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Sage travels from Starland to Wishworld on a mission involving wishes, a deadline and the challenge of life on a new planet.

A family-and-basketball story: Billy is caught between his father’s expectations on court and the upheaval at home, while his brother Ben’s piano recital competes with the championship game.

A close-knit scout group’s summer outing becomes a supernatural adventure, with friendship, camp routines, an unexpected encounter with the Cloud People and unicorns.

This is a comic adventure about three space-minded pets facing separation from their humans, a clinic escape and a secret-laboratory mystery.

Expect a brisk puzzle adventure: children explore a new library, follow book-based clues and compete to find an escape route. The illustrations make the setting and visual puzzles part of the reading experience.

This is a competition adventure built around mech battles, with Titch facing fierce opponents and pursuing answers about his missing father.

Ophelia is set a diamond-stealing challenge, while Oscar’s inventions and a rival cousin add complications. The caper combines a mystery-adventure plot with comic illustrations and frequent feline puns.

This is a baseball-centred school story about ambition meeting competing responsibilities. Roy wants to impress a future high-school coach, while his academic difficulties, tutoring and strained relations with teammates complicate that goal.

A first-person life story follows Aldrin from childhood towards astronaut training and the Apollo 11 Moon landing, connecting personal ambition with the achievement of a team.

This is an action-adventure fantasy about a rescue, animal-inspired powers and friends learning to manage unusual devices. The stakes extend from Charlie’s father to the world, with complications among the group as well as external foes.

Five pups have their own morning routines, then go to the park. When a raccoon takes their baseball, they join forces to get it back.

A dove, owl and whale set out to help a forest replaced by desert. Animals bring seeds from different parts of the world, and a boy brings water; together they produce a seedling.

Expect a fast-moving space adventure: a stolen spacecraft and possible asteroid catastrophe send Neil and his gaming friends on a rescue mission, with comic banter alongside the peril.

A science-fiction quest follows Akiko and her companions as they try to rescue a kidnapped prince, facing unusual obstacles on the way.

A comic mystery pairs Dog Man with a feline sidekick. Petey’s involvement adds another thread to their adventure.

This is a clue-led sister-detective adventure, with a mysterious sculpture, a diamond theft and a suspected raffle scam driving the investigation.

This is a magical rescue-and-recovery adventure, with the environmental mission alongside the search for Lily’s wand. Rachel and Kirsty’s involvement makes helping others part of the central journey.

This is a football story with a family-move dilemma: Oliver has found a place on his new team and begun to make friends, but another move may take both away.

The two stories offer a fantasy adventure centred on ninja facing a new threat and a separate challenge involving Zane. The volume is designed to be turned over to read the other story.

Expect a fantasy chase and a problem-solving journey: the Smurfs are separated from home and need to find a way back before Gargamel catches them.

A set of five separate character pairings gives the collection a friendship-focused, ensemble feel rather than one continuous story.

The mystery centres on the callers’ silence and Claudia’s suspicion. The group’s investigation has “mixed results”, though what those involve is not specified.

A school lesson in getting lost on purpose sets off fantastical adventures. The overview says the girls learn about courage, strength, bravery and teamwork, but does not explain what happens in each adventure.

This is a supernatural investigation with two strands of tension: competition between agencies and a mysterious object that the authorities consider dangerous.

Arwel and the Rugby Zombies still need to play an international match to face their shameful past, but Arwel is less willing to help. Attention from sixth-former Trish and a change in his self-image complicate matters. Martin, Glen and Beth try to make him see the error of his ways, while organising a match involving the maverick monsters and Arwel’s dad.

This is a crime mystery built around a team investigation, an unusual pattern of killings and a code to decipher. The stakes rise as the investigators get closer to an answer.

A basketball-team story about recruitment and unexpected contributions, with Jesse Crosse leading four new young players. The overview promises surprise and inspiration but does not explain the ending.

A school comedy built around a high-status pupil whose settled routine is disrupted when his uncle arrives.

This is a supernatural team-conflict story with romantic tension: Jenn must decide how much to trust Antonio while the hunters confront a strengthening enemy.

This is a fast-moving fantasy adventure built around a team’s dangerous mission, clues and a pursuit. Its unusual janitor-magic premise may appeal to readers who enjoy school settings with high-stakes fantasy.

This is a baseball team story about belonging and contribution: Little Rhino’s role changes when he cannot play, but he still wants to help his friends.

A fantasy quest begins with a castle attack and an escape. Four characters with different backgrounds face a mission involving legendary magical beasts and the fate of their people.

A young group faces an urgent survival challenge on a ruined, unfamiliar planet. The story combines a secret space mission with a mystery the stranded characters must solve.

A portal-fantasy adventure about three girls tasked with protecting magical animals, with friendship and the natural world among its stated themes.

This is a magical sea-adventure centred on finding a missing shell piece, with Courtney helping Rachel and Kirsty face an opponent.

This is an animal-led adventure built around a search for missing friends, with courage and wit tested by a difficult mountain journey.

This is a high-stakes adventure built around an unusual alternate-history premise: electricity returns to a steam-driven world, with monsters and a secret society at the centre of the danger.

Expect an eccentric family adventure built around inventions, animal antics and a Christmas-threatening force.

Expect fantasy adventure centred on a team effort to confront a dangerous, shadowy threat, with spirit animals bound to the human characters.

This is a fast-moving spy adventure built around a missing ring, a threatened witness list and a team of investigators. The case also touches on Dylan’s past.

A fast-moving science-fiction adventure about young Jedi racing to prevent a deadly plague from being released, amid a wider battle and a confrontation with a dangerous adversary.

A light adventure about two very different characters trying to get home, with mishaps involving machines and a focus on cooperation.

A puzzle-centred adventure puts the four friends on a time-limited mission to find Mr Benedict, with their teamwork central to the challenge.

A child’s fantasy adventure about a special task, a travelling team and a search in an imagined forest. Animals are part of the story; the outcome of the expedition is not stated.

This is a fantasy adventure centred on two siblings investigating a possible cure for ill dragons. A hatching dragon and a cryptic diary give their quest both a caring purpose and a puzzle to solve.