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This is a school-set story about a newcomer navigating prom expectations, reputation and romantic hopes. Carmen’s attempt to regain attention through the play gives her a goal beyond simply finding a date.

A serious, contemporary story centres on consent, the effects of sexual harm and the search for justice, alongside Ariana’s friendships and emerging feelings for a girl.

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.

This is a verse novel about difficult choices after a relationship takes a dark turn, with consent and control at its centre. Its playful language also gives weight to how characters relate and express identity.

A map-loving pupil faces a mystery after secret maps about school life disappear and threatening notes arrive. The investigation offers puzzles, inventive interests and school relationships, while privacy and the effects of representing other people deserve attention.

A fast-moving paranormal sequel combining soul-threatening danger, investigation, humour and romance. Layla’s divided loyalties and changing abilities place personal relationships alongside a threat affecting students at her school.

This memoir offers a candid account of surviving sexual assault, rebuilding a voice and turning lived experience into writing, while widening the focus to consent, rape culture and other survivors’ stories.

Expect a character-led fantasy adventure with romantic tension, shifting identities and a heroine negotiating personal freedom against obligations to her country. Its appeal lies in pursuit, hidden histories and gradual character change; the ending continues some series threads rather than resolving every larger question.

This is an ambitious, fast-moving science-fiction adventure with a scientist, three teenagers, animal communication, genetic research and environmental stakes. Its appeal may lie in combining action with questions about sexuality, power, human impact and the relationship between people and animals.

This is speculative young-adult fiction about a young woman and her male counterpart negotiating an unusual shared existence. It combines departure from a hometown where Jill faces public judgement with romance, sexual choices, family conflict and the practical question of how either identity can build an independent life.

This is a serious, trauma-focused novel in which two sisters face the effects of abuse, family disruption and foster care. It also follows attempts to find support, speak openly and begin recovering.

A tense young-adult family drama about a private history becoming public. Its strongest stated features are suspense, emotional pressure, and questions about belonging, loyalty, and whether a relationship can survive betrayal.

This is an atmospheric, music-centred fantasy romance about family responsibility, hidden creative ambition and a dangerous attraction, with mythic influences and an emotionally extreme first-person perspective.

This is a direct story about bodily boundaries: familiar people make unwanted physical contact, Miles finds words for his discomfort, and his family responds with support and respect.

This is an action-led fantasy centred on a young woman resisting an oppressive marriage system. Magic, court danger, loyalty and romantic tension drive the story, with freedom and protection shaping Kalinda’s choices.

A playful magical mix-up turns a friendship-repair scheme into several unwanted romantic entanglements. The strongest hook is the comic question of whether feelings and relationships can be managed like a potion.

A tense faerie-court fantasy about Oak, imprisoned and bound by magic, and Wren, a vengeful queen. Their choices intertwine love, loyalty, family power and a looming battle, amid betrayal and dangerous political manoeuvring.

A contemporary coming-of-age story about queer identity, family ties and friendship, told in verse through Kai’s perspective. Its social concerns sit alongside romance and everyday school life, while the ending’s handling of these strands remains only partly clear.

A frank, humorous YA novel about Rose’s difficult first sexual experience, a medical complication, relationship pressure and the shame surrounding bodies. It also follows friendship, online support and uncertainty about the future.

This is a gentle, practical story about a child whose haircut becomes overwhelming and an adult who responds by listening and changing the environment and routine.

A tense, emotionally serious science-fiction mystery about desperate choices, hidden exploitation and sibling love. Its strongest appeal is the combination of a threatening facility, ethical questions and contrasting prose and poetry voices.

A sharply relevant story about a young person whose private life has been turned into public content, offering humour and cringe alongside serious questions about consent, dignity and parental responsibility online.

This is a focused contemporary family story about children’s privacy online. It offers a plot-led way to consider sharenting, consent and the consequences when a parent’s public identity depends on children’s visibility.

This is a friendship-centred mystery shaped by rap, ambition and grief. Its energy comes alongside serious material: murdered characters, gang involvement, crack dealing, police violence, drinking, explicit language and sexual-consent discussions.

This is a high-stakes, fast-moving dystopian story about a young operative questioning the corporation that trained her. It offers action, twists, espionage, romance and ethical questions about mental control, technology, consent and the meaning of a short life.

This is a sharply voiced YA novel about a teenager navigating the fallout of intimate images being shared, with humour used alongside serious attention to shame, harassment and unequal sexual expectations.

This is a gritty coming-of-age story that challenges fashion’s glamorous surface. Jana’s rapid rise brings money and opportunity, but also pressures that affect her independence, wellbeing and connections with people she loves.

This is an atmospheric fantasy centred on Effy’s struggle to trust her own perceptions after harassment and earlier trauma. Its gothic tension sits alongside romance, questions about consent and a gradual movement towards self-worth.

This is a fast, emotionally charged story about risk-taking and its aftermath. Rory’s experience opens space to think about peer pressure, friendship, blame, accountability and whether people can rebuild trust after serious harm.

This is a contemporary YA story about the costs of being publicly visible: Almond’s online persona brings rewards, but family management, sponsor expectations and hostile online attention strain her sense of self and relationships.

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 an emotionally serious coming-of-age story about three teenagers whose relationships are shaped by AIDS, queer identity, family, activism and prejudice. It offers historical context alongside romance, friendship and moments of community, hope and self-acceptance.

This is a speculative romance about sustaining connection across constantly changing bodies and lives. Its central situation invites reflection on identity, empathy, choice and what makes a person recognisable beyond appearance.

This is a coming-of-age story about leaving home, making a new life and navigating first love while music gives Marty a route towards independence. It foregrounds identity, trust, relationships, friendship and found family.

This is a serious, emotionally involving story about three friends trying to understand a night whose consequences reshape their relationships. Its multiple viewpoints invite readers to examine uncertainty rather than accept one simple account.

This offers a tense exploration of privacy, online performance and trust, with Connie’s perspective giving the social-media issues emotional focus. It also delivers a substantial murder-and-attack thriller, rather than a gentle discussion of digital life.

This is a direct, relationship-focused information book about consent, boundaries and respect, with attention to online influences and challenging bad behaviour. It appears designed to prompt discussion rather than tell a fictional story.

A topical, discussion-oriented introduction to medical ethics. It covers competing positions on testing and consent, including cases involving vulnerable people, animals, genetic information and international research.

A dark fantasy sequel about a new ruler facing betrayal, divided loyalties and approaching catastrophe. Its appeal lies in magical world-building, romance and mysteries, but it also contains graphic fantasy peril and mature relationship material.

A wide-ranging fantasy mystery about diplomatic danger, family power and personal agency. Its imaginative world places telepathic animals and unusual technology alongside political conflict, environmental questions and the effects of coercive family relationships.

A contemporary coming-of-age story combining Parisian discovery, piano ambition, blended-family tensions and first love. Sophie’s summer brings emotional strain as well as opportunities for friendship, independence and changing family relationships.

This is a dark, fast-moving fantasy about a young man caught between government power, organised crime and intimate loyalties. Its strongest offering is sustained moral uncertainty rather than simple heroes and villains.

This is a character-led story about navigating rejection, shifting family arrangements and first romantic pressure. Humour sits beside school cruelty and painful parent–child disconnection, while caring relationships offer an important counterweight.

This is a dark, romantic fantasy about survival, dangerous power and difficult choices. Its appeal lies in an immersive faerie world and intense relationships; its most attention-demanding material includes graphic injury, sexual content, coercion and frightening threats.

This is a fantasy adventure about a girl navigating a dangerous bargain, family poverty and an object tied to her kingdom’s future. Its central appeal is the combination of dragons, moral choices and high-stakes consequences.