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This is a fantasy adventure built around the power of reading aloud and the bond between Meggie and her father. Its central magic carries a cost: a character entering the real world means someone real disappears into fiction.

The mystery pairs seasonal spookiness with a more personal puzzle: how to judge coincidences when you are worried. Mary Anne’s friends are part of the investigation, not just bystanders.

A reflective story about Ruby’s grief and regret, with friendship tensions and a quirky town celebration alongside the serious feelings.

Expect a fantasy adventure that mixes family upheaval, secret-society mysteries, powerful relics and threats described as difficult to destroy.

Ava’s central challenge is deciding what to wish for when she wants to put her family back together. The story’s magic makes that hope depend on choices with potentially high stakes.

This is a magical rescue-and-recovery adventure, with the environmental mission alongside the search for Lily’s wand. Rachel and Kirsty’s involvement makes helping others part of the central journey.

Expect a fast-moving fantasy adventure built around a global monster attack, Charlie’s efforts to confront the Fifth, and the difficult demands placed on his friends.

The central appeal is the clash between a long-standing relationship and a choice that affects more than the couple. Morgan also has an unusual ability to predict the future.

A playful fantasy adventure built around a birthday party repeatedly interrupted by monster alarms, with Princess Magnolia balancing her guests’ celebration and her secret superhero identity.

This is a fantasy about recovering a lost identity and facing a choice between two worlds, framed by a quest to save Faerie and a threat to both realms.

This is a story of survival and a divided sense of self, set against Victorian London's criminal underworld. Cora's attempt to distance herself from her actions drives the central tension.

This is a family-and-summer-adventure story: Becky faces changes at home while spending time with relatives in Australia, where outdoor adventures bring enjoyment alongside challenges.

This is a quest-driven adventure built around Andy's connection to a grandfather he has never known, with magical artefacts and attraction-inspired settings adding a fantastical element.

This is presented as horror fiction, with suspense around the teenagers’ situation. How the danger unfolds and ends is unclear.

This is a school-and-family story about Nora balancing a new aunt role with assignments and a difficult science-fair partnership. Her interest in organising facts gives the story a distinctive focus.

Christina faces the task of bringing a neglected estate back to life while the First World War continues. Her restoration plans are disrupted when someone familiar arrives.

This historical adventure centres on a child facing a frightening wartime decision: whether to carry out her mother's order to destroy the shipyard they have been left to protect.

This is a birthday-centred fantasy adventure in which Tara’s search for unusual objects brings her into contact with eccentric townspeople and new friends.

At its heart, this is a pursuit shaped by a mistake: Tom risks a dangerous journey because he feels unable to face his uncle without recovering the horse.

This is a quest-led adventure centred on a young character taking on responsibility for his community. Expect fantasy dangers and battles to be part of the journey.

This is a historical story of a divided society and a personal return to danger, with Darnay’s choices set against injustice and revolution in France.

This is a supernatural school-and-sisterhood story focused on Sarah’s loneliness, loyalty and desire to understand her powers. Its central tension is whether she can face the danger without losing the support of those close to her.

This is a suspenseful abduction story centred on Cheyenne’s attempt to navigate danger while blind and ill.

This is a fantasy about a child hoping to repair a family in distress, with consequences that reach beyond her home. Its blend of magic, loss and jeopardy may appeal to readers who enjoy emotionally rooted adventures.

A mouse family’s stowaway voyage turns a household adventure into a journey among titled people and mice, with Helena’s role as eldest sister at its centre.

A puzzle-led adventure combines geocaching and codes with friendship, secrecy and a race to respond to a dangerous crystal’s power.

A young protagonist faces a threat to animals in a family preserve while managing without his parents nearby. The story is framed as a mystery with a building sense of danger.

A fantasy adventure combines a mystery about sick sea dragons with Emily’s effort to develop as a healer. The overview also promises peril, magical discovery and companionship, without revealing how the quest ends.

A school comedy built around a substitute teacher, a looming test and a plan to play tricks. The boys’ assumptions about the new teacher are unsettled when they meet him.

A fantasy adventure follows Mella as she takes on a mission involving a dragon’s egg, a journey away from home and an unexpected travelling companion.

Four stories follow club members through a radio-station job, a summer camp, new friendships and a decision to move. Their circumstances bring practical responsibilities and changes in relationships into focus.

This is a speculative adventure built around a prophecy, a group of unusual companions and a powerful portal. Its central mission connects personal discovery with the possibility of changing life across Clandoi.

Lucy is trying to focus on exams and her future, and considers ending her relationship with Carl. After Carl crashes his car, his best friend is left with a broken neck and Carl is in a coma. Lucy also discovers she is pregnant. The story follows these intertwined crises; how they resolve is unclear.

This is a handover story about a new Batman whose approach differs sharply from Bruce Wayne’s. Its central tension is whether harsh methods can deliver the order Jean-Paul seeks.

A fantasy collection built around a distinctive archive of the dead, with a working Keeper at its centre. It combines action, horror and romance, alongside questions of life, loss and difficult choices.

A new leader inherits a weakened Clan, with strained relations among the four Clans and an approaching threat. The story’s central pressures are leadership, survival and rebuilding after a major battle.

A reflective story about Eveline facing a consequential choice, where family ties and the hope of a different life pull in opposing directions.

A fantasy adventure links unusual forms of magic with a mystery: Sandry must teach a young dancer while helping confront a killer threatening local merchants.

A visual, evidence-led account links greenhouse gases with worldwide changes in temperature and precipitation, then presents disappearing ice and rising sea levels as reasons for concern.

A linked collection of love stories, it ranges across family ties, relationships and community life, rather than following one central plot. Its situations include both comic passion and serious family and wartime pressures.

This is a supernatural school story in which Rose balances friendship and romantic complications with escalating danger. A winter trip becomes a rescue mission after three friends leave to face the Strigoi threat.

A fantasy adventure pairs courtly expectations and a looming coronation with an alliance across a seasonal divide. Clarion and Milori's growing bond adds a romantic thread to their efforts to protect their lands.

A space adventure centres on Rex’s grand ambition, which draws his friends into a conquest and leads to trouble with the Galactic Alliance.

This is a supernatural investigation with two strands of tension: competition between agencies and a mysterious object that the authorities consider dangerous.

A comic, awkward story about a teenager’s romantic idealisation, alongside lessons in responsibility and friendship. Its focus is as much on how Les sees people as on whether he gets what he wants.

A school experiment meant to defend Samara's character becomes a puzzle involving unusual DNA patterns and undeciphered manuscripts. The story also brings faith, aliens and uncertainty into the discussion.