10 Top fantasy books like The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett

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The Grace of Wild Things

By: Heather Fawcett

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables—with magic and witches!—that explo…

"And though she'd always liked reading about faraway places, wasn't it also nice, she asked, to have somebody make you see all the beautiful things right under your nose?"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"And though she'd always liked reading about faraway places, wasn't it also nice, she asked, to have somebody make you see all the beautiful things right under your nose?"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"And though she'd always liked reading about faraway places, wasn't it also nice, she asked, to have somebody make you see all the beautiful things right under your nose?"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"Eavesdropping is not a virtue in a young lady," Mrs Crumley said. "Is it a virtue in an old lady?" Grace demanded, her temper flaring. "You seem to learn half your gossip that way."

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The Lost Library book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

2. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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3. 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 Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • 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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4. Lumara

By: Melissa Landers

3.73

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The answers lie within. Boarding school student Talia Morris has no idea her boyfriend, Nathaniel,… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Landers's Lumara book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett

5. The Grace of Wild Things

By: Heather Fawcett

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables—with magic and witches!—that explo… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • retellings
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And though she'd always liked reading about faraway places, wasn't it also nice, she asked, to have somebody make you see all the beautiful things right under your nose?"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"Eavesdropping is not a virtue in a young lady," Mrs Crumley said. "Is it a virtue in an old lady?" Grace demanded, her temper flaring. "You seem to learn half your gossip that way."

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"The world was a different place once. People didn’t own forests when I was a girl. Forests simply were. We witches could drift from place to place, from wood to wood, weaving cottages from magic and …"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

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6. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski

7. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. We Still Belong

By: Christine Day

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honor–winning aut… read more

Similar categories in Christine Day's We Still Belong book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Bea and the New Deal Horse by L.M. Elliott

9. Bea and the New Deal Horse

By: L.M. Elliott

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction This lyrical middle grade historical novel… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Elliott's Bea and the New Deal Horse book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow (Milkweed Meadow #1)

By: Elaine Dimopoulos

4.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This timeless early middle-grade adventure about friendship and community will charm animal-loving … read more

Similar categories in Elaine Dimopoulos's The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow (Milkweed Meadow #1) book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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11. Dinged

By: Tommy Greenwald

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A star football player watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very sa… read more

Similar categories in Tommy Greenwald's Dinged book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Demon Sword Asperides

By: Sarah Jean Horwitz

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A scheming demon sword and a wannabe knight band together on a (possibly wicked) quest in this fant… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Demon Sword Asperides book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. The Spellshop

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbo… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's The Spellshop book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • cozy mystery
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We can only control what we do and hope that other people make the right choice."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"She was lonely, and she wanted someone to love. She made me out of love, and the empire destroyed her for it."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"There was something so very beautiful about a notebook without a single note in it. It felt like touching pure potential."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"I hope you know what you're doing" Caz said as he returned. "I absolutely do not know what I'm doing. I thought that was clear?"

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

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14. No One Leaves the Castle

By: Christopher Healy

4.02

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

The Lilac. The bard songs say that she’s the world’s most fearsome bounty hunter. That there’s no c… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Healy's No One Leaves the Castle book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. Farther Than the Moon

By: Lindsay Lackey

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Lindsay Lackey comes Farther Than the Moon, a heartfelt story about a boy… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Lackey's Farther Than the Moon book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Girl from Earth's End by Tara Dairman

16. The Girl from Earth's End

By: Tara Dairman

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Gifted gardener Henna embarks from her island home to search for the plant that might save her papa… read more

Similar categories in Tara Dairman's The Girl from Earth's End book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Felice and the Wailing Woman (Los Monstruos #1) by Diana López

17. Felice and the Wailing Woman (Los Monstruos #1)

By: Diana López

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The twelve-year-old daughter of La Llorona vows to free her mother and reverse the curses that have… read more

Similar categories in Diana López's Felice and the Wailing Woman (Los Monstruos #1) book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dreamatics by Michelle Cuevas

18. The Dreamatics

By: Michelle Cuevas

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this exhilaratingly original novel, a fantastical theatre and its troupe perform a young girl’s … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Cuevas's The Dreamatics book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The light through a thin book page, the shadow of a hand behind ready to turn"

-Michelle Cuevas, The Dreamatics

"YOU TURNIPHEADED, SLUDGELY, GORMLESS, BIFFLING, MANDRAKE-BRAINED, FLABWINKED FOOL!!!"

-Michelle Cuevas, The Dreamatics

"She read about dreams made of sunlight and plums, and dreams made of ice; dreams that glowed in the dark, dreams made of unwound fingerprints, dreams that flew away like a lost kite string."

-Michelle Cuevas, The Dreamatics

Cover of Ghosts Come Rising by Adam   Perry

19. Ghosts Come Rising

By: Adam Perry

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the mid 19th century, a religious movement called Spiritualism spread across America. Spirituali… read more

Similar categories in Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Virtually Me by Chad  Morris

20. Virtually Me

By: Chad Morris

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A mysterious package. A new school. A chance to be someone new. A new virtual reality school wh… read more

Similar categories in Chad Morris's Virtually Me book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Puttermans Are in the House by Jacquetta Nammar Feldman

21. The Puttermans Are in the House

By: Jacquetta Nammar Feldman

3.91

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt and hopeful middle grade novel from Jacquetta Nammar Feldman, author of the Junior Libr… read more

Similar categories in Jacquetta Nammar Feldman's The Puttermans Are in the House book and Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

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