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A fast-moving YA mystery with a wry protagonist, social commentary and an extravagant Southern setting. It combines questions about identity and family with secrets, revenge and danger beneath formal manners.

This is a character-led summer story about three au pairs whose work, friendships and romantic situations become intertwined. Eliza’s changed family circumstances add a social and financial dimension alongside the beach setting and wealthy-family culture.

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

Choose this for a brisk teen mystery with romance, social intrigue, secrets and danger. Its appeal lies in Scarlett’s investigation and the glamorous, melodramatic atmosphere rather than realism or quiet reflection.

A bleak, lyrical survival story that combines a flooded social landscape with a dangerous escape. Its strongest material appears to be the evolving bond between Kel and Rose, though the style and rushed plotting may divide readers.

A gripping island survival thriller combines puzzles, geocaching and competition with escalating horror. It offers capable friends, shifting loyalties and personal revelations, but includes graphic and disturbing material.

This is a coming-of-age story about what money appears to make possible, and what it may cost. Penny’s circumstances invite attention to poverty, social treatment, identity and the difference between happiness and wealth.

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

A lively comic story about ambition, family pressures and unexpected fame. Kamari’s attempts to make money lead to trouble, while a mistaken musical identity creates a sustained question about honesty and responsibility.

This offers a fast-moving mystery built around public voting, televised punishment and an apparently guilty teenager. Its strongest appeal is suspense; its central interest lies in questioning who controls justice and whose story gets believed.

This is a brisk estate mystery built around literary-themed contests, investigation and shifting family secrets. Derin’s personal reasons for entering give the competition emotional weight, while hidden passages and mysterious notes sustain the puzzle.

A lively mystery about art, friendship and the consequences of a secret becoming much larger than expected. It offers suspenseful investigation alongside attention to shame, anxiety, money worries and pressure to perform.

This is a dark, visually distinctive folktale about a poor fisherman, Death’s unusual fairness, medicine, deception and consequences. Its accessible story shape is paired with a bleak ending that may invite thoughtful discussion.

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.

A brisk, atmospheric whodunit offers clues to examine, several viewpoints to compare and a snowbound mansion full of secrets. Its emotional centre is the unexpected bond formed by three very different girls.

A fast-paced school murder mystery with an outsider detective, sharp humour and a retrospective voice. Alongside the investigation, it explores privilege, class, racism, guilt and the ways young women may be judged.

Expect a brisk puzzle mystery driven by clues, red herrings and shifting suspicions. Avery must navigate an unfamiliar wealthy family while trying to understand why she received the inheritance.

A fast, high-stakes science-fiction romance pairs a wealthy heir with a sharp-tongued stowaway. Their forced partnership exposes unequal power and competing assumptions while they try to prevent an attack.

A melodramatic family mystery centred on instant love, hidden histories, political violence and revenge. Multiple young characters pursue belonging, truth or retaliation amid powerful family interests and conflict.

A chaptered fantasy adventure about investigating a group that trades promises of protection for wealth. It combines suspense, political danger, action and questions about trust, leadership and the use of fear.

This is a quest adventure combining fantasy, humour, danger and deception. Its strongest thread appears to be the contrast between chasing wealth and finding courage, companionship and a sense of home.

This is a mystery about a young person confronted with money, death and a puzzling stranger. Its central appeal is likely the investigation, while the cash creates an ongoing moral problem about what Sammy should do.

This is an adventure about sudden wealth gained through a risky secret. Its main interest lies in what happens after Ali Baba takes the bandits’ treasure and the secret becomes known.

A tense speculative mystery about identity, trust and social advantage. Fern’s precarious present contrasts with an uncertain, genetically shaped past, giving the story a strong personal question alongside its survival-driven plot.

This is a comic-sounding teenage story about ambition, parental expectations and a money-making scheme built around dating advice. Its central appeal is likely the tension between Kate’s confident plans and the possibility that her invented expertise may create trouble.

This is a story about reinvention, social ambition and the desire to belong. Amelia's access to an affluent world depends on managing appearances, while a new friendship creates both opportunity and pressure.