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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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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 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.

A cheerful introduction to caring for the Earth, built around manageable actions such as saving energy and reusing things. A poster gathers reminders for everyday “going green”.

Apollo’s quest takes him and his allies into danger as he searches for an Oracle and tries to regain his godhood. Humour, humiliating setbacks and mythological adventure sit alongside the threat of a violent antagonist.

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.

This is a space adventure about leadership under pressure, with a rebellion, royal succession and a romantic thread. Qole and Nev face different choices about power and where their loyalties lie.

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.

Matt’s injury leaves him unsure how he was involved when a young Iraqi boy was shot. Returning to combat, he scans for danger and worries about whether he can act when required.

This follows a high-stakes baseball game: the Marlins need to beat the Yankees to clinch the 2003 World Series, and Josh Beckett is asked to start after pitching only three days earlier.

A hands-on introduction to guinea-pig care, from selecting a pet and preparing its home to feeding, cleaning, grooming and safe handling. Photographs accompany the practical instructions.

Expect briskly comic fantasy built around a prickly heroine, a house whose doors disrupt ordinary space, and household tasks that become magical complications. Familiar characters from the Howl books also appear.

This guide combines practical pet-care topics—such as feeding, handling and getting ready for a hamster—with background on hamster history, life cycle and behaviour.

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.

Edward discovers his Guardian powers and must learn to use them while trying to save his mother and friends from the Jackal. The story involves wings, magic and the afterlife.

Ali’s pregnancy disrupts her expectations for college and her relationship with Matt. The story follows her dilemma around responsibility and choice, with support from her friend Monica.

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.

This is a horse-centred adventure about dreams, learning to ride and show, and trying to save a horse from a cruel trainer.

Rosalind’s blog gives her a way to speak when she does not talk at school. Its increasingly unkind posts complicate the idea of speaking out as a straightforward act of courage.

Expect a secret-agent assignment built around suspicion: Andy must choose between a model student and an antagonistic, angry student as his target. The central tension is whether he can identify the right person before NTRP notices him.

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 good fit to explore how siblings can see the same duties differently, within a richly established Clan world. Its continuing-arc structure means the book leaves some mysteries open.

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.