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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

This is a school-set murder mystery about the fallout from a violent clash between two students. Its six boy narrators offer different perspectives as friends and enemies face loss, suspicion and racial tensions.

The central pressure is practical: Pierre takes on a long voyageur journey to earn money for his family after his father is injured. The trip is physically demanding and places him among older, teasing brigade members.

This is a story of two brothers on the run, with skateboarding, a search for family and wilderness survival shaping their journey.

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.

A fast-moving spy adventure sits alongside Maggie’s school life and relationships. The central dilemma—protecting people close to her while challenging a powerful organisation—gives the action a personal focus.

A friendship is tested when Joey’s overdose leaves him in a critical condition. Clay is caught between wanting to help his friend and facing the possibility that he may be implicated in Joey’s injuries.

Paul and his family try to protect Henri and help him reach safety, while Paul takes on responsibilities at home and joins the Resistance. The story follows their choices amid occupation and suspicion.

A supernatural adventure follows Sarah as she inherits a demon-hunting mission after her parents die. Her dreams, developing powers and uncertain trust in a newly arrived cousin shape her attempt to face the threat.

The appeal is in a lively, wayward hero whose choices propel a string of comic and perilous adventures. The book also offers a clear thread of advice about behaviour and responsibility.

A fantasy about balancing an extraordinary responsibility with friendship and uncertainty about life after school; humour and Bailey’s grounded teenage voice help connect the supernatural elements to everyday concerns.

Expect a high-action fantasy about survival, loyalty and choosing what sort of person to become, rather than a romance-led story. Aina’s assassin role and the consequences of her choices are prominent.

This is a turbulent story about a teenager facing legal consequences and a difficult choice involving a friend and an almost-boyfriend. Expect a plot that includes several crises and a fictional drug.

A warm, everyday school-and-family story follows Ramona through friendship, spelling struggles and the adjustment to a baby sister, with both awkward moments and small successes.

This is a fantasy adventure built around the power of reading aloud and the bond between Meggie and her father. Its central magic carries a cost: a character entering the real world means someone real disappears into fiction.

The mystery pairs seasonal spookiness with a more personal puzzle: how to judge coincidences when you are worried. Mary Anne’s friends are part of the investigation, not just bystanders.

A reflective story about Ruby’s grief and regret, with friendship tensions and a quirky town celebration alongside the serious feelings.

Expect a fantasy adventure that mixes family upheaval, secret-society mysteries, powerful relics and threats described as difficult to destroy.

Ava’s central challenge is deciding what to wish for when she wants to put her family back together. The story’s magic makes that hope depend on choices with potentially high stakes.

Expect a fast-moving fantasy adventure built around a global monster attack, Charlie’s efforts to confront the Fifth, and the difficult demands placed on his friends.

The central appeal is the clash between a long-standing relationship and a choice that affects more than the couple. Morgan also has an unusual ability to predict the future.

A playful fantasy adventure built around a birthday party repeatedly interrupted by monster alarms, with Princess Magnolia balancing her guests’ celebration and her secret superhero identity.

This is a family-and-summer-adventure story: Becky faces changes at home while spending time with relatives in Australia, where outdoor adventures bring enjoyment alongside challenges.

This is a quest-driven adventure built around Andy's connection to a grandfather he has never known, with magical artefacts and attraction-inspired settings adding a fantastical element.

This is a school-and-family story about Nora balancing a new aunt role with assignments and a difficult science-fair partnership. Her interest in organising facts gives the story a distinctive focus.

This historical adventure centres on a child facing a frightening wartime decision: whether to carry out her mother's order to destroy the shipyard they have been left to protect.

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.

This is a historical story of a divided society and a personal return to danger, with Darnay’s choices set against injustice and revolution in France.

This is a supernatural school-and-sisterhood story focused on Sarah’s loneliness, loyalty and desire to understand her powers. Its central tension is whether she can face the danger without losing the support of those close to her.

This is a fantasy about a child hoping to repair a family in distress, with consequences that reach beyond her home. Its blend of magic, loss and jeopardy may appeal to readers who enjoy emotionally rooted adventures.

A mouse family’s stowaway voyage turns a household adventure into a journey among titled people and mice, with Helena’s role as eldest sister at its centre.

A puzzle-led adventure combines geocaching and codes with friendship, secrecy and a race to respond to a dangerous crystal’s power.

A young protagonist faces a threat to animals in a family preserve while managing without his parents nearby. The story is framed as a mystery with a building sense of danger.

Four stories follow club members through a radio-station job, a summer camp, new friendships and a decision to move. Their circumstances bring practical responsibilities and changes in relationships into focus.

A new leader inherits a weakened Clan, with strained relations among the four Clans and an approaching threat. The story’s central pressures are leadership, survival and rebuilding after a major battle.

A reflective story about Eveline facing a consequential choice, where family ties and the hope of a different life pull in opposing directions.

A linked collection of love stories, it ranges across family ties, relationships and community life, rather than following one central plot. Its situations include both comic passion and serious family and wartime pressures.

This is a supernatural school story in which Rose balances friendship and romantic complications with escalating danger. A winter trip becomes a rescue mission after three friends leave to face the Strigoi threat.