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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorClaudia and the Genius of Elm Street
Ann M. Martin · 140 pages
Claudia, the most artistic member of the Baby-sitters Club, has her hands full working on an art project and babysitting for a seven-year-old genius.
Kristy's Great Idea
Raina Telgemeier, Ann M. Martin · 186 pages
Follows the adventures of Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club as they deal with crank calls, uncontrollable two-year-olds, wild pets, and parents who do not always tell the truth. A graphic novel based on the 1988 book by the same name.
Me Before You
Jojo Moyes · 451 pages
Louisa Clark is an ordinary young woman living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair-bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cann
Sleepovers
Jacqueline Wilson · 112 pages
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
Sharon Creech · 141 pages
Bailey, who is usually so nice, Bailey, my neighbor, my friend, my buddy, my pal for my whole life, knowing me better than anybody, that Bailey, that Bailey I am so mad at right now, that Bailey, I hate him today.Twelve-year-old Rosie and her best friend, Bailey, don't always get along, that's true. But Granny Torrelli seems to know just how to make things right again with her interesting stories
Million-Dollar Throw
Mike Lupica
What would you do with a million dollars, if you were 13? Nate Brodie is nicknamed "Brady" not only for his arm, but also because he's the biggest Tom Brady fan. He's even saved up to buy an autographed football. And when he does, he wins the chance for something he's never dreamed of—to throw a pass through a target at a Patriots game for one million dollars. Nate should be excited. But things ha
The Blinding Light
Renae Kaye · 210 pages
Dawn and the Impossible Three
Gale Galligan, Ann M. Martin
We Are All Welcome Here
Elizabeth Berg · 187 pages
It is the summer of 1964. In Tupelo, Mississippi, the town of Elvis's birth, tensions are mounting over civil-rights demonstrations occurring ever more frequently--and violently--across the state. But in Paige Dunn's small, ramshackle house, there are more immediate concerns. Challenged by the effects of the polio she contracted during her last month of pregnancy, Paige is nonetheless determined t
Mary Poppins
P.L. Travers · 206 pages
An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
Nothing But Trouble
Rachel Gibson · 361 pages
Angry at the world when a near-fatal car crash takes him off the ice permanently, hockey superstar Mark Bressler is bent on making life miserable for everyone--especially his latest team-provided personal assistant: outspoken, flamboyant, and unemployed actress Chelsea Ross. Chelsea is out to revamp her acting career and badly needs the $10,000 bonus she'll get if she lasts three months with Mark;
Blabber Mouth
Morris Gleitzman · 128 pages
An Australian schoolgirl who is unable to speak is embarrassed by her father's outlandish dress and behavior.
Deaf Child Crossing
Marlee Matlin · 200 pages
Despite the fact that Megan is deaf and Cindy can hear, the two girls become friends when Cindy moves into Megan's neighborhood, but when they go away to camp, their friendship is put to the test.
The War that Saved My Life
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley · 349 pages
Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn’t waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a
The Story of Beautiful Girl
Rachel Simon · 346 pages
A novel about a woman who can't speak, a man who is deaf, and a widow who finds herself suddenly caring for a newborn baby. Pennsylvania, 1968. Lynnie, and her sweetheart Homan, have escaped from The School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, an institution where people with disabilities were routinely shut off from society, and left to languish, forgotten.
What Katy Did
Susan Coolidge · 204 pages
Twelve-year-old Katie, living with her father, aunt, and five siblings in a small town in the 1870's, constantly makes and breaks resolutions to be a kind and generous person like her invalid Cousin Helen, but when she herself is bedridden after an accident, Katie finds her cousin's example very hard to follow.
The Unmapped Sea
Maryrose Wood · 404 pages
Determined to break the wolfish curse that is threatening her charges and their unborn baby sibling, Miss Penelope Lumley takes a seaside holiday in the hope of gaining answers from an aging mariner.
Harriet Spies Again
Helen Ericson · 230 pages
Harriet M. Welsch is up to her old spying tricks when her beloved nanny Ole Golly, who had married and moved to Montreal, returns without her husband, Harriet's friend Sport announces he has a crush on a schoolmate, and the people across the street appear to be holding a child hostage.
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
Lynne Jonell · 349 pages
When Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must try everything possible to return things to normal.
Bad Babysitter
Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm · 90 pages
"Babymouse discovers that babysitting is not as easy as it sounds"-- In order to earn some extra spending cash, Babymouse takes a job babysitting for a set of triplets and gets more than she bargained for. In order to earn some extra spending cash, Babymouse starts taking some babysitting jobs but soon discovers that babysitting is not as easy as it sounds. The coauthor is Matthew Holm. Book #19
Saffy's Angel
Hilary McKay · 215 pages
After Saffron discovers that she's adopted, life is never quite the same again. Her artistic parents and doting siblings adore her, but Saffy wants a piece of her past. So when her grandfather bequests a stone angel to her, Saffy knows she has to find it and stows away to Siena with her new friend.
Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh · 298 pages
Harriet the Spy is a children's novel written and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh that was published in 1964. It has been called "a milestone in children's literature" and a "classic". In the U.S. it ranked number 12 in The 50 Best Books for Kids and number 17 in The Top 100 Children's Novels on two lists generated in 2012.
Lulu's Mysterious Mission
Judith Viorst · 182 pages
When Lulu's parents go on vacation, the formidable Ms. Sonia Sofia Solinsky comes to babysit and Lulu behaves as badly as possible to get her to leave until Ms. Solinsky reveals her secret.