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A seriously ill boy sets off with his dog to pursue a mountain-climbing goal; his best friend faces a difficult question of loyalty. The story centres on illness, friendship and a risky runaway journey.

Joelle’s grief over Dance Away and her frustration about the lost chance to ride together at a show shape her reluctance to care for the orphaned foal.

A group of four children takes on a rescue mission in a magical island setting, facing a cursed maze and its Guardian. The story also involves a revenge-seeking sorceress.

A time-travel fantasy links a family’s decision to hibernate through a world crisis with a parallel tale of a princess trapped in time. Sigrun and her friends try to address the crisis rather than leave it to others.

Nikki is balancing summer plans with uncertainty about a visiting student's interest in her and the possibility of hurting Brandon. A personal decision sits at the centre of the story.

Readers navigate friendship tensions, a shared crush, discomfort about body hair and an invitation to join a popular group that comes with a price. Their decisions determine how their story unfolds.

A classic quest premise drives Alex from an unusual shop encounter towards a dragon's lair. The adventure is framed around courage, fear, friendship and choices that may change his life.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

A light, magical school story about a child who dislikes Valentine’s Day and must deal with the effects of her own candy-heart messages.

Expect spooky adventure: the threats include a ghost, dangerous swamp creatures and a haunted setting, while the reader chooses which routes to follow.

This is a supernatural fantasy about Joy’s Sight, an assassin’s threat and a consequential choice involving Ink and the Twixt. Her decision may affect those close to her.

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.

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

This is an alien-invasion survival story centred on Jesse, whose escape and unexpected powers leave others treating him as a possible saviour. The immediate stakes are stark: most people have been killed or enslaved, and further aliens are expected.

The story follows the consequences of a hit-and-run across four teenagers’ lives, including a choice to conceal what happened and the pressure of protecting a future in sport.

A fantasy finale about a young hero confronting a death prophecy and defending a city under attack. Family protection and the prospect of peace sit alongside the danger of war.

Russ’s attempt to make a short film sets off a chain of trouble, and a message from his future self draws him into changing the past. The resulting time-travel glitches put his own wellbeing and other people’s lives at risk.

A strange lift mystery drives Álex and Olga to investigate an unlisted floor, where wishes have sinister consequences and require a sacrifice.

This fantasy brings a rescue adventure into the run-up to a wedding. Creel’s friendships and loyalties are central, alongside the possibility of peace between humans and dragons.

This fantasy instalment follows several connected conflicts: Zoey’s opposition to Neferet, Rephaim’s struggle to remain free of his father’s influence, and the arrival of Aurox, created as a weapon.

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.

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.

A beaver’s careless choices damage the forest and affect its animal inhabitants. After a falling tree prompts him to reflect, he tries to put things right and becomes gentler.

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.

This historical romance centres on Anna’s uncertain engagement, family inheritance and growing attraction to Ewan. Her interest in poetry and doubts about love unfold alongside a plot against Ewan.

This supernatural story centres on a young werewolf trying to manage dangerous urges while hunters close in. It also brings a love-versus-duty dilemma into the conflict.

Sola’s tightly monitored society uses public battles in which Demonstrators kill criminals. After a kiss draws her into the role, she faces more fights and a romance with a killer while hoping to return to her father.

Expect court and kingdom tensions alongside a developing romance, sibling bonds and choices about love and duty. The story also includes magic and a threatened invasion.

This is a richly situated fairy-tale retelling centred on Charlotte’s determined efforts to keep the mill. It combines family relationships, village lore and a supernatural mystery.

Sam’s attachment to print clashes with a proposed online school newspaper, and she learns her best friend supports the change. The story also follows Sam’s school-paper interests and her budding crush.

Expect a contemporary-school setting alongside shifters, fairies, witches and fairy-tale rules. Bryar’s resistance to her assigned role and the unwanted marriage plan sits alongside dreams, romance and a threat to lives and magic.

Family ties and identity sit at the centre of Janie's story, alongside an unexpected responsibility for supporting her mother and handling family finances.

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.

Lily’s move between two versions of Salem sets up a fantasy about altered identity and power, alongside romance and danger. Her life-threatening allergies are part of her circumstances in the first world.

This science-fiction adventure centres on time travel, conflict with Eyewall and a choice between protecting loved ones and trying to avert a grim future.

A choose-your-own-adventure structure puts the reader in charge of decisions, with over 20 possible endings. The island setting mixes holiday exploration with supernatural threats, so choices can lead towards different kinds of peril.

The story centres on a teenager who offers dating advice while navigating a crush and the strain caused when advice goes wrong for a friend.

A ranch-centred story about Andi’s hopes for work with horses and her family, disrupted by a cousin who resists ranch responsibilities.

A visit from cousins brings cursed armour into the story, and choices open different spooky routes. The adventure promises more than twenty endings, so the reader helps steer what happens.

This is a fantasy adventure built around a boy on the run, a returning threat and the possibility that his love of old stories will prove important.

A school prank sets off the search for a misplaced borrowed object. Alongside that thread, the book gives space to school routines and sport, especially cricket.