10 best-selling family books like Catch Me If I Fall by Barry Jonsberg

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Catch Me If I Fall

By: Barry Jonsberg

3.78

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Ashleigh and Aiden are thirteen-year-old twins who promise to always look out for each other. Aiden…

If you liked the family plot in Catch Me If I Fall by Barry Jonsberg , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1) by Jaclyn Moriarty

1. The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1)

By: Jaclyn Moriarty

4.29

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Bronte Mettlestone is ten years old when her parents are killed by pirates.This does not bother her… read more

Similar categories in Jaclyn Moriarty's The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1) book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"All books have magical properties."

-Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1)

"I was still seeing pirates in my old way, as almost-imaginary, adventure-story people with parrots on their shoulders, rather than the kind who shoot cannons at parents."

-Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1)

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2. Zac and Mia

By: A.J. Betts

2.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

When I was little I believed in Jesus and Santa, spontaneous combustion, and the Loch Ness monster.… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Betts's Zac and Mia book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • australia
  • fiction
  • young adult
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3. How to Bee

By: Bren MacDibble

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

For 8-12 year olds - and all those who love middle grade fiction. Peony lives with her sister and g… read more

Similar categories in Bren MacDibble's How to Bee book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • family
  • science fiction

4. Time Travelling with a Hamster

By: Ross Welford

3.19

Format: 292 pages, ebook

"My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when he was twelve. The… read more

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5. Faceless

By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

When Maisie Winters wakes up, she's in the hospital. The last thing she remembers is running throug… read more

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6. So Much to Tell You (So Much to Tell You, #1)

By: John Marsden

3.14

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Scarred, literally, by her past, Marina has withdrawn into silence. Then, at her new boarding schoo… read more

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7. Trash

By: Andy Mulligan

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In an unnamed Third World country, in the not-so-distant future, three "dumpsite boys" make a livin… read more

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8. Gepardensommer

By: Katja Brandis

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

Lilly darf in den Sommerferien auf einer Farm in Namibia mitarbeiten, die sich dem Schutz der bedro… read more

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9. Closer to Nowhere

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about coming to terms with indelible truths of family and belonging. For the mo… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Closer to Nowhere book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Every kid deserves a friend."

-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere

"Comprehension means more than word count."

-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere

"Still, what can it hurt to maybe have a little extra luck on your side?"

-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere

"That home in the distance, the one I could never reach? Today, I’m much closer to it than I am to nowhere."

-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere

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10. The Space Between Here & Now

By: Sarah Suk

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and You've Reached Sam, this gripping, atmospheric YA … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Suk's The Space Between Here & Now book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • young adult
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11. Snowglobe

By: Soyoung Park

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can es… read more

Similar categories in Soyoung Park's Snowglobe book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Catch Me If I Fall by Barry Jonsberg

12. Catch Me If I Fall

By: Barry Jonsberg

3.78

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Ashleigh and Aiden are thirteen-year-old twins who promise to always look out for each other. Aiden… read more

Similar categories in Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • school
  • middle grade
  • artificial intelligence
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • family
  • science fiction
  • australia
  • speculative fiction
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13. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • australia
  • fiction
  • young adult
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14. We Are Wolves

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's We Are Wolves book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Books are treasure."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

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15. Tiger Daughter

By: Rebecca Lim

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

IBBY Honour List 2024 A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023 Winner, People's… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Lim's Tiger Daughter book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • australia
  • family
  • fiction
"It's aiming for the peaks,' I tell him, 'and swimming through the troughs so that there are moments where you can just float under the sun and see how far you've come."

-Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter

Cover of Everything I've Never Said by Samantha Wheeler

16. Everything I've Never Said

By: Samantha Wheeler

4.32

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ava would like nothing more than to tell her family she loves them, particularly her big sister, Ni… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Wheeler's Everything I've Never Said book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • australia
Cover of This Place Is Still Beautiful by XiXi Tian

17. This Place Is Still Beautiful

By: XiXi Tian

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters. A shocking racist incident. The summer that will change both of their lives forever.De… read more

Similar categories in XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Maybe one day we will find the right words, but at the moment, he just stands with me in this alley, shielded from the sun. Dark, but not alone."

-XiXi Tian, This Place Is Still Beautiful

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18. Exit Through the Gift Shop

By: Maryam Master

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is disc… read more

Similar categories in Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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19. Rdeča kapica

By: Irena Svetek

4.12

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Ko Ljubljano prekrije sneg, sredi parka na Kodeljevem sprehajalec psa odkrije golo truplo brutalno … read more

Similar categories in Irena Svetek's Rdeča kapica book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • fiction
Cover of One Hundred Years of Dirt by Rick  Morton

20. One Hundred Years of Dirt

By: Rick Morton

4.06

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

Social mobility is not a train you get to board after you’ve scraped together enough for the ticket… read more

Similar categories in Rick Morton's One Hundred Years of Dirt book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • australia
  • family
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21. Elsewhere Girls

By: Emily Gale

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It’s midnight and I’m alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop. Coach O'Call would say som… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls book and Barry Jonsberg's Catch Me If I Fall

  • family
  • australia
  • middle grade
  • young adult

14 Best fiction books like Catch Me If I Fall by Barry Jonsberg

Transform Your Habits

The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1)

Jaclyn Moriarty

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Zac and Mia

A.J. Betts

2.89

Transform Your Habits

How to Bee

Bren MacDibble

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Closer to Nowhere

Ellen Hopkins

4.25

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17 Top young adult books like Closer to Nowhere by Ellen Hopkins

Transform Your Habits

House Arrest

K.A. Holt

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Alone

Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Everywhere Blue

Joanne Rossmassler Fritz

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Tornado Brain

Cat Patrick

4.14

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