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Expect court and kingdom tensions alongside a developing romance, sibling bonds and choices about love and duty. The story also includes magic and a threatened invasion.

A Holocaust novel centred on a teenager confronting camp life and her father’s involvement in Nazi propaganda. It also follows her thoughts about friendship, romance, family and religion.

A choose-your-own-adventure structure puts the reader in charge of decisions, with over 20 possible endings. The island setting mixes holiday exploration with supernatural threats, so choices can lead towards different kinds of peril.

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.

A retelling-inspired adventure gives readers choices that affect Goldilocks’ fate. Blank spaces let children add illustrations, and the story’s choices are linked with respect and empathy.

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.

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.

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 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 school-and-family story about coping with upheaval and trying to start afresh.

A playful magical mishap drives the story, with Lili’s dislike of bad spells setting her apart from what her aunt wants her to become.

Christina faces the task of bringing a neglected estate back to life while the First World War continues. Her restoration plans are disrupted when someone familiar arrives.

At its heart, this is a pursuit shaped by a mistake: Tom risks a dangerous journey because he feels unable to face his uncle without recovering the horse.

A lively school-set relationship story centres on Becca’s paid schemes to split couples, with a complicated assignment bringing her back into Huxley’s orbit.

A fantasy adventure combines a mystery about sick sea dragons with Emily’s effort to develop as a healer. The overview also promises peril, magical discovery and companionship, without revealing how the quest ends.

The mystery centres on the callers’ silence and Claudia’s suspicion. The group’s investigation has “mixed results”, though what those involve is not specified.

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 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.

Expect a varied story collection rather than one continuous plot: art, storytelling, music, dance, sculpture and cinema feature in situations ranging from heritage preservation to changed film endings.

A historical spy adventure follows Sam from home-front messenger work into undercover service in Germany, where she must locate a British agent amid wartime secrecy.

This is a wartime secret-agent adventure, combining a sabotage mission with uncertainty about possible double agents. Its focus is action under pressure rather than a broad account of the war.

A science-fiction comic about a newcomer living with the fallout of another person’s past behaviour, while a dangerous object puts her in peril.

This is a fantasy adventure about siblings facing a threat involving an enchanted amulet. University and laboratory settings sit alongside witchcraft, sorcery and a plot to develop a youth serum.

This is a coming-of-age story about a teenage artist negotiating family strain, online belonging and a chance to pursue creative ambitions. Furry identity and community are central to Maeve’s friendships and self-expression.

A supernatural mystery drives the plot, with Tavia trying to uncover what happened around her parents’ deaths while deciding whom to trust.

This is a horse-centred mystery about Jas’s search for a mare she loves, with rescue-farm life and a suspected insurance fraud shaping the conflict.

This is a sympathetic-sounding reworking of a familiar fairy-tale villain’s past, centred on family, love and hopes that do not work out as wished.

A friendship crisis puts Mary Anne in an unfamiliar position: rather than relying on her friends to lead, she may need to act for herself and the club.

The stories combine horse-refuge responsibilities with Amy’s changing relationships and family strains. They may interest readers drawn to animal care and characters balancing practical duties with personal challenges.

A comic-sounding fantasy predicament centres on whether Wiglaf matches a princess’s unusual list of husband requirements. Character profiles are also mentioned, but the story’s outcome is unclear.

A horse-and-school story about a child who cares deeply about art and wants to support her grandmother's effort to benefit the school's arts programme.

This is a family-centred fantasy adventure: Birdie discovers a connection to fairy godmothers and travels to Aventurine to address a problem involving a broken talisman and a spreading shadow.

This is a wartime family story centred on Ada’s changing sense of identity and the tensions that follow Ruth’s arrival. Its focus is on belonging and moral choices under threat.

This pairs a high-school romance with a magical premise about a talent that may conflict with its holder’s own wishes.

This is a music-centred story about a young performer facing a choice between a high-profile opportunity and a commitment made in her hometown.

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.

This is a fantasy quest story centred on Four Winds, a young warrior trying to save his tribe. The journey involves a spirit horse, hostile forces and a dangerous final adversary.

This is an imaginative fantasy adventure about books, duty and power, combining library humour with danger and political intrigue. The story offers active quests, unusual allies and a continuing series arc rather than a fully closed world.

A lively mystery set around art, deception and relationships, with a bold young investigator at its centre. Alongside suspense, it explores artistic value, loyalty, jealousy and the difference between legal wrongdoing and deeper moral harm.

Expect a tense wartime adventure centred on a boy whose loyalty is unsettled by family revelations and encounters with Nazi brutality. Its main appeal is the combination of suspense, historical setting and moral awakening rather than light-hearted adventure.

Expect a science-fiction sequel centred on teleportation’s aftermath, duplicated identities and a search for Q. It offers fast-moving danger and moral puzzles, but the early plot may be difficult to follow.

A high-energy monster adventure with an unusual science-fiction premise. Expect multiple plot strands, London under threat, a genetically altered dinosaur, nanobots and fantastical elements, rather than a restrained or technically rigorous science-fiction story.

This is a war-time science-fiction story about a young woman crossing a gender barrier through concealment. Its strongest apparent focus is how duty, love and personal identity shift under military pressure.

This is an inventive, fast-moving apocalypse fantasy built around Vincent’s attempt to protect his family.