8 best-selling family books like No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton

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No Ballet Shoes in Syria

By: Catherine Bruton

4.42

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Aya is eleven years old and has just arrived in Britain with her mum and baby brother, seeking asyl…

If you liked the family plot in No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen

1. Boy in the Tower

By: Polly Ho-Yen

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when w… read more

Similar categories in Polly Ho-Yen's Boy in the Tower book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • novels
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2. The Girl of Ink and Stars

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.68

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, and the British Book Awards' Children's Book… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Girl of Ink and Stars book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • novels
"India is a place where colour is doubly bright. Pinks that scald your eyes, blues you could drown in."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Girl of Ink and Stars

Cover of Ballet Shoes (Shoes, #1) by Noel Streatfeild, Diane Goode

3. Ballet Shoes (Shoes, #1)

By: Noel Streatfeild , Diane Goode

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Pauline, Petrova and Posy are orphans determined to help out their new family by joining the Childr… read more

Similar categories in Noel Streatfeild's Ballet Shoes (Shoes, #1) book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

4. Who Let the Gods Out? (Who Let the Gods Out?, #1)

By: Maz Evans , Mary Evans

3.44

Format: 96 pages,

Elliot's mum is ill and his home is under threat, but a shooting star crashes to earth and changes … read more

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5. Letters from the Lighthouse

By: Emma Carroll

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, no… read more

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6. Dandelion Clocks

By: Rebecca Westcott

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Dandelion Clocks by Rebecca Westcott Smith will be loved by fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Cathy Cassid… read more

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7. The Boy at the Back of the Class

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.39

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Told with humor and heart, 'THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS' offers a child's perspective on the r… read more

Similar categories in Onjali Q. Raúf's The Boy at the Back of the Class book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • novels
"Sometimes all you really need is somewhere to cry without anyone ever knowing."

-Onjali Q. Raúf, The Boy at the Back of the Class

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8. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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9. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, ebook

Britain is at war and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Acti… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • war
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton

10. No Ballet Shoes in Syria

By: Catherine Bruton

4.42

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Aya is eleven years old and has just arrived in Britain with her mum and baby brother, seeking asyl… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 21st century
  • family
  • novels
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11. The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #3)

By: Katie Kirby

4.51

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

De zomervakantie is aangebroken en Lottie heeft GROTE plannen, namelijk: in Frankrijk aan het zwemb… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #3) book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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12. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #1)

By: Katie Kirby

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first book in the hilarious new series for children by the bestselling creator of Hurrah For Gi… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #1) book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #2)

By: Katie Kirby

4.52

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

The hilarious new sequel to The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by the bestselling cre… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #2) book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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14. 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 Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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 The Night Bus Hero by Onjali Q. Raúf

15. The Night Bus Hero

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.15

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

From Onjali Q. Rauf, the award-winning and best-selling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class … read more

Similar categories in Onjali Q. Raúf's The Night Bus Hero book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • novels
Cover of Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip (Lottie Brooks, #4) by Katie  Kirby

16. Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip (Lottie Brooks, #4)

By: Katie Kirby

4.56

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

Lottie Brooks continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny illus… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip (Lottie Brooks, #4) book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz by Robin Stevens

17. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz

By: Robin Stevens

4.38

Format: 441 pages, Paperback

The second thrilling and unputdownable mystery starring a new generation of the Detective Society, … read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • childrens
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook

18. The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

By: Nizrana Farook

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Chaya, a nobleman’s rebellious, outspoken, no-nonsense daughter, just can’t resist the shiny tempta… read more

Similar categories in Nizrana Farook's The Girl Who Stole an Elephant book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Can You See Me? by Libby Scott

19. Can You See Me?

By: Libby Scott

4.28

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

A coming-of-age story about learning to celebrate yourself -- and teaching the world to recognize y… read more

Similar categories in Libby Scott's Can You See Me? book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Actually, the more I think about it, the more I figure that a lot of the cons of autism are not really caused by autism, but by how other people react to it."

-Libby Scott, Can You See Me?

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20. Ella on the Outside

By: Cath Howe

4.16

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Ella is the new girl at school. She doesn't know anyone and she doesn't have any friends. And she h… read more

Similar categories in Cath Howe's Ella on the Outside book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • novels
Cover of The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #6) by Katie  Kirby

21. The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #6)

By: Katie Kirby

4.64

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

Lottie Brooks is BACK and she's as BRILLIANT as ever!Join Lottie as she navigates the many perils o… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #6) book and Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria

  • middle grade

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