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Brady’s friends are implicated in the fatal kayak incident, and Brady learns that he unwittingly gave them the idea for their prank. His reluctance to betray them conflicts with his sense of responsibility.

This is an action-adventure fantasy about a rescue, animal-inspired powers and friends learning to manage unusual devices. The stakes extend from Charlie’s father to the world, with complications among the group as well as external foes.

This is a cycling road-trip story about three schoolmates whose public journey brings friendship and national attention. Its plot combines social-media fame with self-acceptance and humour.

At the centre is a school bullying incident involving Krista’s appearance and a poem about body image. Her friend Tessa is suspended after fighting in her defence; the story follows the three girls as their paths intersect.

A novel about two very different family worlds, and the choices that arise when Lynn encounters Blossom’s hidden community. Friendship, family and ways of living are central concerns.

Katy and Daemon’s relationship grows closer amid a dangerous effort to free loved ones. Katy also confronts her changing abilities and the threat posed by an organisation targeting hybrids.

Zoe must make sense of a changed life, including new technology and a social position unlike the one she remembers. Her efforts to revive her friendship with Jonah sit alongside questions about popularity and returning home.

This is a wartime survival story about a young person taking responsibility for someone in danger, set against the upheaval of occupation. It combines perilous escape with human kindness and morally complicated choices.

This fantasy adventure follows Charlie as he enters a school for people who fight monsters. His unusual power, new friendships and a dangerous portal bring the threat from his nightmares into a struggle involving his family and Earth.

Peter’s plan to make his mum a Mother’s Day pie leads him and his friends to seek strawberries in Mr Tod’s garden, where the fox has his own pie-making intentions.

Maggie’s prized Shopkin disappears during a camping trip with her friends. Her suspicion falls on Ava, who has been admiring it; Maggie follows clues while the group’s friendships are under strain.

Hannah faces disappointment over basketball selection alongside a friendship that is becoming more distant. Her effort to improve her game and confidence gives the story a sporting goal as well as a relationship question.

A playground visit begins with Maggi reluctant to join other children, and the no-dogs rule complicates the outing. Shared play—including a treasure hunt and pirate-ship building—leads to new friendships, while Milo remains important to Maggi.

Katie’s friends each entrust her with a secret, and she finds keeping all four difficult. Their confidences include crushes and cheating on a maths test, bringing questions of trust into the Cupcake Club.

Karate is not the only pressure: Cole’s choices also affect how he gets along with his best friends.

A pregnancy follows Ellie and Josh’s sexual encounter. The story traces how they and their friends Caleb and Corinne respond, with each teenager’s perspective contributing to the unfolding situation.

Expect a space-camp adventure in which George and fellow campers face a cave rescue and a threat to their station. Friendship is an explicit theme alongside the action.

A fast-moving space adventure follows a captured outlaw forced into service by the power that destroyed her home. Ia’s escape plans become tangled with new friendships and questions of loyalty.

This guide focuses on how to recognise abuse in a teen relationship and support a friend. It also addresses maintaining the friendship and finding help for both the friend and the person experiencing abuse.

The children’s summer changes when a nearby fountain is prepared as a temporary home for goldfish. Neighbourhood children visit, while their grandfather’s memories connect the fountain’s earlier use with the present-day adventure.

A fast-moving spy adventure sits alongside Maggie’s school life and relationships. The central dilemma—protecting people close to her while challenging a powerful organisation—gives the action a personal focus.

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 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.

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

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 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.

This guide tackles friendship questions through practical advice and activities, rather than a fictional storyline. Its examples include being called names, ignored at school, lonely or left out.

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.

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.

A ballet-loving kitten learns that dancing with friends can be enjoyable too. Ballet practice, disagreement with Froggy, and a lively party shape a gentle story about different ways of moving.

Yasmin’s daily reading routine is disrupted when the mayor’s actions threaten Book Uncle’s lending library. With friends, family and neighbours, she tries to make the community’s voice heard during an election campaign.

A seasonal friendship story: four children keep returning to try to befriend Bob, who has withdrawn from others and dislikes the holidays.

A friendship is tested when Joey’s overdose leaves him in a critical condition. Clay is caught between wanting to help his friend and facing the possibility that he may be implicated in Joey’s injuries.

A light fantasy mystery sends two friends looking for a missing baby goat amid comic animal mix-ups. The adventure centres on helping at a farm and working together to put things right.

Fishkill uses violence to intimidate other pupils and obtain food. A friendship with Duck-Duck and help from her mother create a possible alternative, while Fishkill’s mother’s return complicates that fragile arrangement.

A murder, its aftermath for the victim’s sister, and the killer’s drive to prove himself to his brothers form the central strands. Secrets and a breaking wall of silence link them.

A modern fairy-tale fantasy brings together bereavement, nightmares and a magical threat. Angel and Bavar must learn to rely on one another as they face monsters and a rift between worlds.

Jocelyn and Alex are stranded and lost in the Northwoods after a rafting mishap, facing threats from the elements with only wet bags’ contents. As they try to get home, the former best friends must also confront the strain between them.

This is a space-set mystery about an uneasy journey, a missing cultural symbol and two young travellers who try to help one another get home.

The story follows three girls whose friendship grows through music and through what D reveals about lives beyond their Queens neighbourhood.

A fairy-tale adventure centres on friendship across a forbidden boundary, with a second elf pursuing contact for a darker purpose. Piffels’s choices place loyalty to his friend and people at the heart of the story.

This is a survival story centred on five teenagers from different circumstances, brought together by a risky trip at sea. Their changing situation gives the book a strong focus on what they may need from one another.

A family story about a boy caught between a reserved father and a mother who left, then returns to his life. Jeff's hopes for renewed closeness meet a painful betrayal.

The story brings together a serious illness, Melinda’s ballet ambitions and her long friendship with Jesse, whose feelings may be changing.

Leena wants both to keep her Ramadan fast and to attend a friend’s party. Her choice brings her into contact with the observance’s daily demands and with iftar, the meal that breaks the fast.

Millie tries to gather food for Bear, who is hungry before his winter sleep. Her small size makes the task difficult, and the story follows her persistence in trying to help.