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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 friendship with a well-travelled teacher brings Chili into contact with stories of places beyond her small-town life, while she begins to see her familiar surroundings differently.

This blends a murder mystery with selkie folklore and a protagonist’s discovery of her own bond to the sea. Aileen’s relationship with Jamie is entangled with secrets and danger.

A supernatural mystery centred on Chloe’s unsettling encounters with ghosts and the secrets of a group home. Its teenage viewpoint also brings questions of trust and belonging into the suspense.

This is a family-centred fantasy adventure: Birdie discovers a connection to fairy godmothers and travels to Aventurine to address a problem involving a broken talisman and a spreading shadow.

A useful choice for readers drawn to supernatural mystery, secretive communities and a protagonist whose unusual inner connection may be more than imagined. Its central relationship is presented as both compelling and dangerous.

A group of friends pursues an unidentified adversary amid prom preparations, personal secrets and investigations. Expect a mystery-driven story with several character threads rather than a purely school-focused prom 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.

Kieran wants to fit in at school, but his cousin Bon becomes a target for teasing. Kieran must choose between acceptance by the other children and standing up for Bon. The story also involves jealousy, family secrets and unexpected kindness; how these strands develop or end is unclear.

The story brings together Rebecca’s interest in acting and her concern for her cousin Ana.

Expect a school-and-basketball story that also follows Pippa's efforts to fit in without feeling ashamed of her family or background.

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.

A friendship-centred story combines an ominous prophecy with wildfire danger. Its three young characters also face changing relationships, private worries and choices about how to respond to an uncertain future.

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 supernatural murder mystery about twins, secrets and social performance, with a strong identity-swap premise. It offers suspense and clues, while leaving the central crime unresolved at the close.

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.

This is a short, humorous family story built around Splat’s excitement about a birthday surprise and the difficulty of keeping it from his sister and friend. Its focus is anticipation rather than danger.

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.

This is a grief-centred thriller about vulnerability, belonging and coercive influence. Ruby’s attraction to Fox’s community develops gradually, shifting the atmosphere from apprehension towards horror as its rules and secrets become more troubling.

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.

Expect a warm family story with humour and emotional depth. Batty’s efforts to earn money, her singing talent and the changing relationships around her provide several strands beyond the central grief.

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.

This is a reflective family story about a child adjusting to a parent’s imprisonment, a confession that changes her understanding, and relatives whose lives have moved on. Its central interest is emotional change rather than action, with forgiveness presented as part of Glennis’s eventual development.

This is a character-led family story balancing humour with poignant questions about divorce, remarriage, family reputation and growing into a more compassionate understanding of oneself and others.

Expect a modern jungle adventure centred on Tarzan, Jane and Robbie, with a missing-person search, rescue and environmental conflict. Family debt, illegal logging and a concealed personal history add pressures beyond the action.

This is a varied collection rather than one continuous storyline: each story presents a young person confronting a different difficulty, then gaining knowledge, perspective or maturity.

A lively historical adventure centred on Nell’s resourcefulness and her relationship with Aunt Kitty. Investigations, disguises, humour and puzzles drive the story, while family mysteries and the realities of loss add emotional weight.

This is a fast-moving fantasy quest about rescuing Gus, uncovering dangerous family secrets and navigating a frightening parallel world. Its emotional centre is Oksa’s determination to protect her friend while facing increasingly perilous trials.

This is a fantasy sequel about Azra learning what being Jinn means while navigating human and Jinn worlds, official scrutiny, hidden information and a possible uprising affecting more than her immediate circle.

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 is a dual-perspective story about displacement, war, foster care, grief and connection. Dawn and Johar’s messages and calls offer a route towards hope, while their journeys expose sharply different forms of upheaval.

This is a family-centred story about sisters reacting differently to upheaval. Its focus is on sibling dynamics, family loyalty and the contrast between outward appearances and hidden difficulties.

A brisk, atmospheric historical adventure: William searches London for John Diamond while confronting a troubling family secret.

Expect a dark, surreal adventure combining danger, romance, humour and mystery. Peter and Navinda’s relationship sits alongside family separation, secrets and strange village characters, with identity and belonging recurring beneath the thriller plot.

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.

A fast-moving ensemble mystery combines threats and secrets with friendship, romance and personal change. Its strongest appeal is likely the continuing Bayview relationships and the question of who is targeting the group.

This is a child-centred ghost story about bereavement, relocation and friendship. Chloe’s investigation gradually links her own guilt with the ghost boy’s guilt, giving the supernatural mystery an emotional purpose.

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.

This is a youth mystery combining hockey, family secrets and school relationships. Bromm’s investigation gives the story a problem-solving focus, while his uncertainty about his parents and his aunt’s work adds personal stakes.

This is an Iceland-set fantasy adventure that layers a missing-parent mystery over an inherited spell. Its main appeal is the meeting of modern teenagers with sagas, Norse mythology, memory changes and dangerous magic.

This is a character-led story about trying on a new identity, seeking acceptance and discovering that gossip can involve people close to home. Its central tensions combine workplace belonging with changing family relationships.

Expect a genuinely spooky, suspenseful story balanced by humour and compassion. Its central appeal is the developing friendship between two very different girls who investigate unsettling mysteries together.

This is a gothic teen romance about an outsider drawn to a mysterious family, with a vampire question at its centre. Its main appeal is atmosphere, romantic fascination and a story about finding belonging beyond surface judgement.