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This is a family story about Cassie’s love of violin, her father’s explosive moods and the effects of past violence. It follows her flight to a homeless shelter and her family’s struggle to repair relationships.

This is a story about siblings who have been moved between foster homes and an older couple who invite them into their lives. It centres on belonging, trust and the possibility of a loving home.

Cassie’s family struggles to preserve their land and dignity amid racism in Depression-era Mississippi. The story also contains threats, mob violence and other serious harm.

This is a coming-of-age novel about a gay teenager navigating family expectations, work and love. A parallel supernatural thread follows a murdered girl and an otherworldly Queen, giving the story an eerie counterpoint.

Rafe’s move away from home and worry about his father lead into a fantasy adventure involving classmates, angels and other mythical beings. His search for a way back becomes tied to a threat to the heavens.

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

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.

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.

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.

This is a hands-on introduction to family-history research: readers fill in details about relatives, organise findings into charts and records, and explore family stories and customs.

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.

Expect a book to work through together: its problems range across everyday and imaginative subjects, and the three difficulty groups offer different levels of challenge.

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.

Louis’s reasons for joining include wages and the Union’s fight to end slavery. The story follows his experience in the Irish Brigade and brings together the perspectives of an Abenaki teenager and the Civil War.

Yelena’s hoped-for reunion and magic training are complicated by feeling out of place, a strict deadline and competing dangers. The story also brings her into a political struggle over Ixia’s throne.

A family’s escape from an abusive father begins as an adventure for Jayni, who adopts the name Lola Rose. As money runs out, the family’s new life becomes harder to sustain.

Bayliss’s grief and fear of change unfold alongside her parents’ plan to foster two homeless girls. The story centres on sibling love, loss and the possibility of making room for new relationships.

An arrest changes Kalifornia’s living arrangements and school life. She must adapt to her father’s rules and police-academy drills while navigating a new partnership and trying to help someone in danger.

Lily’s care for Adam and her wish for independence run alongside her growing concern for Nori, a dolphin in captivity for treatment. The story brings family responsibility into tension with animal welfare and the question of release.

This is a grief-centred story about a teenager facing her mother's death, state care and successive foster homes. It also follows her relationships with friends and the possibility of finding family in unexpected places.

A teen’s attempt to turn grief into a list of brave experiences drives this novel. Drawing, friendship, family strain and a developing crush all shape Georgia’s search for what living fully means to her.

The story combines family tensions, a ghost and Sami’s adjustment to life at the manor. Her attraction to Adan crosses the boundary of the old feud, though romance is not the sole focus.

A family-and-basketball story: Billy is caught between his father’s expectations on court and the upheaval at home, while his brother Ben’s piano recital competes with the championship game.

A lively family wedding story, with Ellie’s worries about bad luck alongside humour, mishaps and Jewish wedding traditions.

A fast-moving adventure mixes cousinly competition and outdoor challenges with a science-fiction mystery about a meteorite—and what it may have brought with it.

A Batman mystery combines a threat to Gotham’s bridges with flashbacks to the city’s formation. Dick Grayson is Batman, and other costumed allies take part.

Gerald’s loyalty to Angel and efforts to withstand abuse sit alongside bereavement and family instability. The story also includes trusted support from Aunt Queen and Mr Washington, rather than focusing only on danger.

A dragonrider fantasy with political upheaval at its heart, the story follows two young competitors whose shared past and opposing family histories complicate their choices about power and loyalty.

This is a poetic homecoming story, moving from animal families to a sailor and his son. Its central idea is fathers returning to their children, framed as a tribute to fathers serving during the Second World War.

A family-centred story about June preparing for a church choir solo, with Sunday routines and encouragement from relatives woven into the lead-up.

The guide describes possible changes after divorce: a teenager may be asked to work or help at home, while spending on shopping or activities may be reduced.

A young diarist’s family duties and fear at home are set against the turmoil of witchcraft accusations and trials in her village.

Glorieta wants her mother remembered and buried with the family. Her efforts bring her into conflict with an aunt over faith and the possibility that her mother is in Hell.

Shabanu’s betrothal and her sister’s impending marriage sit alongside her own dreams of freedom, making personal choice and family obligation central to the story.

Tina sees the Ohio River as peaceful and worries about railway safety; Charles values the railway’s power and speed. Their family’s views on slavery and a possible move to Kansas bring the period’s conflicts into family life.

Nora investigates a family mystery while trying to work out whether she can rely on Patch.

A family under financial pressure is at the heart of this story. Jackson’s imaginary cat brings humour and companionship as he faces the possibility that his family’s housing troubles may return.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

This is a direct, emotionally serious story about a child living through her mother’s death. It offers language for grief, shows that support can coexist with loneliness, and uses a familiar garment to represent continuing love and memory.