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Expect a high-stakes fantasy adventure built around coordinated quests, magical talismans and an impending conflict over the mer realms.

A compact film-history survey, it follows the genre from Méliès’s early experiments through well-known films and groups its material around subjects such as aliens, robots, future worlds and science.

This is a magical retrieval adventure: Rachel and Kirsty try to get Scarlett’s stolen garnet back. Its loss disrupts the fairy’s size-changing magic, while the larger series quest concerns finding seven jewels.

The siblings face a mysterious forest, Aunt Eda’s many rules and questions about their missing uncle. Strange creatures, night-time sightings and the contrast between chills and humour shape the story.

Sage travels from Starland to Wishworld on a mission involving wishes, a deadline and the challenge of life on a new planet.

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.

A high-stakes fantasy quest follows Corayne and a varied band of allies as they try to prevent a magical threat from destroying their realm.

A fast-moving contest against a corporation unfolds through activism, public revelations and suspicions of a concealed operation. This is the concluding instalment, so the conflict belongs to a larger series arc.

This is a school-and-family story about Ramona’s efforts to be herself while navigating a teacher’s expectations, a painful comparison with Susan, and fears at home and on the way to school.

Ramona juggles several jobs and family responsibilities while living in Eulogy, Mississippi. Swimming and Freddie’s return bring a new focus, as her feelings prompt questions about attraction and identity.

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.

The story centres on friendship under pressure and a powerful invention whose control could affect money, culture and politics.

Women soldiers face D-Day and subsequent campaigns, with the story extending to concentration camps, victory and the aftermath. Their leadership and efforts to hold on to belief in humanity sit alongside the brutality of war.

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.

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.