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Children are invited to play together, with playground activities such as swinging, climbing, watching bugs and leapfrog. The rap points out differences in appearance and body parts while highlighting what children share.

A summer at an elite riding academy becomes a search for answers about a girl who disappeared on a trail ride. Brynlei’s investigation draws opposition, and she faces a choice involving a secret and a life.

The book brings together mouse misadventures, a beard-tangling puzzle and children’s plan to hide an elephant, all leading towards a Midsummer’s Eve gathering.

This is a cycling road-trip story about three schoolmates whose public journey brings friendship and national attention. Its plot combines social-media fame with self-acceptance and humour.

Bethany’s summer centres on weight-loss pressure, family tensions and unrequited affection. A failed fad diet and a clash at camp lead her to leave, only for the hoped-for escape to prove less simple or healing than she expects.

A brisk teen suspense story built around secrets, threatening messages and the strain of keeping up appearances. Its multiple viewpoints show how social pressure can affect the girls differently.

This is a realistic school story in which harassment grows from insults and humiliation into physical attacks. Piddy also faces questions about identity and family, while trying to keep up with school and work.

The central appeal is the clash between a long-standing relationship and a choice that affects more than the couple. Morgan also has an unusual ability to predict the future.

This is a make-believe invitation to explore mermaid dress, homes and pastimes, with stories, sea scenes and a themed treat.

This is a mistaken-identity adventure built around two girls who look alike but lead very different lives. Their bargain launches the story into unfamiliar settings and comic-sounding complications.

A familiar fairy tale becomes a mystery for Rachel and Kirsty at a storytelling festival.

A classic-style detective setup: Nancy follows two mysteries at a zoo, with a suspect who may have been framed and a trap that puts her in danger.

A lively school adventure uses a missing ant and an unusual journey to bring its class into contact with ant life. The book also aims to explain how ants work together.

This is a self-image story in which Hayley’s summer away helps her question the assumptions she has made about her body, food and what makes life worthwhile.

This is a snapshot of Bieber around the run-up to Believe, centred on public appearances and photographs rather than a clearly documented full-life account.

A playful neighbourhood trading event becomes a story about Megan’s attempt to sell her brother and the children’s uncertainty when he goes missing.

A story about ambition, friendship and being seen as more than a pretty face, set around Destiny’s secret beauty-contest entry and the challenges that follow.

A basketball-team story about recruitment and unexpected contributions, with Jesse Crosse leading four new young players. The overview promises surprise and inspiration but does not explain the ending.

This is a school-set story about a cross-cultural friendship that develops alongside attraction. It foregrounds how personal choices and social expectations can meet, with the characters’ boundaries and beliefs under scrutiny.

A varied short-story collection about what transformation can mean, set against cultural interest in beauty. It raises questions rather than establishing one answer about what makes a person’s life better.

A travelling mystery brings the Scooby-Doo gang to a music festival, where disappearing performers prompt an investigation into a vampire legend.

A fast-moving mystery combines detective work with a ranch crisis: the Hardy boys pursue a clue while responding to their cousin’s request for help.

A character-led story follows Samson as he navigates feeling like an outsider and becomes entangled in Angel’s secrets. Its focus appears to be how people see one another, alongside suspense about the dealings and their outcome.

The story centres on a girl coping with dental treatment after an accident, alongside worries about fitting in, friendship and awkward moments with boys.

Frank and Joe Hardy investigate Daisy Rodriguez’s disappearance. Her father is frantic and wonders whether it is linked to an earlier disappearance at his amusement park.

This is a high-school story about striving for popularity and cheerleading success, with romantic interest complicating Ellynne’s hopes. Her weight loss is part of how the story describes her pursuit of beauty.

This is a fantasy mystery built around an ominous castle secret, a message from beyond the grave and an unexplained disappearance. Its central appeal is how these strands might fit together.

This is a pet-centred detective story, with three neighbourhood cases for Sly to solve. Its premise combines odd animal-related puzzles with a young sleuth who uses reasoning.

This is a fantasy adventure built around being stranded in a dangerous, unfamiliar world. The central pull is whether the group can find a lasting route home while Senna remains missing.

This is a school story about trying to find your own style. Babymouse responds to social pressure by making a creative project of her own, rather than simply aiming to fit in.

This is a two-girl mystery built around a disappearance and a murder investigation. The familiar detective-fiction connection comes through Alice’s collection of Agatha Christie books.

This is a mystery shaped by Gwen’s music-school ambitions and her effort to find out what has happened to her grandfather. Robert joins her as a fellow auditioning student.

A quest for stories becomes a search connected to Trinket’s missing father. The book combines bardic ambition and companionship with a sequence of folklore-inspired adventures.

A fantasy mystery built around Billy’s hope of finding his missing father, with a Christmas countdown, puzzles and help from his best friend.

This is a varied activity guide rather than a single-topic manual, combining practical instructions, crafts and social or personal presentation ideas.

A river adventure with fanciful animal encounters gives the story a gentle, imaginative feel. Its focus is not only exploration: the encounters are framed as part of a larger reflection on growing and choosing a way forward.

This is a story about how beliefs linking thinness with worth can shape a young person's sense of control. Carmen's struggle with eating is central, alongside the pressure she experiences from her mother.

A comic-sounding fantasy predicament centres on whether Wiglaf matches a princess’s unusual list of husband requirements. Character profiles are also mentioned, but the story’s outcome is unclear.

This is a horror mystery built around siblings trying to understand several disappearances and a murder, with suspicion extending to someone living in their home.

A familiar fairy-tale premise is recast in contemporary New York and narrated by the Beast, making the transformed character’s perspective central to the story.

Three school mysteries featuring the same friends offer young investigators clues to follow: a missing friend, unsettling messages and an inventor who collapses. The collection mixes friendship and puzzle-solving with moments of danger.

A question-led introduction to astronomy, moving from the atmosphere and Moon to planets, constellations and the scale of the Universe. The quiz offers a way to revisit what the book covers.

A gentle seasonal friendship story, with a separation caused by the snowman melting and a reunion when winter returns. The rabbit’s questions also bring appearance and friendship into focus.

A school-set supernatural mystery follows two teenagers amid unsettling disappearances, Natalie’s search for answers about her sister, and Will’s connection to the town’s hidden danger.

This is an adventure built around a struggle against planetary rulers, alongside a mystery involving a new member of the crew. Its framing combines space-fiction elements with explicitly Christian good-versus-evil themes.