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A warm, illustration-rich story about rebuilding a neglected hotel through practical work, creative problem-solving and cooperation. Its main tension comes from whether Anna and her team can meet an inspector’s challenge.

A fast-moving survival adventure where four children must depend on one another in an unfamiliar rainforest. Alongside practical dangers, it explores courage, trust, fear, friendship and the difficult choices needed to keep going.

This is a survival adventure about dependent pets forced into an unknown, dangerous world. Its emotional centre is the animals’ struggle to cope, cooperate and change when familiar human protection disappears.

A spooky Cornwall adventure with a mystery at its centre, this book brings together a young conservation-minded protagonist, an unusual dog, family members and a new friend against a curse that poisons and destroys the land.

A dark, twist-led fantasy about revenge, power and mistrust, with romance threaded through peril. Its strongest appeal is likely the combination of imaginative worldbuilding, charged character dynamics and relentless danger.

This is a hopeful environmental story in which small actions become more effective through cooperation. Its imaginative ocean encounter gives practical choices—such as reducing plastic and reusing bottles—a narrative setting.

An accessible introduction to plastic’s environmental effects, balancing explanations of pollution with practical actions and examples of children contributing ideas, projects and solutions.

A lively, high-concept eco-adventure: inventive technology, racing and space-bound rubbish drive a race against time, while contrasting communities give the story social and environmental weight.

This is an encouraging, action-focused introduction to caring for oneself, other people and the planet. Its strongest offering is turning large global aims into small, concrete things children can try, discuss or make together.

This is a fantasy adventure combining K-pop performance culture, martial-arts action and supernatural danger. Its emotional centre is a friendship group learning to work together while facing fears that affect them and others.

Expect a cosy magical adventure centred on romance, enchanted baking and a spell that goes wrong.

A fast-moving fantasy adventure about mermaids, Vikings, gods and a threatened ocean. Alongside magic and danger, it offers a clear route into conversations about environmental damage, leadership, friendship and how communities respond to conflict.

A warm, lively story about an isolated child finding companionship, then helping her family reconsider a wild animal. Its historical setting and concluding information extend the story into an introduction to prehistory and domestication.

A lively child-led detective adventure: Emil responds to theft by following the suspected criminal through Berlin and working with other children. Its appeal lies in pursuit, teamwork and the contrast between a small town and a large, exciting city.

A fast-moving rescue adventure about courage, loyalty and learning to trust. Wolves are central companions, while Feo’s journey brings danger, humour and a friendship that develops under pressure.

A lively Thames-set fantasy about three friends whose mudlarking leads to an underwater adventure. Expect imaginative world-building, comic eccentricity and an active quest rather than a quiet, realistic story.

This is a comic, time-pressured friendship adventure: two estranged boys must complete an unusual delivery while facing increasingly alarming obstacles. The story appears to balance humour, quarrelling and suspense, though its resolution is not known.

This offers an energetic, imaginative quest combining Greek and Roman mythology, modern technology and recognisable British settings. Its strongest appeal is likely the blend of action, humour, inventive creatures and a determined central character.

Expect a fast-moving, high-threat story centred on escape, survival and the choices Luka makes when prison control collapses. Its imaginative future setting is paired with frightening creatures, bodily danger and questions about justice.

A brisk family adventure centres on Beans, her gadget-inventing father and a dangerous invention. Its main appeal is likely the combination of imaginative technology, a rescue mission and children taking determined action with friends.

Expect a quest-led fantasy centred on bravery, friendship and teamwork. Magical creatures create danger, while the conflict is framed as a struggle against an evil wizard’s spell rather than realistic wrongdoing.

A tense climate-emergency adventure that combines rising floodwater and urgent problem-solving with questions about identity, friendship, bullying and finding courage. The children’s changing relationships are central to the story’s momentum.

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.

A playful fantasy adventure combines a damaged family business, an apologetic young ogre and a kingdom facing an attempted takeover. Its pleasures include imaginative names, chocolate-cake humour and characters working together to repair harm and restore stability.

Expect a pirate-school adventure involving lessons, frightening situations and a rescue. The story’s central movement is from first impressions of Patagonia to a more sympathetic understanding.

A lively superhero adventure centres on a comic-loving boy whose brother gains powers. Its main appeal is the clash between Luke’s expertise, Zack’s new role and a world-threatening challenge.