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This Tudor court mystery follows Lady Grace as she investigates a death after a ball, with help from Ellie and Masou.

Expect a grim, disorientating fairy tale rather than a reassuring adventure: Otto is often frightened and uncertain, while magic offers power without straightforward control.

Expect a fantasy adventure built around talking cats, a royal family and Haru’s attempt to get home.

This historical story puts Myrto’s limited choices at its centre: she is given in marriage by her brother and must consider whether to accept the life assigned to her or seek another path.

Expect a comic zombie story built around a prom-night spell gone wrong, teenage romance and Mia’s unexpected position as leader of the infected class.

A historical story about the personal cost of a remarkable singing voice, and the pressure of choosing between public success and a quieter life.

The story centres on Hortense's studies, interests and uncertain prospects amid her family's changed circumstances after the French Revolution.

This is a speculative story about how people respond when a frightening prediction seems to offer guidance. Nickie’s interest in helping gives the crisis a personal perspective, alongside the town’s attempts to interpret the vision.

The plot sets Elissa’s wishes against a marriage intended to secure her father’s kingdom, while prophecy draws her towards a fate she resists.

This is a character-led story about a party-going teenager whose encounter with Aimee complicates his easygoing approach to life and other people.

This is a supernatural romance built around a choice between a loved one’s possible future and the relationship Suze shares with him.

This is a story of a child separated from home and made to serve a wealthy household, with escape and the hope of reunion driving the plot.

A bleak survival story combines a hostile future setting with a game-like mystery: Claudia’s choices may be controlled, while an outsider offers a possible route to protection and escape.

This is an interactive space adventure: the reader takes command, makes choices and follows the resulting path through a mission to protect planets.

Sunny’s confidence in a prophecy is shaken, setting up a fantasy adventure about whether destiny can be changed. The book also foregrounds friendship and questions of identity.

A fast-moving premise combines a secretive organisation, a flight into hiding and a mystery tied to Jimmy’s new experiences. The book appears to centre on what he can prove and whom he can convince.

A fantasy adventure about a teenager who acts impulsively, becomes involved with a newly hatched dragon and faces a choice about preventing further destruction.

This is a tense journey story centred on two cousins seeking a chance to make their own choices. Jaime’s drawing gives him a personal connection to home as the journey changes what it means to him.

Expect a high-stakes fantasy sequel with strong romantic tension, jealous rivalry and dangerous powers. Its emotional centre is Dez’s determination to protect Kale while both characters face threats, loss of control and possible separation.

This is an adventurous animal-fantasy quest built around a threatened community, a stolen cultural object and young characters taking responsibility. Expect suspense, battles, pursuit and a strong contrast between courage, loyalty and ruthless ambition.

This is a serious family drama about a teenager carrying responsibility for a struggling parent. Its strongest material lies in showing how trauma affects relationships, choices and the possibility of accepting support.

A discussion-led companion to Twilight, this collection examines characters, relationships, supernatural freedom and cultural allusions. It offers several contributors’ perspectives rather than continuing the story, making debate and interpretation its central experience.

A familiar fairy tale becomes a villain-centred story about how family harm, bereavement and magical influence may contribute to the Queen’s transformation. Its emotional approach is sympathetic, but the character’s inner motives are not always fully sustained.

Expect a historical adventure centred on Sally and Roger, their mother’s efforts to protect gold, and the threat posed by approaching British forces. The book also foregrounds family loyalty, courage and a woman taking charge.

Choose this for a spooky, participatory adventure rather than a linear story. Its main appeal is agency: the reader travels through a perilous historical setting, makes decisions and may reach one of many endings.

This offers a plot-led fantasy involving assassination, magic, royal duty, secrets and romance. Its central appeal is the partnership between an ambitious apprentice and a highly dangerous royal agent, while the volume leaves major messages unresolved.

A dark, intense revenge fantasy about a teenager confronting sexual violence, seeking to save someone important to her and using magic that comes at a stated price. Expect horror, suspense and graphic imagery.

This is a tense survival adventure built around separation, environmental danger and competing attempts to reach safety. Its strongest through-line is how young characters organise, protect more vulnerable people and respond to threats.

This is a wartime romantic story about competing attachments, personal uncertainty and the pressure of circumstances beyond the characters’ control.

This is an atmospheric supernatural mystery about identity, family neglect and an attempt to change a dangerous future. Its humour sits alongside isolation, approaching evil and difficult family relationships.

A lively choice for readers who enjoy supernatural danger, a strong teenage voice and romantic complications. Its main appeal is momentum: ghostly conflict turns questions of trust, desire and responsibility into immediate choices.

A warm story about a child meeting a frighteningly energetic dog on his own terms. Its emotional movement is clear, though the friendship’s final turn is presented very quickly.

A tense finale about people living under relentless observation, where popularity becomes a form of currency and failing to report regularly can have deadly consequences. Personal freedom, loyalty and resistance drive the situation.

This is a fast-moving, multi-viewpoint fantasy about reclaiming identity and home while organising resistance. It offers intricate alliances, revenge, magic, romance and emotionally charged confrontations rather than a standalone entry point.

A dark supernatural mystery, this book offers haunted-atmosphere scenes, a threatened young protagonist and a morally tangled relationship with someone who is both betrayer and possible rescuer. Its plot logic and later pacing may feel uneven.

A fast-moving supernatural thriller about friendship, belonging and resisting pressure, with a frightening bodily transformation at its centre. The plot combines school conflict, investigation and action.

A fast-moving fantasy adventure combines an unusual underground world with a serious rescue mission. Its strongest appeal is likely the combination of sibling care, loyal alliances, prophecy and difficult choices during conflict.

This is a high-action fantasy that combines a village threatened by shadow spirits with political marriage, demons, magical technology and a quest. Its strongest appeal is likely its spectacle and dramatic movement rather than sustained inner development.

This offers a participatory version of a familiar pig story: readers help determine what happens, then add their own drawings. Its main appeal is choice-led storytelling rather than a fixed narrative.

A determined young princess faces political danger while trying to protect her family and kingdom. Expect brisk fantasy adventure, humorous touches, action, inventive world-building and a child protagonist who takes responsibility in a crisis.

A stark historical journey about a young woman claiming an independent life, while discovering that escape does not remove poverty, danger or responsibility. Its restrained style and unsettled emotional relationships may reward readers who prefer serious, atmospheric fiction over easy comfort.

This is literary fantasy rather than a gentle fairy tale: a refuge formed after abuse becomes a setting for examining protection, secrecy and the daughters’ developing agency. Expect symbolic transformation, vivid bodily imagery and abrupt movement between beauty, humour and brutality.

A brisk alien-adventure story places a group of friends in danger after mysterious lights appear above a reservoir. Alongside rescue and escape, it raises questions about pollution, technology, heroism and how people respond to the unknown.

This is a supernatural coming-of-age romance about Violet’s emerging powers, divided loyalties and difficult choices. Expect action, angel mythology and a love triangle, with the story told through Violet’s perspective.

This is a plot-led fantasy about power, conquest and moral choice, balancing prophetic gifts and political intrigue with military training, pursuit and repeated danger. Landen’s struggle with revenge gives the story its clearest ethical tension.