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Peter Bognanni
This is an emotionally intense survival story about grief, anxiety and changing relationships. Its suspenseful wilderness episodes sit alongside Case’s uncertain understanding of his brother and the difficult process of living after loss.
Malcolm Duffy
This is a war-and-refugee coming-of-age novel: Kateryno leaves Kharkiv with her mother and brother, settles with a British host family, and navigates separation, new relationships and the emotional aftermath of invasion.
Josephine Angelini
This is a fast-moving mystery-romance centred on recovery, guilt and uncertain trust. Its atmosphere combines a summer setting with disturbing discoveries, while journal flashbacks gradually disclose the protagonist’s past.
Farmer Will
An upbeat, personal introduction to farming that follows a working year and explains sheep care alongside stories, humour and reflections on the realities of farm life.
Lize Meddings
A gentle, direct introduction to anxiety, depression and loneliness, centred on the beginning of a supportive friendship. It makes talking, seeking help and finding suitable support networks part of the story.
Kathryn Clark
A tense, emotionally serious science-fiction mystery about desperate choices, hidden exploitation and sibling love. Its strongest appeal is the combination of a threatening facility, ethical questions and contrasting prose and poetry voices.
Seán Farrelly
A grief-centred mystery about the gap between a person’s private self and online persona, combining emotional recovery with questions about what digital traces can reveal—or conceal.
Cindy Pham
A sombre, imaginative story about sisters, a sleeping princess and a dreamworld shaped by inner struggles. Expect more emotional and psychological exploration than fast-moving adventure, with fairy-tale wonder alongside painful material.
Helen Rutter
A humorous, emotionally serious story about a boy facing bullying, family disruption and caring responsibilities, with a fantastical wish premise. It may offer reassurance while still presenting difficult circumstances that merit thoughtful discussion.
K. L. Walther
This is a friendship-led coming-of-age romance centred on one adventurous day before graduation. Philadelphia provides the setting while secrets, old relationships and worries about the future put pressure on the group.
Anna Zoe Quirke
A dual-perspective story about two university students trying to belong while managing depression, anxiety, relationships and self-identity. Poetry and late-night journal entries give the book an intimate, emotionally direct form.
Yasmin Rahman
This is a serious, emotionally intense YA novel about three girls whose connection begins in a suicide pact and develops into mutual support. Its hopeful direction is accompanied by continuing struggle rather than an easy cure.
James Goodhand
This is a high-stakes school thriller centred on a student’s planned revenge with an explosive device. Its central appeal is likely suspense, while its subject matter invites reflection on bullying and changed identity.
Lily Bailey
Ben’s OCD is represented through counting, tapping, blinking, colour rules and fears that dreadful things will happen. The story also follows friendship, school transition and family strain, with support beginning to help him regain control.
Jion Sheibani
This is an emotionally focused verse novel about a teenager balancing school, friendships, violin performance and a changing home life. Its short, varied pieces concentrate on feelings and key moments rather than extended conventional narration.
Margaret McDonald
This is character-led contemporary fiction centred on two care-experienced young men. It explores how they manage trauma, vulnerability and change without necessarily resolving their past, while keeping a strong sense of place and emotional warmth.
Josh Silver
This is a dark, plot-driven psychological thriller about emotional numbness, memory and simulated traumatic experiences. Its central mystery follows Eli’s growing suspicion that Traumaland conceals something more dangerous.
Josh Silver
This is a character-led dystopian thriller in which an apparently helpful happiness project becomes increasingly strange. Its strongest material concerns pressure, identity and the meaning of wellbeing; its ending is abrupt and leaves the story hanging.
Polly Ho-Yen
A tense, emotionally serious survival story follows Ade through a collapsing city while his mother withdraws and neighbours become an unexpected support network. Its strongest offering is a child-centred exploration of vulnerability, responsibility and collective care.
Coral Rumble
This is a thoughtful story about a child carrying adult responsibilities who finds friendship, creativity and adventure while visiting Italy. An injured otter and the people Jakub meets help broaden his sense of who he is.
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