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This is a warm, socially grounded adventure about two girls whose friendship grows after an initially hostile meeting. A herd of cows, family difficulties and community problems combine humour, feeling and an unexpectedly hopeful direction.

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 dystopian adventure combines a family search with uncertain alliances, a lottery camp and an environmental mystery. Its central pull is whether belonging means escaping Earth or helping protect it.

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.

A poetic picture book follows a girl whose ordinary school day is shattered by war. Alone, she travels through dangerous displacement before encountering a school that initially excludes her. The story presents destruction, bereavement and possible drowning indirectly, then turns towards welcome, solidarity and hope through children’s practical kindness.

This is a brisk story about a child responding to a lost dog’s memory by inventing an invisible companion. Imagination, persistence, family decisions and an older neighbour’s good-humoured acceptance shape the action.

This is a family adventure shaped by sudden loss of security and encounters with people connected to the railway. Its central interest is how the siblings respond to changed circumstances.

This offers a tense speculative adventure about survival, scarce resources and resistance to a powerful regime, centred on a young person whose unusual ability is both helpful and dangerous.

This is a compact first-person adventure combining wartime escape, Himalayan survival and an encounter with a hidden yeti society. Its central imaginative tension is whether Ashley’s influence would help or harm people whose way of life he admires.

This is a grief-focused wilderness adventure in which two young people pursue a hopeful but dangerous mission. Expect emotional recovery to matter alongside physical survival and friendship.