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A storm-bound lighthouse adventure about two siblings facing responsibility, a puzzling visitor and a possible route to saving their home. Its central movement is from separate priorities towards cooperation.

A friendship-centred Monster High adventure combines school activities, humour and creative projects with a mystery involving ominous white cats and a possible threat. The emphasis appears to be on the ghouls’ shared experiences and reactions.

A wilderness-survival story about two boys whose floatplane’s engine failure leaves them stranded and facing dangerous conditions and an approaching winter. Their differing cultural backgrounds become part of a relationship shaped by practical dependence.

A collection of short princess adventures centred on celebrations, dressing up, dreams, friendship and helping others. Its variety offers familiar fairy-tale situations alongside Tiana and Naveen’s frog transformation and Ariel’s rescue of a baby seal.

This is a high-stakes survival adventure built around six very different young people learning to depend on one another in extreme circumstances.

A playful fantasy turns anxious feelings into an unruly pizza, then follows children who work out how to face the problem. Its strongest apparent appeal is comic adventure with a Halloween flavour.

This is a speculative adventure about friendship, divided loyalties and difficult choices. Rayen's return unsettles the MystiK community, while an approaching attack forces her and Callan to work together despite personal conflict.

This is a supernatural mystery-adventure built around lost identity, eerie local rumours and missing children. Its strongest offer is a forward-moving search: Christopher must recover his memories while uncovering what is happening in the community.

This is a dark fantasy journey about responsibility, trust and the boundary between life and death. Its strongest appeal may be the combination of perilous magic, unusual companions and a protagonist confronting a hidden destiny.

This is a claustrophobic horror adventure built around entrapment, pursuit and uncertainty. Its strongest offering appears to be sustained suspense, with young characters facing danger while escape and trust remain unresolved.

A tense historical escape story about friendship, freedom and courage, following Lark and Zenobia as they evade cruel pursuers and seek the Underground Railroad. The narrative includes mistreatment, enslavement, danger, capture and separation.

This is a fast-moving team mystery built around a stolen diamond, a long train journey and escalating threats. It offers clues, pursuit and peril, with several teenage detectives sharing the investigation.

This is a high-stakes mystery-adventure about a teenager caught between family secrets, a dangerous organisation and uncertain allies. Its appeal lies in shifting trust, hidden information and three young people undertaking a journey together despite their differences.

This is a high-stakes island survival adventure combining stranded classmates, dolphins, wildlife and Martine’s unusual healing gift. Its central situation brings human disagreement and animal welfare into the same urgent challenge.

A magical sea-life adventure centred on restoring lost magic and helping separated animal friends.

A lively story about discovering a personal strength: Mike compares himself with Nora, then finds encouragement and possibility through magic at The White Rabbit shop.

A supernatural adventure begins with an ordinary friendship ritual and grows into a fight for the world. The four girls’ different personalities and powers create opportunities for teamwork, tension and humour.

A large-scale fantasy adventure combining dragon warfare, military leadership, perilous travel and personal loyalties. Its strongest supplied emphasis is the connection between external battles and the companions’ doubts, betrayals and difficult choices.

Expect a zany adventure built around bizarre village changes, a search for a princess, plumbers and a rescue mission.

A useful bridge from enjoying animal stories to thinking about how an ecosystem works.