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This is a fantasy quest about trying to rescue a bonded magical animal after he is drawn into another world. Expect danger, magical encounters and mystery, with friendship and loyalty at the centre.

A fast-moving Hardy Boys mystery combines exploration, investigation and danger. Frank and Joe follow the mystery of a swallowed statue into tunnels and an abandoned underground city, where a criminal group threatens Bayport.

A dark, imaginative adventure for readers who enjoy secret societies, mythological creatures and determined protagonists. Its strongest hooks are the hunter trials, the forest’s threats and Winnie’s effort to reclaim her family’s standing.

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.

This offers immersive folklore, a slow-building relationship and a heroine confronting shame about her magic. It may suit readers who enjoy gothic atmosphere, complex myth-making and emotionally difficult fantasy rather than a light fairy-tale retelling.

A dark, fast-moving faerie adventure that combines monsters, romance and town danger with more reflective questions about self-invention, family secrets, community complicity and whether apparent gifts or beauty can conceal coercion.

Expect a fast-moving fantasy mystery rooted in a Nigerian village, Yoruba myths and family relationships. Its atmosphere shifts between joy and dread, with danger often suggested rather than directly shown.

This is a fast-moving virtual-reality adventure with a capable but vulnerable protagonist, combining tournament gameplay with a mystery about a threatening player and technology’s real-world consequences.

A supernatural horror story rooted in a family homecoming, with queer romance and questions of belonging. It combines frightening events with explorations of Vietnamese American identity, colonialism and family history.

A lively historical-fantasy mystery follows two young detectives through Parisian streets and sewers. Its strongest appeal is the blend of family questions, magical folklore, riddles, danger and a richly used city setting, with Zélie and Jules sharing the adventure.

This is a child-centred mystery with suspense and emotional depth. Matthew’s restricted life, observations and growing involvement in the search create a story about connection, courage and how others respond to mental-health difficulties.

This is a high-pressure survival mystery built around an unseen shooter, a confined setting and secrets among friends. Its interest lies in suspense, shifting trust and how people respond when cooperation becomes necessary.

Expect a tense survival mystery built around kidnapping, an isolated camp, family betrayal, shifting suspicion and deaths. Its emotional centre is Liv’s effort to retain her moral judgement when silence might feel safer.

Expect a fast-moving fantasy adventure built around a race, inventive magical creatures and a quest to help family. Its emotional centre is a quiet child learning to recognise his own capabilities.

Choose this for a reader who enjoys atmospheric mysteries, eccentric characters, supernatural adventure and comic wordplay. Its central appeal is following clues through an unusual seaside world while Herbie and Violet face escalating danger.

Expect an imaginative treasure hunt in a world of vampirs and werwolves, driven by danger, mystery and changing trust. The book combines supernatural adventure with Tibor and Roza’s need to decide whom to believe.

A lively, joke-filled spy adventure in which Vi confronts family upheaval alongside super-villains. Expect gadgets, secrets, action and emotional pressure, with the family situation driving her determination.

A thoughtful, atmospheric family mystery in which Kate’s investigation opens difficult questions about death, secrecy and belonging. Its suspense is closely tied to emotional upheaval rather than adventure alone, and the ending involves significant family change.

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 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 an interactive-feeling museum mystery: a young investigator follows a clue, pursues a legendary artefact and faces competition from a thief. Its main appeal is adventure combined with puzzles for the reader.

Choose this for a fantasy adventure rooted in family love, storytelling and legend. Its quest structure offers momentum, while stories within the story invite attention to how tales shape courage and understanding.

Expect a slow-building, twisty fantasy mystery centred on invisibility, secrecy and pursuit. Reuben’s adventure brings suspense, traps and danger, while friendship and trust become increasingly important to how he responds.

This is a character-led family story about a child making sense of adult failures without surrendering her own needs. Cooking, artistic ambition and friendship offer purposeful threads alongside uncertainty and emotional upheaval.

A portal fantasy and mystery built around a bereaved child, a family house full of secrets, and a dangerous shadow-world. Expect suspense, unusual creatures and questions about trust and courage.

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

A magical family adventure with escalating secrets, strange powers and rescue peril. Chase’s world is disrupted by revelations that appear to leave him feeling like one of the worst people in the world as events move towards a dramatic climax.

Consider this for a teenager interested in family identity and history; make space for questions about parentage and the lasting effects of war.