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Bayliss’s grief and fear of change unfold alongside her parents’ plan to foster two homeless girls. The story centres on sibling love, loss and the possibility of making room for new relationships.

A family-and-basketball story: Billy is caught between his father’s expectations on court and the upheaval at home, while his brother Ben’s piano recital competes with the championship game.

Miu Lan can take many imagined forms but is unsure how to describe who they are. School brings difficult questions and trouble finding accepting friends; their mother’s love gives them comfort.

A dragonrider fantasy with political upheaval at its heart, the story follows two young competitors whose shared past and opposing family histories complicate their choices about power and loyalty.

Turtle’s new life brings family secrets, scams and a treasure hunt into an adventure set against hard times in 1930s Florida.

Alanna’s desert journey combines perilous adventure with a challenge to customs that restrict women’s roles. She also continues to develop emotionally as she takes on influence in the tribe.

The novel follows a friendship that begins with Natalie finding Tulip exciting, despite her lies and behaviour at school. Their invented games draw other people into the girls’ increasingly unsettling play.

Jillian faces a move, a changed family and summer camp, then gets a break from camp and makes a new friend through catsitting. Neighbour-watching leads her and Emily towards a mystery and an attempt to help.

The book turns seasonal change into a shared activity: children are invited to tap, pat, clap or wiggle, then watch the tree develop from bare branches to blossoms and apples before its leaves fall.

A lively animal adventure centres on Butter’s energetic dancing, the bears’ search for him, and their adjustment to his transformation and independent path.

Expect family friction, Hollywood satire and a newcomer navigating celebrity attention. Molly and Brooke’s relationship is central, alongside the effects of Molly’s bereavement and her move into an unfamiliar family.

Zoe must make sense of a changed life, including new technology and a social position unlike the one she remembers. Her efforts to revive her friendship with Jonah sit alongside questions about popularity and returning home.

Hannah faces disappointment over basketball selection alongside a friendship that is becoming more distant. Her effort to improve her game and confidence gives the story a sporting goal as well as a relationship question.

At its centre is Jamie’s effort to hide his sexuality and the experimental drug he hopes will change his attraction to boys. His choices also affect his connection with Celia and the people closest to him.

Ember wants a fresh start, but friendship pressures complicate her efforts to change. Her growing awareness of unusual perceptions is tied to reconnecting with God and a possible calling.

This character-led story brings together bereavement, adoption and pregnancy through two young women whose hopes and family circumstances differ.

A family-centred story about two teenagers who leave home for London: Jade is impulsive and angry, while shy Honey is unsure about going. The trip challenges their expectations and changes how Jade thinks about home.

This is an angsty first-love story about two teenagers seeking more freedom while facing difficult family circumstances. Their connection matters, but the ending is bittersweet rather than a straightforward romantic resolution.

Camilla’s museum visit becomes a journey into the 1920 Tennessee vote on women’s suffrage. The book connects a classroom history trip with the campaign for equal voting rights and the decisive vote that helped ratify the 19th Amendment.

A murder, its aftermath for the victim’s sister, and the killer’s drive to prove himself to his brothers form the central strands. Secrets and a breaking wall of silence link them.

Art is Perry’s favourite activity, and drawing gives him a way to express what he finds hard to say. The competition creates an opportunity for that communication.

The story follows three girls whose friendship grows through music and through what D reveals about lives beyond their Queens neighbourhood.

The story puts Jade’s wish for her parents to reunite alongside her father’s new marriage plans, with a developing relationship also complicated by uncertainty.

A speculative romance joins two teenagers across time, while family upheaval and other historical and supernatural elements compete for space. The central relationship may not be the novel’s only substantial focus.

A wintry fantasy adventure pairs truck-driving and mechanical problem-solving with magic, rebellion and a difficult journey. Sylvi’s attachment to Winter and her response to change sit alongside the action.

This is a romance shaped by a bid for stardom: Roxanne’s Hollywood prospects and her feelings pull in different directions. The book’s ending and the eventual outcome of her choices are unclear.

This combines zombie attacks and an evolving undead threat with school, work, college plans and friendships. Courtney’s attempt to fund her future by selling a zombie-derived drug gives the survival plot a morally complicated starting point.

A family story about Floss’s choice to live with her father, whose failing café brings financial strain and upheaval. School friendships add another thread, and the ending is open rather than fully settled.

A reflective story about leaving a familiar home, remembering what matters and finding a way to carry those memories into a new place.

This is a comic story about two boys whose efforts to influence their parents’ relationship bring together family upheaval, a school event and the boys’ own changing relationship.

This is a supernatural adventure about friendship and a hidden world, mixing demons, martial arts, strange creatures and large-scale battles.

Expect a blend of romance and a quest: Simon and his friend El Pollo face unexpected events as Simon tries to settle accounts with his past.

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

A ghost-communicating heroine faces a new school and joins her friend in investigating an old mystery. The adventure moves into New York’s subway system, with humour part of its presentation.

Three separate dog-centred adventures offer distinct starting points: Alpha’s life before leadership, Sweet’s search for a Pack, and Moon’s transition after disaster. The collection’s emphasis is on survival and life among Packs.

A mermaid adventure combines friendship, island exploration and a sudden magical transformation. The girls' new abilities complicate their wish to keep living normally.

A lively, comic animal adventure, with an eccentric family and a cat whose unusual condition drives the plot. Billy’s collecting hobby and the pet-show challenge add extra strands to the story.

This is a story about a child facing bereavement, a move to her grandparents’ home and the possibility of going to live with her father in Ghana.

The story combines a teenager’s discovery about her identity with fairy lore and a perilous journey. Aoife’s friendship with Shay becomes important as she tries to make sense of what is happening.

A supernatural mystery follows Triss as she tries to understand why her memories and body feel changed, while uncovering secrets about her family and strange forces around them.

Claire Danvers and her friends are positioned as the people who can stand in Bishop’s way, placing them at the centre of the town’s crisis.

The story combines a household mystery with whimsical fantasy: Henry tries to discover what Harvey’s unusual work means, while music, poetry and kindness shape the characters’ experiences.

This fantasy centres on conscience, grief and an unlikely bond, set against danger to a kingdom’s survivors. Its central tension is whether Jordam can resist his violent impulses.

This is a family story about children trying to make sense of a broken engagement and hoping the adults will get back together. It also gives words—and their impact—a prominent role.

This is a speculative adventure built around a prophecy, a group of unusual companions and a powerful portal. Its central mission connects personal discovery with the possibility of changing life across Clandoi.