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This is a relationship-focused story about Mason negotiating friendship, sexual feelings and romantic hopes after Kat wants to leave their encounter behind. His interest then turns towards Colette, an adult several years older than him.

Brady’s friends are implicated in the fatal kayak incident, and Brady learns that he unwittingly gave them the idea for their prank. His reluctance to betray them conflicts with his sense of responsibility.

Expect a brisk assortment of historical material about death, rather than a single continuous story: burial customs, execution, murder weapons, poisons and epidemics all feature.

A fantasy premise turns an expected future upside down: Liz must find her place in an afterlife where people grow younger. Her adjustment brings grief and frustration alongside friendship, love and personal choices.

Ben’s paid desert-guiding trip turns into a fight to survive when Madec tries to silence him after a prospector is shot. The suspense centres on exposure, thirst, gunfire and the difficulty of being believed.

This story combines an imaginative out-of-body premise with a child’s experience of bereavement. Its central appeal may be the way supernatural events and the longing for a lost friend sit alongside one another.

A friendship-led supernatural mystery turns into horror as Laine investigates Debbie’s death through the board. Expect a focus on eerie events and a threatening presence rather than a light account of friendship.

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.

This is an emotionally intense story about a teenager’s eating disorder, self-harm, grief and family relationships, with a thread of hope around recovery.

This is a melancholy coming-of-age story about sisterhood under pressure, told in two forms. Its myth-inspired comics strand offers another way into the story, though the strands may take time to make sense together.

This is a family and coming-of-age story in which Rachel’s time with Izzy brings them closer. A first romance runs alongside the central relationship, rather than replacing its focus on family and loss.

This instalment combines supernatural peril with a romantic dilemma: Ever’s efforts to help Damen unfold alongside an unexpected attraction to Jude.

This is a fantasy quest driven by Luka’s effort to save his father. Enchanted companions and perilous challenges shape the journey; family love and mortality are also named as themes.

This is an adventure about a close-knit group of boys facing strange and potentially daunting challenges, with friendship and heartbreak also signalled.

Expect a clue-following mystery told through a character’s journal, rather than a straightforward narrative: readers are invited to piece together Cathy’s story from mixed materials.

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.

This is a story about bereavement and the effort to maintain happiness and close relationships. A rare plant Tessa’s mother entrusted to her care also features in the plot.

This is an adventure of escape and resistance in an imagined underground world, with a focus on David’s efforts to reunite with Dia and rally human tribes against their rulers.

This is a traditional tale with a Cinderella-like starting point, but its later turns include repeated deaths and revenge. A concluding section discusses the story's origins in China.

A fantasy collection built around a distinctive archive of the dead, with a working Keeper at its centre. It combines action, horror and romance, alongside questions of life, loss and difficult choices.

This instalment brings together friendship, Christian belief, end-times danger and an investigation into a relative’s reported death. Its conflicts include pressure to share the group’s faith as well as an external threat.

A supernatural love story drives a search to bring Vincent back, while the threat of war gives Kate’s goal wider consequences. The book continues a trilogy rather than beginning the story.

At its heart, this is a story about a bereaved teenager whose life begins to shift through an unexpected friendship with an adult neighbour.

This is an eerie mystery built around ghostly children, a prophecy and clues that Jim must interpret. The stakes are presented as serious: the overview says innocent people may die if he fails.

This is a supernatural school story in which Rose balances friendship and romantic complications with escalating danger. A winter trip becomes a rescue mission after three friends leave to face the Strigoi threat.

This is an ensemble of nine stories about the ripple effects of one teenager’s death, offering several perspectives rather than a single continuous account.

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.

A supernatural romance premise combines a reaper, a deteriorating health situation and a protagonist caught between worlds. Its appeal may lie in the relationship and fantasy danger working together.

This is a coming-of-age story about moving from observation towards involvement, with pottery, friendship and a caring responsibility among its strands.

This is a family story about a child trying to understand her past while spending time with a seriously ill mother. It also brings Kati to a decision about whether to meet her father.

A teenage forensic mystery with a protagonist whose interest in death becomes personal when a case involves someone she knows. The story also places Cameryn herself at possible risk.

This is a speculative mystery built around Janelle’s return from death, an FBI investigation, and a countdown that may signal global catastrophe. Romance adds another tension to her attempt to discover what is happening.

This is a grief-centred story about a student trying to move forward while feeling responsible for a family tragedy. Helping others offers Lacey a new focus, but the synopsis signals that it is not a simple or painless solution.

A high-profile friendship group faces pressure around reputation, secrecy and risk, with a death before graduation signalled in the premise.

A moody mystery about a teenager adjusting to a rural home, a child's death, and her determination to investigate. The river and surrounding woods contribute to an atmosphere of isolation and unease.

This is a suspense-led story built around a secret-revealing game, with choices framed as confession or dare and a short deadline adding pressure.

This is a mystery-romance centred on a heart transplant: Leah and Matt try to understand the death of Matt’s twin, while facing the possibility of a relationship and an uncertain future.

Expect high-stakes fantasy built around a threatened world, prophecy and perilous travel, with several characters facing sharply different circumstances. This is the concluding volume of a trilogy.

This is a fantasy adventure centred on Lirael’s mission and emerging sense of destiny, with Prince Sameth also drawn into a threat to the Old Kingdom.

This is a school-set mystery about a teenager trying to clear her name after a boy dies following their kiss. An anonymous note gives Scarlett a reason to investigate, while her new school offers a chance to leave the suspicion behind.

A grief-centred story about Tiger adjusting to her mother’s death and repeated foster-home moves, with the possibility of a sister offering a new direction.

This is a murder mystery built around five girls whose joking plan becomes entangled with a real killing. Their need to prove their innocence gives the story a continuing investigation and suspense thread.

This is a story of memory, friendship and finding ways to face painful experiences. Andy’s interest in daffodils and his work with Angie sit alongside the more difficult events in his life.

This is a coming-of-age road story in which a young man’s hopes for his future meet financial strain, a risky offer and complications during a long journey.

This is a fantasy adventure about a newly adopted child who discovers a hidden connection to his family’s past and chooses to help someone trapped in another world.

This offers a clear way into talking about death without euphemisms. The birds’ shared rituals and differing reactions may help a child recognise that grief can look and feel different.

A quiet story about losing someone important, carrying grief, and finding understanding. Bear’s friendship with the Wildcat offers companionship without demanding that he simply forget, while music and memory accompany his movement towards healing.