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Gail Carson Levine
A thoughtful fairy-tale adventure about a girl whose exceptional singing cannot protect her from shame, manipulation or unfair judgement. Its strongest thread is Aza’s movement towards belonging and self-worth, though beauty remains a powerful force in the story.
Alma Fullerton
This is a serious verse novel about friendship under pressure. It offers a close view of BJ’s insecurity, the pull of social acceptance, and how rumours and prejudice can intensify a painful situation.
Dandi Daley Mackall
This is a school story about the harm caused by judging people by appearance. It offers two viewpoints on being teased and also includes a child’s difficult home life.
Kerry Drewery
This offers a fast-moving mystery built around public voting, televised punishment and an apparently guilty teenager. Its strongest appeal is suspense; its central interest lies in questioning who controls justice and whose story gets believed.
Sarah Harrison
A lively monster-school adventure combines comic rule-breaking, inventive creatures and investigation. Eddie’s friendships become central as she learns more about herself and tries to protect others from danger.
Mary Shelley
A morally serious Gothic novel about creation, abandonment, responsibility and revenge, with opportunities to discuss scientific power and the treatment of outsiders alongside unsettling violence.
Kenneth Grahame
Expect a gently comic adventure in which a boy, a dragon and St George confront expectations about what dragons and heroes should be. The story makes room for poetry, friendship and a staged solution rather than presenting fighting as the only answer.
Oscar Hijuelos
This is an identity-and-belonging story in which changing place does not resolve Rico’s outsider feelings. It offers a serious exploration of race, friendship, family strain and the search for home.
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A light, fantastical superhero adventure in which a successful villain changes the hero into a potato, but cannot remove his powers or his determination to pursue justice.
Paul Adam
A brisk mystery-adventure centred on a young performer who investigates a suspicious death while pursuing answers about his missing father and imprisoned mother. Escapology provides an unusual skill set, while the numbered clue drives the central puzzle.
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