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A focused, dual-narrative historical novel about displacement, survival and access to water. Its language is spare, but the experiences include war, deaths and severe deprivation, balanced by perseverance and collective problem-solving.

A fast-moving dystopian adventure combines a family search with uncertain alliances, a lottery camp and an environmental mystery. Its central pull is whether belonging means escaping Earth or helping protect it.

This is a family-and-community story in which Nadia’s interest in journalism grows alongside her understanding of Ramadan and the effects of flooding. It offers cultural, religious and environmental perspectives through a child’s developing viewpoint.

This is a fast-moving wartime escape story centred on protecting horses and people. Its strongest features are peril, courage and companionship, while the historical setting gives the adventure serious emotional weight.

This is a refugee journey told through Sami’s changing circumstances: a familiar life in Damascus gives way to displacement, danger and attempts to rebuild in England. Family bonds, guilt, anxiety, kindness and discrimination shape the experience.

This is a story about displacement, responsibility and belonging, with ballet providing a meaningful connection between Aya’s past and her emerging life in England. Friendship and practical kindness sit alongside worry about family, paperwork and whether home can be rebuilt.

A historically rooted survival and migration story, centred on siblings whose loyalty persists through violence, poverty, separation and an unfamiliar culture. It offers substantial scope for thinking about belonging and family responsibility.

Expect an imaginative, creature-filled adventure centred on finding sanctuary. Friendship, loyalty, courage and environmental loss sit alongside danger, threatening creatures and occasional insulting language.

This is a demanding, historically grounded family story that combines severe hardship with compassion, solidarity and social criticism. Its emotional force comes from people trying to preserve dignity and connection while facing displacement, hunger and injustice.

A tense historical adventure about separated siblings and Jan, a young thief who joins them. Its strongest qualities are resourcefulness, loyalty and compassion, alongside a serious portrayal of children navigating war’s aftermath.

A thoughtful wartime story about displacement, difficult loyalties and the stories people tell to explain frightening events. It offers an accessible surface narrative alongside deeper questions about guilt, power, family conflict and how childhood experiences can endure.

This is a tense, fast-moving thriller about displacement, family separation and moral risk. Its speculative time ability creates repeated escape possibilities, while Alex’s search for safety and his father keeps the human stakes central.

This is an action-led coming-of-age story about grief, courage and belonging. Siki challenges expected gender roles while training as a warrior, and her personal questions connect with the wider struggle to protect Apache land and community.

This is a poetic survival story in which creative expression and learning become ways for Amira to retain possibility after violence and displacement. Its emotional force comes from contrasting family love, community life and profound loss.

A reflective story about a young person navigating embarrassment, family responsibilities and first love while her community faces forced relocation. Expect character-focused writing, social tension and a strong sense of place rather than constant action.

This offers an expansive adventure about children navigating an unfamiliar island, with suspense, secrets, strange companions and a strong sense of place. Its appeal lies in combining recognisable family life with mythic fantasy and an unfolding mystery.

This is a speculative adventure about someone trying to withdraw from public life but being pulled back by danger, responsibility and an unexplained message. Its setting combines refugee support, political threat and a journey across unfamiliar Houses.