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Paul and his family try to protect Henri and help him reach safety, while Paul takes on responsibilities at home and joins the Resistance. The story follows their choices amid occupation and suspicion.

This is a wartime secret-agent adventure, combining a sabotage mission with uncertainty about possible double agents. Its focus is action under pressure rather than a broad account of the war.

A dystopian story about survival under corporate control, told through a Runner’s precarious existence and an enforcer’s decision to break from procedure.

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 fantasy and science-fiction journey shaped by two competing calls: political alliance-making and a mission to deal with dangerous remnants of the past.

A tense dystopian adventure about survival, loyalty and resistance after societal collapse. William’s attempt to find someone who has disappeared places personal devotion alongside questions about Terrafall’s authority and promises.

Expect a tense wartime adventure centred on a boy whose loyalty is unsettled by family revelations and encounters with Nazi brutality. Its main appeal is the combination of suspense, historical setting and moral awakening rather than light-hearted adventure.

This offers energetic fantasy adventure, imaginative magical abilities and a friendship group facing escalating challenges. Its tone appears playful as well as perilous, with candy-based humour alongside imprisonment, manipulation and attempts to control young characters.

This is a tense survival adventure built around separation, environmental danger and competing attempts to reach safety. Its strongest through-line is how young characters organise, protect more vulnerable people and respond to threats.

A high-concept conclusion built around time travel, duplicated selves and a looming conflict between worlds. It offers ambitious speculation and difficult choices, but depends on intricate events and relationships established across earlier Pathfinder books.

A tense science-fiction experiment explores how rewards, changing rules and isolation can shape behaviour. Its strongest offering is sustained suspense alongside a disturbing challenge to unquestioned obedience and control.

A tense finale about people living under relentless observation, where popularity becomes a form of currency and failing to report regularly can have deadly consequences. Personal freedom, loyalty and resistance drive the situation.

This is a fast-moving, multi-viewpoint fantasy about reclaiming identity and home while organising resistance. It offers intricate alliances, revenge, magic, romance and emotionally charged confrontations rather than a standalone entry point.

A clear, child-centred novel about a girl whose education and future are threatened by family expectations and coercive power. It offers determination, moral courage and hope alongside serious social injustice.

A tense historical survival story centred on a young person making dangerous choices under Nazi occupation. Its strongest offer is a sustained conflict between protecting oneself and deciding whether to help others.

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.

A dark, plot-driven fantasy about surviving occupation and reclaiming identity, with court intrigue, resistance and magic. Its central journey from frightened captive to leader is accompanied by graphic brutality and morally difficult choices.

A high-stakes fantasy about a young woman whose lethal magical ability has been controlled by authority. It offers questions about self-definition, freedom, trust and whether power can be used justly, alongside graphic violence and emotional darkness.

This is a wartime story about a child trying to understand occupation, separation and moral choice. Its strongest thread is Marit’s changing view of courage, loyalty and compassion amid 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 suspense-led Star Wars adventure about siblings trying to escape capture while their family remains separated. Its central appeal is the combination of peril, space exploration and a shared rescue goal.

This is a supernatural thriller about a transgender teen whose post-operative recovery is interrupted by a werewolf attack. Friendship, bodily change, prejudice and the pull of revenge sit alongside the horror premise.

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.

Expect fast-moving fantasy adventure: Emily and her friends train, discover powers and attempt a dangerous rescue while war approaches. Family tensions and questions of trust sit alongside battles and emotional uncertainty.

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.

This is an atmospheric, dark fantasy centred on a distinctive card-based magic system and Elspeth’s uneasy relationship with the Nightmare. Romance develops alongside political conflict rather than replacing the fantasy plot.

This is a richly dramatic fantasy romance about two former lovers confronting inherited power, wartime injustice and dangerous secrets. It may appeal to readers who enjoy high-stakes adventure woven through emotional reconciliation.

This offers an engrossing, multi-viewpoint dystopian adventure, with telepathy, wartime politics, secret identities and dramatic reversals. Its strongest appeal appears to be the combination of tense plotting and questions about belonging, tolerance and social control.

A lively, idea-led climate thriller combines speculative plant powers with social inequality, family expectations, romance and collective resistance. Its central appeal is imagining young people confronting environmental damage and corporate power together.

This is a dark, absurd literary novel about an individual facing an authority that refuses explanation. Its unresolved legal nightmare offers sustained material for discussing power, guilt and whether reason can help within an irrational system.

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.

A high-stakes myth-inspired adventure about rescuing a sister and confronting powerful gods. It offers determined protagonists, alliances between unusual characters, imaginative battles and a story shaped by African and Caribbean cultural and spiritual influences.

A tense wartime adventure about a young Muslim protagonist whose family and community face Nazi occupation. Safiyyah undertakes dangerous errands, while the mosque becomes a place of sanctuary for persecuted Jewish people.

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.

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 supplementary, perspective-driven fiction: Warner’s novella follows his fixation on Juliette and conflict with the Supreme Commander, while Adam’s centres on protecting Juliette, Kenji and his brother during resistance preparations.

A fast-moving speculative adventure about avatars, identity and control, set across competing virtual worlds and the real world. Expect pursuit, infection and conflict alongside Jonah’s uncertainty about what is right.

This is a dual-timeline adventure about a girl’s search for a lost family object and her discovery of an older generation’s wartime story. Its focus falls on loyalty, memory, courage and helping others in crisis.

This is a romantic fantasy about a displaced young woman pursuing financial freedom while navigating a marriage system, covert investigations and a brewing rebellion. Mira’s resourcefulness and moral independence drive the story, alongside danger, social pressure and attraction.

A long, sweeping fantasy about a farm boy and newly hatched dragon confronting an evil empire. Its appeal lies in adventure, magic, training, invented cultures and the growing responsibilities attached to power.

A tense young-adult thriller about abuse, betrayal and escape, with Oz writing letters to his dead father as he confronts an abusive home life and a dangerous institution.

This is a school-based ethical conflict with comic narration: Karl resists organised cheating while severe institutional discipline escalates the stakes. Expect attention to peer pressure, authority and competing ideas of fairness rather than a straightforward rule-following lesson.

This is a fast-moving dark fantasy about judgement, punishment and sibling loyalty. Its imaginative school setting supports comic invention, while death, hell-inspired imagery and frightening authority figures give the adventure a darker edge.

A myth-rich adventure about an orphaned boy finding allies among travelling performers while uncovering links between his father, legendary heroes and an ancient threat. Expect historical atmosphere, supernatural elements and rising suspense.

This is a fast-moving historical-fantasy adventure about children protecting one another amid riots, forced separation and racial injustice, with dinosaurs adding imaginative energy to a serious setting.

Expect a dark fantasy quest built around poison, healing, magic and political tyranny. The book offers wry humour and ghoulish imagery, but its elaborate style and complicated plotting may make sustained reading effort worthwhile.