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Expect fantasy adventure centred on a team effort to confront a dangerous, shadowy threat, with spirit animals bound to the human characters.

Hili's hoped-for fresh start becomes difficult when the class proves unfriendly. The story centres on shifting friendships and the challenge of speaking up when someone is treated unkindly.

Expect a brisk, peril-filled adventure focused on a king's efforts to meet threats to his country. This is the trilogy's conclusion, so earlier instalments may matter for following the characters and stakes.

A lively mystery set around art, deception and relationships, with a bold young investigator at its centre. Alongside suspense, it explores artistic value, loyalty, jealousy and the difference between legal wrongdoing and deeper moral harm.

This is a compact, straightforward adventure about caring for wildlife when family work and personal convictions pull in different directions. Mystery and pursuit keep the story moving, while Maya’s choices centre responsibility, trust and competing needs.

A tense fantasy sequel about escape, rebellion and difficult loyalties, with brave characters confronting oppression. Expect frequent peril and disturbing violence, while romance and friendship add emotional stakes.

This is a fictional story about Susanna’s attempt to secure an international magazine scoop while navigating professional pressure and changing circumstances.

This is a school-and-survival story about two people misreading each other. Its strongest material concerns how assumptions shape behaviour, while Mark’s growing attachment to the outdoors gives the book a reflective strand alongside its danger.

This is a varied speculative-fiction collection rather than one continuous story. Its appeal lies in imaginative settings, changing moods and morally pressured situations, but the individual stories may differ considerably in intensity and subject matter.

This is a reflective coming-of-age story about bereavement, family relationships, friendship and ideas of beauty. Melissa uses memories and her father’s journal while trying to understand love and decide how to live in the present.

This is a supernatural camping adventure centred on two siblings confronting a frightening creature. Its strongest offer is atmosphere: mountains, forest, a loch and an ancient cave frame mystery, family interaction and danger.

This is a magical rescue adventure in which Arica responds to the unicorns’ call and confronts a threat to their world. Expect fantasy creatures, danger, loyalty and a child making consequential choices.

A gentle intergenerational story combines farm life, family memory and a practical challenge: a grandson helps his grandfather learn to read and write before travelling to Australia.

This is a creepy, atmospheric adventure for readers who enjoy forests, folklore, faerie magic and monsters. Its central appeal appears to be suspenseful discovery, with Pippa investigating what is watching from the trees.

This is a historical mystery about a child navigating wartime separation, an unwelcoming household and unanswered questions. Gardens, hothouses and a Suffolk estate provide a vivid setting for secrets, suspicion and friendship.

A gentle, imaginative flying adventure about wanting something extraordinary, meeting an unusual new friend, and discovering that home still matters after a thrilling journey.

This is a high-pressure family and sports story about twins whose ambitions, rivalry and difficult circumstances lead them towards separate dangers. It combines emotional conflict with themes of loyalty, adversity and recovery.

A brisk environmental adventure about a reluctant visit becoming a relationship with a grandad, a local stream and its wildlife. Kyle’s growing responsibility gives the story an encouraging focus on courage, care and standing up for a place.

Expect a mystery-adventure centred on a schoolboy Bond, with friendship, rivalry and investigation leading from Eton to Scotland. Its appeal lies in suspense, courage and a darker, occasionally grotesque atmosphere.

This is a wartime story about a child whose ordinary village life is disrupted by evacuation, military preparations and a missing cat. It combines danger, friendship and a later family connection across generations.

This is a family-history story in which discovering wartime secrets changes how Liv understands her grandmother, loyalty and courage. It combines contemporary friendship worries with Jewish sisters’ separation, Resistance work, loss and rebuilding a life.

This is a reflective story about losing a familiar home and friendship, then slowly finding steadiness elsewhere. Its poem-by-poem structure gives Diana’s changing feelings room to emerge through observations, notes and everyday family moments.

This is a verse novel about a teenager living with family secrecy and the effects of her mother’s mental illness. Its central movement is towards understanding, while school, friendship, romance and art remain part of Laura’s everyday world.

A dark fantasy sequel about a new ruler facing betrayal, divided loyalties and approaching catastrophe. Its appeal lies in magical world-building, romance and mysteries, but it also contains graphic fantasy peril and mature relationship material.

Expect a tense supernatural adventure combining ghost investigations, dark humour and escalating danger. The team’s changing relationships matter as much as the cases, while Lucy’s contact with ghosts brings disturbing experiences and difficult choices.

This is a historical family story about fitting in, responding to school teasing and deciding whether to challenge unfair blame directed at Japanese-American friends. Its central interest lies in personal choices made amid wider wartime uncertainty.

Expect a brisk mythological adventure: Percy and friends navigate a perilous Labyrinth while an approaching war threatens their camp. The book mixes monsters, quests, humour, emotional choices and large-scale conflict, with Greek mythology shaping both its world and its plot.

This is a warm portal-fantasy adventure centred on cousins working together. Expect magical mystery-solving, talking creatures and family revelations, with the story placing courage, love and family bonds at its centre.

This is a historical family story about a child living with hunger, poverty and uncertainty, while Christmas highlights what the family cannot afford. Booky's spirited response sits alongside serious pressure at home.

A supernatural family mystery with a teenage protagonist, a ghostly romantic interest and difficult questions about home, school and the meaning of the past.

This offers an imaginative quest through a richly described fantasy kingdom, combining magical creatures and problem-solving with a clear focus on friendship, courage and perseverance.

A large-scale fantasy adventure combining dragon warfare, military leadership, perilous travel and personal loyalties. Its strongest supplied emphasis is the connection between external battles and the companions’ doubts, betrayals and difficult choices.

Expect a fantastical adventure centred on a small child facing authority, isolation, and imprisonment, with family pressures and assistance from allies.