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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorKristy and the Copycat
Ann M. Martin, Nola Thacker · 136 pages
Karen is very proud of her big stepsister Kristy. So she's been copying everything Kristy does, to be just like her. Then Kristy does something terrible. What would Karen think of her big sister if she knew the truth?
How Mirka Met a Meteorite
Barry Deutsch · 123 pages
Mirka is back, and this time she takes on a misguided meteor who's been set in motion by the troll and turned into Mirka's twin by the witch. Doppelganger Mirka is out to best the real girl. Our heroine will have to beat her own other self in a three-park challenge ... or be banished from Hereville!
Dawn's Wicked Stepsister
Ann M. Martin · 146 pages
Dawn and Mary Anne are good friends, but when they become stepsisters, their relationship undergoes some changes.
A Giant Problem
Holly Black · 160 pages
**German-language description** *Das neueste Abenteuer für die Spiderwick-Fans und alle, die magische Wesen lieben* Kaum sind Nick und Laurie zum ersten Mal mit den Spiderwick-Geheimnissen und der fantastischen Welt um sie herum in Berührung gekommen, da steht ihnen auch schon eine gewaltige Aufgabe bevor: die Rückkehr der Riesen zu verhindern! Die seit ewigen Zeiten tief im Erdreich ruhende
Double Act
Jacqueline Wilson · 187 pages
A brilliant new cover look for this fantastically popular Jacqueline Wilson title about sparky twins Ruby and GarnetNo-one can ever be like a mother to us.NO-ONE. NO-ONE AT ALL.ESPECIALLY NOT STUPID FRIZZY DIZZY ROSE.Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old twins. Identical. They do EVERYTHING together, especially since their mother died three years earlier. But can being a double act work for ever? When
Ramona Forever
Beverly Cleary · 182 pages
If you're not already a Beverly Cleary fan, you'll discover why she's such a popular author when you read Ramona Forever, the newest adventure in the Quimby family series. This story of a grown-up third grader who is sometimes a pest but always wonderful will keep you smiling till the very last page.
The List of Things That Will Not Change
Rebecca Stead · 240 pages
EIGHT STARRED REVIEWS! The reassuring book kids and families need right now."An absolute original . . . a story that kids will love." --R. J. Palacio, bestselling author of WonderAt a time when everything is changing for Bea and her family, the important things will always stay the same. A soon-to-be classic by the Newbery Award-winning author of When You Reach Me.After her parents' divorce, Bea's
Northward to the Moon
Polly Horvath · 244 pages
Girls Acting Catty
Leslie Margolis · 179 pages
Sixth-grader Annabelle spends autumn coping with competing groups of friends at school, her mother's pre-wedding stress, learning to get along with a cute stepbrother-to-be, and such momentous events as wearing her first bra and learning to shave her legs.
Lock and Key
Sarah Dessen · 427 pages
"Ruby, where is your mother?"Ruby knows that the game is up. For the past few months, she's been on her own in the yellow house, managing somehow, knowing that her mother will probably never return.That's how she comes to live with Cora, the sister she hasn't seen in ten years, and Cora's husband Jamie, whose down-to-earth demeanor makes it hard for Ruby to believe he founded the most popular netw
Come What May
Lauren Brooke · 157 pages
After the tragic death of her mother, 15-year old Amy Fleming is running the farm with her older sister Lou, her Grandad, and stablehands Ty and Ben. In "Come What May", Amy is stunned when Lou reveals that she has been in contact with their estranged father. Can Amy bring herself to meet him, after he abandoned the family so many years ago?
Amber Brown Is Green With Envy
Paula Danziger · 151 pages
Fourth-grader Amber Brown must make some important decisions when her mother and Max move their wedding date up and prepare to buy a house together, while her father makes some bad choices of his own.
The Lotterys Plus One
Emma Donoghue · 320 pages
Sumac Lottery is nine years old and the self-proclaimed "good girl" of her (VERY) large, (EXTREMELY) unruly family. And what a family the Lotterys are: four parents, children both adopted and biological, and a menagerie of pets, all living and learning together in a sprawling house called Camelottery.
Nerd Camp
Elissa Brent Weissman · 272 pages
For ten-year-old Gabe, the Summer Center for Gifted Enrichment is all that he dreamed it would be, but he must work hard to write about the fun in letters to Zack, his cool future stepbrother, without revealing that it is a camp for "nerds."
Revolution
Deborah Wiles · 519 pages
It's 1964 in Greenwood, Mississippi, and Sunny's town is being invaded by people from up north who are coming to help people register to vote. Her personal life isn't much better, as a new stepmother, brother, and sister are crowding into her life, giving her little room to breathe.--From publisher description. It is 1964, and Sunny's town is being invaded, or at least that is what the adults a
Lucky Break
Sienna Mercer · 236 pages
Ivy and Olivia are super excited - their aunt on their mother's side has invited them to stay at her ranch, to get to know them. But she's not in on the vampire thing, and when Ivy scares off her favourite horse, Lucky, the girls have to find him. Or risk blowing the coffin lid off the secret ... Meanwhile, the school is putting on a production of Romeo and Juliet. Surely Olivia's boyfriend Jackso
Trial by Fire
Jeff Probst, Chris Tebbetts · 174 pages
After being stranded on a deserted island, Jane, Buzz, Carter, and Vanessa must learn how to find food and shelter, create a fire, and get along with each other in order to survive. Buzz, Vanessa, Carter, and Jane lose their boat and all their supplies in a tropical storm. Now, the four must team up and make important survival decisions if they ever want to be found. The coauthor is Chris Tebbett
Dream a Little Dream
Kerstin Gier · 337 pages
Liv Silver, fifteen, has lived in six countries in eight years and she and her sister yearn for a real home and normalcy, but soon after moving in with her mother's boyfriend in London, Liv's dreams turn bizarre, filled with talking stone statues, mysterious corridors, and strange rituals conducted by four boys who happen to be her new classmates.
White Sands, Red Menace
Ellen Klages · 337 pages
It is 1946, and Dewey Kerrigan is now living near the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the Gordon family. Dewey and her "sister," Suze, share secrets, art, and science as they adjust to high school in an isolated desert town. Then, Dewey's long-lost mother, Rita Gallucci, reappears in their lives.
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Patricia MacLachlan · 64 pages
This Newbery Medal winning book and children's literature classic is perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, historical fiction, and timeless stories using rich and beautiful language. Sarah, Plain and Tall gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love. The 30th Anniversary edition includes author Patricia MacLachlan s Newbery speech, discussion guide a
Caddy Ever After
Hilary McKay · 160 pages
The fourth (or fifth counting the prequel) book in the Casson Family Series by Hillary McKay. This book is about the whole family, but mainly focuses on Caddy (short for Cadmium), the eldest Casson child.
Where You'll Find Me
Natasha Friend · 264 pages
After her mother's attempted suicide, thirteen-year-old Anna goes to live with her father and his new family, and learns to navigate the shifting loyalties of middle school friendships.
The Disappearing Stranger
Lois Walfrid Johnson · 144 pages
When her mother marries Mr. Nordstrom, Kate moves to a farm in northwest Wisconsin, solves a mystery, and learns to adjust to her new stepfamily.