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A lively, internationally wide-ranging introduction to ghost traditions, this book moves quickly between short entries, personal accounts and atmospheric artwork. Its tone is often playful, though some images and stories are more unsettling.

Expect a relationship-focused supernatural story in which Lindsay weighs a publicly declared mate against an intense attraction to someone else. Her decision is complicated by expectations from her family and community.

This is a child-centred story about moving from hospital into a spirit world, where imaginative freedom, friendship and questions about life after death shape Jamie’s experience.

This is an adventure about entering a tightly organised cat society, learning its customs and deciding what loyalty means when belonging brings both protection and pressure.

This is a bleak, emotionally charged dystopian novel: survival, loyalty and resistance unfold amid child combatants, grief and tightly controlled public narratives. Its literary symbolism and political ideas sit alongside substantial graphic violence.

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.

This is a direct, emotionally serious story about a child living through her mother’s death. It offers language for grief, shows that support can coexist with loneliness, and uses a familiar garment to represent continuing love and memory.

Fox dies after a long life, and his friends share memories that help a tree grow. The story moves through grief, remembering and renewal, while keeping Fox’s influence alive in their community.

Expect a twisty, atmospheric ghost story with humour, danger and a morally ambiguous central character. Harriet’s pursuit of power drives the tension, while the surrounding friendships and queer romantic thread add warmth and complication.

A colourful, emotionally layered coming-of-age story about Mira facing her grandmother’s declining health while friendships, family relationships and a first romance reshape how she sees life and loss.

A brisk, atmospheric whodunit offers clues to examine, several viewpoints to compare and a snowbound mansion full of secrets. Its emotional centre is the unexpected bond formed by three very different girls.

This is a supernatural family drama about a dead teenager’s unexpected return and its consequences. It offers emotionally serious reflection on grief, regret, identity, memory and the possibility of repair.

Expect a fast-moving, high-threat story centred on escape, survival and the choices Luka makes when prison control collapses. Its imaginative future setting is paired with frightening creatures, bodily danger and questions about justice.

Expect atmospheric Gothic fantasy: a boy investigates unsettling events in a cold, impoverished village while family history and vampire folklore shape the mystery. The tone is menacing, symbolic and sometimes visceral.

A sweeping fantasy adventure centred on two young people, a hidden magical world and the struggle to preserve disappearing magic. Expect imaginative creatures, perilous quests and emotionally significant losses alongside companionship, ingenuity and moral responsibility.

This is a sports mystery with a playful scheme that gives way to a serious public threat.

This is a dark mystery shaped by uncertainty: a death believed accidental, a disturbing vision, and an investigation that unsettles Daniel’s grasp of what is real. Its strongest appeal may be the tension between seeking truth and doubting perception.

This is a dark fantasy journey about responsibility, trust and the boundary between life and death. Its strongest appeal may be the combination of perilous magic, unusual companions and a protagonist confronting a hidden destiny.

A darkly imaginative fantasy about two souls navigating a perilous realm between life and death. It combines supernatural adventure with questions about belonging, mortality, choice and whether remaining between worlds can become a home.