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This is a concise history of the air war over Europe, following American bombing operations and the aircraft involved. It includes raids, fighter escorts and the debate over daylight precision bombing.

This is a fantasy adventure built around a boy on the run, a returning threat and the possibility that his love of old stories will prove important.

Matt’s injury leaves him unsure how he was involved when a young Iraqi boy was shot. Returning to combat, he scans for danger and worries about whether he can act when required.

Paul and his family try to protect Henri and help him reach safety, while Paul takes on responsibilities at home and joins the Resistance. The story follows their choices amid occupation and suspicion.

Expect a grim, disorientating fairy tale rather than a reassuring adventure: Otto is often frightened and uncertain, while magic offers power without straightforward control.

This is a good fit to explore how siblings can see the same duties differently, within a richly established Clan world. Its continuing-arc structure means the book leaves some mysteries open.

Ava’s central challenge is deciding what to wish for when she wants to put her family back together. The story’s magic makes that hope depend on choices with potentially high stakes.

Expect a fast-moving fantasy adventure built around a global monster attack, Charlie’s efforts to confront the Fifth, and the difficult demands placed on his friends.

Christina faces the task of bringing a neglected estate back to life while the First World War continues. Her restoration plans are disrupted when someone familiar arrives.

At its heart, this is a pursuit shaped by a mistake: Tom risks a dangerous journey because he feels unable to face his uncle without recovering the horse.

The appeal is active decision-making: readers choose how Han and Chewie respond, rather than following only one fixed route through their predicament.

This is a quest-led adventure centred on a young character taking on responsibility for his community. Expect fantasy dangers and battles to be part of the journey.

This is a choice-led spooky adventure: decisions about what to eat lead to very different changes in the reader-character's size and predicament.

A visual, evidence-led account links greenhouse gases with worldwide changes in temperature and precipitation, then presents disappearing ice and rising sea levels as reasons for concern.

Expect a fantasy quest shaped by prophecy, magic and a long-standing struggle involving gods, rulers and people. Garion’s changing understanding of his origins is also central.

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.

A historically grounded adventure that also asks who receives credit for exploration and what costs expeditions impose on the people they encounter.

A character-led introduction to Jedi and the Force, drawing on material about Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader and Yoda. The book says the Force can serve good or evil.

This is a contemporary-feeling story about a teenager whose hopes for a pivotal school year are disrupted, leaving her to reckon with guilt and changed relationships.

This fantasy centres on a threatened kingdom, a mother separated from her egg, and the uncertain future of her son. Its main draw is a high-stakes struggle involving danger, loyalty and hopes for peace.

A historical spy adventure follows Sam from home-front messenger work into undercover service in Germany, where she must locate a British agent amid wartime secrecy.

This is a wartime secret-agent adventure, combining a sabotage mission with uncertainty about possible double agents. Its focus is action under pressure rather than a broad account of the war.

This fantasy centres on a leader’s personal choice becoming entangled with political unity, old hostility and the possibility of renewed conflict.

A fantasy about life after formal training: Serana faces challenges beyond her examinations and a future shaped by relationships and the approach of war.

This is a speculative story about how people respond when a frightening prediction seems to offer guidance. Nickie’s interest in helping gives the crisis a personal perspective, alongside the town’s attempts to interpret the vision.

This story centres on a young person's divided loyalties, addiction and friendship, alongside the Jedi's pursuit of her.

This is a historical account centred on the assassination and its aftermath, with attention to how Lincoln’s death affected the causes of freedom and equality.

This is a school-club election story where friendship and group loyalty are tested by competing candidates and disagreement over a rule.

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 an interactive space adventure: the reader takes command, makes choices and follows the resulting path through a mission to protect planets.

This is a story about a child’s bond with a horse and a dispute over who should have the animal. Emma’s grandmother and the animal sanctuary are part of the setting.

This is a socially engaged play in which a beggar’s protest sets a fantastical condition for the park’s community. Its central concern is how people treat those living in poverty.

A broad historical account connects military events with their effects on people on both sides, while also including the anti-war movement and post-war consequences.

This is a teen story about grief, risk and a possible new relationship, set amid school conflict and illegal street racing.

This is a high-stakes fantasy conflict built around Amy’s responsibility for a failed mission and the danger of losing her way home.

A fast-moving science-fiction adventure about young Jedi racing to prevent a deadly plague from being released, amid a wider battle and a confrontation with a dangerous adversary.

Sunny’s confidence in a prophecy is shaken, setting up a fantasy adventure about whether destiny can be changed. The book also foregrounds friendship and questions of identity.

This is a conflict-driven fantasy about a threatened community and a young protagonist whose reputation as its supposed saviour follows an earlier deception.

A lively contest drives the story: the children try to raise money and earn a choice connected with the Strawberry Festival.

A school-year coming-of-age story links Holling’s classroom life and Shakespeare reading with wider historical events and family expectations.

Expect a brisk, peril-filled adventure focused on a king's efforts to meet threats to his country. This is the trilogy's conclusion, so earlier instalments may matter for following the characters and stakes.

This instalment combines school popularity and performance with a magical adventure, as Kara is drawn into a task involving peace between fairies and goblins.

A reluctant participant in historical reenactments becomes responsible for stopping a fellow time traveller who intends to alter the Civil War’s outcome. Humour and a historical adventure premise sit alongside the battle setting.

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

This is a mission-led Star Wars adventure about Anakin and friends pursuing a lost lightsaber. Its hook is the possibility that someone else may also know where it is.