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A group of exiled teenagers face a survival choice in an undead-infested setting, while secrets among them complicate their search for safety and other survivors.

Sola’s tightly monitored society uses public battles in which Demonstrators kill criminals. After a kiss draws her into the role, she faces more fights and a romance with a killer while hoping to return to her father.

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.

The central pressure is practical: Pierre takes on a long voyageur journey to earn money for his family after his father is injured. The trip is physically demanding and places him among older, teasing brigade members.

An eerie survival adventure built around reader choices, with a shipwreck, a haunted island and a quest for a legendary bird. Its branching decisions invite readers to steer the expedition rather than follow one fixed route.

Expect a high-action fantasy about survival, loyalty and choosing what sort of person to become, rather than a romance-led story. Aina’s assassin role and the consequences of her choices are prominent.

A historical romance turns into a survival story when the Titanic sinks. The immediate tension is whether Nicole can reach safety and whether she can find the two men before then.

This is a story of survival and a divided sense of self, set against Victorian London's criminal underworld. Cora's attempt to distance herself from her actions drives the central tension.

A new leader inherits a weakened Clan, with strained relations among the four Clans and an approaching threat. The story’s central pressures are leadership, survival and rebuilding after a major battle.

A wilderness adventure about Matt’s wish for solitude, his new acquaintance with Forrest, and the choices that arise as their relationship develops.

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 speculative story about survival under strict social rules, centred on a young protagonist whose unexpected choices bring serious stakes.

This is a wilderness survival adventure centred on resourcefulness, urgent choices and a journey to find help after a plane crash.

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 an adventure about young characters facing a sudden emergency away from their intended destination, with Jedi, an inventor and a droid among the group.

This is a story of ambition and survival, centred on a young mentor whose choices may affect both his prospects and his tribute’s fate.

A bleak survival story combines a hostile future setting with a game-like mystery: Claudia’s choices may be controlled, while an outsider offers a possible route to protection and escape.

A fast-moving contest story combines a hacker pursuit with Marisa’s hope of helping her family and the pressure of a tournament where winning may mean survival.

This is a collection of viewpoints rather than a single settled account; expect arguments that differ over causes, responsibility and possible solutions.

This is a wartime survival journey centred on two sisters, with Malini taking responsibility for Banni after they lose contact with their parents.

A fantasy adventure shaped by divided loyalties, perilous plans and the prospect of war, with the brothers’ relationship under strain.

A fast fantasy adventure combines hidden power, darkness, a threatened city and family secrets. Its mixed comic-and-narrative form may make the story’s movement between panels, captions and dialogue especially important to follow.

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.

This is an inventive, fast-moving apocalypse fantasy built around Vincent’s attempt to protect his family.

Choose this for a reader who enjoys interactive horror, making decisions and revisiting different routes. Its strongest appeal is variety: the cruise can lead towards experiments, pursuit, survival situations and many endings.

An imaginative science-fiction fantasy about a rare black cheetah facing pursuit, discovering an unusual heritage, and navigating a bond with a human in a damaged future world.

A high-concept conclusion built around time travel, duplicated selves and a looming conflict between worlds. It offers ambitious speculation and difficult choices, but depends on intricate events and relationships established across earlier Pathfinder books.

A brisk, strange horror adventure about siblings, an isolated woodland home and underground beings dependent on human body parts. Environmental conflict and family loyalty drive the action, while the treatment is described as rushed and sometimes silly.

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.

This is a school-and-survival story about two people misreading each other. Its strongest material concerns how assumptions shape behaviour, while Mark’s growing attachment to the outdoors gives the book a reflective strand alongside its danger.

A tense science-fiction experiment explores how rewards, changing rules and isolation can shape behaviour. Its strongest offering is sustained suspense alongside a disturbing challenge to unquestioned obedience and control.

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.

This is a historical story about children managing family responsibilities and practical work during a storm, while also facing uncertainty about illness, separation and an immigrant family’s future.

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 high-stakes wilderness survival adventure centred on a young scout trying to reach help after a bus crash, while dangerous animals and an unknown half-human, half-animal presence intensify the journey.

This is an adventure-led fantasy built around survival, pursuit and escape. Its imaginative underwater setting and mythic figures may appeal to readers who enjoy continuing series, though the ending leaves major questions unresolved.

This is an adventure about two sisters facing repeated bereavement, separation from familiar homes and an uncertain journey. The sisters’ resourcefulness and choices drive the available premise.

A tense frontier survival adventure in which three children evade outlaws, endure severe hardship and discover treasure. It offers resourcefulness, loyalty and historical setting alongside frightening danger, bereavement and family separation.

A fast-moving portal fantasy about twins, family upheaval and an urgent search to protect two connected worlds. Its imaginative creatures and action may appeal to fantasy readers, though the crowded narrative offers limited clarification of characters and events.

This appears to be fiction about surviving an aircraft accident in a wilderness setting, with suicide-related subject matter also associated with the work.

A coming-of-age novel combining stage magic and family strain with serious mental-health, financial and bereavement themes. Ellie’s efforts to help her father create a fast-moving story, while the subject matter can become emotionally heavy.

A fast-moving continuation for readers who enjoy post-apocalyptic danger, guarded communities and protagonists trying to rescue people they love. Its strongest appeal appears to be sustained action and suspense rather than intricate new revelations.

This appears to be a young-person’s fictional story associated with adolescence, relationships and wilderness survival.

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.

This is a dark climate-fiction novel told through Nat’s reflective account. Its unusual narrative approach raises moral questions without following a straightforward action-adventure structure.

A brief children’s fiction work associated with the seashore and survival, offering a possible starting point for discussing resilience, uncertainty and the natural environment without assuming how these are presented.