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The story pairs a spy mission with a rivalry that shifts as Caden develops feelings for Dylan. Its central tension is between the organisation’s lethal competition and the boys’ unexpected connection.

Hannah faces disappointment over basketball selection alongside a friendship that is becoming more distant. Her effort to improve her game and confidence gives the story a sporting goal as well as a relationship question.

Karate is not the only pressure: Cole’s choices also affect how he gets along with his best friends.

This is a coming-of-age fantasy about belonging and ambition, shaped by a martial-arts contest, a prophecy and a web of linked destinies.

This is a sports-focused account of two celebrated rivals, with attention to how different backgrounds and playing styles coexist with a shared drive to excel.

This is a football story with a family-move dilemma: Oliver has found a place on his new team and begun to make friends, but another move may take both away.

This is a sports-centred story about competing loyalties: Alex wants to concentrate on baseball, while his relationships and Matt’s return complicate the season.

This is a school-and-family story about coping with upheaval and trying to start afresh.

A cooking contest brings friendship and rivalry together with a mysterious ingredient whose trouble keeps growing. The premise blends school competition with a fantastical slime threat.

This is a children’s detective story built around a contest between two school sleuthing clubs and a missing item. The details given do not establish whether the mystery is solved successfully.

Ana hopes to manage her problems like Ruby Redfort, her favourite fictional detective. A school spelling competition worries her, while her mischievous classmate Carlitos gets into trouble. Ana must face her fears and consider what it means not to leave a good friend aside.

A family upheaval and a determined musical ambition set the story in motion; the journey also gives Maya room to reconsider what makes a place feel like home.

This is a fashion-centred school rivalry, with four friends competing over a Halloween accessory design. The sketches and patterns add a hands-on creative element alongside the fictional story.

This instalment focuses on the pressure of keeping a place in a school social circle, alongside friendship and a contest for Social Chair. Its Hollywood setting adds a show-business backdrop.

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.

A friendship story about three very different companions whose contests turn into quarrels, then give way to consideration and appreciation. Instructions for a related whole-body game are included.

This is a sports-centred story about striving to excel while navigating a new team and a changing relationship with a rival.

Four linked adventures follow the Cheetah Girls through an unexpected fashion trend, music-industry opportunities and preparations for a major concert. One storyline introduces Dorinda's newly discovered sister, who is white and coming to town.

The collection offers seven distinct food-character stories, with recurring opportunities to discuss behaviour, self-image and how people relate to others.

A family-centred present-making story sets Splat’s ambition alongside his siblings’ wish to make a gift too. Stickers add an activity feature beyond the tale.

A comic predicament puts Bobby’s hopes of staying settled alongside trouble at the crumpet factory and a changing friendship. The crumpet-themed premise may suit readers drawn to everyday dilemmas with an absurd twist.

This is a band-and-friendship story about four students trying to be seen beyond the roles classmates assign them, with a serious personal disclosure giving their musical contest greater stakes.

A school-and-horses story about ambition, belonging and building trust with a guarded pony. Malory’s hopes for her future at Chestnut Hill are tied to whether she can bring out Tybalt’s potential.

This is a light-sounding school-age mystery built around a small business, a missing-dogs problem and a search for the person responsible.

This is a friendship story set alongside Zoey’s interest in fashion and sewing. Its central appeal may be watching her manage creative ambitions while trying to keep two friendships on track.

The central dilemma is whether Caitlin can pursue acting while facing the consequences of lying about her age and hiding her choices from people close to her.

An election between sisters puts competition and loyalty in tension. Their disagreement over class money gives the campaign a practical point of conflict, while their friendship is also at stake.

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.

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 story combines a royal courtship contest with friendships, rivalries and growing threats outside the palace, bringing the trilogy’s competition towards its conclusion.

A school election puts two friends in competition. The story sets their promise not to speak meanly against the excitement of the campaign, leaving the outcome—and how their friendship fares—to be discovered.

At its centre is a boy finding joy in a sport that challenges expectations about masculinity, alongside the pressures of competition and complicated feelings for several people.

A lively school-and-family story about several characters taking their interests and responsibilities too far, with environmental action among its central concerns.

This story combines the anticipation of a first cheerleading competition with a friendship problem: Maddy is left guessing why another girl has turned against her.

This is a story of teenage attraction complicated by family connections, friendship and uncertainty about a boy’s choices. Tracy also links the relationship to shared hopes around basketball.

The contest gives Stephanie a chance to imagine a glamorous future, while the school-play audition tests her confidence. Her disappointment spills into her friendship with the group.

A friendship and career ambition meet a family disagreement: Charlotte and Lydia are pursuing cosmetology, while Charlotte’s mother favours college. A high-stakes bet complicates their plans.

This is a school-set story about competition and friendship, with a debate partnership at its centre. Tanner’s family responsibilities add a counterweight to the prestige and opportunity of Bannerman.

A warm, humorous friendship adventure follows Humphrey and Og through camp activities, cabin rivalry and unsettling surprises. It offers a small-animal viewpoint on nervousness, helping friends and adapting to unfamiliar experiences.

Expect a seasonal picture-book story about two mice and an Easter basket contest.

A theatre-centred coming-of-age story about a shy girl pursuing a dream role, navigating friendship and facing romantic feelings. It may particularly suit readers interested in performance, first love and building confidence.

This is a socially engaged sports novel: football brings two North American teenagers into contact with marginalised local players, while different experiences of race, class and belonging become increasingly difficult to ignore.

This is a competitive ensemble story about ambition, shifting loyalties and relationships under pressure, set within an academy where continued membership can be withdrawn at any time.

A family-and-school story about three sisters balancing wedding preparations, a romantic bet and an attempt to support a new pupil dealing with bereavement. It also offers Indian-British family and cultural context, with bhangra music central to one arrangement.

A lively competition story for readers who enjoy solving problems alongside a determined contestant. Its emotional engine is Gil’s wish to alter his family’s circumstances, while the games test knowledge, persistence, judgement and relationships.