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A lively introduction to people presented as admirable for different reasons, from persistence and kindness to peace activism. Its short portraits can spark curiosity, though they offer little context for weighing each person’s whole life.

This is an atmospheric fantasy quest in a desperate winter-bound world. Quill travels towards danger and discovery, while ancient mythology, supernatural beings and a threatened balance between light and dark shape the adventure.

A lively, illustrated football biography follows Salah from childhood in Egypt through youth football, setbacks and European success. Quizzes, facts, jokes and commentary add activity alongside the biographical storytelling.

A dark, fast-moving faerie adventure that combines monsters, romance and town danger with more reflective questions about self-invention, family secrets, community complicity and whether apparent gifts or beauty can conceal coercion.

This is a brisk gateway to interconnected Greek myths rather than a single narrowly focused war story. Its sweep includes the war’s background, the conflict itself and the difficult returns of several heroes.

Expect an atmospheric Norse-inspired adventure in which a boy, rather than a god, becomes central to solving a community-threatening crisis. The visual storytelling is as important as the written narration.

Expect a quest-led fantasy centred on bravery, friendship and teamwork. Magical creatures create danger, while the conflict is framed as a struggle against an evil wizard’s spell rather than realistic wrongdoing.

Rumaysa’s search for her parents leads into a magical adventure involving a queen, traditional fairy-tale figures and unusual creatures. The story combines danger, humour and a heroine who takes an active, compassionate role.

This is comic fantasy adventure about an underestimated boy whose intelligence, courage and loyalty matter more than physical strength. Its lively illustrations, eccentric names and slapstick tone may make the story especially inviting.

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 suspenseful historical adventure about a boy facing uncertainty about his father, a lighthouse builder and a perilous attempt to protect sailors during a powerful storm. Courage develops through fear and responsibility rather than fearlessness alone.

A light, fantastical superhero adventure in which a successful villain changes the hero into a potato, but cannot remove his powers or his determination to pursue justice.

A lively Norse-inspired quest follows Dane from a personal naming dilemma into a larger struggle against a tyrant. It combines family honour, friendship, fantastical dangers and determined action, with the outcome left unclear.

A fantasy adventure about two friends separated between fairy and human worlds, each facing different responsibilities. Its central tension is whether they can protect people and relationships while conflict between humans and fairies grows.

Three true animal-rescue accounts centre on a dog, dolphins and gorillas. The book combines lively episodes with photographs, sidebars and fun facts, presenting animals as capable participants in dramatic encounters involving trains, sharks and a zoo enclosure.

This is a psychologically focused war novel about fear, shame, courage and heroism, rather than simply a sequence of military events. Its opening also shows soldiers responding to rumours, uncertainty and anticipation before combat.