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Anne Fine
The novel follows a friendship that begins with Natalie finding Tulip exciting, despite her lies and behaviour at school. Their invented games draw other people into the girls’ increasingly unsettling play.
Eoin McLaughlin
This is a gentle story about staying emotionally connected when physical contact is not possible. It offers several concrete, non-touching ways to show affection, while keeping the reason and duration of separation unexplained.
Liz Kessler
This is an emotionally intense paranormal romance about two teenagers connecting across life and death. It may appeal to readers interested in poetry, grief and unusual relationships, but its treatment of romance is contested.
Stephenie Meyer
This is a familiar supernatural romance viewed through Edward’s inner conflict. Readers receive another perspective on the same story, with loyalty and self-sacrifice set beside danger, controlling behaviour and repeated moral hesitation.
Eoin Colfer
A warm, humorous adventure about a determined young inventor, with imaginative technology, a strong female lead and a clear focus on why sleep matters.
Anna Milbourne
This is an upbeat exploration of what a child might do when entertainment stops. It offers a sequence of imaginative transformations, moving from frustration towards self-directed play and inventive possibilities.
Ben Mantle
A warm, comic sibling story about loving someone while also needing space. Nano and Felix’s disagreement grows through exclusion, bad weather and hurt feelings, then moves towards repair.
Lou Kuenzler
A mischievous raccoon’s apparent theft becomes a story about seeing value in discarded things. Its lively rhyme and visual drama support a playful read, while the plot leaves room to discuss both creativity and boundaries.
Maureen Johnson
A clue-driven mystery set among gifted students, pairing investigation with questions about grief, friendship and the human cost of treating crime as an intellectual puzzle.
Amy Bond
This is a fantasy adventure about a young witch who loves robots, enters the City seeking robotics education, and confronts a secret threatening the balance between magic and technology.
Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
A short, visually expressive story about a newcomer, suspicion and the possibility of belonging. Its emotional centre is the contrast between what the animals assume and what they learn about the stranger’s past.
A witty, visually led story about mistaken certainty. The split-page design makes the wall part of the storytelling, while the knight’s confident account is tested by what the pictures reveal.
Kat Cho
A contemporary YA romance about two former friends reconnecting under very public circumstances. Alongside the prom storyline, Elena's campaign to protect the community centre and Robbie's experience of being watched create a coming-of-age story about belonging and self-definition.
L. C. Rosen
This is a queer romantic fiction about a self-assured young man whose matchmaking project unsettles his rules about friendship, sex and love. It combines social observation with relationships shaped by shared communities and personal loss.
Anna James
A lively school story about rebuilding friendships while organising to save a much-loved library. It offers humour, urgency and a strong sense of libraries as welcoming places for different interests and activities.
Sara Barnard
This is a relationship-led YA story where secrecy places friendship under pressure. Its central situation brings authority, loyalty and protection into conflict, while Eden’s family experiences and academic expectations add emotional and social layers.
Phil Stamper
This is a coming-of-age story about leaving home, making a new life and navigating first love while music gives Marty a route towards independence. It foregrounds identity, trust, relationships, friendship and found family.
Natasha Preston
This offers a tense exploration of privacy, online performance and trust, with Connie’s perspective giving the social-media issues emotional focus. It also delivers a substantial murder-and-attack thriller, rather than a gentle discussion of digital life.
Brogen Murphy
A survival adventure built around two sisters, a forbidden rewilded landscape and the challenge of finding a route home. Its imagined future also brings together wildlife, environmental change and questions about human access to nature.
Dorothy Edwards
A warm sibling-centred collection in which a very young girl’s curiosity and mischief drive comic family episodes. It offers recognisable domestic situations, while some incidents may invite discussion about consequences and other people’s boundaries.
Monika Singh Gangotra, illustrated by Nicci Martin
This is a music-themed community story about neighbours learning that their individual choices affect others. Its central movement is from clashing sounds and complaints towards listening, cooperation and a shared performance.
Gary Crew
This is a dark, imaginative picture-book story about curiosity, repeated looking and a device showing destruction across time. Its central appeal appears to be mystery and visual strangeness, with fear and possible disappearance adding weight.
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