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The plot centres on Carmen’s new-school loneliness, prom expectations and the fallout from a rumour about her sexual choices. A school play and her crush on Tyler become part of her hoped-for way forward.

Two characters from sharply different circumstances confront upheaval as the Inquisition arrives. Saulo’s hardships include witnessing his father’s arrest, enslavement at sea and a vow of vengeance; Zarita’s privileged life also changes.

A princess faces a conflict between her father’s boundary-setting order and the choice to help an injured stranger. The story presents this as a retelling of the Good Samaritan parable.

Hayley’s story follows her from feeling defined by her appearance and her place among peers to reconsidering those judgements during a summer in Italy. Self-acceptance and dating are part of the story.

Shiraz’s unexpected exam success opens a route into higher-level classes. She weighs that opportunity against her mother’s doubts, her café job and the prospect of mixing with wealthier pupils.

A historical tale about a pizza-maker preparing food for a queen, with a recipe alongside the story. The cat’s theft of an ingredient adds a small practical hitch to Raffaele’s task.

The book offers several school-life storylines, including a student's wish to change his appearance, another student's plan concerning bullies, a mysterious valentine message and an invention nearing its reveal.

Expect physics explained through puzzles, familiar phenomena and entertaining anecdotes, rather than a continuous story. Topics include mechanics, light, sound and heat, with questions ranging from knots to jumping from a moving car.

Tori’s urgent night brings together clearing her name, helping a rising film star evade paparazzi and pursuing a new attraction to her co-worker. The story also touches on friendship and eccentricity.

A missing puppy and a magical recipe drive the adventure, with baking and familiar village locations alongside the fantasy. The search is presented as a shared effort by Ellie and Basil.

A school competition and a vandalism mystery run alongside Peasprout’s effort to become a champion. The story also centres on siblings entering an unfamiliar academy as outsiders.

This is a historical story about dynastic marriage and an unsettled future, centred on Catherine’s patience and resolve while the possibility of marriage to Henry or return to Spain remains open.

A first day at school turns difficult when Patcheeno is picked on for his breed. His teacher and big sister help him persist, and the story ends with the pups accepting him.

This is a personal account of Julien’s life and work with children, rather than a guide solely about paediatrics. Its chapter plan moves from his background towards his professional path and reflections addressed to children.

Quinn’s inability to feel physical pain shapes a life of risky choices and little structure. Following his father’s death and a car accident, he takes a job; his growing closeness to Reese coincides with increasing instability and a blurring of art and reality.

This is a woodland fantasy about defending a threatened home, with a squirrel queen, magical allies and a quest involving her grandmother’s Heartstone.

This is an animal fantasy adventure with a moral dilemma at its centre: Veil’s choices are shaped by the welcome he receives, the crime that leads to his exile and his connection to his father.

This is a high-stakes science-fiction adventure about friends confronting a powerful technology company, virtual-world conflict and a game that can kill.

Jinny’s new role as the island’s oldest child brings care for Ess and questions about the rules. The story combines a strange, self-sustaining community with a coming-of-age dilemma about responsibility, change and leaving home.

A first-person band story about the members’ path to fame, their experiences on the road and their reflections on life in One Direction.

Nine connected stories show how a teenage boy’s death affects a varied circle of people, while also following first jobs, relationships and goodbyes.

This novel brings a missing-child crisis into the same small-town setting as Samara’s strained family life and changing relationship with faith.

Jamie’s sudden ability to understand boys is presented as a strange school mystery, and she explains it to herself as superpowers. The story also brings her friendship with Isabella and Angeline into the picture.

Maddie’s first trip abroad combines exploration of Northern Ireland with questions about Ryan’s family past. Her changing ideas about her future and developing friendship with Ryan run alongside the mystery.

This is a relationship-led coming-of-age story: Jan’s connection with Al helps him consider a different direction, while his bond with Jodi, books and writing also enters that change.

Three siblings discover they are heirs to a legendary kingdom and flee north. The route includes monsters, hostile people and a threatening factory, while tensions within the family add another challenge.

A dystopian adventure about loyalty and uncertainty: Kaspar must question the story he has been given about the conflict while serving as a Guardian.

A child’s perspective brings the storm and its flooding close, while Lanesha’s relationship with Mama Ya-Ya and her ability to see spirits shape the story.

The story centres on Elena's return after a sacrifice, the vampire brothers who love her, and a threatening creature that can possess Damon. Its mode is supernatural horror and suspense.

A supernatural romance centred on separation, intense longing and a friendship that offers Bella some solace. Vampire and werewolf tensions add danger to the relationship story.

Abby welcomes True Blue to her family’s ranch, though her father is wary. The horse’s previous owner died in a car crash; his pacing and the strange whispers Abby hears prompt questions about that woman and her connection to him.

A school mystery with science-fiction and spooky elements follows Duncan as he tries to work out which teacher may be an alien. The aliens’ interest in pupils’ qualities adds an unsettling twist to the school setting.

A paranormal mystery follows Cassidy as she pieces together missing memories and investigates whether her death was other than the suicide people assume. Romance and regret are part of her effort to understand her past.

A warm story about a boy who proudly cherishes his mother and values her as she is.

The boys share games and basketball interests, while Jamal’s family food, mealtime customs and occasional special clothes differ from Joseph’s. Their friendship is the story’s central focus.

Bailey’s account links her three dogs to relationships that did not work out. Romance and dating sit alongside her wish for enthusiasm, loyalty and unconditional love.

A fantasy adventure follows cats caught between a journey home, a tribe’s prophecy and the destruction of their forest. Two strands—one on the journey and one with Leafpaw—bring the danger to the Clans into view.

A science-fiction sequel to Gone, Monster imagines a world exposed to a virus that changes people. Teenagers with dangerous powers and people who become dangerously out of control face a looming battle.

A lively myth-inspired quest begins when Monkey and his companions set out to retrieve scriptures said to help people become peaceful and kind.

Mara has lost her memory and is drawn into the Messenger’s harsh system of games and punishments. The story also follows people facing consequences for cruelty and other wrongs, while Mara’s own role remains a mystery.

The story centres on three characters whose lives connect through a factory town shaped by scarcity and hardship. It brings together friendship, family ambition and resistance to the town’s rules.

Megan faces a move that means leaving her friends. She feels sad, but later finds positive aspects of living in a new place.

A child follows a feared, exiled mountain Keeper into a forgotten place of statues and galleries. Magic, rumours of a monster and glimpses of distant cultures shape this fantasy adventure.

A brief sibling story about Ruby trying to persuade Max to eat an egg, ending with Max finishing it.

A maths-learning guide that combines worked instruction on topics such as fractions and percentages with real-world examples, personal stories, quizzes and testimonials.

This is a family story about two sisters getting to know their unconventional grandmother through a shared journey and her recollections. Her earlier life includes leaving home as a teenager and military service during the Second World War.

This is a Moon-colony mystery about a boy seeking answers after his father fails to return from a mission officials deny ever happened.

This is a playful story about turning an impossible wish into a sequence of experiments. Its appeal lies in the boy’s imaginative plans and the surprising distinction between a star in the sky and something star-shaped.

A focused, dual-narrative historical novel about displacement, survival and access to water. Its language is spare, but the experiences include war, deaths and severe deprivation, balanced by perseverance and collective problem-solving.

A gentle story about moving from a very small comfort zone into wider experiences. Mabel’s journey offers opportunities to discuss fear, curiosity, confidence, changing seasons and supporting someone who is hesitant.

A family’s fear grows as a huge black dog watches their home. Small Hope faces it, leads it on a chase, and discovers a playful way to bring it inside.

A gentle nature story combines a small character’s change of circumstances with information about oak trees, seasons and the many species associated with them.

This is a creative introduction to feelings, using alphabetic rhymes and animal imagery to give emotions memorable forms and language. It may work especially well as a shared conversation book.

This is an active read-aloud: children can watch each animal, hear a movement prompt, and answer “I can do it!” before copying the action. The sequence introduces body parts and movement words through repetition and colourful collages.

This is a gentle story about staying emotionally connected when physical contact is not possible. It offers several concrete, non-touching ways to show affection, while keeping the reason and duration of separation unexplained.