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A fantasy school adventure where a feared escaped prisoner casts a shadow over Harry’s year. Suspense, frightening magical beings and a time-travel plot sit alongside friendship and school life.

This is a mystery driven by an investigation, uncertain trust and danger to Connie. Its premise also brings workplace upheaval and Maria’s precarious position into the story.

This is a murder mystery centred on Pip’s effort to reassess a closed case. The investigation brings buried secrets and suspicion into a town still affected by the deaths.

A fantasy journey centres on finding a way home and deciding whom to trust. The bears’ different hopes and doubts give the group’s choices a personal as well as practical stake.

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.

This is a family-centred story shaped by a past killing and Jenna’s determination to confront the person responsible. Her search also raises questions about what she has been told.

This is a relationship-led mystery about missing-person rumours, trust and deception. Kalah’s feelings for Beth are set against a friendship group shaken by Beth’s disappearance and Britney’s death.

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 story about a teenage online creator coping with bereavement and a changed social world. It brings together family loss, online attention and the uncertainty of starting at a new school.

This is a high-stakes fantasy adventure built around a group of morally complicated outsiders, a dangerous magical object and uneasy cooperation.

A maritime survival adventure follows Fable’s effort to leave an island and seek a place with her father, while building a working alliance with West.

This is a growing-up story about a friendship that changes over time, with Morgan’s gender identity central to her hopes for the future.

This is a suspense-driven story about Max trying to uncover a mystery while on the run. Its combination of hacking, political intrigue and shifting alliances may appeal to readers drawn to fast-moving digital-age plots.

This is a reflective recovery story about memory, identity and relationships. Olivia’s attempts to reconstruct her past bring questions about whether remembered experience, present feeling or other people’s accounts should define who she is.

A historical adventure about starting again after disaster, building friendships and trying to protect a new home from moving sand. Expect family upheaval, school conflict and an ending whose precise emotional shape is unclear.

This is a tense fantasy adventure about cats entering the Dark Forest to rescue missing companions and spirits. It combines clan-wide mistrust, supernatural danger, loss and questions about whether former enemies can act differently.

Expect a tense, action-focused science-fiction adventure with a darker mood than the first book. Its central appeal appears to be danger, shifting loyalties and the emotional importance of friendships under pressure.

This is a character-led summer story about three au pairs whose work, friendships and romantic situations become intertwined. Eliza’s changed family circumstances add a social and financial dimension alongside the beach setting and wealthy-family culture.

A spooky, folklore-rich mystery about returning to a ruined abbey and trying to repair an old wrong. Expect atmosphere, supernatural creatures, friendship and questions about preserving the past.

This is a fantasy adventure about a determined girl trying to undo the consequences of her mother's sacrifice. Its main engines are infiltration, uncertain loyalties and the risk of pursuing someone who may be dangerous.

A high-stakes teen thriller about identity, danger and connection, with Gaia’s unusual emotional experience at its centre. Its appeal may lie in fast-moving peril and complicated relationships, while its darker material is substantial.

This is an action-led animal fantasy about packs facing a looming threat. Lucky’s troubling visions, a traitor, divided loyalties and unexpected allies create a tense story about survival and trust.

This is a dark, suspenseful Viking voyage to Vinland, blending historical detail, mythology, magic and monsters. Peer and Hilde face deceptive adults, secrets and danger, while the story explores truth, responsibility, maturity, love, loss and longing.

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 speculative survival adventure built around two sharply unequal worlds. Its appeal lies in the meeting of Hokk and Elia, mysteries about their societies, and a journey that gradually connects personal survival with wider conflict.

A lively story about a wronged schoolgirl choosing increasingly risky ways to recover her future. Its strongest discussion point is the gap between understanding Bernetta’s predicament and approving of her solution.

This is a compact Norse fantasy about an overlooked boy who responds to hardship with ingenuity rather than force. Its adventure introduces gods, giants and morally complicated mythology while leaving room to reflect on courage, loss and belonging.

This offers atmospheric supernatural suspense, a mystery to unravel and a protagonist forced to face personal and communal secrets. It may suit readers who enjoy eerie settings, countdowns, twists and psychologically unsettling dilemmas.

A fast-paced adventure follows Ollie into The Haven, a child-run refuge and investigation network. The story combines criminal danger, missing children, bereavement and a threat to London, with friendship developing between Ollie and Dodge.

A tense political-disaster adventure about a servant suddenly given public power, with shifting accounts of events and difficult choices about trust, responsibility and survival.

A short, visually expressive story about a newcomer, suspicion and the possibility of belonging. Its emotional centre is the contrast between what the animals assume and what they learn about the stranger’s past.

A thoughtful speculative story about whether a digital recreation can be treated as a person. Its emotional centre is Isla’s changing relationship with her returned sister, alongside family disagreement and the island community’s divided response.

A clue-driven thriller combines danger and investigation with a sustained story about bereavement. Edie’s efforts to uncover the truth are paired with ideas about psychological stress and learning to live with loss.

A suspenseful mystery about a child pursuing truth while separated from her family. Its science-fiction ideas sit alongside friendship, courage and self-discovery, with a hopeful emotional thread reported alongside danger and uncertainty.

A fast-moving, puzzle-led thriller built around a week of threats. It offers suspense, clues, red herrings and questions about why people conceal painful truths, with grief and past events shaping Kay’s return.

This is a grief-centred novel with a supernatural frame, offering a serious exploration of contradictory feelings rather than a light adventure. Its short, spare narration contrasts with the monster’s larger, ambiguous tales.

Choose this for a reader who enjoys fantasy heists, ensemble casts and morally complicated characters, and who can engage with sustained darkness. Its imaginative world supports questions about loyalty, consequence and how people form connection after trauma.

A fast-moving school thriller that turns familiar rules, routines and adult authority into a mechanism of control. Its central tension is whether individuality and independent judgement can survive pressure to comply.

This is a fast-moving fantasy adventure built around three young characters with different goals. It offers magical creatures, peril and hidden truths about the island and the beliefs surrounding its beasts.

Expect a brisk, spooky adventure led by a frightened but determined child. The book foregrounds mystery, supernatural danger and emotional bonds rather than realistic horror, with hope alongside its darker elements.

This is a story about two children affected by maternal absence, whose connection brings their painful pasts into contact. Expect family-focused drama involving longing, secrecy and potentially strong feelings.

This is an adventurous, compassionate monster story about belonging, trust and moral judgement. Stitch’s openness meets Alice’s bitterness, while the journey tests how appearances shape people’s responses.

This is a darkly humorous journey story in which three friends use an impulsive act to honour Ross and process his death. Its action and comedy sit alongside questions about friendship, grief and the truth behind the loss.

This is a fast-moving science-fiction continuation focused on divided allies, escalating danger and resistance. It offers action, suspense, superpowers, shifting viewpoints and series-wide revelations, while grief and revenge shape the characters’ choices.

This is a grief-shaped mystery about a missing twin, unreliable memory, changing identity and dangerous investigation, with suspense complicated by school popularity and an unexpected romantic entanglement.