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This is a fantasy mystery with a romantic thread: Ileni must teach assassins, conceal her lost magic and investigate two earlier tutors’ deaths.

A summer romance and a mystery meet in a beach-town fantasy, as Sam tries to understand the unusual girls and the secrets surrounding their community.

A supernatural romance and conflict story, with Layla's divided heritage shaping her sense of belonging and complicating whom she can trust.

A school invitation draws Travis into a sequence of puzzles and challenges, with the identity of the sender left uncertain.

This is a suspense-led adventure about a brother searching for his missing sister inside an Imperial academy, with secret affiliations and loyalty tests driving the plot.

A historical family mystery follows two cousins, their linked heirloom necklaces and the secrets they discover at a manor. The First World War’s approach interrupts their reunion and shapes what happens next.

A suspenseful dystopian premise follows Luke from isolation towards contact with others, then into a school where he is hiding his identity.

This is a friendship mystery led by an imaginative young detective. Its stated mix of humour and intrigue may appeal to readers who enjoy wondering what is behind a friend's puzzling behaviour.

A spy adventure and a first-high-school experience meet in Maggie’s New York assignment, with friendship and attraction complicating her efforts to keep her cover.

A speculative novel about a young person with an unexplained healing ability, set in a community that prizes honesty. Its links to earlier books may matter to readers following the series.

A mystery-adventure about friends investigating an abduction while coping with unusual abilities and strained group bonds. It may appeal to readers interested in crime-solving with a supernatural twist.

This combines a murder investigation with teenage attraction and secrecy. Aphra’s isolated resort life and her curiosity about the guests bring the mystery and relationships together.

This is a Moon-colony mystery about a boy seeking answers after his father fails to return from a mission officials deny ever happened.

This is a comic, character-led story about a young person trying to help her family while handling uncertain romance and the consequences of retaliatory pranks.

Expect a futuristic thriller centred on two teenagers from sharply different social positions. The book combines pursuit, military conflict, romance and a challenge to official narratives, with a graphic presentation of action.

A fast fantasy adventure combines hidden power, darkness, a threatened city and family secrets. Its mixed comic-and-narrative form may make the story’s movement between panels, captions and dialogue especially important to follow.

A family mystery combining time-period portals, a missing mother, a threatening stranger and a house full of secrets. The story appears to build suspense through pursuit, uncertainty and questions about who is watching the family.

A fast-moving YA mystery with a wry protagonist, social commentary and an extravagant Southern setting. It combines questions about identity and family with secrets, revenge and danger beneath formal manners.

A paranormal school mystery driven by Thomas’s confusion, family upheaval and risky choices. Its humour may soften the tension, while attacks, blackouts and a mystery drug make the situation feel consequential.

A fast-moving paranormal sequel combining soul-threatening danger, investigation, humour and romance. Layla’s divided loyalties and changing abilities place personal relationships alongside a threat affecting students at her school.

A dark Tudor fantasy finale centred on magic, danger and strained relationships.

This is a fantasy adventure about Arianna Kelt, identified as both a reformed thief and a wizard seer, entering the secret world of the Wizards of Skyhall, who protect Earth's citizens from knowledge of magical beings.

This is a reflective recovery story about memory, identity and relationships. Olivia’s attempts to reconstruct her past bring questions about whether remembered experience, present feeling or other people’s accounts should define who she is.

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 child-centred mystery adventure combining seaside exploration, hidden places, secrecy and a rescue involving a royal child. Its appeal appears to lie in teamwork, discovery and sustained pursuit, though the ending and the intensity of the danger are not described.

This offers gothic fantasy, imaginative magic and a strong twin-sister relationship, with family secrets and romantic restrictions at its centre. The story also leaves the sisters facing an ancient curse, supernatural peril and difficult choices.

A historical adventure about starting again after disaster, building friendships and trying to protect a new home from moving sand. Expect family upheaval, school conflict and an ending whose precise emotional shape is unclear.

Expect a character-led fantasy adventure with romantic tension, shifting identities and a heroine negotiating personal freedom against obligations to her country. Its appeal lies in pursuit, hidden histories and gradual character change; the ending continues some series threads rather than resolving every larger question.

Choose this for a reader who enjoys twist-led YA mysteries, complicated family revelations, secret societies and lively dialogue. The book offers suspense, social intrigue and friendship, though its many identities and past connections may require close attention.

This is a high-stakes adventure about belonging, trust and inherited beliefs. Petrel’s rescue of a mysterious boy brings her out of hiding and into conflicts involving shipboard factions, lost history and hostility towards technology.

A fantasy premise centres on Emily discovering that she is a mermaid.

This is an ensemble teenage drama built around one formal dance: five girls bring different hopes, secrets and romantic complications, while the evening promises heartbreak, danger and life-changing surprises.

This is a character-led summer story about three au pairs whose work, friendships and romantic situations become intertwined. Eliza’s changed family circumstances add a social and financial dimension alongside the beach setting and wealthy-family culture.

This is a fantasy quest about trying to rescue a bonded magical animal after he is drawn into another world. Expect danger, magical encounters and mystery, with friendship and loyalty at the centre.

A magical adventure about practising powers, protecting others and managing a secret. Friendship and courage sit alongside uncertainty about strange events and the threat posed by dark spirits.

This offers an atmospheric supernatural mystery centred on sisterhood, disappearance and identity, with folklore, dread and unsettling transformations. It may appeal to readers who enjoy dark fairy tales and sustained suspense.

A light school-and-fashion adventure built around a concealed identity, an important party dress and the strain of managing two roles. Its main appeal is likely the mix of creativity, social intrigue and suspense.

This is a Victorian-set steampunk mystery combining deduction, action, supernatural danger and an international dispute. The central partnership contrasts Mina’s reasoning with Evaline’s practical, vampire-slaying approach.

This is a lyrical verse novel about invisibility, family abuse, conflicted loyalties and finding a voice. Volleyball gives Anke confidence, while relationships at home and school test what speaking up might mean.

This is a paranormal school adventure about discovering an extraordinary identity, navigating exclusion and questioning rules. It combines dragon lore, friendship, attraction, danger and a determined protagonist who resists simply going along with authority.

A lively school adventure about refusing unwanted membership, facing social retaliation and protecting friendships, with election pressures, a threatened secret and continuing suspense. It may suit readers who enjoy fast-moving comedy alongside interpersonal conflict.

This is a fantasy adventure about a determined girl trying to undo the consequences of her mother's sacrifice. Its main engines are infiltration, uncertain loyalties and the risk of pursuing someone who may be dangerous.

Expect a light adventure combining a mischievous puppy, a cruise setting and a mystery. The children’s efforts to conceal Bagels create comic problems, while possible spies and a secret envelope add suspense.

Expect a historical mystery driven by Verity Sparks’s unusual ability, investigative work and a secret in her past. The central tension comes from trying to uncover the truth while unknown forces work against her and her friends.

A fast-moving Hardy Boys mystery combines exploration, investigation and danger. Frank and Joe follow the mystery of a swallowed statue into tunnels and an abandoned underground city, where a criminal group threatens Bayport.