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A fantasy premise turns an expected future upside down: Liz must find her place in an afterlife where people grow younger. Her adjustment brings grief and frustration alongside friendship, love and personal choices.

Ari wants a different future from the family bakery; meeting Hector brings baking and a developing romance into that conflict. The story also foregrounds decisions and the support loved ones may offer.

A murder, its aftermath for the victim’s sister, and the killer’s drive to prove himself to his brothers form the central strands. Secrets and a breaking wall of silence link them.

The chain-letter mystery sits alongside a family complication: Livvie does not want Peter’s father to date her mother. Her work with Peter on a school project makes keeping the families apart difficult.

This is a romance shaped by a bid for stardom: Roxanne’s Hollywood prospects and her feelings pull in different directions. The book’s ending and the eventual outcome of her choices are unclear.

This is a turbulent story about a teenager facing legal consequences and a difficult choice involving a friend and an almost-boyfriend. Expect a plot that includes several crises and a fictional drug.

The central appeal is the clash between a long-standing relationship and a choice that affects more than the couple. Morgan also has an unusual ability to predict the future.

At its centre is an unlikely friendship that brings together two teenagers facing loneliness and change. Their lives involve family troubles, romantic relationships and the effort to imagine a future on their own terms.

A lively school-set relationship story centres on Becca’s paid schemes to split couples, with a complicated assignment bringing her back into Huxley’s orbit.

This is a magical romance built around a choice with consequences: Viola has three wishes, while Jinn wants to return home. Their growing attachment makes the wishes emotionally complicated.

Four stories follow club members through a radio-station job, a summer camp, new friendships and a decision to move. Their circumstances bring practical responsibilities and changes in relationships into focus.

Lucy is trying to focus on exams and her future, and considers ending her relationship with Carl. After Carl crashes his car, his best friend is left with a broken neck and Carl is in a coma. Lucy also discovers she is pregnant. The story follows these intertwined crises; how they resolve is unclear.

A fantasy collection built around a distinctive archive of the dead, with a working Keeper at its centre. It combines action, horror and romance, alongside questions of life, loss and difficult choices.

This historical story puts Myrto’s limited choices at its centre: she is given in marriage by her brother and must consider whether to accept the life assigned to her or seek another path.

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 dark story centred on a young person’s growing fixation on fire and the strain in his friendships. Its account signals destructive consequences, but does not explain their nature.

This is a fantasy about managing powerful magic alongside travel, friendship and uncertain relationships. Undine’s inner conflict and Trout’s feelings give the story a personal focus as well as a magical one.

This is a contemporary-feeling story about a teenager whose hopes for a pivotal school year are disrupted, leaving her to reckon with guilt and changed relationships.

A fantasy about life after formal training: Serana faces challenges beyond her examinations and a future shaped by relationships and the approach of war.

A ghostly romance places Cathy between her present-day relationship and Edward's historical world. Her choice is framed as a pull between reason and love, rather than a simple decision.

This is a dystopian story about Rhine seeking answers while facing a life-threatening virus, tangled relationships and the consequences of a resistance movement.

This is a coming-of-age story about a young person pursuing creative and educational ambitions amid family expectations, changing relationships and uncertainty about her future.

This is a varied comics collection, moving between character-focused episodes, childhood material, bedtime rhymes and broader adventures.

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.

The book aims to help children understand a discipline system their parents will use, rather than simply presenting rules from an adult’s perspective.

This is a family-centred story about Keysha’s response to her mother’s return and her brother’s romantic pursuit, with danger complicating the relationships.

A year of diary entries follows Clem through school and shifting relationships. The book explores attraction, rejected advances, family life and the uncertainty of coming out, in an informal voice.

Expect a high-stakes time-travel adventure in which recovering the right keys matters as much as deciding which people Kate can save.

This school-set story pairs the routine work of a student patrol with a sudden disciplinary crisis. Its central appeal may be the contrast between ordinary responsibilities and trouble that could have serious consequences.

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

This is a humorous school story centred on a boy whose antics disrupt lessons and irritate people around him. The plot promises that his behaviour will catch up with him, while also showing more tender and curious sides of Otis.

This is a school friendship story that turns into a dilemma: Beth learns of Lauren’s affair with their drama teacher and decides to act. The outline signals serious consequences but does not reveal what Beth does or what follows.

This is a relationship-led coming-of-age story with a serious gang-violence strand. Its central tension brings Misha’s attraction to Dwayne into conflict with her mother’s warning and Dwayne’s concealed life.

This is a coming-of-age story about a high-school student balancing friendships, school, a job and difficulties at home. Its focus is Kirk's relationships and changing circumstances.

The stories combine horse-refuge responsibilities with Amy’s changing relationships and family strains. They may interest readers drawn to animal care and characters balancing practical duties with personal challenges.

Readers are invited to make a romantic choice for Jenna, so the story offers an interactive way into questions of preference and decision-making.

This is a family story about pressure to forgive, changing identities and Joey trying to hold on to his own judgement amid unsettled plans.

This fantasy romance follows Brighid as she navigates a forbidden attachment and an unexpected spiritual power, while a vision raises the possibility of danger to those she loves.

This is a conflict-driven fantasy about a threatened community and a young protagonist whose reputation as its supposed saviour follows an earlier deception.

A summer romance and a mystery meet in a beach-town fantasy, as Sam tries to understand the unusual girls and the secrets surrounding their community.

The story pairs Flora’s ambition to become a ranger with fantastical dangers and a threatened city. Her efforts to help a friend and uncover family revelations add personal stakes.

A fantasy about a young woman facing a consequential choice over magic, with a London debut and relationships at Spence Academy alongside a conflict over the enchanted realms.

Mia faces a demanding course load and renewed student-council responsibilities as she begins junior year.

This is a family-centred fantasy adventure: Birdie discovers a connection to fairy godmothers and travels to Aventurine to address a problem involving a broken talisman and a spreading shadow.

This is a relationship-and-future-choice story: Clara’s college opportunity, her boyfriend’s commitment, and her writing ambitions pull her in different directions.