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This is a sweeping fantasy about Zélie’s attempt to restore magic, pursued by the crown and complicated by her feelings for an enemy. Its imagined kingdom also carries themes of racial oppression and resistance.

This is a fantasy adventure built around a search, a resistance and a mystery about stolen powers. Its appeal may lie in the blend of strange technology and magic.

This fantasy sequel centres on Tania’s return to a devastated Faerie court, where she and Edric must seek help against a powerful enemy.

A wartime story follows Paul’s involvement in resistance work and an escape route, alongside the devastating news he receives after the war about his friend’s family.

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

This is a wartime secret-agent adventure, combining a sabotage mission with uncertainty about possible double agents. Its focus is action under pressure rather than a broad account of the war.

This is a dystopian story about Rhine seeking answers while facing a life-threatening virus, tangled relationships and the consequences of a resistance movement.

This is a school story built around a clash between a new pupil and a strict teacher, with friendship and family relationships also in the mix.

The story combines a search for a cure with resistance to a society that exploits humans. Mel and Carter pursue separate leads as Lily’s condition and Mel’s transformation raise the stakes.

This is a multi-strand fantasy about resisting an expansionist ruler. Evan seeks help for the threatened queendom, while Alyssa may be able to oppose the empress from inside her stronghold.

This is a story about a teenager resisting attachment after repeated moves have disrupted her friendships and sense of belonging. Her attempt to avoid fitting in meets an unexpected complication.

A fantasy adventure blends an alternate history with invention, rebellion, spying and a developing attraction. Verity must navigate life within a powerful family while taking risks for a cause.

A fast-moving survival story combines personal loss with a struggle against powerful institutions. Jackson must adapt to a harsh new setting while discovering why his old life has been dismantled.

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.

A tense dystopian adventure about survival, loyalty and resistance after societal collapse. William’s attempt to find someone who has disappeared places personal devotion alongside questions about Terrafall’s authority and promises.

Expect a tense wartime adventure centred on a boy whose loyalty is unsettled by family revelations and encounters with Nazi brutality. Its main appeal is the combination of suspense, historical setting and moral awakening rather than light-hearted adventure.

A visually rich, unsettling adventure about children resisting monstrous forces, The Wrenchies combines action, loneliness, loyalty and artistic imagination. Its fragmented storytelling leaves some mysteries unresolved rather than explaining every element.

Choose this for a reader who enjoys twist-led YA mysteries, complicated family revelations, secret societies and lively dialogue. The book offers suspense, social intrigue and friendship, though its many identities and past connections may require close attention.

A tense fantasy sequel about escape, rebellion and difficult loyalties, with brave characters confronting oppression. Expect frequent peril and disturbing violence, while romance and friendship add emotional stakes.

This offers energetic fantasy adventure, imaginative magical abilities and a friendship group facing escalating challenges. Its tone appears playful as well as perilous, with candy-based humour alongside imprisonment, manipulation and attempts to control young characters.

This is an energetic animal-fantasy adventure about belonging, travel and collective resistance. Its lively cast, music and narrow escapes may appeal to readers who enjoy high-stakes action alongside playful invention.

Expect a high-stakes resistance story centred on loyalty, oppression and difficult choices. Its speculative world includes a plague’s aftermath, time-travelling operatives and a society controlled through medicine, walls and surveillance.

This is a fast-moving, multi-viewpoint fantasy about reclaiming identity and home while organising resistance. It offers intricate alliances, revenge, magic, romance and emotionally charged confrontations rather than a standalone entry point.

This is a historical coming-of-age story about how proximity to power can distort a child’s judgement, while friendship, conscience and resistance remain possible responses to injustice.

This is a character-led fantasy about maintaining balance while society modernises. Korra faces political unrest, spiritual conflict and difficult leadership choices, alongside friendships and romance. The storytelling offers more serious emotional and philosophical territory than typical children’s programming, with later seasons carrying greater intensity.

A clear, child-centred novel about a girl whose education and future are threatened by family expectations and coercive power. It offers determination, moral courage and hope alongside serious social injustice.

This is a high-stakes science-fiction adventure centred on Frey’s divided identity, with political unrest, rebellion and a search for her sister driving the story forward.

This is a fast-moving science-fiction fairy-tale reworking, centred on determined young characters facing divided loyalties, prejudice, identity and difficult choices about power. Its adventure is accompanied by graphic violence, frightening attackers, torture, deaths and some romantic and drinking-related content.

A lyrical, illustrated account of Henry Brown’s life under slavery, his family’s forced separation, and his dangerous escape in a box.

A tense historical survival story centred on a young person making dangerous choices under Nazi occupation. Its strongest offer is a sustained conflict between protecting oneself and deciding whether to help others.

Expect a brisk fantasy adventure centred on twins, a mysterious amulet and a city shaped by magic, religious authority and rebellion. The narrative links the characters’ contrasting responses to an unfamiliar world with a sustained atmosphere of suspense.

A dark, plot-driven fantasy about surviving occupation and reclaiming identity, with court intrigue, resistance and magic. Its central journey from frightened captive to leader is accompanied by graphic brutality and morally difficult choices.

This is an atmospheric, plot-driven fantasy about sacrifice, souls, family loyalty and resistance. Seycia’s determination and Haben’s development are prominent, while the Underworld offers a dark, imaginative setting.

This is a wartime story about a child trying to understand occupation, separation and moral choice. Its strongest thread is Marit’s changing view of courage, loyalty and compassion amid danger.

This is a magical rescue adventure in which Arica responds to the unicorns’ call and confronts a threat to their world. Expect fantasy creatures, danger, loyalty and a child making consequential choices.

This is a supernatural thriller about a transgender teen whose post-operative recovery is interrupted by a werewolf attack. Friendship, bodily change, prejudice and the pull of revenge sit alongside the horror premise.

A forceful historical adventure about enslaved people resisting plantation rule. Moa’s choice to join Tacky’s uprising brings friendship, courage and hope into direct conflict with coercion, danger and the possibility of death.

A stranger arrives by sea and is confined, mistreated and expelled as the islanders’ fear becomes hatred. Their final wall leaves a bleak image of exclusion rather than reconciliation.

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.

This is an imaginative, issue-led adventure about environmental collapse, inequality and resistance, balanced by family loyalty and hope. Its vivid language may invite close discussion as much as straightforward plot-following.

This is a high-stakes historical pirate adventure centred on Kemosha’s determination to regain freedom and help people she loves. It offers action, survival, romance and a Black heroine confronting slavery and racial cruelty.

Expect a gradual plot, military conflict, monsters, magic and questions about whether unity can challenge oppression.

This is a socially engaged coming-of-age story about belonging, prejudice and resistance. Its emotional centre is Zara’s effort to protect her family and future while remaining true to her identity and connected to people who support her.

This offers an engrossing, multi-viewpoint dystopian adventure, with telepathy, wartime politics, secret identities and dramatic reversals. Its strongest appeal appears to be the combination of tense plotting and questions about belonging, tolerance and social control.

This is a dark, fast-moving fairy-tale fantasy in which two sisters resist a powerful ruler. Stories, songs, journeys through strange realms and talismans drive the action, with danger continually pressing on the characters.