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This is an action-adventure fantasy about a rescue, animal-inspired powers and friends learning to manage unusual devices. The stakes extend from Charlie’s father to the world, with complications among the group as well as external foes.

This is a football story with a family-move dilemma: Oliver has found a place on his new team and begun to make friends, but another move may take both away.

A magical school adventure centres on a group resisting a threat to their school world, with Spencer tasked with finding a way to summon the founding witches.

A set of five separate character pairings gives the collection a friendship-focused, ensemble feel rather than one continuous story.

The mystery centres on the callers’ silence and Claudia’s suspicion. The group’s investigation has “mixed results”, though what those involve is not specified.

Arwel and the Rugby Zombies still need to play an international match to face their shameful past, but Arwel is less willing to help. Attention from sixth-former Trish and a change in his self-image complicate matters. Martin, Glen and Beth try to make him see the error of his ways, while organising a match involving the maverick monsters and Arwel’s dad.

This is a supernatural team-conflict story with romantic tension: Jenn must decide how much to trust Antonio while the hunters confront a strengthening enemy.

This is a fast-moving fantasy adventure built around a team’s dangerous mission, clues and a pursuit. Its unusual janitor-magic premise may appeal to readers who enjoy school settings with high-stakes fantasy.

This is a baseball team story about belonging and contribution: Little Rhino’s role changes when he cannot play, but he still wants to help his friends.

The setup has a comic contrast between Lindy’s dislike of cucumbers and the festival’s cucumber dishes, with an unsupervised goose adding to the mix.

A fantasy adventure centred on granting wishes, with Sage facing unfamiliar life on another planet and a mission governed by a deadline.

A portal-fantasy adventure about three girls tasked with protecting magical animals, with friendship and the natural world among its stated themes.

This is an animal-led adventure built around a search for missing friends, with courage and wit tested by a difficult mountain journey.

Expect an eccentric family adventure built around inventions, animal antics and a Christmas-threatening force.

A light adventure about two very different characters trying to get home, with mishaps involving machines and a focus on cooperation.

A puzzle-centred adventure puts the four friends on a time-limited mission to find Mr Benedict, with their teamwork central to the challenge.

This is a farm-set mystery about loose llamas, unexplained events and a telescope that may be watching the group. The children investigate, with Jean eventually joining the team.

The appeal is likely to centre on extraordinary powers, investigation and a team of teenage allies confronting a powerful organisation. The bind-up also includes a handbook presented as being from an Elgen leader.

This story combines the anticipation of a first cheerleading competition with a friendship problem: Maddy is left guessing why another girl has turned against her.

This is an illustrated action adventure about Sonic and his friends responding to attacks on villages. The story includes teamwork and newly introduced allies, alongside a continuing threat from robotic forces.

A boarding-school mystery about belonging, conformity and noticing when a prestigious institution’s promises may come at a cost.

The central appeal is a group mystery: several friends work together to find out who took the scooter plans and why. Their investigation begins after a family holiday plan is abruptly cancelled.

A child’s excitement about joining a baseball team meets the challenge of sharing it with a bully. The story sets up a practical question about what good teammates do when team life is difficult.

A warm, humorous friendship adventure follows Humphrey and Og through camp activities, cabin rivalry and unsettling surprises. It offers a small-animal viewpoint on nervousness, helping friends and adapting to unfamiliar experiences.

Expect a seasonal picture-book story about two mice and an Easter basket contest.

This is a socially engaged sports novel: football brings two North American teenagers into contact with marginalised local players, while different experiences of race, class and belonging become increasingly difficult to ignore.

A culturally rooted fantasy adventure combining Filipino mythology, humour, friendship and a quest involving a stolen soul key. It places grief and family longing alongside supernatural peril, while presenting courage, empathy, gratitude and teamwork as important values.

A magical theatre rescue story combines an audition, missing talent, fairy helpers and goblin disruption. It may particularly appeal to children interested in performance, imaginative adventure and recurring fairy characters.

A lively competition story for readers who enjoy solving problems alongside a determined contestant. Its emotional engine is Gil’s wish to alter his family’s circumstances, while the games test knowledge, persistence, judgement and relationships.

A lively superhero story about an overlooked helper finding recognition on his own terms. Its strongest appeal is the combination of visual energy, comic reversals, inventive narration and Nick’s determination to keep contributing.

This is a child-centred mystery adventure combining seaside exploration, hidden places, secrecy and a rescue involving a royal child. Its appeal appears to lie in teamwork, discovery and sustained pursuit, though the ending and the intensity of the danger are not described.

A lively superhero adventure centres on Harley’s schemes, performances and investigation of a carnival that seems wrong. Her distinctive humour and abilities are treated as assets, while friendship and teamwork remain important.

A lively fantasy adventure built around two very different twins: Myles plans and analyses, while Beckett acts instinctively and communicates unusually well with nonhuman beings. Their complementary strengths drive a chaotic struggle involving magical creatures, powerful technology and determined enemies.

Expect frontier adventure built around a group of young companions, their mission, wilderness travel and encounters with enemies.

A gentle fantasy adventure about two girls helping fairy allies tackle litter on a beach. Environmental care is central, alongside friendship, teamwork and a search for a missing wand.

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 a mission-driven seafaring adventure in which a crew pursues a former rival who has become a pirate and slave trader. Friendship, courage and restored honour shape the action.

This is a Victorian-set steampunk mystery combining deduction, action, supernatural danger and an international dispute. The central partnership contrasts Mina’s reasoning with Evaline’s practical, vampire-slaying approach.

This is a comic school adventure built around a winter charity contest, a child’s wish to impress others, and conspicuous bodily humour. Illness changes George’s plans and gives his friend Alex an important part in the event.

This is a school-set mystery with five clever outsiders at its centre.

A fast-moving ensemble mystery combines threats and secrets with friendship, romance and personal change. Its strongest appeal is likely the continuing Bayview relationships and the question of who is targeting the group.

Expect a sports-focused children’s fiction title connected with competition, teamwork and friendship.

A fast-moving supernatural mystery about a lamp, an underground tomb and a struggle against unleashed evil. Expect occult imagery, threatening forces and adventure, alongside a style that may feel familiar and a plot judged predictable.

An energetic pony adventure combining horse handling, competitions, a film-set setting and mysteries. Friendship is central to Issie’s attempt to manage lively horses, while a troubled actress and possible danger to ponies add complication.

Expect a brisk, gadget-driven adventure in which five teenagers apply specialised skills to missions involving computers, surveillance, buildings and criminal adversaries.