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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Misadventures of Maude March
Audrey Couloumbis · 295 pages
Go Saddle the Sea
Joan Aiken · 357 pages
In 1821, an orphaned twelve-year-old boy runs away from his unhappy home in Spain to England where he tries to find his father's family.
The Escape
Robert Muchamore · 298 pages
As two British children are being hunted by German agents, British spy Charles Henderson is trying to reach them first, but to do it he must depend on the help of a twelve-year-old French orphan.
At the Edge of the World
Avi · 234 pages
Branded as traitors by the king's authorities, Crispin and his guardian, Bear, flee to coastal towns in fourteenth-century England, where they perform a musical juggling act and bond as a family after befriending a disfigured girl.
The Diamond of Drury Lane
Julia Golding · 344 pages
Set in 1790's Covent Garden this book whisks you back to a bygone era, and to embark on an adventure about one hidden treasure, two bare-knuckle boxers, three enemies, and four hundred and thirty-eight rioters. It is the tale of Catherine "Cat" Royal, an orphan, four foot four with long red hair and not a penny to call her own. She lives in the Theater Royal on Drury Lane, a place filled with d
Oracles of Delphi Keep
Victoria Laurie · 576 pages
Wolf Brother
Michelle Paver · 320 pages
This exciting fast-paced novel is an engaging depiction of a young boy's life during Neolithic times. This fictional account includes details based on archeological evidence of tool use, clothing, and other details of everyday life during the Stone Age. The main character loses his father in a 'demonic' animal attack, so is left alone to face the harsh realities of survival without the benefit o
The Devil and His Boy
Anthony Horowitz · 182 pages
Tom Falconer is in trouble. Pursued by the notorious criminal Ratsey, Tom soon finds himself alone and hungry on the streets of London. Luckily enough, the mysterious Dr. Mobius soon recruits Tom to play an important role in a play to be performed in front of Queen Elizabeth. Tom knows there's something not right about Mobius, but he's willing to take a risk in order to keep his neck out of Ratsey
Thursday's Child
Noel Streatfeild · 265 pages
Story of irrepressible Margaret Thursday, an orphan determined to go far, and the friends she makes along the way.
Bloody Jack
L.A. Meyer · 310 pages
Life as a ship's boy aboard HMS *Dolphin* is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of eighteenth-century London. Instead, Jacky is becoming a skilled and respected sailor as the crew pursues pirates on the high seas. There's only one problem: Jacky is a *girl*. And she will have to use every bit of her spirit, wit, a
The Golden Goblet
Eloise Jarvis McGraw · 248 pages
The story of a young orphaned boy trained as a metalworker in ancient eygpt who uncovers a plot by his wicked half brother to steal from the pharoahs tombs. Ranofer wants only one thing in the world: to be a master goldsmith like his beloved father was. But how can he when he is all but imprisoned by his evil half brother, Gebu? Ranofer knows the only way he can escape Gebu's abuse is by chang
Way Down Deep
Ruth White · 197 pages
In the West Virginia town of Way Down Deep in the 1950s, a foundling called Ruby June is happily living with Miss Arbutus at the local boarding house when suddenly, after the arrival of a family of outsiders, the mystery of Ruby's past begins to unravel
Molly Moon Stops the World
Georgia Byng · 375 pages
Believing that she has been sent to Los Angeles by her librarian friend, Lucy Logan, to stop an evil plot by the wealthy Primo Cell, Molly Moon and her friend Roger, orphans with unusual hypnotic powers, find themselves in danger from an unsuspected source.
Rodzina
Karen Cushman · 215 pages
A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and to the hazards of a new life.
West of the Moon
Margi Preus · 226 pages
In nineteenth-century Norway, fourteen-year-old Astri, whose aunt has sold her to a mean goatherder, dreams of joining her father in America. In nineteenth-century Norway, fourteen-year-old Astri, whose aunt has sold her to a mean goat herder, dreams of joining her father in America. The plot contains violence and sexual references.
Spring Pearl: The Last Flower
Laurence Yep · 218 pages
Called boyish by her new family for being able to read and write, twelve-year-old, orphaned Spring Pearl's "odd ways" help save the family during the 1857 Opium War in Canton, China.
Into the Gauntlet
Margaret Peterson Haddix
The explosive finale! Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet-a task no Cahill dared to i
Withering-By-Sea
Judith Rossell · 156 pages
WINNER ABIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER READERS 'Fans of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events will eat up Withering-by-Sea' -- Shelf Awareness High on a cliff above the gloomy coastal town of Withering-by-Sea stands the Hotel Majestic. Inside the walls of the damp, dull hotel, eleven-year-old orphan Stella Montgomery leads a miserable life with her three dreadful Aunts. But one night,
The Water Mirror
Kai Meyer · 250 pages
In a place similar to Venice, Italy, two teenaged orphans, apprenticed to a maker of magic mirrors, begin to realize that their fates are tied to the magical protector of the city known as the Flowing Queen and to the ruler of Hell, respectively.
How to Catch a Bogle
Catherine Jinks · 335 pages
In 1870s London, a young orphan girl becomes the apprentice to a man who traps monsters for a living.
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
Michael Morpurgo · 263 pages
The novel has two parts. The first follows Arthur Hobhouse's story, and the second follows the story of his daughter Allie.