England’s succession.

A cheerful-sounding fantasy quest centres on cakes, birthday celebrations and the search for a missing charm, with Rachel and Kirsty racing against time.

Billie’s hope for change gives way to a harder choice about whether to stand up for what she believes. The story centres on her changing understanding of racism and the people around her.

A tiny animal’s arrival brings a care puzzle: Joshua nibbles the letter before Mr Benjamin can finish reading its instructions. The opening centres on practical care and the zoo’s response to its new arrival.

A humorous story about an unconventional cat, a boy’s loyalty and the unexpected role of reading practice.

This is a horse-centred mystery about Kate’s suspicions and the questions raised by Melissa’s sudden friendliness and a disappearing rider. Kate and her friends try to solve it, with faith and courage part of the story’s framing.

The sisters’ countryside explorations bring them into contact with Totoro, a forest spirit who takes them on magical adventures through trees and clouds.

Peter’s plan to make his mum a Mother’s Day pie leads him and his friends to seek strawberries in Mr Tod’s garden, where the fox has his own pie-making intentions.

The story follows Derek’s enthusiasm for making videos with friends alongside his effort to find a reason for Frank to remain with his family a little longer.

This is a romance-centred coming-of-age story about a girl pursuing a boy and making plans to attract his attention. The summer job brings her into the same setting as Jim, while his girlfriend is also part of the conflict.

A gentle, rhyming introduction to body boundaries: children are told their private parts belong to them, and to tell a parent, teacher or another safe adult if someone touches them.

This is an illustrated animal adventure about aspiring to be a hero, searching for magic, and getting a chance to help a friend. Its final question leaves Monty’s wish unresolved.

This true account follows Molly from abandonment and rescue through injury, surgery and learning to walk with a prosthetic limb, before she takes on a role as a therapy horse.

Anna’s family travels to Canada for seasonal farm work, and Anna imagines what it would be like to have a settled home. The story connects her personal feelings with the wider experience of migrant workers.

A school project draws Haley into a mystery involving her family’s past, a haunted glove and possible vampire activity. Alongside the supernatural investigation, she is grieving her cousin’s impending death and adjusting to a changed family.

The story follows Melissa as she seeks the role of Charlotte in her school play and, with Kelly’s help, makes a plan to let others know who she is.