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This follows a high-stakes baseball game: the Marlins need to beat the Yankees to clinch the 2003 World Series, and Josh Beckett is asked to start after pitching only three days earlier.

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.

A spooky tale builds around a mysterious house and a creature with red beams of light shooting from its eyes. The storyteller pauses to let readers decide whether to continue.

This is a murder mystery built around five girls whose joking plan becomes entangled with a real killing. Their need to prove their innocence gives the story a continuing investigation and suspense thread.

A circus-loving boy joins his performer uncle for a summer of clown training; the strange, increasingly frightening circus holds a mystery connected to Clown Street.

A set of thirteen suspenseful horror tales, with folklore and urban-legend elements and child characters encountering supernatural threats.

This is a supernatural suspense story about Jane’s encounter with a threatening presence from the past, with her young aunt taking on the struggle to protect her.

A lively fantasy adventure pairs a magical creation that may have a mind of its own with a separate rescue mission. It could suit a child who enjoys mischievous characters and two strands of danger to follow.

This is a humorous Minecraft fantasy built around a looming threat, friendship and action. It may suit a child seeking a familiar game world, silly situations and a fast-moving battle rather than realism.

This is a compassionate but tense animal-welfare story. Marty’s actions create a sustained conflict between telling the truth, respecting ownership and protecting Shiloh, inviting discussion rather than offering an uncomplicated moral lesson.

A spooky friendship adventure set at a carnival, where Gabby becomes uneasy about strange happenings while Sydney refuses to leave. The central appeal is suspense shaped by two friends’ contrasting responses.

A brisk, atmospheric historical adventure: William searches London for John Diamond while confronting a troubling family secret.

This is a tense, unsettling story about a child in care who expects rejection and tests new homes. Its reverse structure and uncertain supernatural threat make Olivia’s emotional experience central.

This is a mystery-driven story about online identity and an unsettling face-to-face meeting. Its central appeal appears to be suspense, with humour and adventure also noted by readers, though reactions to its tone vary.

Expect pony-centred children’s fiction with friendship, riding and horse care at its heart. Depending on which Pony Tails volume is intended, the story may focus on training a new pony or on concerns about a pony behaving unusually.

Expect a suspense-led supernatural story in which danger develops through withheld information, strained relationships and the threat of losing control. Its effect depends more on accumulating pressure than on immediate, nonstop escalation.

Expect a playful search story built around a zoo that lends animals like library books. The central problem is Pancake’s disappearance and the effort to find him before he causes trouble around town.

This is a suspenseful historical fantasy combining Victorian London, faerie politics, street survival and a contested magical object. It offers a determined heroine, an improvised family and frequent crises, though some readers may find events implausible or the plot difficult to follow.

This offers fast-moving supernatural suspense alongside school and family drama. Its appeal lies in a vulnerable heroine facing lost powers, dangerous opponents and complicated relationships, with humour appearing alongside fear and physical peril.

A tense, atmospheric mystery about responsibility and taking action, with an underground workplace, a threatening diary and a close friendship group balancing the darker material with humour.

A supernatural mystery about a young artist whose disturbing visions become real, combining friendship and family tensions with bloodshed, possible powers, and the uncertainty of whether an ally is the killer.

A brisk, gadget-filled spy adventure centres on Alex’s mission against Herod Sayle. Its appeal lies in danger, mystery and implausible ingenuity; its intensity comes from repeated threats, killings and peril rather than quiet character development.

A football-centred mystery with a young investigator, kidnapping and criminal danger.

A tense ghost story about recognising coercive control and reclaiming independence. Its supernatural premise makes the lingering effects of manipulation vivid, while Maya’s anxiety and fear keep the suspense emotionally close.

A layered YA mystery about friends, secrets and a murder, moving between modern Cornwall, the 1980s and the 1940s. Its appeal lies in suspense, changing perspectives and the gradual connection between past and present.

This offers a football-centred adventure with a secret-agent twist: academy training and matches sit alongside investigation, gadgets and chases. Its central appeal is the tension between Ethan’s sporting ambition and concealed mission.

A family mystery with a strong relationship thread: Ani and Riri are trying to stay connected across separated households when a killing turns their theme-park visit into an investigation.

This offers a straightforward survival thriller built around a countdown, extremist beliefs and attacks in a familiar city. Its strongest appeal is likely suspense and danger rather than deeply developed character exploration.

A suspenseful story about a teenager carrying adult responsibilities while secret activities and threatening communications pull her into another person’s scheme. Expect twists, uncertainty and a morally complicated power dynamic rather than a straightforward adventure.

A tense, emotionally serious survival story follows Ade through a collapsing city while his mother withdraws and neighbours become an unexpected support network. Its strongest offering is a child-centred exploration of vulnerability, responsibility and collective care.

A fast, mischievous story about a child’s homemade medicine, comic disorder and rebellion against an unpleasant adult. Its humour depends on exaggeration, grotesque imagery and the reversal of adult authority rather than on model behaviour.

This is an interactive time-and-magic adventure: the reader’s decision about one box determines the route. Its strongest appeal is agency and replayability, rather than a single fixed plot.

This is a socially focused YA novel about a young person navigating foster and group-home life, exclusion and threatened displacement, with suspense from arson and a developing romance.

This is a mystery about a young person confronted with money, death and a puzzling stranger. Its central appeal is likely the investigation, while the cash creates an ongoing moral problem about what Sammy should do.

This is a sports mystery with a playful scheme that gives way to a serious public threat.

A seaside horse-riding holiday shifts from excitement to mystery and possible danger. Caitlin’s feelings about her mother’s absence sit alongside friendship, adventure and a shared effort to avert an unspecified disaster.

This is a friendship story about settling into a new home, meeting an exciting neighbour and discovering that fun can become troubling when another person causes damage and blame.

A friendship story that moves from social pressure into suspense.