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A time-pressured adventure centred on Storm’s captivity and her attempt to protect her Pack. It is the series’ sixth instalment, so the wider conflict may rely on earlier books.

This is a conflict-driven fantasy about a threatened community and a young protagonist whose reputation as its supposed saviour follows an earlier deception.

This is a science-fiction story built around a station under attack and a political dispute over Bajor’s future, with Sisko trying to identify the enemy.

This is a historical friendship-and-romance story centred on three childhood friends. Changing social circumstances and competing feelings put Emmeline and Fiona’s friendship under strain.

This is a high-stakes story of cooperation under threat, alongside a relationship strained by a recent break-up and betrayal.

Expect a brisk story about cars, wrongdoing and trust. Its central appeal is the combination of hot-rod restoration and action, while Miles’s response to suspicion gives the plot a clear moral and personal dilemma.

This is a dark mermaid fantasy built around revenge, danger and a swift romance. Its distinctive creature mythology may appeal to readers seeking a less familiar version of mer-people, while emotional and character choices invite scrutiny.

A lively school adventure about refusing unwanted membership, facing social retaliation and protecting friendships, with election pressures, a threatened secret and continuing suspense. It may suit readers who enjoy fast-moving comedy alongside interpersonal conflict.

This is a youth-centred story about fantasy play becoming entangled with real loyalties. Its main interest lies in Nick’s difficult choices as pressure from family, gangs and friendship makes the boundary between a game and danger increasingly uncertain.

A dark supernatural mystery, this book offers haunted-atmosphere scenes, a threatened young protagonist and a morally tangled relationship with someone who is both betrayer and possible rescuer. Its plot logic and later pacing may feel uneven.

A fantasy sequel about Becca’s growing powers, an investigation within an aristocratic Holder community, and uncertain loyalties. It offers action, romance and Celtic lore, alongside questions about power, belonging and social responsibility.

This is a high-stakes fantasy finale centred on rescue, resistance and changing loyalties. It offers alternating viewpoints, elemental powers, magical warfare and a romance shaped by separation, regret and difficult choices.

This offers a gentle coming-of-age story about finding a voice, resisting people-pleasing and building trust through friendship and romance. It also brings family relationships, music, social media and a disconnected summer setting into the same narrative.

This is best understood as supplementary reading: it broadens the Red Queen setting through different viewpoints, aftermath stories and documentary-style material rather than offering a standalone introduction.

A school-based story about Tess using algebra and graphs to think through uncertain relationships and family worries. Its appeal lies in connecting mathematics with everyday decisions, alongside friendship tensions and a suspenseful mystery.

Expect a brisk supernatural school mystery centred on Lily’s assignment, with vampire recruitment, changing alliances, danger and a romantic thread. The story presents an unusual vampire hierarchy and an action-led plot rather than extended character development.

A lively story about a wronged schoolgirl choosing increasingly risky ways to recover her future. Its strongest discussion point is the gap between understanding Bernetta’s predicament and approving of her solution.

This is a tension-led fantasy romance about a hidden witch and the witch hunter pursuing her. It combines alternating viewpoints, political intrigue, blood-based magic, secret identities, deception and a slow-building relationship between enemies.

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 layered YA mystery about friends, secrets and a murder, moving between modern Cornwall, the 1980s and the 1940s. Its appeal lies in suspense, changing perspectives and the gradual connection between past and present.

This offers a tense mystery centred on friendship, secrecy and the consequences of violence. Its appeal lies in shifting timelines, hidden motives and a returning friend whose memories may change what Nan believes.

This is a teen environmental thriller about a girl caught between family loyalty, new friendships and a campaign against chemical-waste dumping. Its main appeal is the moral pressure placed on Maya as secrets accumulate.

A suspenseful friendship mystery centres on a past plan to poison an allegedly abusive stepmother, a later death, and Belladonna’s arrest. Secrets, divided loyalties and betrayal drive the investigation.

This offers court intrigue, magic, desert adventure and a relationship shaped by unequal power, betrayal and difficult choices. Its central appeal is the girls’ developing bond and their resistance to a brutal system.

This is an adventurous wartime mystery centred on Mary’s language work, secret assignments and shifting loyalties. Its suspense comes from the uncertainty surrounding her operation.

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.

A mythic quest about identity and responsibility, with ominous forces, magical objects and a demanding struggle between Light and Dark. Its strongest appeal may be atmosphere and symbolism; its shifting treatment of time can require patience.

A fast-moving science-fiction mystery about identity, memory and control. Porter’s unusual abilities create action and puzzles, while his search for the truth about his parents gives the adventure an emotional centre.

This is a tense post-apocalyptic survival novel about two isolated siblings forced into an unfamiliar society. Its action-driven journey is paired with questions about how stories and memories shape beliefs about people and the lost world.

A tense, idea-led story about an AI-created relationship, shaped by grief, family rupture and revenge. It offers momentum, twists and ethical questions, while character development and some connections may feel less fully developed.

This is a supernatural family drama about a dead teenager’s unexpected return and its consequences. It offers emotionally serious reflection on grief, regret, identity, memory and the possibility of repair.

Expect a tense survival mystery built around kidnapping, an isolated camp, family betrayal, shifting suspicion and deaths. Its emotional centre is Liv’s effort to retain her moral judgement when silence might feel safer.

A sweeping, emotionally serious story linking personal betrayal and family relationships with Afghanistan’s recent history. Its movement towards forgiveness and redemption is set alongside graphic cruelty, sexual assault, death and distressing language.

This is a visually striking verse retelling with Scottish literary roots, fantasy, transformation and questions about responsibility. The combination of narrative poetry, illustrations and contextual material gives readers several ways into the work.

Expect an imaginative treasure hunt in a world of vampirs and werwolves, driven by danger, mystery and changing trust. The book combines supernatural adventure with Tibor and Roza’s need to decide whom to believe.

This is an emotionally layered YA novel about two Muslim Somali girls whose difficult family circumstances bring them together. Its central movement is from resentment and isolation towards understanding, with school, faith, culture and community shaping their experiences.

This is a tense superhero story about young people confronting inherited wrongdoing, dangerous adults and complicated friendships. It combines investigations and emotional conflict with perilous confrontations, including threats, coercion and graphic-sounding physical violence.

This is a fast-moving science-fiction continuation focused on divided allies, escalating danger and resistance. It offers action, suspense, superpowers, shifting viewpoints and series-wide revelations, while grief and revenge shape the characters’ choices.

This is a tense dystopian story about selection, survival and uncertainty, pairing a damaged future society with a personal struggle over whether affection and trust can coexist.

This is a suspenseful clan drama about uncovering hidden wrongdoing while friendships and loyalties are tested. It combines investigation with battles, a forbidden relationship, grief and a change in leadership.

This is a fantasy quest about survival, uncertain trust and a boy’s movement towards adulthood. Its world is harsh and dangerous, with a concealed prophetic role adding a mystery beyond Rejji’s immediate struggle.

A tense young-adult thriller about abuse, betrayal and escape, with Oz writing letters to his dead father as he confronts an abusive home life and a dangerous institution.

Expect a playful quest presented through a very cheerful setting, with five heroes facing frozen lands, dungeons and frightening creatures while searching for stolen crystals.

This is a tense science-fiction adventure about a group whose war has reached their families and allies. Its main interest lies in whether adding new members can help without repeating an earlier betrayal.

This is a character-led story about feeling overlooked, performing confidence and discovering that other people’s expectations do not define your worth. Its emotional focus is Mia’s changing understanding of herself and her relationships.