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A fashion-minded teenager pursues a school show-director role while juggling creative ambition, peer competition and a crush. A paid offer to influence the contest brings a difficult choice into her story.

This is a romance shaped by a bid for stardom: Roxanne’s Hollywood prospects and her feelings pull in different directions. The book’s ending and the eventual outcome of her choices are unclear.

A supernatural school story turns the Faustian bargain into a tale of power, ambition and consequences. The children use extraordinary abilities and suffer side-effects of their addictions.

Lucy is trying to focus on exams and her future, and considers ending her relationship with Carl. After Carl crashes his car, his best friend is left with a broken neck and Carl is in a coma. Lucy also discovers she is pregnant. The story follows these intertwined crises; how they resolve is unclear.

A space adventure centres on Rex’s grand ambition, which draws his friends into a conquest and leads to trouble with the Galactic Alliance.

This is a romance shaped by Rose’s wish to prove herself and the limits placed on her choices. Her work as an apprentice and her uncertain feelings both contribute to the story.

A lively-sounding fantasy premise combines Greek-mythology influences, magic, an immortal princess and an unlikely quest. Ana’s own wish to choose her future sits alongside the threat posed by her tutor’s search for power.

This is a coming-of-age story about a young person pursuing creative and educational ambitions amid family expectations, changing relationships and uncertainty about her future.

A school baking success turns into a small money-making idea, with Abby weighing a chance to fund writing camp against a school rule. The story’s resolution is unclear.

A fantasy adventure begins with Taran’s restless hopes and Hen Wen’s escape, then turns into a hazardous mission. Heroism is presented as more demanding than Taran first imagines.

This is a story of ambition and survival, centred on a young mentor whose choices may affect both his prospects and his tribute’s fate.

This is a fantasy adventure centred on a young thief navigating a city where words mislead and trust is difficult. The plot also brings together loyalty to family, friendship and a dangerous rescue.

The book sets Russell’s wish to escape school against Tansy’s effort to keep it open, using comic classroom mishaps along the way.

A story of three sisters pursuing different ambitions through stage training and show business, with family circumstances and the effort of practice shaping their paths.

This is a cadet adventure built around a real training mission, with competition and self-doubt alongside a high-stakes decision about responding to danger.

The story pairs Flora’s ambition to become a ranger with fantastical dangers and a threatened city. Her efforts to help a friend and uncover family revelations add personal stakes.

A fast-moving contest story combines a hacker pursuit with Marisa’s hope of helping her family and the pressure of a tournament where winning may mean survival.

This is a relationship-and-future-choice story: Clara’s college opportunity, her boyfriend’s commitment, and her writing ambitions pull her in different directions.

Fashion, sewing and friendship frame a story about Zoey balancing a school social event with an unexpected opportunity connected to a reality show.

A time-travel adventure turns on Luis’s pursuit of buried treasure and his decision to take a special book home. The outline hints at trouble, leaving the nature and resolution of the consequences open.

A fashion-school story built around design and an unexpected babysitting job, with Mickey balancing her assignment against a demanding young client.

This is an adventure about enterprise, public disagreement and personal consequences. Jacky’s attempt to reshape the Pig and Whistle Inn into a musical-theatre venue brings her into conflict with temperance campaigners, local tensions and the law.

A light investigative adventure about an aspiring young journalist, with magazine work, celebrity culture and a clue-driven search at its centre. It may suit readers who enjoy everyday tasks becoming part of a mystery.

This is a character-led fantasy about belonging, ambition and loyalty. Crookedstar’s journey combines clan politics, prophecy and courage with rejection, bereavement and moral choices about whether power should outweigh responsibility.

A horse-focused story about balancing care, ambition and personal priorities. Amy’s dilemma gives the book an emotionally serious centre, while the Heartland setting emphasises trust, responsibility and helping horses recover.

This offers a plot-led fantasy involving assassination, magic, royal duty, secrets and romance. Its central appeal is the partnership between an ambitious apprentice and a highly dangerous royal agent, while the volume leaves major messages unresolved.

This is a story about making something creative while trying to remain loyal to people who matter. It may particularly suit a child interested in writing, imagination or the challenge of improving work over time.

This is a comic school adventure built around a winter charity contest, a child’s wish to impress others, and conspicuous bodily humour. Illness changes George’s plans and gives his friend Alex an important part in the event.

A glossy, suspense-led story about teenagers pursuing fame through nightlife promotion, alongside a celebrity’s disappearance. Expect shifting ambitions, lies, romantic complications and a series-opening cliffhanger rather than a fully resolved conclusion.

A clear, child-centred novel about a girl whose education and future are threatened by family expectations and coercive power. It offers determination, moral courage and hope alongside serious social injustice.

This is a historical story about storytelling, family responsibility and workers’ lives, following Bella as social and political pressures challenge both her livelihood and her ambition to become a lector.

This is a child-centred historical mystery about uncovering a town’s African-American past. It combines cemetery restoration, family stories, community reticence, and Raisin’s personal consequences after she sneaks out.

This offers a supernatural murder mystery rooted in Prohibition-era New York, alongside folklore, occult ideas, jazz-club life and vivid secondary storylines. Its horror is central rather than incidental.

This is a coming-of-age story about balancing loyalty, pressure and future plans. Its central appeal is watching Ashley become more confident while dealing with a complicated school event and uncertain relationships.

A lively story about a child whose entrepreneurial idea grows rapidly, testing friendships and responsibilities. It offers an engaging way to think about ambition, persistence and the consequences of taking risks.

Choose this for a romance-led story with mystery elements, emotional fallout and social themes. It offers a second-chance relationship alongside questions about scholarships, reputation, secrecy and whether competitive systems genuinely support young people.

This is a richly layered historical coming-of-age novel about a book-loving girl negotiating family duty, education, friendship and romance while a murder’s consequences reach into her community.

This is a character-led YA romance combining K-pop, classical cello, Seoul, family ties and coming-of-age pressures. Jenny and Jaewoo’s ambitions matter alongside their relationship, while school, performance and family obligations shape their choices.

A warm, busy story about making something together when home and family security are under pressure. Its strongest appeal is the blend of theatre-making, farm life, friendship and practical determination.

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 is a warm, mystery-led story about wanting to belong while pursuing an unusual ambition. Its seaside setting, humour, family secrets and theme of self-acceptance may particularly suit readers drawn to determined protagonists and magical possibilities.

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 football-focused sequel about ambition under pressure, balancing a possible professional opportunity with family work, social relationships and disruptive encounters. It may suit a reader who enjoys sport-centred stories with setbacks.

This offers a football-centred adventure with a secret-agent twist: academy training and matches sit alongside investigation, gadgets and chases. Its central appeal is the tension between Ethan’s sporting ambition and concealed mission.

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.