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The boys’ choice is not simply about money: they consider whether a possible way to meet personal needs could also send cocaine back into their neighbourhood.

These poems offer a portrait of an important friendship: Blue shares time, conversation and everyday pleasures with Damon, while Damon works out who he is.

This is a family-and-adventure story about teenage werewolf siblings balancing school and sibling relationships with a threat to the woods they secretly use.

A horse-and-school story about a child who cares deeply about art and wants to support her grandmother's effort to benefit the school's arts programme.

This blends magical sea creatures with a story about caring for an injured Aquicorn and deciding how a town should live alongside the sea. Family support and Lana's growing independence also matter.

This is a sibling story set around ballet lessons and a competitive opportunity. Lily and Saundra have different worries, and Lily believes she can help her sister.

This is a story about a young character wanting to support a relative facing mockery, alongside a separate troubling family situation involving another boy.

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.

A suspenseful family mystery follows Footer as she investigates what happened after a devastating fire. Her mother’s bipolar disorder and Footer’s uncertainty about her own perceptions make the investigation emotionally complicated.

Expect a warm family story with humour and emotional depth. Batty’s efforts to earn money, her singing talent and the changing relationships around her provide several strands beyond the central grief.

This is an informational account of one family's displacement, return and continuing difficulties, set alongside facts about Afghanistan and its people. It also points towards helping refugees who lack permanent homes.

This is a serious, trauma-focused novel in which two sisters face the effects of abuse, family disruption and foster care. It also follows attempts to find support, speak openly and begin recovering.

This is a friendship-centred mystery adventure, combining travel across America with a computer-related problem. It may suit readers who enjoy group investigations, journeys and stories involving programming or video games.

This is a short, issue-focused story about a bereaved teenager navigating care, exploitation and attachment. Its strongest offering is a morally unsettled relationship in which practical survival and harming others are kept in tension.

An upbeat, personal introduction to farming that follows a working year and explains sheep care alongside stories, humour and reflections on the realities of farm life.

This is an outdoor adventure about a child investigating her grandmother’s disappearance, helping eagles in difficulty and discovering a stronger sense of belonging in the mountain community.

This is a gentle beach adventure about a character whose plans repeatedly go wrong, then improve through friendship and a calming activity. Its central interest is recognising strong feelings and responding with compassion.

A gentle family story about love, loss and renewal: a child learns about Grandad and Gramps’s life together, then helps Grandad move towards new adventures while keeping shared memories alive.

This is a serious relationship-abuse novel that builds understanding gradually rather than presenting events straightforwardly. Its emotional centre is Amelie's attempt to recognise manipulation, recover perspective and regain control.

Expect an ambitious illustrated adventure in which two sibling seeds face separation, danger and uncertainty while learning about Earth’s history and living systems. Its emotional centre is family loyalty, alongside a sustained interest in survival, connection and the natural world.

A story about facing prejudice while navigating family worries, friendship and uncertainty about identity. It combines painful school experiences with warmth, music, LGBTQ+ history and a hopeful sense of personal agency.

A lyrical island story about making connections when home means different things to different people. Tilda’s friendship with Albie brings questions of belonging, change and loss into a landscape shaped by community memory and the natural world.

Ben’s OCD is represented through counting, tapping, blinking, colour rules and fears that dreadful things will happen. The story also follows friendship, school transition and family strain, with support beginning to help him regain control.

This offers a contemporary child’s perspective on poverty and family difficulty, deliberately read beside Oliver Twist. Its strongest feature is the connection between classroom literature and problems affecting Shona’s life.

Seed combines family difficulty and bullying with magical gardening, an unlikely adventure, friendship and dreams of escape. Its emotional material is presented alongside humour, wonder and suspense rather than as a purely realistic story.

This is a tender story about settling somewhere new while carrying memories of the past. It combines sadness with hope, showing how familiar relationships and community support can matter during change.

This is a character-centred story about a bereaved young person trying to manage ordinary responsibilities while carrying several earlier losses and a turbulent inner life.

A child’s friendship with an elderly neighbour is affected by dementia. The book appears to centre supportive companionship and understanding.

A gentle verse story about a child living through separation, relocation and a changed family life, while finding companionship in relatives, new friends and the community around a diner.

This is a serious family story about a young person carrying adult responsibilities, developing an alcohol problem and beginning recovery. It combines difficult choices with an account of support, accountability and possible change.

This is an emotionally direct survival story in which a young narrator records movement, deprivation and painful memories. Its outlook is hopeful, but the route towards help includes frightening and distressing experiences.

This is a tense family story about a young person’s alienation and a brother’s attempt to understand and help him. Its opening voice combines sharp humour with unease, while the wider direction involves extremism and possible self-destruction.

A mystery-driven story about a vulnerable boy confronting loss, secrecy and uncertainty. Its emotional centre is the relationship between Gabe and Vernon, alongside questions about memory, wartime suffering, courage and finding family.

A tender family story about spending meaningful time with a frail grandmother, facing her death, and finding a loving image that helps Xiao Le and his mother live with loss.

This is a character-led family story about a child who feels capable when caring for her mother, then faces an unfamiliar arrangement with Aunt Agatha. Its central movement concerns responsibility, control, and the possibility of receiving care.

This is a child-centred adventure about adapting when a summer is unexpectedly restricted. Paddy’s companionship with Fenway and imaginative journeying appear to provide the story’s main movement, while the broken arm creates the initial change in circumstances.

A friendship story about two students facing an unexpected pregnancy, competing plans and difficult choices before graduation. Julia’s response involves practical ingenuity and ideas drawn from literature.

This is a supernatural story about helping others, beginning with a quiet girl whose family is affected by her brother’s illness. It combines school friendship, hidden identity and magical abilities, with trust tested by Aria’s secret.

This is a story about private writing, family expectations and a journey that does not go to plan. Owen’s efforts to control the situation meet questions about honesty, responsibility and his granddad’s changing behaviour.

A humorous school-and-family story about Franklin navigating sixth grade, shifting relationships and concern for Sarah, while developing greater self-awareness and accepting help from kind, determined adults.