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This is an animal-led adventure built around a search for missing friends, with courage and wit tested by a difficult mountain journey.

The chickens leave the farm for a pirate voyage and enter the territory of the Dog Knights. Courage and mercy are named among the lessons of their journey.

A steampunk family adventure centres on Maggie’s loyalty to Lizzie as a reunion gives way to suspicions, family mysteries and danger.

A dog-centred adventure pairs an unlikely companionship with Fritz’s military past, including a tour of Iraq. The story also introduces a hurricane and trouble in the dogs’ town.

Scott is known at school for being afraid, while his best friend Amanda helps him face their younger sister’s frightening antics and trouble from neighbourhood children. At Halloween, they decide to spend time in a creepy old house said to be haunted, hoping to overcome their fears and perhaps get revenge. The outcome is unclear.

Expect fantasy adventure centred on a team effort to confront a dangerous, shadowy threat, with spirit animals bound to the human characters.

A faith-centred adventure combines a search in dangerous weather with a choice between two suitors. The story places Christy's courage and faith at the centre of its challenges.

This is a gentle-sounding adventure about wanting to explore beyond a familiar view and accepting help from friends. The story centres on Tiny Narwhal’s growing readiness to venture out.

A horse-centred story about wanting something that is not yours, acting rashly, and facing trouble. Alison’s path towards making things right also involves courage, healing and an unexpected test of endurance.

This is a science-fiction adventure about a would-be pilot investigating her father’s wartime actions while confronting unsettling discoveries about her world.

This historical adventure combines a young character’s service and training with a national struggle. It may interest readers drawn to stories where a fictional life unfolds alongside real historical figures and events.

This is a fairground story about a disappointing mishap, an angry reaction and a dare. Morgan’s choice about the rollercoaster gives the story a focus on facing a challenge.

This is a wartime friendship story in which childhood play sits alongside an attempt to track down Nazi spies. Cory’s desire to be brave is tested by mistakes and hurtful choices.

At its heart, this is a story about a young adventurer reconsidering solitude and facing a test of courage while travelling with two horses.

This is a fantasy adventure built around a group of young companions confronting a powerful enemy. The plot combines perilous action, legendary Atlantis and explicitly spiritual guidance.

This is a wartime adventure centred on two friends’ interest in flying and their wish to assist the Norwegian Resistance. Finn’s ambitions and the risks of taking action sit alongside the military setting.

A fantasy quest centres on a girl whose unusual ability to understand dragons may help her find a way to aid someone she loves.

This is a fantasy adventure about a lonely girl whose bond with a magical keepsake opens a route into an imagined world. It also sets her new school life alongside a family discovery.

This is a frontier western centred on a returning rider who becomes involved in a widow’s effort to hold on to her home. The conflict with an outlaw gang drives the story.

The story centres on Anaxandra’s resourcefulness as she repeatedly adopts another identity to stay safe. Greek mythological figures and the growing conflict between Sparta and Troy frame her struggle to find security and a sense of home.

A gentle poolside story about Peanut learning to enjoy water with friends' encouragement. Friendship and helpfulness are part of the book's stated focus.

A layered teen mystery combines the search for truth about Roberta’s mother with questions about racism, media, politics and standing up for oneself.

Expect a short, illustrated superhero adventure centred on Superman’s powers, courage and attempts to protect people or a place. The precise setting and sequence of events remain uncertain.

This is an imaginative fairy-tale adventure about family, friendship and finding missing people, combining modern Virginia with an older magical world. Its shifting settings, time structure and recognisable story figures may appeal to readers who enjoy elaborate retellings.

Expect an imaginative fantasy journey centred on a brother and sister. Alongside crystal landscapes, unusual characters and confrontations, the book explores family strain, inner fears, courage, forgiveness and finding a sense of home.

This is an illustrated biography about Alcott’s determination to serve during the Civil War, her nursing of wounded soldiers, serious illness, and the way those experiences informed Hospital Sketches and Little Women.

A culturally rooted fantasy adventure combining Filipino mythology, humour, friendship and a quest involving a stolen soul key. It places grief and family longing alongside supernatural peril, while presenting courage, empathy, gratitude and teamwork as important values.

A lively mystery set around art, deception and relationships, with a bold young investigator at its centre. Alongside suspense, it explores artistic value, loyalty, jealousy and the difference between legal wrongdoing and deeper moral harm.

Expect a tense wartime adventure centred on a boy whose loyalty is unsettled by family revelations and encounters with Nazi brutality. Its main appeal is the combination of suspense, historical setting and moral awakening rather than light-hearted adventure.

This is an adventurous animal-fantasy quest built around a threatened community, a stolen cultural object and young characters taking responsibility. Expect suspense, battles, pursuit and a strong contrast between courage, loyalty and ruthless ambition.

This is a quest fantasy in which music has unusual power and animals’ inner voices matter. Its imaginative conflict is paired with emotionally weighty separations, giving the adventure a tender as well as threatening atmosphere.

A vivid fantasy about discovering belonging, forming friendships and investigating a magical mystery. Its imaginative school setting and chapter-ending tension may draw readers onwards, but Harry’s neglect, bereavement and frightening final confrontation give the adventure a darker emotional edge.

This is a compact, straightforward adventure about caring for wildlife when family work and personal convictions pull in different directions. Mystery and pursuit keep the story moving, while Maya’s choices centre responsibility, trust and competing needs.

This is a horse-centred mystery-adventure about Hailey, her friend Elaine, and Freedom, a foal with unusual connections to the past. Suspense grows through a disappearance, a dangerous flood and a threatening adult figure.

Choose this for a reader who enjoys brisk fantasy quests, pirates, magic, monsters and loyal friendships. It is especially suited to someone willing to follow an ongoing series rather than expect every thread to settle at once.

A fast-moving fantasy quest built around a magical timepiece, a threatened fairy queen and a race to save an entire kingdom. Expect imaginative creatures, magic, a witch’s spell and a humorous heroic tone.

A disadvantaged horse moves from failed racing to carriage work, learning about history, reading, languages and different political systems. His later involvement in a crisis gives the story an adventure arc, but the precise resolution is unclear.

This is a high-stakes survival story about three teenagers fleeing danger, with friendship and hope providing emotional counterweights to fear, loss and an uncertain journey.

A theatre fantasy turns familiar roles upside down: the ogre is frightened and unhappy, while the beautiful princess is cruel. Margot’s curiosity leads her backstage, where she helps challenge the spell holding children captive.

A cinematic, colourful adventure combines a treasure hunt, historical and mythic mystery, and a partnership between a fearless adventurer and a more peace-minded companion. The visual storytelling appears central, while the protagonist’s appeal may be uneven.

A playful, spooky adventure collection in which ghost-hunting brings together a frightened child and an experienced helper. Expect slimy supernatural imagery, unusual creatures, comic danger and practical-looking ghost-hunting activities.

A lively family adventure pairs a serious kidnapping situation with comic sibling behaviour and improvised plans. The children’s contrasting personalities drive much of the story, especially during their confinement and attempts to influence or outwit their captors.

A spooky friendship adventure set at a carnival, where Gabby becomes uneasy about strange happenings while Sydney refuses to leave. The central appeal is suspense shaped by two friends’ contrasting responses.

Expect a historical adventure centred on Sally and Roger, their mother’s efforts to protect gold, and the threat posed by approaching British forces. The book also foregrounds family loyalty, courage and a woman taking charge.

A myth-inspired adventure combines family consequences, supernatural threats and a heroine who acts despite fear. The premise offers suspense and humour, while Charlotte’s resistance and choices invite attention to courage under pressure.

A playful imagined expedition with a child and a zebra, suited to shared reading or growing independence. Expect a humorous adventure, while keeping room to discover how fear, courage and illness are handled.