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Monique Polak
A Holocaust novel centred on a teenager confronting camp life and her father’s involvement in Nazi propaganda. It also follows her thoughts about friendship, romance, family and religion.
Anne Holm
Expect a tense escape-and-journey story shaped by David’s guarded outlook. New sights and ordinary comforts become striking discoveries, while the threat of being caught shadows his encounters with people who may help him.
Kat Cho
Choose this for supernatural intrigue, Korean folklore, a slow-developing romance and emotionally complicated family relationships. It combines action and mystery with characters who struggle with guilt, isolation, attachment and difficult choices.
Sarah Fine
This is a fast-moving paranormal sequel centred more strongly on Lela than Malachi. It offers action, emotional change, friendship and loyalty, alongside relationship tension and a deliberately unresolved mystery.
Rosemary Clement-Moore
Expect a supernatural mystery with spring-break travel, stranded characters, unexplained cattle deaths, a stalking predator and an increasing body count. The story also follows Maggie’s psychic abilities and her attempts to understand what is happening.
Kristen Ciccarelli
This is a tension-led fantasy romance about a hidden witch and the witch hunter pursuing her. It combines alternating viewpoints, political intrigue, blood-based magic, secret identities, deception and a slow-building relationship between enemies.
Angela Montoya
This is a richly dramatic fantasy romance about two former lovers confronting inherited power, wartime injustice and dangerous secrets. It may appeal to readers who enjoy high-stakes adventure woven through emotional reconciliation.
Eloise Williams
A brisk historical mystery follows Lily and Tom from their travelling life into a more dangerous search involving a carved treasure, a new friendship and hidden family secrets. Its accessible prose and illustrations may suit readers who enjoy adventure but prefer shorter chapter books.
Leigh Bardugo
Choose this for a reader who enjoys fantasy heists, ensemble casts and morally complicated characters, and who can engage with sustained darkness. Its imaginative world supports questions about loyalty, consequence and how people form connection after trauma.
Jenny Pearson
A wartime adventure about loyalty and protection: Ronnie is troubled by his brother’s secret work for dangerous people, while bombs fall on London and the boys face choices about whom to trust.
Joelle Charbonneau
This is a tense dystopian story about selection, survival and uncertainty, pairing a damaged future society with a personal struggle over whether affection and trust can coexist.
Shannon Messenger
This is a high-stakes fantasy continuation about Sophie and her allies confronting hidden history, dangerous enemies and choices that may require sacrifice. Friendship, family, courage and romantic uncertainty sit alongside magical peril.
Roshani Chokshi
This is a lush fantasy adventure about two opposing royals navigating a wish-granting contest. Its pleasures lie in mythic world-building, clever trials, banter and a developing relationship, while unfamiliar folklore terms may require patience.
Jenny Downham, Louis Hill
A parent-preview choice for a teenager ready to discuss unequal relationships, grief and financial pressure.
Louisa Reid
Preview this before offering it to a teenager: the decision rests on readiness for pregnancy and failed adult support, not the verse format.
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