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A warm-spirited fantasy about a young bruja negotiating family rules and friendship, with returned spirits bringing a magical mystery. Leo’s grief over her mother’s death and her friend Caroline’s bereavement sit alongside the bakery, spellwork and community celebrations.

This historical mystery pairs Violet’s hopes for a more exciting life with a family mystery and a series of murders. As girls go missing and being murdered, Violet suspects Joseph may be hiding a terrible secret.

A myth-inspired fantasy quest combines danger from waking Egyptian gods with Carter and Sadie’s search for answers about their family. Their reunion begins after a long separation.

This is a family-secrets story about a young person tracing her origins and Jewish heritage across a journey from Ontario to Germany.

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.

This is a family-and-friendship story about a child trying to make sense of an absent parent and changes she cannot control. Macy’s search provides an adventure alongside those personal questions.

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.

This is a space-set mystery about an uneasy journey, a missing cultural symbol and two young travellers who try to help one another get home.

Tally’s pursuit of a musician tied to her family past leads her to Maddy and a love that unsettles her assumptions. Family secrets and questions of identity sit alongside friendship and supernatural elements.

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 fantasy adventure that mixes family upheaval, secret-society mysteries, powerful relics and threats described as difficult to destroy.

A supernatural romance-and-peril finale, with two intertwined strands: Sydney’s pursuit of a former enemy and Adrian’s investigation of spirit magic. It is the sixth Bloodlines book.

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

This is a story about bereavement and the effort to maintain happiness and close relationships. A rare plant Tessa’s mother entrusted to her care also features in the plot.

A supernatural mystery follows Triss as she tries to understand why her memories and body feel changed, while uncovering secrets about her family and strange forces around them.

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

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.

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

This is a suspenseful mystery built around Charity’s restricted life, her unexplained condition and a dream that seems connected to a hidden part of the house.

This is a friendship story about staying connected through a major change, alongside the social challenges of starting junior high.

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.

The set offers a continuing animal-fantasy adventure: Rusty pursues becoming a warrior, while friendships and the forest clans form part of the story world.

This is a clue-led adventure that shifts from a family day out to a more serious hunt, with Disneyland, hidden treasure and the Disney legacy at its centre.

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.

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.

This is a paranormal high-school romance built around Ever’s unusual perceptions and the mystery of Damen’s identity. Her efforts to manage what she experiences shape her relationships and draw her into his world.

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

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 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 summery story about Willa taking on an ambitious project while managing a wedding, shifting friendships and a possible mutual crush.

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 suspense mystery told partly through a dead girl’s limited memories, with her twin taking her place to investigate what happened. Secrets and shifting suspicions drive the premise.

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.

This is a family mystery built around a hidden treasure, an unfamiliar family home and secrets from the past. Ellsworth and his cousin Jess investigate together; the story also introduces ghosts.

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 friendship with a well-travelled teacher brings Chili into contact with stories of places beyond her small-town life, while she begins to see her familiar surroundings differently.

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 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.