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This supernatural story centres on a young werewolf trying to manage dangerous urges while hunters close in. It also brings a love-versus-duty dilemma into the conflict.

This science-fiction adventure centres on time travel, conflict with Eyewall and a choice between protecting loved ones and trying to avert a grim future.

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.

Sotomayor’s memoir adaptation follows her from childhood in the South Bronx towards becoming a US Supreme Court Justice, alongside a short history of the Court.

A set of festive recollections, these stories range from family and neighbourly encounters to school-pageant humour and a Christmas Eve journey in Bali.

A science-fiction thriller about two teens caught between human institutions and aliens, alongside Reese’s unresolved feelings for her ex-girlfriend and David.

Nina describes the practical change of having one home with her mother and another with her father, and living in each at different times.

This is a romance set against conflict between African American and Somali students. Rodney and Jawahir’s relationship brings questions of loyalty and social division into the foreground.

This is a contemporary family-and-romance story about Frank negotiating his parents’ expectations, his relationships and his Korean American identity. A serious illness and bereavement also shape the family story.

A fantasy premise turns an expected future upside down: Liz must find her place in an afterlife where people grow younger. Her adjustment brings grief and frustration alongside friendship, love and personal choices.

A family’s drought-hit farm forms the backdrop to Dutch’s changing feelings, her cousin’s visit and conflicts among relatives. The story follows a summer of shifting relationships and new perspectives.

A ballet-loving kitten learns that dancing with friends can be enjoyable too. Ballet practice, disagreement with Froggy, and a lively party shape a gentle story about different ways of moving.

Ari wants a different future from the family bakery; meeting Hector brings baking and a developing romance into that conflict. The story also foregrounds decisions and the support loved ones may offer.

Natan’s resolve to speak out places him amid dangerous accusations against Strasbourg’s Jewish community, with plague fear and a violent incident adding to the stakes.

A family story about a boy caught between a reserved father and a mother who left, then returns to his life. Jeff's hopes for renewed closeness meet a painful betrayal.

A horse-centred story about a foster teenager offered another home and a chance to build trust, alongside Christian themes and practical horse-related back matter.

This is an intimate poetry collection about love, growing up and difficult feelings, including loneliness and depression. It may suit a reader drawn to personal, emotionally direct poems.

A speculative romance joins two teenagers across time, while family upheaval and other historical and supernatural elements compete for space. The central relationship may not be the novel’s only substantial focus.

Katie’s move and efforts to make friends place her first-love experience within a wider story of adjusting to a new school and family life.

At its centre is Pattyn’s search for where she belongs, as family ties, faith and her feelings about being loved come into question.

This is a Christian story about kindness and love, including loving people who are hard to like. Grampa explains these ideas through Little Cub’s questions and relationships.

The central appeal is the clash between a long-standing relationship and a choice that affects more than the couple. Morgan also has an unusual ability to predict the future.

Expect an intergenerational family story shaped by biblical parallels, with identity and love among its central concerns. Its tone is described as often brutal, so the emotional register may be intense.

This instalment combines supernatural peril with a romantic dilemma: Ever’s efforts to help Damen unfold alongside an unexpected attraction to Jude.

This is a fantasy quest driven by Luka’s effort to save his father. Enchanted companions and perilous challenges shape the journey; family love and mortality are also named as themes.

Expect a blend of romance and a quest: Simon and his friend El Pollo face unexpected events as Simon tries to settle accounts with his past.

This is a fantasy adventure built around a perilous flight and a family under pressure. Its appeal may lie in the combination of strange threats, a legendary inheritance and the siblings’ relationships.

This is a supernatural rescue story centred on loyalty, competing attachments and the possibility of personal cost. Nikki’s determination drives the journey, while Cole’s motives complicate her choice to trust him.

This is a story about bereavement and the effort to maintain happiness and close relationships. A rare plant Tessa’s mother entrusted to her care also features in the plot.

This is a contemporary story about a teenager navigating love, secrecy and family strain. Astrid’s imagined connection with people travelling overhead gives her a private way to send care beyond the small town where she feels constrained.

A playful family-and-space adventure builds around Dad’s alien book, then turns the imagined story back towards the family. It combines encounters with aliens with a romantic turn.

This is a story of separation and a determined attempt at reunion, with Ethan and Lena acting from different sides of the same predicament.

A humorous identity story that puts self-image and outside expectations at its centre, alongside the pain of grief and changing relationships.

This blends an intense friendship story with romance and supernatural danger.

This is a story of a vulnerable cat and two people she meets, with fear and hardship set against the possibility of trust and belonging.

This is a coming-of-age story about Andy’s first relationships as a gay man, set alongside memories of a painful family life and his attempt to make a new start at college.

A quest to find others of her kind combines fantasy adventure with reflections on love, loss and the joys and sorrows of life.

A linked collection of love stories, it ranges across family ties, relationships and community life, rather than following one central plot. Its situations include both comic passion and serious family and wartime pressures.

This is a supernatural school story in which Rose balances friendship and romantic complications with escalating danger. A winter trip becomes a rescue mission after three friends leave to face the Strigoi threat.

A diary-centred story about a girl facing romantic uncertainty and the possibility of change in her close friendships and their families.

This is an invasion-and-resistance story with a young central character caught between human rebels and the alien ruling society she belongs to.

A family remembers the companionship and joy Cheerio brought, while living through the loss of a long-loved pet.

This is an animal-character adventure that pairs challenges and friendship with reflection on helping others. It also includes love, loss, fear and loneliness.

This is a fantasy about managing powerful magic alongside travel, friendship and uncertain relationships. Undine’s inner conflict and Trout’s feelings give the story a personal focus as well as a magical one.

This is a legend retelling centred on a princess and a warrior, with love, a challenge, a false report and an unresolved awakening at its heart.