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Gurl’s new invisibility ability offers a way to act in a city where she has felt out of place. The story pairs her escape plan with mysteries about identity, family history and the city’s strange inhabitants.

A school-based competition turns Jennifer’s hopes of winning a college scholarship into a public contest. Her efforts to understand herself sit alongside rivalry, family friction and the prospect of a first kiss.

This is a family-secrets story about a young person tracing her origins and Jewish heritage across a journey from Ontario to Germany.

Davis’s summer brings together questions about identity, body image, changing friendships and family relationships. Opera, Brooklyn and his particular interests are part of his everyday world, while the story centres on seeing himself as more than a single label.

Nic’s summer at a programme for gifted teenagers brings friendship, attraction and uncertainty when she and Battle become more than friends. The novel follows Nic as she makes sense of her feelings without needing to choose a fixed identity label.

A festive teen romance pairs a breakup with a family-run sequence of blind dates. Sophie’s returned ex complicates the matchmaking, while her large family supplies the holiday bustle.

This is a relationship and identity story set around wrestling. Jorge’s career ambitions, gay identity and first boyfriend come into conflict over the meaning and impact of his wrestling persona.

A fantasy adventure combines a mystery about sick sea dragons with Emily’s effort to develop as a healer. The overview also promises peril, magical discovery and companionship, without revealing how the quest ends.

The story sets Koko’s effort to change alongside Jon’s uncertainty about his future, bringing personal conduct and life choices into focus.

This instalment centres on Hok’s search for a sense of self, alongside a dangerous rescue mission. Martial arts action and cooperation between the young monks are prominent.

Katherine is grieving her grandmother’s death and seeks comfort through music and honest conversations.

A child who feels out of step with her parents encounters a relative who seems more like her, and begins to question her identity. The premise blends family secrets with a possible vampire connection.

A character-led story about Gabe’s transgender identity, radio work and relationships, with a threatened opportunity adding pressure to his efforts to build a life on his own terms.

This is a reassuring account of learning differently, centred on a child’s experience of confusion at school and the idea that strategies can help.

A parent-child resource that explains autism-related differences and offers ideas for communication, relationships, school and daily routines. It combines practical features with children’s stories and separate, more detailed material for parents.

This is a supernatural quest shaped by Oz’s uncertainty about his nature. The journey offers a way to explore identity and self-control, alongside the practical fear that his wolf form could endanger loved ones.

A suspenseful supernatural adventure about Mia trying to piece together her past while facing danger. Its central pull is the gap between Mia's initial belief and what her returning memories may reveal.

This is a family-and-school story about Gemma trying to make sense of strong, shifting emotions while several social situations unfold around her.

This is a comic-sounding story about Jack trying to find work that suits him, with advice from the people he meets along the way.

This is a high-school romance about uncertainty, public attention and a teenager trying to make sense of past and present feelings. A song's popularity brings Nattie's private questions into wider discussion.

This story centres on a teenager negotiating faith, attraction and the beliefs expressed around him at a Bible camp.

This is an approachable informational guide that explains puberty, body care and healthy habits through conversational advice, illustrations and practical instructions. It presents bodily variation as normal and invites readers to seek support from trusted adults.

This is a dark, imaginative continuation built around consequences, identity and dangerous attempts to repair a damaged world. It may suit readers who enjoy elaborate fantasy settings more than tightly focused character development.

This is a light, episodic school fantasy in which magical animals appear from Ms Plum’s cupboard and become catalysts for pupils’ changing behaviour, confidence, friendships and worries.

A fast-moving finale combines mythological adventure with questions of identity and belonging. Its emotional centre lies in characters confronting painful memories and deciding what they owe to friends, communities and the wider world.

This appears to be lively contemporary fiction about a girl balancing environmental convictions, musical ambitions, friendship and romantic feelings as exciting opportunities begin to reshape her world.

A character-led teen novel about using scientific curiosity to change everyday habits, while asking how body size, appearance and other people’s attention affect identity.

A relationship-focused coming-of-age story about a girl confronting a mother’s long absence, a changed family, friendship difficulties and new caring responsibilities. Poetry and supportive relationships help Apple express complicated feelings.

This is a character-led family story balancing humour with poignant questions about divorce, remarriage, family reputation and growing into a more compassionate understanding of oneself and others.

A fantasy premise centres on Emily discovering that she is a mermaid.

This is a crime story centred on witnessing a killing and trying to identify a serial killer while working with temporary FBI authority.

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.

A supernatural coming-of-age story about bodily transformation, divided family ties and romantic uncertainty.

A reflective coming-of-age story about discovering family roots and negotiating more than one sense of home. Its strongest elements are relationships, vivid place-writing, cultural encounter and questions of identity.

A playful ensemble drama turns five animal tales into acted stories, then shifts towards a more personal final episode. Its distinctive appeal is imaginative performance alongside friendship and self-understanding.

This is comic, diary-like young-adult fiction about Georgia Nicolson, whose self-centredness, friendship and romantic uncertainty sit alongside a sense that she has not yet grown up. Its humour includes recurring theatrical and eccentric comic situations.

Expect a light, ensemble relationship story built around dates, ex-partners, social events and competing responsibilities. It also gives readers access to characters’ thoughts and motivations beyond what a television episode could show.

This is a young-adult mystery with musical, family and cosmic elements. Its premise combines a cold-case murder with a teenager’s move from Hartford to her Native American grandfather’s home in New Hampshire.

A winter camp story about a boy wanting to prove himself while working for his demanding father. It combines period logging life, unusual camp personalities, bereavement, and a friendship that also becomes a rivalry.

A character-led coming-of-age novel about seeing beyond glamour, managing peer influence and becoming more independent. Humour, romance and suspense sit alongside family difficulties, social uncertainty and a serious later turn.

An imaginative dream-world adventure about twins whose difficult relationship changes as they confront danger together. It combines mystery, magic and family revelations with a darker strand involving nightmares, bodily peril and control of thoughts.

A warm, identity-focused picture book in which Alex considers what makes him himself. It offers a straightforward celebration of individuality, including preferences, feelings, physical characteristics and thoughts, alongside similarities with others.

This is a humorous contemporary fantasy-romance about luck, self-knowledge and changing feelings. Its appeal lies in Jude’s creative interests, playful narration and a central magical question that gradually becomes a question about personal responsibility.

A romance about two teenagers navigating disability, belonging and pressure: Ellie confronts ableism after leaving her Deaf school, while Jackson faces frightening bodily changes and demanding expectations. Their connection is presented alongside anger, uncertainty, compassion and questions of self-determination.

A friendship-centred science-fiction novel with humour, mystery and emotional weight. Its central contrast—one friend human and one an android—invites readers to think about identity, belonging and the qualities that make relationships meaningful.

A creepy, energetic adventure that combines frightening creatures and suspense with banter, humour and an emphasis on four unlike students learning to support one another.