25 best-selling middle grade books like Nisha's War by Dan Smith

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Nisha's War

By: Dan Smith

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Malaya, 1942. Nisha’s home is destroyed by war and she and her mother, Amma, flee to her father’s a…

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Cover of The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1) by Katherine Woodfine

1. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1)

By: Katherine Woodfine

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

You are cordially invited to attend the Grand Opening of Sinclair’s department store! Enter a wo… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Woodfine's The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1) book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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2. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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3. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cameron's Away With Words book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Sad Ghost Club by Lize Meddings

4. The Sad Ghost Club

By: Lize Meddings

3.99

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Ever felt anxious or alone? Like you don't belong anywhere? Like you're almost... invisible? Find y… read more

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Cover of Nisha's War by Dan Smith

5. Nisha's War

By: Dan Smith

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Malaya, 1942. Nisha’s home is destroyed by war and she and her mother, Amma, flee to her father’s a… read more

Similar categories in Dan Smith's Nisha's War book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
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6. The Snow Girl

By: Sophie Anderson

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning and critically acclaimed Sophie Anderson, comes a fairy-tale story of friendship… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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7. The Girl Who Speaks Bear

By: Sophie Anderson

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, 12-year-old Yanka has always felt out of place in her sma… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Skylarks’ War by Hilary McKay

8. The Skylarks’ War

By: Hilary McKay

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, staying with their grandpare… read more

Similar categories in Hilary McKay's The Skylarks’ War book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
"There were no rules, only consequences."

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

"There were not rules, only consequences"

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

"This was school, and everything he'd feared. Barren, jarring, stale, always lonely and never alone. He had known it would be bad, and it was."

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

"Away from the front, where the supply lines ran, there were rest camps and first aid stations, and even patches of farmland. Often at that time of year you could hear skylarks over the fields. Soldie…"

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

Cover of Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

9. Julia and the Shark

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.33

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfat… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's Julia and the Shark book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"...which is still not a plot twist I saw coming."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Panic poured into the space where my certainty had been, hot and sharp."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"I like how everything echoes with everything else if you listen hard enough"

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Dad's listening became loud, you know how that happens when someone is really concentrating and you can feel the white noise of their attention."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

Cover of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) by A.F. Steadman

10. Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fant… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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11. While the Storm Rages

By: Phil Earle

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

'A truly brilliant story of courage and resilience and exceptional animals. This wartime ‘Incredibl… read more

Similar categories in Phil Earle's While the Storm Rages book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
"How could he get so very, very close, only to see it snatched away?"

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

"When something is this good, Noah told himself, it shouldn’t be hidden away. It should be shared with others."

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

"But, Noah, it’s coming. Everyone knows it. It’s like a storm. And while the storm rages, it won’t be safe for any of us.’ ‘So we make that decision when it happens, Mum. When it’s overhead and we can…"

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

"Because I made a promise to Dad, didn’t I? Swore blind I’d keep Winn with me, and that she’d be safe. We made a deal. And if I don’t keep my part, then how do I know that Dad will keep his? How do I …"

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

Cover of Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1) by Jennifer Killick

12. Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1)

By: Jennifer Killick

4.06

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spooky Crater Lake. Perfect for… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1) book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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13. The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of October, October, shortlisted for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, comes a life-af… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's The Light in Everything book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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14. The Phoenix Ballroom

By: Ruth Hogan

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the wildly popular bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things: a heartfelt and inspiring … read more

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15. The Sad Ghost Club, Vol. 3

By: Lize Meddings

4.01

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

'We wanted to create a space where anyone who is feeling sad or alone could come and feel ... well,… read more

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16. Resist

By: Tom Palmer

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on life under wartime occupation, in a beautif… read more

Similar categories in Tom Palmer's Resist book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros

17. The Blue Book of Nebo

By: Manon Steffan Ros

4.16

Format: 156 pages, ebook

Prize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo p… read more

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"Diuen que els vincles de sang no es tornen mai aigua, però els veu que l'aigua es pot tornar sang."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

"La humanitat és una cosa espectacular, tan preparada per estimar sense conviccions, sense complexos."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

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18. Becoming Muhammad Ali

By: James Patterson

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two heavy-hitters in children's literature comes a critically acclaimed biographical novel of … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Becoming Muhammad Ali book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail

19. The Cats We Meet Along the Way

By: Nadia Mikail

3.49

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

A stunning debut young adult novel set in Malaysia, charting Aisha and her family on a roadtrip thr… read more

Similar categories in Nadia Mikail's The Cats We Meet Along the Way book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"What happened when someone who made a home a home for you was not there to make it one any more?"

-Nadia Mikail, The Cats We Meet Along the Way

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20. Fake

By: Ele Fountain

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A thrillingly paced, timely novel about identity and our digital lives from the award-winning autho… read more

Similar categories in Ele Fountain's Fake book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
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21. Where The World Turns Wild

By: Nicola Penfold

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Juniper Greene lives in a walled city from which nature has been banished, following the outbreak o… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Penfold's Where The World Turns Wild book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Tinsel: The Girls Who Invented Christmas by Sibéal Pounder

22. Tinsel: The Girls Who Invented Christmas

By: Sibéal Pounder

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

How did the world come to believe Santa Claus is a man? It’s all just a big misunderstanding! This … read more

Similar categories in Sibéal Pounder's Tinsel: The Girls Who Invented Christmas book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
"It’s the small and ordinary things that snowball to make a life truly magical"

-Sibéal Pounder, Tinsel: The Girls Who Invented Christmas

"Because they said she was a witch, and that just means she annoyed a man at some stage."

-Sibéal Pounder, Tinsel: The Girls Who Invented Christmas

Cover of Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls by Phil Hickes

23. Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls

By: Phil Hickes

4.29

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Shadowhall Academy, where spirits haunt the school halls. A brilliantly spooky new serie… read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic by A.M. Howell

24. Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic

By: A.M. Howell

4.16

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

A twisty and heart-pounding mystery at sea, from award-winning A.M. Howell. July, 1936. As the Q… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Howell's Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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25. My Life on Fire

By: Cath Howe

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A tense, page-turning story that sensitively deals with themes of family upheaval and kleptomania, … read more

Similar categories in Cath Howe's My Life on Fire book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
Cover of The Ash House by Angharad Walker

26. The Ash House

By: Angharad Walker

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An unsettling middle grade debut about searching for a sense of belonging in the wrong places, and … read more

Similar categories in Angharad Walker's The Ash House book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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27. The Climbers

By: Keith Gray

3.58

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

In this compelling story of teenage rivalry and friendship, award-winning author Keith Gray capture… read more

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28. Bad Panda: WORLD BOOK DAY 2023 AUTHOR

By: Swapna Haddow

4.04

Format: None pages, ebook

Are you sick of being utterly adorable? Tired of being cuddled and hugged? Fed up of having your he… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of The House at the End of the Sea by Victoria M. Adams

29. The House at the End of the Sea

By: Victoria M. Adams

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Saffi doesn't want her new life, living with her dad, little brother and old-fashioned grandparents… read more

Similar categories in Victoria M. Adams's The House at the End of the Sea book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade
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30. Wrath

By: Marcus Sedgwick

3.75

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

From the multi-award-winning author of Midwinterblood and The Ghosts of Heaven comes a suspenseful,… read more

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  • middle grade
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31. Saving Celeste

By: Fombelle Timothee d

3.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

A dying girl. A sick planet. One last hope to survive. The world is run by !ndustry and the only… read more

Similar categories in Fombelle Timothee d's Saving Celeste book and Dan Smith's Nisha's War

  • middle grade

21 best-selling childrens books like Nisha's War by Dan Smith

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The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1)

Katherine Woodfine

3.99

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Transform Your Habits

Away With Words

Sophie Cameron

3.89

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Nisha's War

Dan Smith

4.11

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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The Boy Lost in the Maze

Joseph Coelho

3.82

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Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

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Sophie Cameron

3.89

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