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This fantasy adventure follows Tessa as she helps Lizzie and the shelter animals during a storm, while trying to uncover Lizzie’s wish.

This is a clue-led sister-detective adventure, with a mysterious sculpture, a diamond theft and a suspected raffle scam driving the investigation.

This is a fantasy adventure built around Conn’s apprenticeship and a mystery affecting the city. The premise links personal learning with a wider problem, without revealing how either is resolved.

This is a birthday-centred fantasy adventure in which Tara’s search for unusual objects brings her into contact with eccentric townspeople and new friends.

A club-saving mystery driven by four friends’ attempt to secure money intended for their Boys Club.

The mystery centres on the callers’ silence and Claudia’s suspicion. The group’s investigation has “mixed results”, though what those involve is not specified.

This combines sibling bickering and mysterious happenings with a fantasy battle. The brothers’ rivalry becomes a practical obstacle when danger calls for them to act together.

A private-school social circle becomes the focus of a murder mystery after Samantha disappears and is found dead. The earlier killing and the claim that the murderer belongs to the school community set up a suspect-focused investigation.

This is a mystery about art and family history, with Theo’s search unfolding alongside financial pressure and the effort to make connections with others.

This is a supernatural investigation with two strands of tension: competition between agencies and a mysterious object that the authorities consider dangerous.

This is a crime mystery built around a team investigation, an unusual pattern of killings and a code to decipher. The stakes rise as the investigators get closer to an answer.

A fast-moving adventure combines a threatened community, a mysterious child, and a young leader’s coming of age. Its appeal may lie in the blend of danger, family loyalty and an enigmatic revelation.

A magical village adventure sits alongside a story about siblings finding a more welcoming home. Expect mysteries and eccentric characters, with the children taking an active part in what happens.

This is a clue-led detective adventure, combining a stolen key, a hidden deed and a second case involving the brothers’ father.

The setup has a comic contrast between Lindy’s dislike of cucumbers and the festival’s cucumber dishes, with an unsupervised goose adding to the mix.

A young group faces an urgent survival challenge on a ruined, unfamiliar planet. The story combines a secret space mission with a mystery the stranded characters must solve.

This is an invention-led adventure, combining jungle hazards with a mystery about ancient carvings and possible contact from space.

This is a friendship-and-mystery story: two girls connect through clay sculpture and become involved in an attempt to stop a thief. Stella’s pin carries personal symbolic meaning.

A summer romance and a mystery meet in a beach-town fantasy, as Sam tries to understand the unusual girls and the secrets surrounding their community.

This is a farm-set mystery about loose llamas, unexplained events and a telescope that may be watching the group. The children investigate, with Jean eventually joining the team.

A useful choice for readers drawn to supernatural mystery, secretive communities and a protagonist whose unusual inner connection may be more than imagined. Its central relationship is presented as both compelling and dangerous.

This is a space-adventure story pairing a missing-crew mystery with a cadet-in-danger situation. Data’s search for identity gives the external crisis a personal dimension.

The brothers’ involvement begins when Tim uncovers Alan’s secret plan, leading into an unexpected mystery. The contents include Scottish place-names and historical references.

The central appeal is a group mystery: several friends work together to find out who took the scooter plans and why. Their investigation begins after a family holiday plan is abruptly cancelled.

A fast-moving horror mystery places two newcomers inside a cheerleading squad beset by danger. Its central appeal is suspense: the sisters must work out what is happening while the threat to the team escalates.

This is a child-centred mystery adventure combining seaside exploration, hidden places, secrecy and a rescue involving a royal child. Its appeal appears to lie in teamwork, discovery and sustained pursuit, though the ending and the intensity of the danger are not described.

This is a playful school mystery combining investigation, outdoor adventure and dog-show competition. Diary entries, illustrations, photographs and secret codes give readers several ways to follow the story and join in.

This is a clue-led children’s adventure about investigating a disappearance after an accusation of theft. Its central appeal is the Secret Seven working together, with a younger sibling presented as a possible complication.

This is a brisk child-centred mystery in which Benjie’s enthusiasm for spying and Pete’s protective actions help uncover burglaries. Suspense comes from the family’s vulnerability and Benjie’s capture, while humour and animal loyalty soften the danger.

A dark, atmospheric supernatural story combines family mystery, a dangerous isolated community, visions and romance. Its imaginative premise may appeal to readers who enjoy intense paranormal fiction, though the plot and character motivations may feel difficult to follow.

A fast-moving Hardy Boys mystery combines exploration, investigation and danger. Frank and Joe follow the mystery of a swallowed statue into tunnels and an abandoned underground city, where a criminal group threatens Bayport.

This is a friendship-centred mystery adventure, combining travel across America with a computer-related problem. It may suit readers who enjoy group investigations, journeys and stories involving programming or video games.

This is a gothic teen romance about an outsider drawn to a mysterious family, with a vampire question at its centre. Its main appeal is atmosphere, romantic fascination and a story about finding belonging beyond surface judgement.

A sports mystery built around a strained friendship, team pressure and an investigation into threats and sabotage. The buried-treasure connection adds historical intrigue, while danger raises the stakes beyond the football pitch.

Expect a festive fantasy built around bedtime, dreams and exploration. Maddie and Murphy encounter the North Pole’s Christmas world and respond to a problem, offering imaginative material for shared reading and discussion.

This is a fantasy about an underestimated boy who confronts a threat to his family’s protected magic, alongside a girl investigating a mystery that links her to him.

This is a compact historical adventure centred on curiosity, travel and discovery. Michele’s encounters with visitors seeking beauty, adventure and something elusive create an inviting story about how an unusual arrival can open new possibilities.

This is a child-centred historical mystery about uncovering a town’s African-American past. It combines cemetery restoration, family stories, community reticence, and Raisin’s personal consequences after she sneaks out.

Expect a gentle adventure centred on Brownie Scouts, outdoor play, and the imaginative possibility of a tree house.

A fast-moving mystery-adventure about children building a home together while uncovering secrets around a missing billionaire, a threatening uncle and a possibly real sword-wielding protector.

This is a supernatural camping adventure centred on two siblings confronting a frightening creature. Its strongest offer is atmosphere: mountains, forest, a loch and an ancient cave frame mystery, family interaction and danger.

A light, character-led comic built around Grumpy Cat and Pokey’s playful misadventures.

This is an ensemble fantasy about cats facing leadership uncertainty, personal loyalties and unsettling mysteries. It offers relationship dilemmas, humour and character change, but its later conflict is darker and may feel less clear or controlled.

A suspenseful children’s adventure about siblings investigating unsettling circumstances in a guarded Cornish house. Expect secrets, danger, teamwork and a wartime political backdrop, alongside melodrama and an intentionally improbable child-led challenge to adults.

A lively detective adventure centred on sisters, friendship and a tightly connected high-rise community. The mystery moves through clues, suspects and reversals, balancing comic sibling exchanges with the seriousness of murder and its effects.

A spooky Cornwall adventure with a mystery at its centre, this book brings together a young conservation-minded protagonist, an unusual dog, family members and a new friend against a curse that poisons and destroys the land.