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Secret spellcasting gives Eliza and her housemates a taste of freedom and power, but a spell’s deadly consequence changes the stakes. The book pairs boarding-school life and sisterhood with supernatural danger.

A fantasy journey centred on a young protagonist whose life shifts from tightly controlled service towards travel, uncertainty and new possibilities.

This fantasy finale centres on Bertie’s wish for family and the weight of choosing amid competing obligations and affections. The theatre’s uncertain state adds another strand to her dilemma.

This is a large-scale fantasy adventure about dragons’ bid for freedom and the effort to stop them from taking over the world.

This paranormal novella centres on Emily’s transition from constrained family responsibilities into a supernatural life, with grief, romantic longing and a wish for vengeance shaping her situation.

This is a contemporary thriller about craving adventure, taking a risk and discovering that a promising escape may be dangerous.

This is a comic adventure about the pull of promised happiness and the consequences of trying to change one’s life according to another person’s teachings.

A fantasy escape story built around a prison on an immense scale, uncertain origins and a connection between Finn and Claudia, who are on opposite sides of its boundary.

A family curse and a bargain with a faerie queen set up a fantasy about loyalty under pressure. Fenella's promised freedom depends on destructive acts against the family she wants to protect.

A fast-moving premise combines a secretive organisation, a flight into hiding and a mystery tied to Jimmy’s new experiences. The book appears to centre on what he can prove and whom he can convince.

This is a historical romance set against storms and social inequality, with Madelaine’s search for freedom at its heart. The relationship crosses a sharp difference in wealth and status.

The stories centre on William’s confidence in his own schemes and his wish for freedom, excitement and adventure within a village community.

A dog’s-eye adventure about divided loyalties: McKinley is pulled between his human family and the freedom Lupin offers. Animal characters speak English, giving the story a fantastical element.

Expect a character-led fantasy adventure with romantic tension, shifting identities and a heroine negotiating personal freedom against obligations to her country. Its appeal lies in pursuit, hidden histories and gradual character change; the ending continues some series threads rather than resolving every larger question.

Expect a historical adventure centred on Sally and Roger, their mother’s efforts to protect gold, and the threat posed by approaching British forces. The book also foregrounds family loyalty, courage and a woman taking charge.

A sweeping historical adventure centred on Hekja’s resourcefulness, loyalty and determination to find a place in a world shaped by raids, journeys, service and competing forms of leadership.

This is a paranormal school adventure about discovering an extraordinary identity, navigating exclusion and questioning rules. It combines dragon lore, friendship, attraction, danger and a determined protagonist who resists simply going along with authority.

A playful rhyming tale about Lulu bringing zoo animals home after hearing they want freedom. Its comic domestic predicament develops into a new idea for where her animal friends might live.

This is a high-stakes fantasy finale centred on rescue, resistance and changing loyalties. It offers alternating viewpoints, elemental powers, magical warfare and a romance shaped by separation, regret and difficult choices.

This is a brisk, high-stakes heist adventure centred on twins discovering one another. It combines family secrets, friendship, escape and fantastical moonstones, with plot momentum taking priority over detailed character development.

This is a friendship-centred story about young women seeking room to choose their futures within restrictive social and family structures. Its strongest appeal may be the tension between loyalty, independence and everyday acts of defiance.

Expect a brisk fantasy adventure centred on twins, a mysterious amulet and a city shaped by magic, religious authority and rebellion. The narrative links the characters’ contrasting responses to an unfamiliar world with a sustained atmosphere of suspense.

This is a politically charged war thriller that gives competing state and federal positions some strength while showing how quickly resistance, loyalty and justice become morally difficult.

A fast-moving fantasy about siblings protecting a rare book while confronting tyranny, imprisonment and loss. Expect mystery, magical adventure and moral decisions, alongside darker material involving death, torture and violence.

A farm hen becomes too tired to lay eggs, is taken home, and receives care while her feathers grow back. Grass, worms, bugs, puddles, friends and freedom mark her new life, followed by an unspecified joyful surprise.

This is an imaginative, issue-led adventure about environmental collapse, inequality and resistance, balanced by family loyalty and hope. Its vivid language may invite close discussion as much as straightforward plot-following.

Follow Nathaniel from a Jamaican plantation to England, where his belief that English soil means freedom is tested. His hopes for escape and his family’s future drive the story.

A sweeping fantasy sequel about friends divided by danger and prejudice, with witches, magic, political responsibility and a developing romance. It offers an immersive world, tense escapes and battles, while leaving parts of the journey open for a later book.

A high-stakes fantasy about two sisters whose loyalty is tested by liberation, empire, dragons and divine power. Expect complex political and family tensions alongside action, sacrifice and questions about who deserves protection.

This offers court intrigue, magic, desert adventure and a relationship shaped by unequal power, betrayal and difficult choices. Its central appeal is the girls’ developing bond and their resistance to a brutal system.

This is an adventurous, suspenseful environmental dystopia about siblings resisting control and learning what the wider world contains. It combines survival challenges with wonder, family loyalty and questions about freedom.

A two-strand adventure contrasts Connor’s life among pirates with Grace’s confinement aboard a vampire ship. The supernatural setting creates mystery, while the twins’ determination to reunite gives the story its emotional centre.

This is an emotionally intense verse novel about a young person seeking freedom within a controlling family situation. Its rhythmic, varied presentation foregrounds Amber’s inner life, while running, friendship and resistance provide movement and moments of agency.

A fast-paced dystopian adventure about a gamer sent from a controlled, hyper-connected city into the older world beneath it. Its strongest offering is a clash between comfort and control, and between synthetic certainty and messy experience.

A fast-moving rescue adventure about courage, loyalty and learning to trust. Wolves are central companions, while Feo’s journey brings danger, humour and a friendship that develops under pressure.

A dark, emotionally driven faerie adventure about a sister trying to rescue—or reclaim—someone whose wishes may differ from her own. Expect Welsh folklore, social history, perilous magic and a romance shaped by conflict, vulnerability and changing understanding.

This is an imaginative coming-of-age fantasy in which Arthur’s education happens through encounters with animals, Merlin and the world around him. Its strongest offering is a warm, humorous exploration of how experience might shape wisdom and leadership.

A whimsical, suspenseful fantasy about escaping ordinary life and confronting danger, with a bittersweet focus on childhood and growing up. Its imaginative appeal sits alongside language and attitudes that require historical distance.

Jonas’s new role exposes him to memories his community has removed from ordinary life, including love, desire, war and physical suffering. His growing knowledge brings isolation and forces him to reconsider whether security and comfort justify the society’s restrictions.

This is a sustained post-apocalyptic survival story in which blindness, predatory plants and human power struggles reshape everyday life. It offers danger, moral choices and competing ideas about how society might be rebuilt after catastrophe.

This is a high-stakes speculative story in which contestants’ public popularity affects their chances of freedom and survival. Its central appeal is the pressure-cooker competition, while its broader focus is the treatment of young offenders and disadvantaged families.

This is a tense, compassionate story about a child taking responsibility in a dangerous society. It combines family survival, Afghan history, women’s restricted freedoms and moments of hope, while leaving Parvana’s immediate future unresolved.

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.

This is a thoughtful, wistful fantasy about a child resisting change. Its strongest appeal may be the combination of village detail, imaginative uncertainty and emotional honesty, while its pace and melancholy mood may suit readers who enjoy reflective stories.

This is a fast-moving fantasy sequel built around a prison rescue, a dangerous pursuit and competing loyalties. Its world combines imperial oppression, rebellion and magic, while three viewpoints explore freedom, power, friendship and the personal cost of resistance.