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A school competition, strict boundaries and mysterious island details set up a fantasy mystery. Anne’s search for the reason she was admitted becomes entangled with the school’s hidden rules and the possible danger to people she loves.

This is a historical adventure centred on Julia’s journey and the secrets of the people she meets. Her choices about trust and what to fight for drive the story.

Katie’s friends each entrust her with a secret, and she finds keeping all four difficult. Their confidences include crushes and cheating on a maths test, bringing questions of trust into the Cupcake Club.

Expect a fantasy sequel built around a covert struggle with royal authority, dangerous secrets and changing loyalties. Its action and suspense sit alongside Celaena’s past and complicated relationships.

A dystopian survival adventure about Jen and Father, an AI who has cared for her since she was a baby. Their search for a new home brings danger, new connections and a difficult secret.

Expect a perilous escape through a bleak fantasy setting, with two alternating viewpoints, action and a romance threaded through the danger.

Expect supernatural mysteries set around a high-school prom and college Greek-life rituals, with Maggie investigating threats and secrets.

A brisk teen suspense story built around secrets, threatening messages and the strain of keeping up appearances. Its multiple viewpoints show how social pressure can affect the girls differently.

This is a spy story about Jocelyn trying to change sides while confronting the consequences of her upbringing and divided loyalties.

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

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 is a story about a young person confronting the effects of HIV/AIDS stigma and secrecy after a death in her family. Friendship, loyalty and family ties are also central.

This is an imaginative adventure that shifts Fergus from familiar school-and-family routines into a world of strange machinery, secret identities and a distant rescue challenge.

Expect a school social drama driven by crushes, competing romantic attention and a secret from a boyfriend’s past, with a holiday party providing a shared backdrop.

This is a fantasy adventure built around magical threats, uncertain loyalties and a plan that puts the twins at its centre.

This is a supernatural story set around college life, with hidden vampire power alongside clashes at school and uncertainty among new housemates.

A twin’s disappearance drives the mystery, while Ivy’s attempt to uncover the school’s secret gives the story a trail of clues to follow.

A character-led story follows Samson as he navigates feeling like an outsider and becomes entangled in Angel’s secrets. Its focus appears to be how people see one another, alongside suspense about the dealings and their outcome.

A speculative story combines a struggle over control of Earth with Adelice’s discovery of secrets about her past and uncertainty in her romantic attachments.

This fantasy centres on family roles, hidden pasts and political change. Anselm’s effort to understand what has happened connects uncertainty within his family to a wider, shifting world.

A wartime mystery combines family separation, village rumours and a coded message, with Jill trying to work out whom she can trust.

This is a time-travel fantasy about a secret guardian group trying to protect history. Ethan's mentor and apprentice support him as danger grows and the past yields secrets.

A child who feels out of step with her parents encounters a relative who seems more like her, and begins to question her identity. The premise blends family secrets with a possible vampire connection.

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.

Rachel’s feelings about the separation and her changing relationship with her father are at the heart of this verse story. It also follows her growing understanding of her family’s past.

A school-set romantic story about a reluctant investigator whose attempt to help a friend becomes personally complicated, with an academic cheating scandal also in the mix.

A fantasy mystery pairs Cat’s investigation of a strange egg with Marianne’s decision about her own magic, while family secrets and disruptive spells complicate their efforts.

A supernatural mystery drives the plot, with Tavia trying to uncover what happened around her parents’ deaths while deciding whom to trust.

A fantasy mystery follows Vega as she deciphers clues after Quentin disappears, facing dangers beyond her village and within it. The story centres on investigation, secrecy and a heroine risking her life.

This is a competition-centred story that combines equestrian ambition with questions about trust, rivalry and a coach’s past.

A circus-loving boy joins his performer uncle for a summer of clown training; the strange, increasingly frightening circus holds a mystery connected to Clown Street.

This is a love story about two girls, told through close attention to moments of affection and uncertainty. Anna’s fear of being unlovable and Flynn’s undisclosed secret shape their relationship.

This is a clue-led family mystery, with Avery seeking answers about her inheritance and the Hawthornes. Romance and danger also feature, so the appeal may depend on how much a reader enjoys those strands.

A fantasy adventure blends an alternate history with invention, rebellion, spying and a developing attraction. Verity must navigate life within a powerful family while taking risks for a cause.

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.

A teen relationship story with a mystery at its centre: Mia’s guardedness, her ties to two brothers and strange events around their friendships drive the setup.

A brisk, playful fairy-tale mash-up centres on a resourceful girl whose petty theft has consequences. Expect magic, mischief, action and uncertainty about which characters can be trusted.

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.

A supernatural mystery centred on Chloe’s unsettling encounters with ghosts and the secrets of a group home. Its teenage viewpoint also brings questions of trust and belonging into the suspense.

This is a high-concept science-fantasy adventure, combining unusual abilities, a life-erasing invention and a race to discover Johnny’s past.

This is a journey story shaped by serious illness, anger and friendship. Mark’s plan drives one strand, while Jessie’s uncertainty about keeping his confidence provides another.

This historical adventure centres on Felicity’s ambition to practise medicine and the risks and compromises involved in pursuing an opportunity. A reluctant reunion and an uncertain travelling partnership add personal complications.

A useful choice for readers drawn to supernatural mystery, secretive communities and a protagonist whose unusual inner connection may be more than imagined. Its central relationship is presented as both compelling and dangerous.

A group of friends pursues an unidentified adversary amid prom preparations, personal secrets and investigations. Expect a mystery-driven story with several character threads rather than a purely school-focused prom plot.

This science-fiction story centres on a trainee who must weigh her urge to help against warnings about the risks of intervening in a classmate’s memories.