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A fantasy finale built around a race for a contested crown, with September’s companions caught up in the upheaval and her parents searching for her.

This is a school-and-sibling story built around a flag-football rivalry and a dispute over extra test time. The twins’ different concerns give the competition more than one stake.

A lively historical sports story, centred on the surprising circumstances of an Olympic marathon rather than a straightforward account of a conventional race.

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

A character-focused story about wanting recognition and facing a sibling’s departure. The pageant provides a lively setting for exploring rivalry, while the family storyline brings a more serious emotional thread.

An energetic race story where the excitement of competition is balanced by moments of empathy. Its strongest message is that a satisfying result can involve kindness, fair choices and sharing, not simply finishing first.

This is a Halloween mystery built around competition, investigation and adventure.

A sports mystery built around a strained friendship, team pressure and an investigation into threats and sabotage. The buried-treasure connection adds historical intrigue, while danger raises the stakes beyond the football pitch.

This is a fast-moving school-status story about rivalry, recognition and attempts to regain social advantage after a contested success. Its central interest is how the girls navigate competition within an elite social world.

This is a brisk detective adventure built around a mountain-bike race in Costa Rica. Nancy supports her friend while investigating efforts to stop a leading cyclist, with several possible suspects and a time-pressured mystery.

Expect a warm, humorous story built around Lottie's plan to grow a giant pumpkin with her grandfather. Its comic elements sit alongside school bullying, family strain, bereavement, illness and Lottie's responsibilities at home.

This is a friendship adventure combining pony-camp activities, a magical pony and a dilemma about whether a friend’s team may cheat. It appears suited to readers who enjoy everyday social problems alongside fantasy.

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 an action-led fantasy about a trans teen navigating a dangerous divine competition, with friendship and social inequality at its centre. Its imaginative mythology and representation may appeal, while the sacrifice premise and sustained peril make the emotional stakes substantial.

A clue-heavy ensemble mystery for readers who enjoy solving puzzles alongside characters. Its appeal lies in twists, red herrings, humour and changing partnerships, while its many characters and social tensions may require patient attention.

This is a cricket-centred story about belonging and persistence. Kerry-Ann’s love of the game, family connection to Jamaica and grandfather’s history sit alongside a conflict over who is welcomed at the club.

This is a faith-centred sports story about entering unfamiliar surroundings while facing racism, social pressure and difficult choices. Its strongest focus appears to be how Perry understands identity, belonging and responsibility through a Christian lens.

A school rivalry develops into an uneasy partnership between two boys sharing a name, with questions of reputation, ability and ambition at its centre.

This offers two strands of adventure: a cycling team confronting unequal equipment and a fantastical search for Fergus’s father. Family uncertainty sits alongside competition, friendship and danger, giving the story both everyday emotional concerns and imaginative complications.

A school sports day becomes a detective case when equipment is deliberately damaged. The appeal lies in following Frank and Joe as they try to identify whoever disrupted the events.