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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 dark fantasy about belonging and survival, with magic woven into a village’s superstitions. Kate’s carving skill and unusual appearance make her a target, while a bargain offers escape at a personal cost.

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 perilous group journey drives the story, with the bears pursuing an imagined refuge while facing dangers, divided directions and a lasting change to their travelling group.

A wilderness adventure about Matt’s wish for solitude, his new acquaintance with Forrest, and the choices that arise as their relationship develops.

Expect a fantasy quest shaped by prophecy, magic and a long-standing struggle involving gods, rulers and people. Garion’s changing understanding of his origins is also central.

This is a paranormal mystery premise about an unwanted ability that draws Jessica into the search for missing children. Attention from the media and FBI adds pressure as she tries to choose what happens next.

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.

Expect a varied story collection rather than one continuous plot: art, storytelling, music, dance, sculpture and cinema feature in situations ranging from heritage preservation to changed film endings.

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 family-and-team story about Blair trying to choose what is right while facing hazing and uncertainty about whether his brother will support him.

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.

A team facing separation pursues a potentially dangerous investigation involving a drug said to confer special powers. The story brings together established teammates and two new friends.

This is a family-centred story shaped by a past killing and Jenna’s determination to confront the person responsible. Her search also raises questions about what she has been told.

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.

This is a dog’s-eye view of family change: Spunky cannot make his human family understand him, and the arrival of a cat changes how he sees his place in the household.

A playful reworking of familiar fairy-tale plots, with modern settings and comic reversals. The contents list ten separate stories by different contributors.

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.

Consider it for a reader drawn to a ghostly fantasy built around a curious character, a changed appearance and a journey through secret passages.

This is a speculative story about survival under strict social rules, centred on a young protagonist whose unexpected choices bring serious stakes.

A historically grounded adventure that also asks who receives credit for exploration and what costs expeditions impose on the people they encounter.

This is a romance shaped by Rose’s wish to prove herself and the limits placed on her choices. Her work as an apprentice and her uncertain feelings both contribute to the story.

This is a high-stakes fantasy about a family divided by imprisonment and a rescue mission, with dragons, demons and a mysterious past secret. The teenage characters face dangers in a military compound.

A linked-world anthology offers changing Slayers, settings and periods rather than one continuous protagonist’s story; the framing also gives the calling a wry, irreverent edge.

A ghost story built around a prank that goes wrong: the siblings’ attempt to create a haunting leads to a dangerous supernatural presence and a mystery rooted in the inn’s past.

This is a dark story centred on a young person’s growing fixation on fire and the strain in his friendships. Its account signals destructive consequences, but does not explain their nature.

This is a fantasy about managing powerful magic alongside travel, friendship and uncertain relationships. Undine’s inner conflict and Trout’s feelings give the story a personal focus as well as a magical one.

A supernatural horror story about friendship, sculpting and the consequences of helping create something that can live. Davie’s own role in the creation makes his choices central to the premise.

A character-led introduction to Jedi and the Force, drawing on material about Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader and Yoda. The book says the Force can serve good or evil.

This is a contemporary-feeling story about a teenager whose hopes for a pivotal school year are disrupted, leaving her to reckon with guilt and changed relationships.

A debate-led overview of e-waste, spanning its environmental and social effects as well as proposed responsibilities for manufacturers, consumers and government.

Secret spellcasting gives Eliza and her housemates a taste of freedom and power, but a spell’s deadly consequence changes the stakes. The book pairs boarding-school life and sisterhood with supernatural danger.

This is a wilderness survival adventure centred on resourcefulness, urgent choices and a journey to find help after a plane crash.

This is a science-fiction adventure about a worker whose risky rule-breaking grows into a rebellion. Its premise pairs an unequal social order with a protagonist unexpectedly pushed towards leadership.

Expect a sequence of short fables rather than one continuous story, with animal characters and human behaviour at their centre.

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.

A teen’s wish for an ordinary family life collides with the corporate control surrounding him. The story also sets personal loyalty against the possibility of exposing wrongdoing.

This is an interactive missing-pet mystery: readers are invited to help Frank and Joe work out what happened to Izumi, rather than only follow the brothers’ investigation.

A historical spy adventure follows Sam from home-front messenger work into undercover service in Germany, where she must locate a British agent amid wartime secrecy.

A fantasy adventure about friendship, unusual abilities and the consequences of a playful decision. The central predicament links danger to both human life and the merfolk’s wish to remain undiscovered.

This is a wartime secret-agent adventure, combining a sabotage mission with uncertainty about possible double agents. Its focus is action under pressure rather than a broad account of the war.

This fantasy centres on a leader’s personal choice becoming entangled with political unity, old hostility and the possibility of renewed conflict.