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Nora investigates a family mystery while trying to work out whether she can rely on Patch.

This is a supernatural coming-of-age story about Adam’s difficult family life and his collision with a hidden world between life and death.

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

This historical romance combines a conflict over Heather and her father’s settlement and a fire with a question of whom Heather can trust. Romantic attention and danger are intertwined, while Heather remains unsure who is responsible.

This is a mystery driven by an investigation, uncertain trust and danger to Connie. Its premise also brings workplace upheaval and Maria’s precarious position into the story.

A fantasy journey centres on finding a way home and deciding whom to trust. The bears’ different hopes and doubts give the group’s choices a personal as well as practical stake.

A journey story about independence, unfamiliar company and river travel, with Megan’s judgement central to how she meets uncertain situations.

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.

This is a tense friendship-and-mystery story about loyalty, truth and the consequences of agreeing to lie in court. Shana’s choice is made in the context of her belief that Carrie is facing abuse.

This is a pursuit story built around a witness on the run, a powerful secretive organisation and an uncertain pursuer. Its central tension is whether Phin can escape and whom he can trust.

This is a pony-centred story about an unexpected claim to Star and the people Mary and Jody turn to for help.

This is a horror mystery built around siblings trying to understand several disappearances and a murder, with suspicion extending to someone living in their home.

This is a social story centred on friendship, dating and a getaway that becomes entangled with other people’s mysteries and relationship changes.

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.

This is a story about two children forced to leave home, facing an unfamiliar city and uncertainty about their family. Its focus is their predicament rather than a general account of Nigeria or refuge.

A supernatural school story combines Lily’s new magical abilities with friendship, a crush and a conflict involving Reapers. Sebastian’s offer introduces uncertainty about whom she can trust.

A fast-moving premise combines a secretive organisation, a flight into hiding and a mystery tied to Jimmy’s new experiences. The book appears to centre on what he can prove and whom he can convince.

A suspenseful story about Franny weighing loyalty to her girlfriend against concern for her parents, amid threats connected to their abortion work.

A speculative novel about a young person with an unexplained healing ability, set in a community that prizes honesty. Its links to earlier books may matter to readers following the series.

This is a school-set mystery where friendship, attraction and uncertainty about what lies ahead sit alongside a potentially deadly plot.

A paranormal school mystery driven by Thomas’s confusion, family upheaval and risky choices. Its humour may soften the tension, while attacks, blackouts and a mystery drug make the situation feel consequential.

Expect a character-led fantasy adventure with romantic tension, shifting identities and a heroine negotiating personal freedom against obligations to her country. Its appeal lies in pursuit, hidden histories and gradual character change; the ending continues some series threads rather than resolving every larger question.

Expect a multi-strand teen story combining nanny responsibilities, celebrity surroundings, romantic entanglements and family insecurity.

This is a supernatural horror story about a shy teenager whose dream relationship becomes controlling and threatening. Its main appeal is the uncertainty over what is real, while its fast pace repeatedly shifts between mystery, pursuit and grotesque danger.

This is a supernatural mystery about investigating rumours, with suspense arising from a mountain setting, an eccentric family’s mansion and the possibility that the reported half-human Beast is real.

A lively choice for readers who enjoy supernatural danger, a strong teenage voice and romantic complications. Its main appeal is momentum: ghostly conflict turns questions of trust, desire and responsibility into immediate choices.

This is a coming-of-age story about a close friendship tested by new romantic attention and changing social status. Its central appeal is Alice’s uncertain effort to understand attraction, belonging and authenticity.

Expect a suspense-led supernatural story in which danger develops through withheld information, strained relationships and the threat of losing control. Its effect depends more on accumulating pressure than on immediate, nonstop escalation.

This is a relationship-focused coming-of-age story about a student balancing boarding-school tensions, romantic uncertainty, writing ambitions and possible work in New York. It may suit readers interested in emotional decisions and changing friendships, though the conclusion is not fully established here.

A school-based story about Tess using algebra and graphs to think through uncertain relationships and family worries. Its appeal lies in connecting mathematics with everyday decisions, alongside friendship tensions and a suspenseful mystery.

This is a supernatural camping adventure centred on two siblings confronting a frightening creature. Its strongest offer is atmosphere: mountains, forest, a loch and an ancient cave frame mystery, family interaction and danger.

This is an imaginative fantasy adventure centred on three siblings navigating a strange house, shifting time and dangerous or uncertain encounters. It offers a large-scale quest alongside sibling conflict, loyalty and comic touches.

This is a series fantasy mystery built around a disputed leader, accusations of disloyalty and a supernatural identity crisis. Its main appeal is likely the combination of clan politics, investigation and looming conflict between rival groups.

A fast-moving science-fiction adventure that places a thoughtful robot between fearful children, human survivors and hostile machines. Its strongest offering is a child-accessible route into questions about personhood, loyalty and moral choices during conflict.

A twist-led English manor mystery follows Stevie’s investigation of two 1995 killings. Alongside clues and alternating time periods, it explores friendship, romance, trust and the pressures of senior year.

This is a character-led coming-of-age romance about uncertainty rather than a straightforward love story. Ellie’s relationships, creative ambitions, family life and friendships overlap, offering humour, emotional complication and culturally specific family tensions.

Expect a tense mystery built around four teenagers, a crash, a dead driver’s holdall, a million pounds and a gun.

Choose this for a character-led, humorous romance centred on awkward feelings, friendship and self-discovery. Its appeal appears to come from Patch’s dramatic voice alongside a more vulnerable concern about being “too much”.

A two-strand adventure contrasts Connor’s life among pirates with Grace’s confinement aboard a vampire ship. The supernatural setting creates mystery, while the twins’ determination to reunite gives the story its emotional centre.

Expect brisk, idea-led stories rather than one continuous adventure. Robots, scientists, technicians and institutions face puzzles arising from rules intended to protect people, with the linked structure building a wider argument.

A claustrophobic sea-set mystery with supernatural and mythological elements, it offers suspense, eerie atmosphere and questions about trust. Liv’s scholarship places her among wealthy influencers, giving the investigation a social-inequality strand alongside disappearance, romance and horror.

Oli must make sense of secrets about his family while encountering Eren, a strange being that takes stories from him. Expect an imaginative, eerie tale where uncertainty and storytelling are central.

A suspenseful story about a teenager carrying adult responsibilities while secret activities and threatening communications pull her into another person’s scheme. Expect twists, uncertainty and a morally complicated power dynamic rather than a straightforward adventure.

This is a speculative adventure about a young person testing inherited beliefs against unfamiliar experiences. Its strongest appeal is likely the combination of shifting surroundings, divided loyalties and questions about belonging, truth and humanity.

This is a serious, emotionally involving story about three friends trying to understand a night whose consequences reshape their relationships. Its multiple viewpoints invite readers to examine uncertainty rather than accept one simple account.