12 must-read childrens books like The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell

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The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here…

If you liked the childrens plot in The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. 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 Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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2. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

Similar categories in Tia Fisher's Crossing the Line book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • young adult
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3. Choose Love

By: Nicola Davies

4.13

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Choose Love is a cycle of poems that highlights the experience of those forced to become refugees. … read more

Similar categories in Nicola Davies's Choose Love book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

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4. Steady For This

By: Nathanael Lessore

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

MEET MC GROWLS, WANNABE RAPPER AND STAR OF THE SHOW IN THIS HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING TEEN DEBUT. … read more

Similar categories in Nathanael Lessore's Steady For This book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fiction
  • young adult
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5. The Boy Lost in the Maze

By: Joseph Coelho

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st century quest. In … read more

Similar categories in Joseph Coelho's The Boy Lost in the Maze book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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6. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

Similar categories in Hiba Noor Khan's Safiyyah's War book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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7. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cameron's Away With Words book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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8. You Think You Know Me

By: Ayaan Mohamud

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A stunning debut about finding the strength to speak up against hate and fear, for fans of The Hate… read more

Similar categories in Ayaan Mohamud's You Think You Know Me book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fiction
  • young adult
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9. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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10. The Eternal Return of Clara Hart

By: Louise Finch

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Spence and Anthony have been friends for years, but it’s only when he witnesses a classmate die in … read more

Similar categories in Louise Finch's The Eternal Return of Clara Hart book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) by Kwame Alexander

11. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

Cover of The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell

12. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

Similar categories in Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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13. 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 Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"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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14. The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of October, October, shortlisted for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, comes a life-af… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's The Light in Everything book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2) by Josh  Silver

15. Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2)

By: Josh Silver

4.44

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Friends. Welcome to Elmhallow. Seb, along with a select group of participants, finds himself washed… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2) book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Until The Road Ends by Phil Earle

16. Until The Road Ends

By: Phil Earle

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky T… read more

Similar categories in Phil Earle's Until The Road Ends book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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17. Where the River Takes Us

By: Lesley Parr

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It's February 1974 and working class families have been hit hard by the three-day week. The reduced… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Parr's Where the River Takes Us book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Little Match Girl Strikes Back by Emma Carroll

18. The Little Match Girl Strikes Back

By: Emma Carroll

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

It only takes one strike! A powerful feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, fro… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's The Little Match Girl Strikes Back book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Finn Jones Was Here by Simon James Green

19. Finn Jones Was Here

By: Simon James Green

4.62

Format: None pages, None

Eric's best friend, Finn, was the world's most enthusiastic prankster. Was, because Finn died recen… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Finn Jones Was Here book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • middle grade
Cover of Wild Song by Candy Gourlay

20. Wild Song

By: Candy Gourlay

4.25

Format: None pages, ebook

The year is 1904. Luki has lived a tribal life in the mountains of the Philippines. Now she's growi… read more

Similar categories in Candy Gourlay's Wild Song book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fiction
Cover of Into the Dark Forest (The Wildsmith #1) by Liz Flanagan

21. Into the Dark Forest (The Wildsmith #1)

By: Liz Flanagan

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

When war threatens her beloved city, Rowan and her mother must flee to the Dark Forest, meeting Gra… read more

Similar categories in Liz Flanagan's Into the Dark Forest (The Wildsmith #1) book and Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

17 Top fiction books like The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell

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Matt Goodfellow

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Steady For This

Nathanael Lessore

3.90

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Safiyyah's War

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4.32

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Away With Words

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15 best-selling fiction books like Until The Road Ends by Phil Earle

Transform Your Habits

The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

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Steady For This

Nathanael Lessore

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Safiyyah's War

Hiba Noor Khan

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