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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 illustrated adventure centres on adoption, friendship and what makes a family. Queen Bee forms a new family with Virelldar and friends while keeping a future reunion with her birth family in mind.

Nina describes the practical change of having one home with her mother and another with her father, and living in each at different times.

At its heart, this is a playful story about a child making a robot companion from ordinary things. Its illustrations are described as bright and comic, with imaginative details to notice together.

The story puts Jade’s wish for her parents to reunite alongside her father’s new marriage plans, with a developing relationship also complicated by uncertainty.

This is an intimate poetry collection about love, growing up and difficult feelings, including loneliness and depression. It may suit a reader drawn to personal, emotionally direct poems.

This is a family-centred story about migration, bereavement and belonging, with Sophie’s own growth alongside Pedro’s uncertain future. A refugee’s experience is also part of the family’s story.

This is a fantasy adventure built around the power of reading aloud and the bond between Meggie and her father. Its central magic carries a cost: a character entering the real world means someone real disappears into fiction.

A family story about Floss’s choice to live with her father, whose failing café brings financial strain and upheaval. School friendships add another thread, and the ending is open rather than fully settled.

This is an emotionally intense story about a teenager’s eating disorder, self-harm, grief and family relationships, with a thread of hope around recovery.

This is a supernatural adventure about friendship and a hidden world, mixing demons, martial arts, strange creatures and large-scale battles.

This is a sports-centred story about competing loyalties: Alex wants to concentrate on baseball, while his relationships and Matt’s return complicate the season.

This is a character-led romance about two teenagers challenging family expectations, with Carly’s efforts to reunite her family and Arden’s grief shaping their paths.

Expect a blend of romance and a quest: Simon and his friend El Pollo face unexpected events as Simon tries to settle accounts with his past.

This is a story about the emotional side of moving: Megan misses the friends she is leaving, then finds positive aspects in her new surroundings.

This is a story about a child facing bereavement, a move to her grandparents’ home and the possibility of going to live with her father in Ghana.

This is a magical romance built around a choice with consequences: Viola has three wishes, while Jinn wants to return home. Their growing attachment makes the wishes emotionally complicated.

This is a fantasy about a child hoping to repair a family in distress, with consequences that reach beyond her home. Its blend of magic, loss and jeopardy may appeal to readers who enjoy emotionally rooted adventures.

This is a family story about waiting and trying to meet expectations while a parent is away on military duty, told from a child’s point of view.

This fantasy sequel centres on Tania’s return to a devastated Faerie court, where she and Edric must seek help against a powerful enemy.

A perilous group journey drives the story, with the bears pursuing an imagined refuge while facing dangers, divided directions and a lasting change to their travelling group.

A wartime story follows Paul’s involvement in resistance work and an escape route, alongside the devastating news he receives after the war about his friend’s family.

This is a fantasy adventure about a boy separated from his familiar home, navigating a strange realm while trying to find his way back.

This is a family story about a child trying to understand her past while spending time with a seriously ill mother. It also brings Kati to a decision about whether to meet her father.

This is a high-stakes fantasy about a family divided by imprisonment and a rescue mission, with dragons, demons and a mysterious past secret. The teenage characters face dangers in a military compound.

This is an animal-survival adventure told through a young wolf’s journey, with family and the natural world among its stated themes.

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

This sequel combines a Faerie-world conspiracy with a romance under strain: Kelley and Sonny face danger and uncertainty as they try to navigate shifting allegiances and an enemy seeking ancient magic.

This is a suspenseful underground adventure, combining a missing-child predicament with mystery, treasure and a hazardous journey towards home.

This combines an adventure about surviving natural disaster with Zoey’s family-history questions and hopes about her parents. The two diary voices offer a way into both girls’ experiences.

A relationship story about belonging and first love unfolds alongside Curtis’s orders to return to Iraq. It concludes a trilogy, though the story’s ending is not described.

The diary follows Violet’s first months at residential school, including daily routine and her journey home at Easter. Its central dilemma is whether she returns or goes with her family to the trapline.

A fantasy finale built around a race for a contested crown, with September’s companions caught up in the upheaval and her parents searching for her.

A modern fairytale combines a fantastical journey with Masha’s wish to reunite with her mother. The central choice is presented as a question, not an answer.

A gently described island life is shaped by a stark yearly rule: one child arrives and the eldest disappears. Jinny’s new role makes that cycle personal.

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.

A historical coming-of-age story about a family’s separation and a young person adapting to a new country, culture and language.

This is a fantastical rescue adventure in which a group’s journey becomes difficult and unpredictable. Akiko’s decisions and ability to cope in an unfamiliar place are central to the outline.

This is a historical story of survival and displacement, told through Devorah’s experience as she leaves Poland and begins again in South Africa.

This is a story about a young person confronting uncertainty over belonging and family security, alongside an urgent journey and a new friendship.

A family’s flight and uncertain journey are told through Mahtab’s experience, with separation from her father at the heart of the family’s hopes.

This is a historical story focused on a child displaced by genocide and separated from her family, alongside the organised relief offered to children in similar circumstances.

This is a supernatural adventure built around a quest, a sudden family reappearance and an escalating threat to the community. The outcome is not stated.

The premise centres on a daughter whose mother has been absent and then returns, bringing a sudden change to their relationship.

This is a personal account of family separation, life in an orphanage, reunion and seeking asylum. The focus is Juliane’s experience rather than a broad overview of refugee journeys.

A warm, direct story about love continuing across distance and separation. Its central metaphor may help children put words to feeling connected, while its references to anger and a deceased uncle invite more careful, individual discussion.