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This is a suspense-led story about a young person balancing family hopes with a contest built around secrecy, pressure and uncertain consequences.

This supernatural story centres on a young werewolf trying to manage dangerous urges while hunters close in. It also brings a love-versus-duty dilemma into the conflict.

This is a story of grief, adjustment and friendship, set against risky bike stunts and activism. Grey and his friends use online attention to challenge prejudice and police pressure, while their choices raise questions about the costs of becoming more visible.

The story centres on an unlikely friendship that draws Val into risk-taking and shoplifting, with love, lies and secrets complicating the girls’ partnership.

This is a collection of perspectives on identity theft, ranging from whether the danger is growing or exaggerated to risks involving health records, social media, biometrics and financial targets.

A fast-moving spy adventure sits alongside Maggie’s school life and relationships. The central dilemma—protecting people close to her while challenging a powerful organisation—gives the action a personal focus.

Three friends enter paid sex for money and companionship, believing their own rules will keep them safe. The story follows the risks and complications that follow, alongside the girls’ different circumstances.

A fast-moving mystery-adventure pairs a boy’s search for his missing father with unusual beetles, new friendships and a colourful villain. Expect comic characters, insect facts and bursts of action.

A bleak but lyrical story about siblings navigating unstable care, homelessness and self-invention. Its poems bring attention to the dreams and difficulties of young people without secure homes.

This combines zombie attacks and an evolving undead threat with school, work, college plans and friendships. Courtney’s attempt to fund her future by selling a zombie-derived drug gives the survival plot a morally complicated starting point.

A lively historical mystery rooted in theatre life, with a resourceful young heroine and a web of uncertain loyalties. Expect adventure alongside glimpses of Georgian social divisions and political ideas.

This is a historical sea adventure built around a young sailor's plans and a warning about his ship. John intends to use the schooner for the honest wool trade, but becomes involved in a dangerous smuggling scheme.

A cooking contest brings friendship and rivalry together with a mysterious ingredient whose trouble keeps growing. The premise blends school competition with a fantastical slime threat.

At its heart, this is a pursuit shaped by a mistake: Tom risks a dangerous journey because he feels unable to face his uncle without recovering the horse.

This is a quest-led adventure centred on a young character taking on responsibility for his community. Expect fantasy dangers and battles to be part of the journey.

This is a comic-leaning adventure built around a mystery and a race to help Jonny’s father. Its pitch promises inventions and high-stakes escapades, but does not reveal how events conclude.

A puzzle-led adventure combines geocaching and codes with friendship, secrecy and a race to respond to a dangerous crystal’s power.

This is a story of separation and a determined attempt at reunion, with Ethan and Lena acting from different sides of the same predicament.

A determined girl searches for her missing father in a forest associated with a deadly beast, in a magical Beauty and the Beast retelling.

An adventure about belonging and independent decision-making, with Wisp’s difficulty reading stars shaping both his relationships and his attempt to migrate.

A fast-moving Hardy Boys mystery pits an environmental campaign against deliberate sabotage. Frank and Joe pursue a case involving a workplace death and evidence of serious crimes, with their investigation placing them at risk.

A fantasy adventure links unusual forms of magic with a mystery: Sandry must teach a young dancer while helping confront a killer threatening local merchants.

This is an adventure about a missing young horse, a search across rugged country and two sisters’ wish to establish their place there. Tracking and horse-riding are part of the search.

This is a Halloween horror story built around Ashley’s new friendships and a night that becomes frighteningly strange. The central hook is that the town feels more unsettling than its ordinary festivities suggest.

A journey story about independence, unfamiliar company and river travel, with Megan’s judgement central to how she meets uncertain situations.

This is a coming-of-age story centred on Joel’s private nighttime adventures and the changing bond with his father. Its appeal may lie in the mix of mystery, independence and family adjustment.

A humorous comic novel follows Aldo’s attempts to make a dull January more interesting, from trying unfamiliar hobbies to skiing with his brother. A recurring Hawaiian dream also draws his attention away from everyday life.

This is a speculative story about survival under strict social rules, centred on a young protagonist whose unexpected choices bring serious stakes.

This combines a young woman’s magical calling with court intrigue and a family connection to the Tudor monarchy. Mary’s distrust of love is tested by her attraction to an opponent.

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.

This is a science-fiction adventure about a worker whose risky rule-breaking grows into a rebellion. Its premise pairs an unequal social order with a protagonist unexpectedly pushed towards leadership.

A high-profile friendship group faces pressure around reputation, secrecy and risk, with a death before graduation signalled in the premise.

A fast-moving mystery combines detective work with a ranch crisis: the Hardy boys pursue a clue while responding to their cousin’s request for help.

This is a romance and mystery shaped by a time-crossing premise: Cassandra investigates a stranger’s claim to come from 1925 while becoming close to Lawrence.

A mystery built around a discovery, a suspect Parker distrusts, and an investigation that draws in his more cautious friend. Their search leads to a frightening secret and a tense situation at the shop.

A fantasy adventure about friendship, unusual abilities and the consequences of a playful decision. The central predicament links danger to both human life and the merfolk’s wish to remain undiscovered.

This is a family-and-adolescence story about Jessica seeking attention while feeling neglected. Its opening also introduces an unsettling encounter that may help frame a conversation about boundaries and safety.

A school adventure with a mystery at its centre, the book pairs animal-focused fantasy with Sunday’s ambition to carry on her father’s path.

A science-fiction adventure built around a virtual-reality game, with Jake attempting a rescue when other children become trapped in it.

The premise sets competitive BMX racing against an urgent request from a friend. Jake’s choice brings together loyalty, a potentially dangerous errand and the hope of helping someone who is dying.

This is a paranormal summer romance with a suspenseful edge: Samara’s attraction to Caleb sits alongside her suspicion that he may be dangerous. The story also places her loved ones under threat.

A spirited family adventure combines inherited magic, sisters’ relationships and the social expectations placed on girls in Regency England.

This blends a child’s worry about a missing parent with a story-within-the-story about Marco Polo. The historical adventures give Mark something absorbing to follow while he waits.

This is an offbeat journey story centred on a boy leaving a difficult home situation and encountering carnival life. Its central draw is the prospect of a risky piranha-swimming performance.

This is a coming-of-age road story in which a young man’s hopes for his future meet financial strain, a risky offer and complications during a long journey.