6 best-selling juvenile books like Beatrice and Croc Harry by Lawrence Hill

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Beatrice and Croc Harry

By: Lawrence Hill

3.80

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

One of Canada's most celebrated author's debut novel for young readers Beatrice, a young girl of u…

"Friends are like books. You carry them with you forever, regardless of mundane impediments like geography."

-Lawrence Hill, Beatrice and Croc Harry

If you liked the juvenile plot in Beatrice and Croc Harry by Lawrence Hill , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Swept Away: Ruth Mornay and the Unwanted Clues by Natalie Hyde

1. Swept Away: Ruth Mornay and the Unwanted Clues

By: Natalie Hyde

3.77

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Unlike the rest of the people in her small town, Ruth Mornay does not believe that the death of her… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Hyde's Swept Away: Ruth Mornay and the Unwanted Clues book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • childrens
Cover of The Fort by Gordon Korman

2. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

Cover of Beatrice and Croc Harry by Lawrence Hill

4. Beatrice and Croc Harry

By: Lawrence Hill

3.80

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

One of Canada's most celebrated author's debut novel for young readers Beatrice, a young girl of u… read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • audiobook
  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • canada
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"Friends are like books. You carry them with you forever, regardless of mundane impediments like geography."

-Lawrence Hill, Beatrice and Croc Harry

Cover of Seekers of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #2) by Kevin Sands

5. Seekers of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #2)

By: Kevin Sands

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dying friend, a terrible bargain, an underwater quest, and dangerous magic . . . this adventure p… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Seekers of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #2) book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • canada
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1) by David Alexander Robertson

6. The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

By: David Alexander Robertson

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brough… read more

Similar categories in David Alexander Robertson's The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1) book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • childrens
  • canada
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Stories always lead people somewhere, To a place, to a memory."

-David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

"Humans...The land provides everything that anybody would need. If you take only what you need, the land renews itself so that it can provide more. Medicines, water, plants, meat. In exchange, because…"

-David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

Cover of Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1) by Kevin Sands

7. Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1)

By: Kevin Sands

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Five kids with unusual talents are brought together to commit an impossible crime. A magic-infus… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1) book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • childrens
  • canada
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call by E.K. Johnston

8. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

By: E.K. Johnston

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Discover Doric’s powerful druid origins in this thrilling young adult prequel to the film Dungeons … read more

Similar categories in E.K. Johnston's Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"It pulled her along through curiosity and compulsion, and even though she didn't know the question, she longed to find out the answers"

-E.K. Johnston, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

"She had thought that power was a ladder to the loft, the rope on which the bread basket came up, the ability to look at a daughter and poison her drink. She learned now that power could be other thin…"

-E.K. Johnston, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

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9. Squire

By: Nadia Shammas

4.06

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Aiza has always dreamt of becoming a Knight. It's the highest military honor in the once-great Bayt… read more

Similar categories in Nadia Shammas's Squire book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
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10. The Other Side of Perfect

By: Melanie Florence

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Two kids from two different worlds form an unexpected friendship in this lens into the interworking… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Florence's The Other Side of Perfect book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
Cover of Into the Bright Open by Cherie Dimaline

11. Into the Bright Open

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.79

Format: 288 pages, ebook

In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works thr… read more

Similar categories in Cherie Dimaline's Into the Bright Open book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Jude Saves the World by Ronnie  Riley

12. Jude Saves the World

By: Ronnie Riley

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Jude struggles with some things: focusing at school, feeling like everything rests … read more

Similar categories in Ronnie Riley's Jude Saves the World book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
Cover of Forever Birchwood by Danielle Daniel

13. Forever Birchwood

By: Danielle Daniel

3.97

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The middle-grade debut of star picture-book author and illustrator Danielle Daniel Adventurous, tr… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Daniel's Forever Birchwood book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of A Bucket of Stars by Suri Rosen

14. A Bucket of Stars

By: Suri Rosen

3.70

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

A story of two kids trying to save the world they know and heal the families they have. It’s the s… read more

Similar categories in Suri Rosen's A Bucket of Stars book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

Cover of Under the Iron Bridge (The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers 2021, 19) by Kathy Kacer

15. Under the Iron Bridge (The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers 2021, 19)

By: Kathy Kacer

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

It's 1938 in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Paul is feeling pressured to join the Hitler Youth. The last … read more

Similar categories in Kathy Kacer's Under the Iron Bridge (The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers 2021, 19) book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

Cover of Apartment 713 by Kevin Sylvester

16. Apartment 713

By: Kevin Sylvester

4.26

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends—welcome to the Regency, where even time moves… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sylvester's Apartment 713 book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of The Last Saxon King (A Jump in Time, #1) by Andrew Varga

17. The Last Saxon King (A Jump in Time, #1)

By: Andrew Varga

4.03

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

One jump to save all time Life is progressing normally for sixteen-year-old Dan Renfrew when he … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Varga's The Last Saxon King (A Jump in Time, #1) book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • adventure
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Berani by Michelle Kadarusman

18. Berani

By: Michelle Kadarusman

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An honest and stirring novel about the choices made by young environmental activists, and the balan… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Kadarusman's Berani book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • childrens
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Big Sting by Rachelle Delaney

19. The Big Sting

By: Rachelle Delaney

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A visit to Leo's grandfather's farm turns upside down when his grandmother's bee hives are stolen. … read more

Similar categories in Rachelle Delaney's The Big Sting book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • audiobook
  • canada
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Umbrella House by Colleen Nelson

20. The Umbrella House

By: Colleen Nelson

4.13

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this intimate and inspiring novel about the power of art and the value of community, award-winni… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Nelson's The Umbrella House book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Case of the Rigged Race (Mighty Muskrats #4) by Michael    Hutchinson

21. The Case of the Rigged Race (Mighty Muskrats #4)

By: Michael Hutchinson

3.65

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

The Mighty Muskrats are back with a chilly new mystery! Windy Lake First Nation is hosting the a… read more

Similar categories in Michael Hutchinson's The Case of the Rigged Race (Mighty Muskrats #4) book and Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry

  • middle grade
  • audiobook

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