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This combines historical adventure, time travel and family mystery. Its emotional centre is two siblings trying to make sense of divorce, relocation and separation while pursuing clues across centuries.

A fast-moving Hardy Boys mystery combines exploration, investigation and danger. Frank and Joe follow the mystery of a swallowed statue into tunnels and an abandoned underground city, where a criminal group threatens Bayport.

A thoughtful story about how children’s curiosity can become humane attention. Its emotional centre is Carl’s dance, which makes hidden wartime suffering visible while preserving his dignity and complexity.

A warm, episodic family story in which each child encounters a different mishap or opportunity. It combines humour and adventure with working life, financial constraint and the affection holding a large family together.

This offers a fast-moving blend of friendship, fantasy, science-fiction ideas and mystery: children investigate dangerous artefacts while a school science project, a missing ring and a legendary creature complicate their search.

A supernatural mystery built around the Bloody Mary legend, it offers an unfolding investigation, repeated twists and a frightening atmosphere, with some interpretation left to the reader.

A lively historical mystery follows Scooter from helping with staged séances to investigating a death after finding a dead man in Houdini’s torture tank. It offers adventure, period atmosphere, supernatural imagery and a brisk first-person voice.

This is a puzzle-led mystery with a spooky turn: Elizabeth explores a remote hotel, works with Freddy on codes and wordplay, and encounters curses, unsettling phenomena and an evil ghost. Personal histories include bereavement and mistreatment, while the story stresses kindness, trust and resisting evil.

This is a substantial sea adventure combining invention, marine biology, pirates and underwater danger with grief and moral uncertainty. Fidelia is presented as knowledgeable and determined, while Merrick’s motives become more complicated as his history emerges.

A tense, science-rich story combines South London settings, two connected teenage lives and an urgent attempt to prevent tragedy. It offers momentum alongside questions about whether circumstances, choices or both shape a person’s future.

This offers a lively route into scientific curiosity: invention, robots and jokes are paired with explanations of antimatter, atoms, robotics and the scientific method. It may particularly engage readers who enjoy illustrated, idea-rich adventures.

A mystery-led, psychologically serious story about a teenager trying to live under a new identity while her childhood crime, family history and public scrutiny remain close behind.

Expect an imaginative fantasy built around ordinary household objects seen from a tiny family’s perspective. Its appeal lies in clever details, family relationships and the contrast between the Borrowers’ hidden life and the human world.

A warm sibling-centred collection in which a very young girl’s curiosity and mischief drive comic family episodes. It offers recognisable domestic situations, while some incidents may invite discussion about consequences and other people’s boundaries.

This is an atmospheric circus fantasy about curiosity, belief and stepping into the unknown. Its strongest features are theatrical build-up, magical transformations and artwork that makes the mysterious Place Between feel vivid and slightly uncanny.

This is an adventure mystery centred on sailing, uncertainty, underwater searching and a shipwreck secret. Its strongest appeal is likely the combination of exploration and escalating pursuit.

This is a coming-of-age story about curiosity, family expectations and finding a possible direction in life. Calpurnia’s observations of animals and microscopic life connect scientific discovery with questions about independence and being a girl in her time.

A lively festive quest blends a child’s scientific scepticism with Santa mythology. Tracy’s curiosity drives the action, but her computer intrusion creates a serious problem that she must help put right.

This is an adventure about wanting freedom, facing consequences and trying to return home. Its central tension is between Ricky's desire to explore and the responsibilities others say he has.

A whimsical, mystery-tinged story brings together orphaned children, an enigmatic boy and an older woman whose plans follow emotional deception. Its central promise is that seemingly separate lives may meet through friendship, forgiveness and love.

A lively mystery-adventure about Logan and his friends investigating disappearing dogs. The story combines an unusual alien explanation with an urgent attempt to help the animals, while presenting the investigation as humorous and heartwarming.

Expect an offbeat adventure centred on a circus boy whose attempt to find interest beyond his unusual home brings an unsettling complication. Its distinctive setting and comic premise may appeal, while the kidnapping introduces genuine suspense.

This is a mystery-tinged coming-of-age story about Bobby noticing something troubling around his teacher, while friendship, romance-like awkwardness, team responsibilities and a changing post-war world complicate everyday life.

A playful fantasy turns a bedroom into a gateway to the zoo. Sylvie’s affectionate experiments with small bears, penguins and monkeys are funny and unruly, while the forgotten door introduces a clear shift from controlled adventure to possible pandemonium.