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This is a comic-sounding school-reform adventure centred on siblings who decide to act together. The conflict grows more complicated, with the pair relying on their ingenuity to resolve it.

A little girl offers tips for keeping her grandmother entertained, spending time together at the park and getting settled for an overnight visit. The tone is light and affectionate.

Expect a character-led ghost story, with the supernatural mystery intertwined with bereavement, loneliness and the effort to belong in a new family.

Claire’s arrival in Paris brings new sights, people and language, alongside the pleasure of exploring with Camille. Her curiosity about why she was sent there drives the mystery.

Expect supernatural mystery alongside questions of loyalty: Zoey and Stevie Rae share a secret, while friendships and enmities shift around them.

A collection of true childhood stories, written by children and adults recalling their own childhoods. They touch on friendship, choices and qualities including honesty, kindness, forgiveness and perseverance, with cartoon strips featuring the Souper Kids.

This is the concluding volume of the Beyonders trilogy: Jason and Rachel lead separate quests in Lyrian, with allies, a prophecy and a confrontation with Maldor driving the story.

Two teenagers who each believed Charlie loved only them join forces after his apparent death. Their search across several cities becomes a suspenseful journey into what they knew—and did not know—about him and each other.

A climactic fantasy adventure brings Charlie and his friends together to confront dangerous magic, protect his parents and seek answers about the Red King’s heirs.

A historical story of Isabel’s fight for freedom, set against the American Revolution and the danger of spying on the people who enslave her.

Timothy is drawn from his ordinary school day into the game alongside Simon Belmont. Their journey involves battling monsters and ghouls on the way towards Dracula.

A practical introduction to maths in marine-animal care, combining three work-based stories with problems for readers to solve and a toolbox of examples and exercises.

A teenage heroine’s strange inheritance draws her into a perilous struggle involving monsters, assassins and a family appeal to join the “family business”.

A fantasy adventure combines monster battles and a perilous rescue with Cameron’s struggle against anxiety. Friendship, danger and the consequences of loss drive the journey.

A beaver’s careless choices damage the forest and affect its animal inhabitants. After a falling tree prompts him to reflect, he tries to put things right and becomes gentler.

This is a family-and-rodeo story about a boy drawn towards his father’s ambition while afraid of the danger involved. Jana and Layne’s younger sister help him confront that conflict.

This is a supernatural coming-of-age story about Adam’s difficult family life and his collision with a hidden world between life and death.

The story centres on a family’s displacement and Chris’s growing awareness of poverty, cultural identity and belonging. His pull towards the landscape of his Wiradjuri ancestors gives the novel a strong focus on connection across generations.

This dystopian survival story centres on Melody’s resourcefulness: she tries to turn a tale about an imagined refuge into a way out of captivity.

This is a suspense-led story about a young person balancing family hopes with a contest built around secrecy, pressure and uncertain consequences.

Jordie’s colleagues turn her interest in a boy into an advertising project, while she weighs their confidence against her own doubts. The story links dating and self-presentation with the language of marketing.

Henry Brown’s story moves from enslavement and the sale of his family to an escape by box with help from the Underground Railroad. Poems and illustrations are joined by historical records and supplementary notes.

The cat treats the household’s lack of consideration as a grievance, while its own actions leave it covered in rubbish. A bath resolves the mess, but the cat makes clear it is not entirely welcome.

Expect a fast-moving fantasy adventure built around magical threats, unfamiliar creatures and a mystery about the Diadem’s rulers and an unseen helper.

Mia’s pregnancy shapes a story about feeling cornered, leaving home and reconsidering where help might be found, while family relationships and responsibility also come into focus.

The mystery turns on whether Walter is a threat to his family, with the Hardy brothers investigating alongside Greg and Mike. A diary, a kidnapping and a scheme against Walter drive the action.

Expect a historical mystery-adventure: the friends investigate a suspicious death, seek proof about an earlier imperial murder, and encounter danger on the Roman frontier.

A rabbit known for martial-arts moves faces a different challenge: making a salad. He tries to evade it, while a narrator talks to him; the story’s comic turn also puts the narrator in the position of trying something new.

Aurore’s protective upbringing gives way to a quest prompted by concern for her kingdom. Expect fairy-tale magic, a forbidden forest and a romance whose direction is less predictable than the familiar story.

A family’s fortunes change when a company launches a free rival to Ray’s anti-hacker programme. Heather and Ray then face escalating trouble, including a journalist’s kidnapping, a flight from the company and Ray’s capture.

Four bears mix and measure ingredients from a recipe, prepare a present and dress for a birthday celebration. The likely recipient is Big Brown Bear, whose surprise is revealed at the end.

This is a school-and-monsters adventure built around ghosts and a brewing battle. It also brings back creatures from earlier books, so familiar series characters appear alongside the new crisis.

This is a comic adventure about three space-minded pets facing separation from their humans, a clinic escape and a secret-laboratory mystery.

Expect a suspense-led investigation involving serial killers, a secretive group, and danger to the young investigators. The central mystery also concerns Cassie's mother and what happened to her.

This is an illustrated basketball alphabet, featuring NBA stars and playful phrases. It offers a shared read centred on basketball culture rather than a straightforward sequence teaching players’ names.

A suspense-led story about Scarlett piecing together an obscured childhood while facing the people who want her returned to their group. Romance is part of the premise, alongside danger and questions of trust.

Auralia’s unusual colour-making gift brings her into contact with rulers, a wizard and a prince with dangerous secrets. Her discovery links a personal mystery to wider upheaval across the Expanse.

A family’s beach day is presented as a fun adventure.

A contemporary story about unreturned love, keeping secrets and Tretch’s effort to be more open about who he is. His bond with Matt and his supportive older brother sit alongside his difficulty talking with his parents.

This historical romance centres on Anna’s uncertain engagement, family inheritance and growing attraction to Ewan. Her interest in poetry and doubts about love unfold alongside a plot against Ewan.

This supernatural story centres on a young werewolf trying to manage dangerous urges while hunters close in. It also brings a love-versus-duty dilemma into the conflict.

Alby’s favourite book is the Bible, and its stories are shown through illustrated adventures, including scenes from the Garden of Eden and David and Goliath.

This is an imaginative rescue adventure centred on a reluctant young leader. Akiko’s team encounters opponents and obstacles, while the quest’s unfinished state makes this an opening rather than a self-contained adventure.

A school visit sets up a story about a child’s curiosity, with Page’s distinctive pinky prompting an unexpected question. The moment also brings the other pupils’ reactions into view.

This is a story of grief, adjustment and friendship, set against risky bike stunts and activism. Grey and his friends use online attention to challenge prejudice and police pressure, while their choices raise questions about the costs of becoming more visible.