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The fun is built around a secret: the gargoyles stow away on the beach trip, and their pranks risk drawing attention to them.

Three friends enter paid sex for money and companionship, believing their own rules will keep them safe. The story follows the risks and complications that follow, alongside the girls’ different circumstances.

This is an angsty first-love story about two teenagers seeking more freedom while facing difficult family circumstances. Their connection matters, but the ending is bittersweet rather than a straightforward romantic resolution.

Gabby turns to spoken-word poetry as a way to express herself while working to help save the community arts centre she loves.

This is a suspenseful teen mystery centred on Tess, a deadly ride accident and a series of threats and further incidents. A shifting viewpoint gives the unidentified antagonist a voice as the question of motive develops.

You take Freya’s role in a quest to recover Thor’s lost hammer. Choices affect the story’s progress, so the reader helps shape the adventure rather than simply following a fixed path.

A fast-moving survival predicament sits alongside camp friendships and uncertainty about whether Will can be trusted. The group’s escape attempt keeps danger close as they try to make sense of the animal attacks.

A football story about a young player questioning whether he wants the future others expect for him. James’s wish to choose another path—and his worry about his father’s disappointment—sit alongside tournament action.

A retelling-inspired adventure gives readers choices that affect Goldilocks’ fate. Blank spaces let children add illustrations, and the story’s choices are linked with respect and empathy.

This is a contemporary family-and-romance story about Frank negotiating his parents’ expectations, his relationships and his Korean American identity. A serious illness and bereavement also shape the family story.

Rose feels lonely amid her busy, unconventional family, while school brings a strict teacher and pressure around tests. Her friends’ Christmas zoo-trip plans offer a new focus, and Rose’s developing interest in reading is part of her story.

The story combines friendship and adjustment with practical details about Braille, cane use and working with a guide dog. Jimmy’s recovery of confidence and independence is central.

Edward discovers his Guardian powers and must learn to use them while trying to save his mother and friends from the Jackal. The story involves wings, magic and the afterlife.

The central tension is how a group’s attempts to pursue justice can shift towards revenge, with consequences the friends cannot control.

A family drama about bereavement, estrangement and memory: Michelle faces her changed brother and unresolved questions about a past accident while trying to work out what comes next for her.

This is a multi-voiced Tudor court story: each queen has her own account, interspersed with Henry’s, and the women’s hopes and fears are central. The focus is personal experience rather than a broad account of everything happening at court.

Becky is pursuing comedy and a relationship at the same time. As Kip’s behaviour becomes controlling and abusive, she grows more distant from friends and family.

A gentle friendship story centred on everyday family life: the girls share meals, chores and play while one of them stays with Violet’s family as an exchange student.

A comic animal adventure driven by clever schemes and escalating trouble. Mr Fox’s efforts to feed his family widen into a rescue for other hungry animals.

The book introduces dogs through facts about their traits, routines, different breeds and ways of communicating.

Nic’s summer at a programme for gifted teenagers brings friendship, attraction and uncertainty when she and Battle become more than friends. The novel follows Nic as she makes sense of her feelings without needing to choose a fixed identity label.

This is a family-and-friendship story about a child trying to make sense of an absent parent and changes she cannot control. Macy’s search provides an adventure alongside those personal questions.

A fantasy premise turns an expected future upside down: Liz must find her place in an afterlife where people grow younger. Her adjustment brings grief and frustration alongside friendship, love and personal choices.

A familiar fairy tale becomes a Spanish-and-English read-along, supported by illustrations, vocabulary and conversational dialogue. An audio CD adds readings, pronunciation guidance and activities.

A dove, owl and whale set out to help a forest replaced by desert. Animals bring seeds from different parts of the world, and a boy brings water; together they produce a seedling.

A murder accusation drives this family-centred story, with Dovey trying to clear her name while her sister’s future and her brother’s safety are caught up in the conflict.

A family’s drought-hit farm forms the backdrop to Dutch’s changing feelings, her cousin’s visit and conflicts among relatives. The story follows a summer of shifting relationships and new perspectives.

The story sets Keysha’s stage ambitions alongside romantic uncertainty: rehearsals compete for her time, and attention from her leading man adds another complication as prom nears.

Ben’s paid desert-guiding trip turns into a fight to survive when Madec tries to silence him after a prospector is shot. The suspense centres on exposure, thirst, gunfire and the difficulty of being believed.

A teenage preacher faces doubts about his religious calling as a mysterious girl reappears during revival meetings. Ghostly uncertainty and a struggle between good and evil give the story its supernatural and spiritual focus.

A historical coming-of-age story about Donata’s attempt to claim more freedom and learning within a noble family’s strict expectations. Her excursions bring her into contact with Venice’s Jewish community and poorer residents, as well as questions about her family’s future.

A prehistoric survival adventure follows Dusk, an unusual bat-like creature rejected by his colony. When predators attack, he helps lead survivors towards a new home, while facing questions of belonging and difference.

Expect a fantasy sequel built around a covert struggle with royal authority, dangerous secrets and changing loyalties. Its action and suspense sit alongside Celaena’s past and complicated relationships.

Victor’s search for work becomes a struggle to survive, shaped by his responsibility to his family and his friendship with Rico. The journey brings him into contact with smugglers and the risks of crossing the border.

A compact, illustrated retelling of Genesis’s creation story, using selected King James Bible text and paintings to evoke each day’s work. The language and images are deliberately restrained rather than majestic.

Grace and Arthur lose their schooling to mill work, while Sunday lessons and their letter to the Child Labor Board offer a route to challenge the situation. Lewis Hine’s photography brings attention to their lives.

Gretchen and Daniel’s murder investigation brings them into danger amid the Nazi consolidation of power. Alongside the romantic relationship, the novel covers political changes and the targeting of Jews as scapegoats.

The story follows Jacques as he tries to make sense of being Fleur’s imaginary friend and works out what that means for his identity.

A light fantasy adventure about two girls helping a fairy recover a stolen charm and put baking back to rights.

Expect a fast-moving space adventure: a stolen spacecraft and possible asteroid catastrophe send Neil and his gaming friends on a rescue mission, with comic banter alongside the peril.

Clifford’s dog-school lessons lead to comic mishaps, but his value is not measured by how well he follows commands. The story turns on his helping Emily Elizabeth when she is in danger.

Eleven Christmas tales bring together authors including Alcott, Dickens, O. Henry and Conan Doyle. Several are drawn from longer works; the selection also includes “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Snow Queen”.

This is a school story about wanting to belong, changing friendships and a dangerous activity that enters Windy’s new social circle. Her uncertainty about joining in gives the peer-pressure conflict a personal focus.

Henry’s all-day fondness for chocolate is followed by strange physical changes and a trip to a doctor. The story then shifts into a humorous chase, culminating in an unusual hijacking.

A brisk school mystery built around a missing cello, a firm deadline and Chase’s hopes of joining the orchestra. Expect clues, red herrings and a school-day race against time.