16 must-read audiobook books like Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly

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Song for a Whale

By: Lynne Kelly

4.23

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the …

"A sound can move anything if it's strong enough."

-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale

If you liked the audiobook plot in Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Losers Club

By: Andrew Clements

4.16

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

The beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Frindle celebrates books and th… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Clements's The Losers Club book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. Paper Things

By: Jennifer Richard Jacobson

3.10

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

When forced to choose between staying with her guardian and being with her big brother, Ari chose h… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Richard Jacobson's Paper Things book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Beyond the Bright Sea

By: Lauren Wolk

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of the critically acclaimed Wolf Hollowcomes a moving story of identity and belongi… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Wolk's Beyond the Bright Sea book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

4. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

By: Dusti Bowling

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

*"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even a… read more

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5. Fish in a Tree

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The author of the beloved One for the Murphysgives readers an emotionally-charged, uplifting novel … read more

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6. The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)

By: Peter Brown

4.05

Format: 12 pages, Hardcover

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild… read more

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7. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's City Spies (City Spies #1) book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

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8. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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

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12. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.46

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus,… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1) book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"But when someone's hurting, you gotta do something. Always kindness"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"Driving toward something is better than driving away from something."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"I guess that's how regrets are...they're anchors, not balloons. And we were sunk"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"The best kind of goodbye is the kind where you don’t actually have to leave the person behind."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

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13. Starfish

By: Lisa Fipps

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's Starfish book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

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14. The Lion of Mars

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's The Lion of Mars book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Song for a Whale

By: Lynne Kelly

4.23

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the … read more

Similar categories in Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
"A sound can move anything if it's strong enough."

-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale

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16. The Bridge Home

By: Padma Venkatraman

4.27

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Viji and her sister, Rukku, whose developmental disability makes her overly trusting and vulne… read more

Similar categories in Padma Venkatraman's The Bridge Home book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
"If I wanted a better future, I needed to change the life we had .Now."

-Padma Venkatraman, The Bridge Home

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17. Shouting at the Rain

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

4.14

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's … read more

Similar categories in Lynda Mullaly Hunt's Shouting at the Rain book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"So."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"the sun is always in the sky but sometimes you just can't see it"

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"I'm lucky. When the waves are rolling in, my friends are the jetties."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"He was the one who told me a man is not made by his mistakes. He's made by what he does about them."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

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18. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. Tune It Out

By: Jamie Sumner

4.31

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

A 2020 BookExpo Book Buzz Pick From the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving nove… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Tune It Out book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
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20. Brave Like That

By: Lindsey Stoddard

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Find yourself. Find your place. Find your brave. This uplifting tale, which award-winning author… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Stoddard's Brave Like That book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. Caterpillar Summer

By: Gillian McDunn

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Cat and her brother Chicken have always had a very special bond--Cat is one of the few people who c… read more

Similar categories in Gillian McDunn's Caterpillar Summer book and Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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Andrew Clements

4.16

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Jennifer Richard Jacobson

3.10

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Lauren Wolk

3.83

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Katherine Applegate

4.46

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Lisa Yee

3.82

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Erin Entrada Kelly

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