13 Best contemporary books like The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1) by Helen Rutter

Cover of The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1) by Helen Rutter

The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

By: Helen Rutter

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

When life is funny, make some jokes about it. Billy Plimpton has a big dream: to become a famous…

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1) by Helen Rutter , here is a list of 13 books like this:

1. What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible

By: Ross Welford

4.09

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

From the author of the unforgettable bestseller TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER comes another surpri… read more

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2. 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 Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"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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3. 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 Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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4. The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1)

By: Hannah Gold

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An instant classic with a bear-sized heart, Hannah Gold’s debut novel is a touching story of kindne… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1) book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. Murder on the Safari Star (Adventures on Trains, #3)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.45

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Join Hal and Uncle Nat as they plunge straight into an exciting mystery – this time while on Safari… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Murder on the Safari Star (Adventures on Trains, #3) book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

By: Helen Rutter

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

When life is funny, make some jokes about it. Billy Plimpton has a big dream: to become a famous… read more

Similar categories in Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1) book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
  • audiobook
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7. The 1,000 Year Old Boy

By: Ross Welford

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The astonishing, beautiful new story for all readers of 10 and over from the bestselling and Costa-… read more

Similar categories in Ross Welford's The 1,000 Year Old Boy book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Would you like to live forever? I’m afraid I cannot recommend it. I am used to it now, and I do understand how special it is. Only I want to stop now. I want to grow up like you."

-Ross Welford, The 1,000 Year Old Boy

"I long to grow up, to be a man. I long to be in a hurry to do something, before time runs out. I long for the feeling that life is precious, that I have to cram as much as I can into every sun-drench…"

-Ross Welford, The 1,000 Year Old Boy

"I long to grow up, to be a man. I long to be in a hurry to do something, before time runs out. I long for the feeling that life is precious, that I have to cram as much as I can into every sun-drench…"

-Ross Welford, The 1,000 Year Old Boy

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8. The Lion Above the Door

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

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 Lion Above the Door book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Twitch (The Twitchers, #1)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.34

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Can a birdwatcher outwit an escaped convict? Twitch has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallo… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Twitch (The Twitchers, #1) book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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11. High-rise Mystery

By: Sharna Jackson

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The detective duo everyone is dying to meet! Summer in London is hot, the hottest on record, an… read more

Similar categories in Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. Like a Charm

By: Elle McNicoll

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Edinburgh is a city filled with magical creatures. No one can see them... until Ramya Knox. As … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Charm book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
"Exactly. These stories about fairies and giants and vampires and trolls... they may have written them completely wrong. But you're still more likely to find a magical monster in a story than someone …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Ramya, your brain...it's why you can see through Glamour. It's why you're immune to Sirens. It's...it's incredible. I wish I were like you. I've never met anyone that can do what you do. I swear. It …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Books are like little pockets of time. Little artifacts from other cultures and other periods of history. You can go to a museum where they put everything behind glass and won't let you touch things.…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Maybe you don't need the whole world. Maybe you don't need a fridge full of gold stars. You don't need to fit the mold. You just need one person who believes you're right, just as you are. That the g…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

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13. The Dog Who Saved the World

By: Ross Welford

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

When eleven-year-old Georgie befriends an eccentric retired scientist, she becomes the test subject… read more

Similar categories in Ross Welford's The Dog Who Saved the World book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Rumblestar (The Unmapped Chronicles, #1) by Abi Elphinstone

14. Rumblestar (The Unmapped Chronicles, #1)

By: Abi Elphinstone

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Casper Tock hates risks, is allergic to adventures and shudders at the thought of u… read more

Similar categories in Abi Elphinstone's Rumblestar (The Unmapped Chronicles, #1) book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"And for a moment he was surprised at what courage looked like. It wasn't big and grand and full of purpose. It was haphazard and chaotic and involved a lot of sweating."

-Abi Elphinstone, Rumblestar (The Unmapped Chronicles, #1)

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15. 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 Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
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16. The Secret Sunshine Project

By: Benjamin Dean

4.28

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A heart-warming story of kindness, courage and love in all its forms. Perfect for 9+ readers and fa… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Dean's The Secret Sunshine Project book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
  • contemporary
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17. The Shark Caller

By: Zillah Bethell

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Desperate to become a shark caller to avenge the death of her parents, Blue Wing is instead charged… read more

Similar categories in Zillah Bethell's The Shark Caller book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Kubilang kau itu munafik. Begitulah menurutku! Kau mengatakan apapun yang sesuai untukmu pada satu waktu dan mengubah faktanya kapanpun kau mau."

-Zillah Bethell, The Shark Caller

"Yang masih hidup seharusnya lebih diutamakan daripada yang sudah mati. Itu kata Chimera. Dan dia benar. Yang mati sudah tiada. Kita memang harus menghormati mereka, kita memang harus mengenal mereka,…"

-Zillah Bethell, The Shark Caller

"Kurasa orang sama seperti saat mereka dilahirkan. Ada hal yang terjadi pada kita sepanjang hidup yang mungkin mengubah kita, tapi hanya sedikit. Orang itu seperti batu di pantai—laut akan menerjang b…"

-Zillah Bethell, The Shark Caller

"Itu bukan salahmu. Aku tahu aku bilang begitu, tapi sebenarnya bukan. Aku hanya marah, dan saat aku marah, aku mengatakan hal-hal yang tidak seharusnya." "Hal-hal yang benar," ujar Siringen. "Bukan. …"

-Zillah Bethell, The Shark Caller

Cover of Shadow Jumper (Shadow Jumper #1) by J.M. Forster

18. Shadow Jumper (Shadow Jumper #1)

By: J.M. Forster

4.15

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling mystery adventure story with contemporary themes, for boys and girls aged 10 and above.… read more

Similar categories in J.M. Forster's Shadow Jumper (Shadow Jumper #1) book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. De eik was hier

By: Bibi Dumon Tak

4.18

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In de middenberm van de A58 bij Ulvenhout staat een zomereik. Hij staat er al 180 jaar en is missch… read more

Similar categories in Bibi Dumon Tak's De eik was hier book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of When We Got Lost in Dreamland by Ross Welford

20. When We Got Lost in Dreamland

By: Ross Welford

4.15

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

When 12 year-old Malky and his younger brother Seb become the owners of a “Dreaminator”, they are t… read more

Similar categories in Ross Welford's When We Got Lost in Dreamland book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Insiders by Cath Howe

21. The Insiders

By: Cath Howe

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Secrets. Lies. Promises. Sometimes keeping things inside is dangerous. Callie, Ted, Zara, and Ni… read more

Similar categories in Cath Howe's The Insiders book and Helen Rutter's The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

  • middle grade
  • family

18 Best fiction books like The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1) by Helen Rutter

Transform Your Habits

The Boy at the Back of the Class

Onjali Q. Raúf

4.39

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1)

Hannah Gold

4.29

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Murder on the Safari Star (Adventures on Trains, #3)

M.G. Leonard

4.45

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24 Best fiction books like Like a Charm by Elle McNicoll

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October, October

Katya Balen

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

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