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This is a quest fantasy in which music has unusual power and animals’ inner voices matter. Its imaginative conflict is paired with emotionally weighty separations, giving the adventure a tender as well as threatening atmosphere.

This is a myth-inspired fantasy about coercion, resistance and identity. Its central tension comes from Jae Hwa’s struggle to retain her humanity while serving a powerful god, alongside a damaged relationship and a threat to Korea.

A reflective coming-of-age story about discovering family roots and negotiating more than one sense of home. Its strongest elements are relationships, vivid place-writing, cultural encounter and questions of identity.

This is a character-led story about a teenager balancing home rules, friendships, school, family loyalties and hopes for change. Kendra’s architectural sketches and private thoughts suggest a young person forming ambitions while adults’ decisions shape her circumstances.

A gentle nature story combines a small character’s change of circumstances with information about oak trees, seasons and the many species associated with them.

This is a poignant historical family story about isolation, hardship and perseverance. Its emotional centre is Laura’s longing to help, belong and reunite her family, alongside compassion for a vulnerable turtle.

A clue-driven historical adventure centred on a determined violinist, with friendship and perseverance alongside bereavement, abandonment, deception and threats. Its journey spans India, the sea voyage and Victorian England.

A coming-of-age story about identity, belonging and disclosure, balancing painful social pressures with friendship, family love and romantic possibility. It offers a queer Mexican American protagonist whose choices are shaped by school, faith and immigration-related family separation.

A historical adventure rooted in the early-20th-century Philippines, following Amihan and Mariposa as they respond to official policy and try to return to Culion. Its emotional centre is family love and friendship.

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.

Rumaysa’s search for her parents leads into a magical adventure involving a queen, traditional fairy-tale figures and unusual creatures. The story combines danger, humour and a heroine who takes an active, compassionate role.

This is a fast-moving fantasy adventure about a dangerous supernatural challenge, a search across time, and magical self-discovery. It may particularly suit readers who enjoy continuing quests, strange places and ensemble characters.

A comic school story about Faith navigating Year Ten, friendship difficulties and a choir project involving boys.

A contemporary coming-of-age story combining Parisian discovery, piano ambition, blended-family tensions and first love. Sophie’s summer brings emotional strain as well as opportunities for friendship, independence and changing family relationships.

This is an imaginative, gothic-leaning sequel about returning to a strange place and choosing to act when someone is in trouble. Expect romance, dreamlike uncertainty and an unusual world rather than straightforward realism.

A tense mistaken-identity mystery centred on Cathy, who is publicly identified as a missing relative. Family members and an FBI agent seek answers, while Cathy faces competing claims about who she is and whom she should trust.

This is a family-centred story about Mary Fred’s difficult choices, changing responsibilities and uncertain priorities. It also introduces disruption at home, including an overseas separation, a new baby and a forceful relative taking control.

This is a supernatural school story about belonging, social status and consequences. Shelly’s wish creates a problem she must actively address, combining everyday change with a threatening magical bargain.

A comic vampire adventure about twins managing separate lives, school rules and mistaken identity. Expect playful fright imagery, a concert-related disguise, and confusion around Olivia’s efforts to dress like Ivy.

This is a diary-framed story about a young teenager facing family upheaval and a troubling relationship with a teacher. Its strongest focus appears to be emotional confusion, isolation and the difficulty of recognising when attention is unsafe.

This is a historical story about an enslaved woman using literacy and a formal appeal while separated from family and facing mistreatment. Its focus is both personal distress and a determined attempt to seek change.

This is a high-stakes science-fiction story about young people confronting attack, separation and competing expectations. Personal relationships matter alongside survival, leadership and the future of two space communities.

Expect an epic fantasy premise centred on separated family, prophecy and special abilities, with civil war, battle, political power, magic, strange creatures and a dangerous route towards shared rule.