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This is a high-stakes story about sisters, secrecy and political power, centred on Frey’s struggle to protect Rafi while confronting a life shaped by someone else’s identity.

This is a character-led romance about two teenagers challenging family expectations, with Carly’s efforts to reunite her family and Arden’s grief shaping their paths.

A linked fantasy collection with different heroines and challenges: a rescue journey, a princess finding her own magical abilities, and a girl learning to manage dragon transformations.

A coming-of-age story about trying to build genuine friendships after relying on an invented social life, with college offering Caroline a chance to start over.

Secret spellcasting gives Eliza and her housemates a taste of freedom and power, but a spell’s deadly consequence changes the stakes. The book pairs boarding-school life and sisterhood with supernatural danger.

This is a family-centred ghost story about three sisters trying to make sense of loss while imagining lives beyond their home and neighbourhood.

The story centres on Hortense's studies, interests and uncertain prospects amid her family's changed circumstances after the French Revolution.

A spirited family adventure combines inherited magic, sisters’ relationships and the social expectations placed on girls in Regency England.

This is a story about a young woman pushing back against the future her parents want for her. June's own ambitions include travel, university and writing.

A multi-character story about four girls navigating a week of personal complications, with comic disasters alongside family disagreement, disappointment and attempts to help.

At its heart, this is a story about a young adventurer reconsidering solitude and facing a test of courage while travelling with two horses.

A fantasy mystery about an independent-minded Alice, with photography setting the strange events in motion. It may suit readers drawn to a familiar Wonderland revisited through a new predicament.

This is a teenager-centred adventure involving an unusual ability and missing children, with Jess caught between social expectations and her own ambitions.

This is a young-adult story focused on Marisa’s family party, with social life, dating and driving forming part of its adolescent setting. Its distinctive angle is the meeting of Cuban family customs and an uptight neighbourhood.

This is a teen coming-of-age story about a perfectionist girl pursuing a prom date while coping with parental restrictions, social awkwardness, appearance worries, friendship and questions about faith.

This is a light fantasy about friendship, sport, cooking, family friction and magical encouragement. Jess’s failed gesture towards her mother creates the immediate conflict, while Ms. M’s arrival brings comic, surprising support.

Expect a character-led coming-of-age story rather than an action thriller: Cliff’s friendships, creative ambitions, family pressures and attraction to Jillian unfold through witty, self-aware narration.

This is a character-focused story about friendship, identity and growing independence. Henry’s heritage and Marcus’s emerging self-confidence create different but connected journeys, with humour and affection balancing angry confrontations and social pressure.

This is a brisk detective adventure led by an inventive young protagonist. It offers missing-person puzzles, disguises, sibling tension and eventual cooperation, with humour and suspense rather than an informational or realistic treatment.

A coming-of-age story about choosing one’s own direction when sport, family and community expectations pull strongly. Its remote landscape and hockey culture provide an intense setting for questions about loyalty and independence.

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 coming-of-age story about how clothing, rules, work and freedom shape ideas of gender. Its strongest offering is a child’s perspective on identity, family expectations, friendship and life for girls in Afghanistan.

This is an identity-focused coming-of-age story: Sophie confronts stereotyping, cultural expectations and questions of belonging while a school relationship brings those tensions into sharper focus.

A reflective coming-of-age story about leaving home, family bonds and uncertain love. Its shifting structure and unresolved elements may suit readers who enjoy atmosphere and emotional questions more than fast-moving plot.

This is a fast-moving historical adventure centred on a young protagonist navigating war, captivity and divided loyalties while trying to protect her family and home.

Expect fast-moving fantasy adventure: Emily and her friends train, discover powers and attempt a dangerous rescue while war approaches. Family tensions and questions of trust sit alongside battles and emotional uncertainty.

A comic family-and-school story about a child navigating ambitious parents, a new school and competing ideas about attention. Its main appeal is the child’s perspective on adult expectations and the awkward question of whether independence can become neglect.

This is a poignant historical family story about isolation, hardship and perseverance. Its emotional centre is Laura’s longing to help, belong and reunite her family, alongside compassion for a vulnerable turtle.

This is a coming-of-age story about a Muslim teenager finding confidence and voice while facing social pressure, racism, family expectations and manipulation. Its serious subject matter is presented alongside humour, relationships and hope.

This is a reflective historical fantasy combining medieval life with an Arthurian story seen through a magical stone. Its strongest appeal is Arthur’s search for identity, belonging and a future of his own.

This offers an atmospheric supernatural mystery centred on mortality, family loyalty and a young woman questioning restrictive social expectations. Its emotional appeal lies in Gothic tension, romance and Signa’s developing self-understanding.

This is a family-centred coming-of-age story: Katy’s energetic adventures give way to pain, dependence and gradual change. Its strongest appeal lies in a vivid household, an imperfect heroine and a sustained focus on how relationships respond when ordinary life is disrupted.

This is a dark historical escape narrative: Alice seeks freedom from family control, but her new community’s leader may impose a different form of entrapment. Its shifting viewpoints broaden the story beyond Alice’s experience.

This is a historical mystery about ambition, family connections and compromised choices. Kit’s attempt to build an independent life becomes entangled with Nate’s demands, Billy’s absence and secrets reaching into the past.

This is a faith-oriented camp story about a teenager wrestling with guilt, secrecy and self-worth while trying to honour his father and help people around him.

This is a coming-of-age story about curiosity, family expectations and finding a possible direction in life. Calpurnia’s observations of animals and microscopic life connect scientific discovery with questions about independence and being a girl in her time.

A brisk teen crime story whose strongest element appears to be its four contrasting characters. The heist supplies suspense, while shifting viewpoints invite attention to motives, loyalties and changing views of one another.

A tense wilderness story about a grandson confronting uncertainty when his highly experienced grandfather does not return. Its strongest apparent focus is Johnny’s pressured judgement: should he rely on inherited knowledge or trust his own instincts?

A city-focused character is pushed into an unfamiliar rural setting and unexpectedly drawn to a guide who openly criticises her. The story appears to centre on attraction, discomfort and a challenge to Marti's expectations.

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.

A humorous identity mystery about Guy’s doubts concerning his family, his friendship with Buzz, and the clues linking him to Bob-o. Its central appeal is curiosity about belonging and what makes a family seem ‘normal’.

This is a school-and-family story about loneliness, self-expression and belonging. Dennis's passion for fashion becomes publicly difficult when wearing a dress leads to expulsion, threatening both his friendships and his place in football.