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A speculative story about a teenager who starts questioning a closed society after finding a forbidden book. Its central tension is between the dome’s rules and Sempra’s curiosity about what lies beyond them.

A comic fantasy about an impossible hat problem becomes a story of a boy facing royal authority. Its absurdity and escalating predicament may suit a shared read with room to pause and talk.

A speculative romance joins two teenagers across time, while family upheaval and other historical and supernatural elements compete for space. The central relationship may not be the novel’s only substantial focus.

A child who is not believed takes it upon herself to prove she witnessed a robbery; the story also touches on family and belonging.

A lyrical fairy tale with atmospheric illustrations and a cinematic flow. Its central appeal is the developing bond between Maude and Tony.

Expect an action-led dystopian story that asks what happens when a society sorts people into fixed groups. Identity and belonging sit beneath the suspense; a romance is also part of the plot.

This is a school-set fantasy about a young person confronting a threat that powerful authorities refuse to acknowledge, with loyal friends alongside him.

This is a story about a teenager facing legal consequences and a sudden change in family and school life, with skateboarding and police-focused schooling central to the setup.

This historical adventure centres on work, friendship and a promise to family, with Kevin's role in helping enslaved people escape adding a serious moral dimension.

A child's ordinary life in Acadia is disrupted by the 1755 expulsion. The story centres on Jacou as soldiers imprison the village men and announce that they are being driven from their land.

Expect a fast-moving comic adventure built around a returning villain, an unusual plan for planetary power and Armand's competing hope of attending a school dance.

Claire Danvers and her friends are positioned as the people who can stand in Bishop’s way, placing them at the centre of the town’s crisis.

This historical story puts Myrto’s limited choices at its centre: she is given in marriage by her brother and must consider whether to accept the life assigned to her or seek another path.

This is a story of hardship and changed fortunes, centred on Sara’s efforts to keep her hopeful outlook despite difficult treatment.

This is a leadership dilemma in a clan of intelligent wild cats: Ratha must decide how fire and her authority should shape the community’s future.

This is an urgent search-and-rescue story set against a supposed apocalypse, with friendship and a possibly romantic attachment in the mix.

This is a historical account centred on Talon’s administration, combining economic development and colonial government with conflict and religious power struggles.

This is a life story about persistence and nursing reform, with attention to Nightingale’s unhappy early years as well as her work in wartime hospitals.

Expect supernatural rivalry, fashion ambitions and a romance complicated by opposing loyalties, with a grand ball looming over both sisters’ plans.

The story pairs an escape adventure with questions of identity and friendship: Arthur gains a name and a loyal companion after a life of harsh treatment. Its fantasy world includes animal-human groundlings and a ban on music.

This is a historical family peril story centred on Delia’s effort to help her brothers after their arrest. Sir Geoffrey’s suspicions add a second perspective on the accusations.

This is a story about a young person resisting a life chosen for her, with her attempt to find freedom bringing uncertainty and possible danger for herself and others.

The premise brings together digital connection, genetic engineering and state surveillance. Its central conflict appears to involve what happens when people with unusual abilities become targets of government control.

A fairy-tale adventure about a group of friends responding to expulsion and banishment by seeking allies and trying to expose a powerful headmistress.

A tense story about wanting to belong while becoming wary of a group’s rules and its leader. Jack’s choice to challenge Duncan is presented as carrying a personal cost.

An underground adventure drives a story of family secrets, shifting loyalties and Will's search for belonging. Expect revelations alongside a society described as harsh and experiences signalled as horrific.

The book brings together wartime danger, racial segregation and a protest over working conditions, focusing on the fifty sailors who were charged with mutiny.

This fantasy centres on power, shifting court alliances and a mortal protagonist trying to maintain control in Faerie. Suspense comes from a possible betrayal, alongside unresolved feelings between Jude and Cardan.

The story brings together two characters from sharply different circumstances, with Saulo’s hardship and Zarita’s changing fortunes set against political and religious turmoil.

Two eleven-year-old friends try to attract business for their problem-solving venture by taking on a substitute teacher.

A fantasy adventure combines royal power struggles with Ben’s secret magical learning. The kingdom’s danger eventually puts her own survival and her ability to act at the centre of the conflict.

This is a fairy-tale-inspired school adventure centred on Gilly’s effort to help her younger sister. Its setup combines familiar storybook figures with a reform-school predicament.

This is a suspense-led adventure about a brother searching for his missing sister inside an Imperial academy, with secret affiliations and loyalty tests driving the plot.

A space-sports adventure that combines competition with questions about how athletes train and how fair contests can work across different planetary conditions.

A dystopian story about a brother who questions the beliefs enforced by his society, and the consequences for him and his sister. It foregrounds the conflict between individual doubt and state authority.

This science-fiction story centres on a trainee who must weigh her urge to help against warnings about the risks of intervening in a classmate’s memories.

A suspenseful dystopian premise follows Luke from isolation towards contact with others, then into a school where he is hiding his identity.

This fantasy sequel combines magical powers and political authority with a relationship under strain. Its central conflict grows from a warning about the sea into a threat to London.

The stories centre on William’s confidence in his own schemes and his wish for freedom, excitement and adventure within a village community.

A contemporary school story about a student challenging unfair treatment, finding allies and claiming agency. It combines sexual harassment and sexism with friendship, school journalism and romance.

This is a high-stakes survival adventure built around a race to alert people to a catastrophic threat, with fantasy powers and a family confrontation alongside the action.

A boarding-school mystery about belonging, conformity and noticing when a prestigious institution’s promises may come at a cost.

This is an adventure about young people resisting a dystopian authority, protecting friends and trying to persuade others about a religiously significant choice.

This is a Moon-colony mystery about a boy seeking answers after his father fails to return from a mission officials deny ever happened.

A light, episodic collection built around SpongeBob and his friends, with comic, sea-themed situations ranging from neighbours and school-like monitoring to valentines, fame and a rocket.