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A fairy adventure brings sewing and other creative activities together with a stolen-thimble problem for Rachel and Kirsty to tackle.

Bible stories are retold through Minecraft-style block worlds, using images, text boxes and speech bubbles. The events are explained in light prose, with in-game humour in the dialogue.

Readers are introduced to story and script development, storyboarding, filming techniques and editing, with advice for using a camera or mobile phone.

Across 21 stories, prom is the shared setting for varied social experiences: dates may disappoint or surprise, and some characters sit outside the usual prom scene. The collection also imagines alternatives, including a backwards prom and a night spent watching teen films.

This is historical fiction in verse, giving three young women distinct perspectives on the Salem witch trials and the choices made as accusations spread.

This is a magical adventure centred on making things and recovering a missing baking tool, with Rachel and Kirsty trying to keep creative activities available to everyone.

Three linked adventures feature Stampy and friends: an interrupted outing, Barry’s castle rumour, and a forest escape involving guards, flaming arrows and dangerous mobs.

The two linked tales offer magical journeys through space and time, with three children at the centre and witchcraft shaping their adventures.

A historical story about Marnie and Raver’s friendship, communication and the villagers’ response. Their misjudgement of Raver and suspicion of Marnie set up the central conflict.

This is a supernatural adventure built around Kerry’s pursuit of answers and her growing knowledge of witchcraft. Its central tension is deciding whom to trust while her plans are unsettled.

Secret spellcasting gives Eliza and her housemates a taste of freedom and power, but a spell’s deadly consequence changes the stakes. The book pairs boarding-school life and sisterhood with supernatural danger.

This combines a family-discovery story with glimpses of wartime life, including perspectives beyond the RAF pilots.

This is a hands-on craft book, combining varied projects with brief introductions to the materials used. It may suit a family looking for ideas to make together.

This is a fantasy about musical magic, a school audition setback and the pressure Amelia puts on herself to become the “perfect musician”.

This offers an offbeat route into American history, spotlighting eerie places, mysteries and unusual figures rather than conventional political and military milestones. It may suit a reader drawn to the strange and spooky.

A comic fantasy adventure centres on Tiffany’s growing understanding of witchcraft and an urgent effort to bring her missing younger brother back from Fairyland.

This is a mystery-led adventure about Rose Rita and Mrs Zimmermann investigating a puzzling letter and missing ring, with witchcraft and possible magic at its centre.

Expect a Minecraft-themed comic fiction premise involving a zombie; the listed spring-break and holiday subjects suggest a vacation context, but do not reveal what happens.

A varied activity book may suit shared dipping-in: a child can explore letters and number through stories, songs, puzzles, crafts and drawing rather than following one continuous narrative.

Expect an apprentice-led mystery built around codes, potions and a threat to London’s apothecaries, with supernatural elements and a race to uncover a secret.

A playful mystery turns on Jimmy’s effort to decide whether his mother is a witch, using clues he finds at home. The rhyming story also includes Tiddles, the cat.

This is historical fiction about how witchcraft accusations take hold in Salem Village, seen through an orphaned girl who becomes caught up in them.

A dark Tudor fantasy finale centred on magic, danger and strained relationships.

This is a humorous Minecraft fantasy built around a looming threat, friendship and action. It may suit a child seeking a familiar game world, silly situations and a fast-moving battle rather than realism.

A fast-moving fantasy quest built around a magical timepiece, a threatened fairy queen and a race to save an entire kingdom. Expect imaginative creatures, magic, a witch’s spell and a humorous heroic tone.

This is a creepy, story-rich fantasy about a young writer using imagination under pressure. Its strongest appeal is the blend of escape adventure, friendship and attention to how stories are made.

Expect a comic school adventure about friendship and fitting in, with a new pupil whose influence leads Zombie into trouble. The book also includes Minecraft-style monster humour, social embarrassment and references to school trouble.

This is an imaginative fantasy sequel centred on magic, competing loyalties and conflict between magical and anti-magical groups. It offers friendship, compassion, courage and teamwork, but its adventure includes disturbing death imagery and broad comic material.

A fast-moving historical fantasy about investigations, accusations and escape, set within medieval religious institutions and restrictive expectations for women. Its central interest lies in how characters interpret apparent evil, authority and difference.

A playful magical adventure centred on pottery, crafts and recovering a missing object. It offers a straightforward conflict between Rachel and Kirsty and Jack Frost, with creativity forming the story’s distinctive setting.

This is a faith-centred teenage novel about self-definition, music and difficult social situations. Chloe’s questioning is paired with a strongly Christian direction, while the synopsis presents her individuality and creative ambitions as important parts of her journey.

This appears to be fiction about surviving an aircraft accident in a wilderness setting, with suicide-related subject matter also associated with the work.

This appears to be a teen-oriented supernatural fiction work, combining references to witchcraft and ghosts with love and romance.

A tea-centred fantasy of competition, palace intrigue and family devotion. Ning’s search for a cure gives the plot emotional urgency, while brewing, tasting and reading ingredients become ways to investigate danger and negotiate power.

This is best approached as a menu of things to make, cook, investigate and try indoors, rather than a continuous story. Its appeal lies in practical participation and variety.

A spooky Cornwall adventure with a mystery at its centre, this book brings together a young conservation-minded protagonist, an unusual dog, family members and a new friend against a curse that poisons and destroys the land.

A short, atmospheric seaside adventure that turns into a ghost story. Its strongest features are Cherry’s determined project, the mounting storm, the twist, and an emotional exploration of death and grief.

Choose this for a YA reader drawn to supernatural mysteries, hidden village secrets, witchcraft and folk horror. The remote setting and archaeological discovery suggest an atmosphere-led story with suspense at its centre.

A dark supernatural mystery combines witchcraft, ghosts, grief and romance. Viola’s investigation is supported by friendships and a search for justice, while the story also builds suspense through murder, dangerous spirits and unsettling deaths.

This is an imaginative fantasy adventure centred on magical theatre: Harper joins the travelling Wonderia, learns spellcraft and works with new friends while danger threatens their school. Expect theatrical spectacle, mysteries, peril and a lively, rapidly unfolding world.

A dark, atmospheric story for readers who enjoy ghosts, folklore, natural magic and narratives that connect across time. Three girls face danger and loss while their stories gradually converge around a threatening presence in the woods.

A spirited magical adventure about a girl pursuing family answers, learning witchcraft and building friendships in Hedgely. Expect a picturesque but spooky setting, folklore-inspired creatures, exciting escapes and a heroine whose courage develops unevenly.

A serious, emotionally compelling coming-of-age novel about a young girl confronting restricted choices and rebuilding her life. Its hopeful direction may appeal to readers who value resilience, craft and personal agency.

A comic fantasy apprenticeship story becomes a tense encounter with an invisible mind-entering creature. Tiffany’s learning involves practical care, responsibility and confronting powerful influences, alongside magic, community conflict and imaginative humour.

Expect a suspense-led story about belonging, loyalty and secrets, moving between a boarding school and a town marked by witch-trial history. Its central tension involves Maddie’s choices around family and a powerful social clique.