21 Best young adult books like Birdspell by Valerie Sherrard

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Birdspell

By: Valerie Sherrard

3.79

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Corbin Hayes has felt alone for as long as he can remember. His mom's illness means lost jobs, cons…

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1. Counting by 7s

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.14

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, … read more

Similar categories in Holly Goldberg Sloan's Counting by 7s book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • young adult
"books=comfort"

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

"[T]he deepest form of pain comes out as silence."

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

"I cut all my words out. My heart was too full of them."

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

"What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens."

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

2. We Are All Made of Molecules

By: Susin Nielsen

4.12

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Thirteen-year-old Stewart is academically brilliant but socially clueless. Fourteen-year-old Ashley… read more

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3. Linked

By: Gordon Korman

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Linked book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • young adult
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."

-Gordon Korman, Linked

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4. The Unteachables

By: Gordon Korman

4.34

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what hap… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Kid, that was something!"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Everybody hates something,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Only ten months until June."

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"It’s not just for little kids,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

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5. Borders

By: Thomas King

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A stunning graphic-novel adaptation based on the work of one of Canada’s most revered and bestselli… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
Cover of The Brightest Night : the graphic novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #5) by Tui T. Sutherland

6. The Brightest Night : the graphic novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #5)

By: Tui T. Sutherland

4.59

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The graphic novel adaptations of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series continue to… read more

Similar categories in Tui T. Sutherland's The Brightest Night : the graphic novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #5) book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • young adult
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7. Tremendous Things

By: Susin Nielsen

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Governor General's Literary Award--winning author Susin Nielsen comes a funny and heartfelt st… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
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8. Birdspell

By: Valerie Sherrard

3.79

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Corbin Hayes has felt alone for as long as he can remember. His mom's illness means lost jobs, cons… read more

Similar categories in Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
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9. The Undercover Book List

By: Colleen Nelson

4.29

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

He's known as the class troublemaker. She's known as the bookworm. But when every note they send is… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
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10. Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

By: Leslie Gentile

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

It’s the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleve… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
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11. The King of Jam Sandwiches

By: Eric Walters

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

★ “Tug at the heartstrings and tickle the funny bone…This warm tale is definitely one for the keepe… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
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12. The Fabulous Zed Watson!

By: Basil Sylvester

4.24

Format: 304 pages, ebook

FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FINALIST FOR THE OLA SILVER BIRCH AWARD The lite… read more

Similar categories in Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson! book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Sisters of the Snake (Ria & Rani, #1) by Sarena Nanua

13. Sisters of the Snake (Ria & Rani, #1)

By: Sarena Nanua

3.69

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A lost princess. A dark puppet master. And a race against time—before all is lost. Princess Rani… read more

Similar categories in Sarena Nanua's Sisters of the Snake (Ria & Rani, #1) book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • young adult
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14. Women of Good Fortune

By: Sophie Wan

3.59

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

Set against a high-society Shanghai wedding, a heartfelt, funny, dazzling novel about a reluctant b… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Wan's Women of Good Fortune book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
"What's the point of getting educated if you're going to end up stuck as a housewife?" Jane's heard that one before. Some people find it hard to accept that housework is preferable to inflexible deadl…"

-Sophie Wan, Women of Good Fortune

"Why would you want to work when you don't have to? "At some point, you have to do things for yourself," Jane says to Mei. "You'll understand once you've been worked like a dog and can't even keep tra…"

-Sophie Wan, Women of Good Fortune

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15. From the Roots Up (Surviving the City, #2)

By: Tasha Spillett

4.27

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Dez and Miikwan’s stories continue in this sequel to Surviving the City.  Dez’s grandmother has … read more

Similar categories in Tasha Spillett's From the Roots Up (Surviving the City, #2) book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
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16. Peter Lee's Notes From the Field

By: Angela Ahn

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. But in one summer, that… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
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17. Sisters of the Wolf

By: Patricia Miller-Schroeder

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Can Shinoni and Keena, two Ice Age teens separated from their tribes, overcome their differences to… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Miller-Schroeder's Sisters of the Wolf book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • young adult
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18. Eight Days

By: Teresa Toten

3.85

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

Governor General's award-winning author Teresa Toten's story about one girl's transformative eight-… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
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19. Death & Sparkles

By: Rob Justus

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Being Death is a lonely job, especially when everything you touch instantly dies (not to mention th… read more

Similar categories in Rob Justus's Death & Sparkles book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • young adult
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20. Deadman's Castle

By: Iain Lawrence

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

For most of his life, Igor and his family have been on the run. Danger lurks around every corner--o… read more

Similar categories in Iain Lawrence's Deadman's Castle book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • canada
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21. Music for Tigers

By: Michelle Kadarusman

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Shipped halfway around the world to spend the summer with her mom’s eccentric Australian relatives,… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Kadarusman's Music for Tigers book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • canada
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22. 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

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
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23. 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 Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of The Great Bear (The Misewa Saga, #2) by David Alexander Robertson

24. The Great Bear (The Misewa Saga, #2)

By: David Alexander Robertson

4.16

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Eli and Morgan journey once more to Misewa, travelling back in time. Back at home after their fi… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
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25. Firefly

By: Philippa Dowding

4.01

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award 2021 | Winner of the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Childre… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
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26. The Dollhouse: A Ghost Story

By: Charis Cotter

3.75

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A creepy, mysterious dollhouse takes center stage in this atmospheric middle-grade mystery for fans… read more

Similar categories in Charis Cotter's The Dollhouse: A Ghost Story book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • young adult
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27. The Coming Storm

By: Regina M. Hansen

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Music, myth, and horror blend in this fantasy debut about a teen girl who must fight a powerful evi… read more

Similar categories in Regina M. Hansen's The Coming Storm book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • young adult
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28. Lost on the Prairie

By: MaryLou Driedger

3.97

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

Set between Kansas and Saskatchewan in 1907, this middle-grade novel follows a young boy who gets s… read more

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29. Under Amelia's Wing

By: Heather Stemp

4.02

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

It's 1936, and against all odds—but not without a few stumbles—Ginny Ross has made it to Purdue Uni… read more

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"Each of us has to find her own path and stick to it no matter what."

-Heather Stemp, Under Amelia's Wing

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30. Second Chances

By: Harriet Zaidman

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Thirteen-year-old Dale Melnyk finds himself stuck in an iron lung, desperately fighting for breath … read more

Similar categories in Harriet Zaidman's Second Chances book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • canada
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31. Lessons In Fusion

By: Primrose Madayag Knazan

4.28

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

WINNER, McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award FINALIST, MYRCA Northern Lights Award FINALIST… read more

Similar categories in Primrose Madayag Knazan's Lessons In Fusion book and Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada

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Gordon Korman

4.18

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4.34

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