18 must-read fantasy books like The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson

Cover of The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie   Anderson

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…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

1. The Explorer

By: Katherine Rundell

4.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Parents' Choice Recommended From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exc… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Explorer book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure

2. Cogheart (The Cogheart Adventures, #1)

By: Peter Bunzl

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Paperback

Some secrets change the world in a heartbeat. . . . Lily's life is in mortal peril. Her father is m… read more

Similar categories in Peter Bunzl's Cogheart (The Cogheart Adventures, #1) book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

Cover of Shadows of Winterspell by Amy  Wilson

3. Shadows of Winterspell

By: Amy Wilson

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Stella has been living behind the magic of the forest for most of her life. Lonely, she enrolls at … read more

Similar categories in Amy Wilson's Shadows of Winterspell book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fantasy
Cover of Frostheart (Frostheart, #1) by Jamie Littler

4. Frostheart (Frostheart, #1)

By: Jamie Littler

4.07

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

Way out in the furthest part of the known world, a tiny stronghold exists all on its own, cut off f… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Littler's Frostheart (Frostheart, #1) book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Storm of Sisters (A Pinch of Magic, #4) by Michelle Harrison

5. A Storm of Sisters (A Pinch of Magic, #4)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.34

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

There are secrets hidden beneath the ice . . . bring the magic home in the frosty fourth instalment… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Harrison's A Storm of Sisters (A Pinch of Magic, #4) book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fantasy
Cover of The Polar Bear Explorers' Club by Alex Bell

6. The Polar Bear Explorers' Club

By: Alex Bell

4.15

Format: 336 pages, ebook

It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer - tumbling from an ice bridge… read more

Similar categories in Alex Bell's The Polar Bear Explorers' Club book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone

7. Sky Song

By: Abi Elphinstone

4.13

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

In the snowy kingdom of Erkenwald, whales glide between icebergs, wolves hunt on the tundra and pol… read more

Similar categories in Abi Elphinstone's Sky Song book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Tangle of Spells (A Pinch of Magic, #3) by Michelle Harrison

8. A Tangle of Spells (A Pinch of Magic, #3)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.38

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Everyone knows that magic and trouble go hand in hand... A dangerous spell cast over an unsuspec… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Harrison's A Tangle of Spells (A Pinch of Magic, #3) book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond (The House at the Edge of Magic, #3) by Amy Sparkes

9. The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond (The House at the Edge of Magic, #3)

By: Amy Sparkes

4.18

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

Adventurous, magical and brilliantly funny next book in the House at the Edge of Magic series. N… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sparkes's The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond (The House at the Edge of Magic, #3) book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie   Anderson

10. 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

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • fairy tales
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • animals
  • folklore
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of Leila and the Blue Fox by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

11. Leila and the Blue Fox

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.29

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

She was very tired. She lay down, her soft head on her soft paws. The sunset licked her face.… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's Leila and the Blue Fox book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Foxes do dream. Here is Fox's. The sky dusty with stars. The wind strong and blowing. Her belly full and she is running. Above her the sky lights dance, but they are only good for hunting by. She doe…"

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Leila and the Blue Fox

Cover of The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell

12. The Good Thieves

By: Katherine Rundell

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Good Thieves book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"It is difficult to sleep when you are besieged by hope."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"He was not tall or broad, but when he grinned it was so vivid that he appeared to take up most of the street and at least half the sky."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"To throw the knife would be death...She wanted nothing to do with death--nothing to do with finality, with endings, with the dark of it. She hated the man more than she hated any living thing, but he…"

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

Cover of Arkspire (Arkspire, #1) by Jamie Littler

13. Arkspire (Arkspire, #1)

By: Jamie Littler

4.38

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Glorious, powerful, magic; a city of twists, turns and tricksters; extraordinary secrets which only… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Littler's Arkspire (Arkspire, #1) book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2) by Hannah  Gold

14. Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2)

By: Hannah Gold

4.54

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unmissable follow-up to the award-winning  The Last Bear— perfect for fans of Rosanne Parry and… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2) book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Sprinkle of Sorcery (A Pinch of Magic, #2) by Michelle Harrison

15. A Sprinkle of Sorcery (A Pinch of Magic, #2)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.15

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

The family curse has been lifted and the Widdershins sisters: Betty, Fliss and Charlie are free to … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Harrison's A Sprinkle of Sorcery (A Pinch of Magic, #2) book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1) by Michelle Harrison

16. A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.07

Format: 368 pages, ebook

A spellbinding middle grade fantasy about three sisters--adventurous Betty, curious Charlie, and pr… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Harrison's A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1) book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan

17. The Land of Roar

By: Jenny McLachlan

4.07

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Everyone remembers their secret imaginary world...but what if you discovered that yours was real? … read more

Similar categories in Jenny McLachlan's The Land of Roar book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Tinsel: The Girls Who Invented Christmas by Sibéal Pounder

18. 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 Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • fairy tales
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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 Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic by A.M. Howell

19. 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 Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Ocean Squid Explorers' Club (The Explorers' Club, #4) by Alex Bell

20. The Ocean Squid Explorers' Club (The Explorers' Club, #4)

By: Alex Bell

4.26

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

In this fourth explorers adventure we meet Ursula, a part mermaid girl who is determined to follow … read more

Similar categories in Alex Bell's The Ocean Squid Explorers' Club (The Explorers' Club, #4) book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Lightning Falls by Amy  Wilson

21. Lightning Falls

By: Amy Wilson

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Valerie has been living at Lightning Falls nearly all her life. She’s perfectly happy helping Meg a… read more

Similar categories in Amy Wilson's Lightning Falls book and Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • adventure

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Katherine Rundell

4.83

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Jamie Littler

4.07

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The Polar Bear Explorers' Club

Alex Bell

4.15

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Sky Song

Abi Elphinstone

4.13

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Tyger

S.F. Said

4.17

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Zohra Nabi

4.13

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