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A practical introduction to maths in marine-animal care, combining three work-based stories with problems for readers to solve and a toolbox of examples and exercises.

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.

Little Else’s circus acts are a hit, but Ma Calico withholds payment. With the horses tired of pulling Ma and the performers urging Little Else to act, she goes looking for bushranger Harry Blast.

A practical, hands-on guide to carrying a science-fair project from initial idea through experiment, results, display and oral presentation.

The central pressure is practical: Pierre takes on a long voyageur journey to earn money for his family after his father is injured. The trip is physically demanding and places him among older, teasing brigade members.

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

Miki is drawn into Hiro’s delivering work and into the shifting relationships among him, her friend Yumi, and others at school. Hiro’s visits from Reika add another relationship complication.

The story follows Solomon’s efforts to find his own path while his family works towards independence. A cattle drive brings adventure and new sights, alongside tensions at home and the question of how Black settlers will be received.

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.

Follow Sadie, an arson dog whose scent helps investigators find the causes of fires. She also visits schools to share fire-safety teaching. The book centres on her working role and the people who regard her as a hero.

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.

The book follows Charley’s determination to ride and care for horses, then to build a life as a stagecoach driver. Her disguise and pursuit of her ambitions sit within a story of restricted opportunities for girls and women.

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.

A family’s division of labour is disrupted when the mother, who does the household tasks, is suddenly absent. A note and peculiar changes bring fantasy into this family story.

The story follows Derek’s enthusiasm for making videos with friends alongside his effort to find a reason for Frank to remain with his family a little longer.

Anna’s family travels to Canada for seasonal farm work, and Anna imagines what it would be like to have a settled home. The story connects her personal feelings with the wider experience of migrant workers.

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 bleak, satirical dystopia about a young person entering retail work as corporate power and consumer culture shape everyday life. Zoe’s search for somewhere to live brings the social costs of this imagined world into focus.

A science-fiction adventure brings questions of intelligence, settlement and who may claim a planet into contact with an experienced prospector’s work.

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.

Ari wants a different future from the family bakery; meeting Hector brings baking and a developing romance into that conflict. The story also foregrounds decisions and the support loved ones may offer.

A light fantasy mystery sends two friends looking for a missing baby goat amid comic animal mix-ups. The adventure centres on helping at a farm and working together to put things right.

A comic detective adventure follows Sally and Fetch as they tackle mysteries, often getting the wrong end of the stick. Their investigations bring slapstick confusion and unintended destruction.

Anatole turns his interest in cheese into a way to contribute: his tasting notes help the factory, whose workers would like to reward him. The story centres on family provision, useful work and an unusual mouse’s palate.

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

An adventure set among London’s dark places, where Birdie’s work as bait for monsters draws her into a mystery involving missing pickpockets, folklore and a more dangerous villain.

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

The appeal is in a lively, wayward hero whose choices propel a string of comic and perilous adventures. The book also offers a clear thread of advice about behaviour and responsibility.

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

A classic detective adventure with a peculiar mystery at its centre: missing dogs, a reported dragon and a cave to investigate. Suspense and strangeness sit alongside the puzzle-solving.

This is a topic-led science book, not a story: it moves from cell parts and types towards how cells work together and relate to organs.

The story follows Harry’s effort to build a life through work, with his resolve and moral judgement tested along the way.

A fast-moving basketball fantasy about a determined young player whose extraordinary shooting wish brings sudden sporting success—and whose story turns on playing for the love of the game.

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 practical making rather than a continuous story: guided builds lead into challenges where a photo is the only instruction. Finished models are also prompts for imaginative play.

A supernatural time-slip story with two heroines in different centuries, drawing together around an old family home and a mysterious returning brother.

A child’s attempt to turn gardening into a way to earn money becomes a story about balancing a personal goal with friendship and neighbourhood pressures.

A magical school adventure centres on a group resisting a threat to their school world, with Spencer tasked with finding a way to summon the founding witches.

This is a school-and-family story about Nora balancing a new aunt role with assignments and a difficult science-fair partnership. Her interest in organising facts gives the story a distinctive focus.

This is a linked-mystery adventure: Nancy follows a coded pigeon message while investigating a strange nighttime signal. The appeal centres on clues, danger and solving how the cases fit together.