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This is an adventure about a missing young horse, a search across rugged country and two sisters’ wish to establish their place there. Tracking and horse-riding are part of the search.

The body-switch premise puts a bullied student in her tormentor’s circumstances, then follows her attempt to get back. The story also takes her into situations involving exploitation and danger.

A twin-switch premise puts questions of individuality and how sisters relate at the centre of this school-set story.

This is a story about friendship across sharply contrasting family beliefs and values, with the girls’ connection set against wider social divisions.

This is an invasion-and-resistance story with a young central character caught between human rebels and the alien ruling society she belongs to.

A mystery about identity and family trust, alongside a school project that brings Sam together with Caroline, who may help him read. Sam’s own difficulty reading is central to how he seeks answers.

A crime thriller about witnessing violence, living under police protection and trying to build a new identity, with athletics and relationships also part of Joe’s changing life.

This is a story about Sam trying to understand himself amid Tourette’s symptoms, unkind treatment and questions about his father. A road trip and a developing interest in a girl also shape the story.

This verse novel follows a teenage artist through wrongful imprisonment and his effort to preserve his humanity and pursue the truth.

This is an adventure about a young guard whose disguise and fighting skills shape her place in a dangerous struggle for power.

A supernatural romance premise combines a reaper, a deteriorating health situation and a protagonist caught between worlds. Its appeal may lie in the relationship and fantasy danger working together.

A fast-moving adventure combines a threatened community, a mysterious child, and a young leader’s coming of age. Its appeal may lie in the blend of danger, family loyalty and an enigmatic revelation.

This is a story about a young person who feels unhappy in foster care and uses a new identity to imagine a more confident way of facing the world.

As the second book in the Divergent trilogy, this continues Tris Prior’s story.

A playful fantasy adventure combines a search into Jenny’s family history with jokes, riddles and unusual medieval characters. French vocabulary is a deliberate part of the reading experience.

This fantasy centres on a threatened kingdom, a mother separated from her egg, and the uncertain future of her son. Its main draw is a high-stakes struggle involving danger, loyalty and hopes for peace.

This is a story about a reluctant ranch summer, a horse partnership and a discovery that gives Paley a reason to act bravely.

A twin’s disappearance drives the mystery, while Ivy’s attempt to uncover the school’s secret gives the story a trail of clues to follow.

A Florida-focused introduction to Native American history, with attention to tribal cultures, leaders’ rights struggles, and heritage. The book also connects daily life with the state’s environment.

This story brings together a wetland ecosystem, a newcomer’s view of town divisions and a friendship that opens onto Blackfoot culture and stories.

This is a fantasy adventure about training for a war, but it also puts Evie's ideas about princesshood, family and compassion under pressure.

This is a historical adventure shaped by books, friendship and mysteries tied to Glastonbury’s legends. Hugh’s disability and separation from his father form part of his situation, alongside the group’s quest.

This combines an adventure about surviving natural disaster with Zoey’s family-history questions and hopes about her parents. The two diary voices offer a way into both girls’ experiences.

This instalment centres on Hok’s search for a sense of self, alongside a dangerous rescue mission. Martial arts action and cooperation between the young monks are prominent.

A friendship-focused story about the gap between who Amanda seemed to be at camp and who she feels she is at home, with a secret complicating new and existing friendships.

A speculative story combines a struggle over control of Earth with Adelice’s discovery of secrets about her past and uncertainty in her romantic attachments.

This is a first-person account of a school project built around a faked pregnancy, alongside its personal and public consequences. Its central concern is how expectations can influence the way others see someone.

This collection offers three distinct high-school perspectives on fitting in, loyalty and changing relationships, rather than one continuous story.

A relationship story about belonging and first love unfolds alongside Curtis’s orders to return to Iraq. It concludes a trilogy, though the story’s ending is not described.

A fantasy journey centred on a young protagonist whose life shifts from tightly controlled service towards travel, uncertainty and new possibilities.

A dystopian story about survival under corporate control, told through a Runner’s precarious existence and an enforcer’s decision to break from procedure.

The story pairs an escape adventure with questions of identity and friendship: Arthur gains a name and a loyal companion after a life of harsh treatment. Its fantasy world includes animal-human groundlings and a ban on music.

This is a post-war story about a young person whose understanding of home and family is unsettled by a discovery. It connects private identity with the way a community remembers a difficult past.

This is a supernatural adventure built around an unwanted possible transformation, mistaken identity and a quest. School prom plans add a social deadline alongside the effort to find a remedy.

This is a fantasy adventure centred on Lirael’s mission and emerging sense of destiny, with Prince Sameth also drawn into a threat to the Old Kingdom.

A contemporary royal-family story with a Japanese American protagonist navigating a sudden change in circumstances and questions of identity.

A warm-hearted premise links Nina’s new-start loneliness with Widu’s wish to become more like a human child. Stories and companionship are central to the bond.

This is a fantasy adventure centred on Basil’s search for others like himself and his involvement in Avalon’s conflict.

A child who feels out of step with her parents encounters a relative who seems more like her, and begins to question her identity. The premise blends family secrets with a possible vampire connection.

The story combines a search for a cure with resistance to a society that exploits humans. Mel and Carter pursue separate leads as Lily’s condition and Mel’s transformation raise the stakes.

A fast-moving paranormal adventure about public exposure, hostility towards shapeshifters and a group of companions caught up in a wider conflict.

This is a high-school social story about fitting in, self-presentation and status. Its central tension is whether Casey can seek acceptance without losing her sense of herself.

This is a coming-of-age story about a teenage artist negotiating family strain, online belonging and a chance to pursue creative ambitions. Furry identity and community are central to Maeve’s friendships and self-expression.

This is a high-stakes story about a young hacker pulled towards a criminal world, with identity and the boundary between good and evil at its centre.

This is a relationship-centred story about two young people with sharply different public profiles, both facing expectations as they work out who they want to be.

This paranormal novella centres on Emily’s transition from constrained family responsibilities into a supernatural life, with grief, romantic longing and a wish for vengeance shaping her situation.