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A character-led story about grief, guilt and anxiety, balancing painful experiences with humour, friendship and a slowly developing first relationship. Petula’s movement towards connection is central, while Jacob and the therapy group bring different burdens and perspectives.

This is a wartime romantic story about competing attachments, personal uncertainty and the pressure of circumstances beyond the characters’ control.

Kate Ferris works towards establishing a riding stable, faces disruption before a show, and must decide how to respond when Melissa’s horse is injured. The story is character-led and centres on Kate’s changing attitude.

This is an outward journey that becomes a test of belonging. The apprentices bring practical skills to another community, but the story questions whether competence gives outsiders the right to decide what help should look like.

This is a myth-influenced fantasy adventure about friends mounting a rescue, confronting an ancient foe and relying on one another. Its emotional centre appears to be loyalty, belonging and the pressure of trying to save someone.

This is an imaginative adventure combining friendship, mystery and a robot with a society changed by water scarcity. It also gives sustained attention to Auden’s experience of achromatopsia and his changing relationship with that difference.

A good fit for readers drawn to eerie fairy-tale retellings, magical quests, mysteries and determined protagonists. Its central journey carries genuine danger, while its romantic thread and unresolved ending may shape the reading experience.

A spooky adventure places family duty alongside questions about death, memory and letting go.

This is a determined young protagonist’s story about completing personal ambitions while navigating a prosthetic leg, a lost friendship, school travel and the gap between online presentation and lived difficulty.

This is a serious, emotionally intense YA novel about three girls whose connection begins in a suicide pact and develops into mutual support. Its hopeful direction is accompanied by continuing struggle rather than an easy cure.

This is a compact, serious story about two migrant workers pursuing work and a shared dream. Its strongest elements are loyalty, loneliness and the pressures placed on vulnerable people when hopes collide with harsh circumstances.

Two children who feel isolated become friends while protecting birds and helping stray animals. Their lives differ sharply: Adam is recovering from leukaemia, while Norah faces insecure housing and fear of foster care.

Expect a brisk, eventful fantasy adventure rooted in Norse mythology. Its imaginative quest is paired with homelessness, bereavement, death, disability, religious identity and friendship across differences.

This offers a lively, unconventional voice alongside serious family circumstances. Its humour, literary references and unusual friendships sit beside imprisonment, neglect and harm, while Harry Sue’s movement towards trust and hope gives the story emotional direction.

This is a faith-oriented camp story about a teenager wrestling with guilt, secrecy and self-worth while trying to honour his father and help people around him.

This is a historical adventure about secrecy, obligation and family pressure. Moose’s unusual home places him close to dangerous prisoners, while Capone’s unexplained intervention turns a family favour into a troubling personal demand.

A horse-centred story about guilt, secrecy and friendship, with competitive pressure and a riding accident driving the conflict. Kate’s return to the barn creates a situation where personal responsibility and trust become closely connected.