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This is a survival story about a teenager adjusting to an unfamiliar life after being separated from the person who shared her upbringing. Sky’s search for River also leads towards a revelation about their past.

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 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 teenager who is treated as an outsider and his only friend investigate a state-kept secret. The story combines friendship and resistance with a darkly humorous, bleak and chilling atmosphere.

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.

A relationship-led coming-of-age story about a transgender teen navigating a new school, friendship and the decision to share her past. It combines first love with questions of trust and belonging.

Expect accounts of wartime deception and resistance, including military fakery and efforts to misdirect German forces. The book also features archival photographs, colour maps, illustrations and sidebars.

Shane's dating advice reaches classmates and a teacher, while his own feelings complicate the rules he offers others. Friendship, attraction and the fallout when the formula becomes public sit alongside comic romantic entanglements.

This is a horror mystery about ambition, apprenticeship and an unsettling disturbance at an animation studio. Buddy and Dot investigate what is happening as the studio works towards a deadline.

A school mystery grows into a suspense story with gothic and fantastic touches. Blanka’s investigation draws on the convent’s history, while the Wolves’ hostility and uncertainty about whom to trust keep tension close to school life.

A group of exiled teenagers face a survival choice in an undead-infested setting, while secrets among them complicate their search for safety and other survivors.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

Expect a war story centred on Joseph’s bond with Adonis, rather than a battle narrative alone: the struggling zoo and its animals are also central to the plot.

A Holocaust novel centred on a teenager confronting camp life and her father’s involvement in Nazi propaganda. It also follows her thoughts about friendship, romance, family and religion.

Janie’s unwanted ability draws her into other people’s dreams, from unsettling scenarios to a gruesome nightmare. She keeps it secret and becomes a participant in the nightmare.

The story centres on two pregnant teenage sisters whose lives are shaped by fame, relationships and a society that rewards teen births. Their parallel situations create a speculative coming-of-age story about public image and private wishes.

A school competition, strict boundaries and mysterious island details set up a fantasy mystery. Anne’s search for the reason she was admitted becomes entangled with the school’s hidden rules and the possible danger to people she loves.

Maddie’s secret interests bring her into Logan’s world of comics, conventions, live-action role-playing and video games. As she enjoys this new connection, her efforts to deny her own interests lead to deeper lies and risk losing him.

This is a story of a young person trying to rebuild trust and make sense of beliefs taught within a cult, while detained and facing a choice about revealing her past.

A comic premise pairs cheerleading with covert sleuthing: Tessa and the SOS investigate suspected cheating, then Tessa must consider her own relationship.

Antonio’s father has taught him that women cannot be trusted and that a man should have more than one partner. Miesha has her own guarded approach to romance, and their games bring both to question whether love is real.

Jakob’s disclosure puts his family at risk; his imprisonment at Auschwitz and belief that Ivan has abandoned him shape his drive for revenge. After liberation, a revelation about Ivan challenges Jakob’s understanding of what happened.

Penny’s plan to steal a basketball playbook is tied to both a sorority initiation and her wish to impress Brandon. Her growing feelings for Woody complicate the betrayal she has agreed to carry out.

A murder investigation, family revelations and a prophecy converge as three siblings confront secrets that challenge their place in ThunderClan and their understanding of its rules.

This is a family-centred crime mystery: Megan’s effort to understand her brother’s life unfolds alongside the damage his death brings to the family.

Brady’s friends are implicated in the fatal kayak incident, and Brady learns that he unwittingly gave them the idea for their prank. His reluctance to betray them conflicts with his sense of responsibility.

Bo's story combines a mistaken accusation, prison labour, a dangerous tundra setting and an illegal football team. A runaway artificial intelligence adds a mystery: Bo must decide whether to trust the programme he created.

This is a historical adventure centred on Julia’s journey and the secrets of the people she meets. Her choices about trust and what to fight for drive the story.

Owen and Hannah run a relationship-advice blog for local teenagers. Owen hopes it will bring Kamryn closer to him, but his plan uses fraudulent tactics, which lead to consequences.

Katy and Daemon’s relationship grows closer amid a dangerous effort to free loved ones. Katy also confronts her changing abilities and the threat posed by an organisation targeting hybrids.

The sisters’ countryside explorations bring them into contact with Totoro, a forest spirit who takes them on magical adventures through trees and clouds.

At its centre is Jamie’s effort to hide his sexuality and the experimental drug he hopes will change his attraction to boys. His choices also affect his connection with Celia and the people closest to him.

Katie’s friends each entrust her with a secret, and she finds keeping all four difficult. Their confidences include crushes and cheating on a maths test, bringing questions of trust into the Cupcake Club.

The fun is built around a secret: the gargoyles stow away on the beach trip, and their pranks risk drawing attention to them.

This is a contemporary family-and-romance story about Frank negotiating his parents’ expectations, his relationships and his Korean American identity. A serious illness and bereavement also shape the family story.

The central tension is how a group’s attempts to pursue justice can shift towards revenge, with consequences the friends cannot control.

Ben’s paid desert-guiding trip turns into a fight to survive when Madec tries to silence him after a prospector is shot. The suspense centres on exposure, thirst, gunfire and the difficulty of being believed.