As Happy as Here
By: Jane Godwin
3.91
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
A beautiful coming-of-age story about three teenage girls from very different backgrounds who find …
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1. Because of You
By: Pip Harry
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
Tiny is homeless. Nola has everything she could ask for. They meet when Nola is forced into volunte… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
2. How to Bee
By: Bren MacDibble
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
For 8-12 year olds - and all those who love middle grade fiction. Peony lives with her sister and g… read more
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- family
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
3. The Secrets We Keep (The Secrets We Keep #1)
By: Nova Weetman
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
I don't know if you've ever seen a house burn, but it's not like anything else ... Clem Timmins has… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
- mystery
4. Faceless
By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel
4.38
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
When Maisie Winters wakes up, she's in the hospital. The last thing she remembers is running throug… read more
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5. Girl Detective (Friday Barnes #1)
By: Phil Gosier , R.A. Spratt
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery, she uses the reward money to send herself to Highcrest Ac… read more
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6. The Nearest Faraway Place
By: Hayley Long
4.15
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Griff and Dylan are driving into Manhattan with their parents when the worst happens. There is a te… read more
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7. The Secrets We Share (The Secrets We Keep, #2)
By: Nova Weetman
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Clem is slowly rebuilding her life after a house fire destroyed everything. She's about to start hi… read more
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8. Girls in Boys' Cars
By: Felicity Castagna
3.42
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
A complicated friendship. A roadtrip in a stolen car. The stories that define us. And two … read more
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- young adult
- family
- contemporary
- mystery
- crime
"I was still thinking we'd gone halfway to another world but here we were again under the same McDonald's sky."-Felicity Castagna, Girls in Boys' Cars
"Most stories don't really go ahead in straight lines. They get jumbled up and you have to untangle them again (just like life, I suppose)."-Felicity Castagna, Girls in Boys' Cars
"A woman I met told me something that made me think of you, she said when you tell a story you are trying to walk with someone else to understand who they are while listening to your own heartbeat."-Felicity Castagna, Girls in Boys' Cars
9. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer
By: Amy Doak
3.69
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more
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- mystery
- crime
- young adult
- contemporary
10. As Happy as Here
By: Jane Godwin
3.91
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
A beautiful coming-of-age story about three teenage girls from very different backgrounds who find … read more
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- childrens
- teen
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- family
- contemporary
- mystery
- crime
11. Sick Bay
By: Nova Weetman
4.28
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- contemporary
12. We Are Wolves
By: Katrina Nannestad
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more
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- family
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
"Books are treasure."-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves
"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves
"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves
13. Tiger Daughter
By: Rebecca Lim
4.07
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
IBBY Honour List 2024 A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023 Winner, People's… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- mental health
- family
- contemporary
"It's aiming for the peaks,' I tell him, 'and swimming through the troughs so that there are moments where you can just float under the sun and see how far you've come."-Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter
14. Are You There, Buddha?
By: Pip Harry
4.27
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
A fresh, funny and very contemporary take on puberty, first periods and relationships from the CBCA… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
15. Exit Through the Gift Shop
By: Maryam Master
4.10
Format: None pages, ebook
Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is disc… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- contemporary
16. Huda and Me
By: H. Hayek
4.03
Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition
Huda's sitting in the airport lounge, fiddling with our tickets. I can tell she's excited because s… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- family
- contemporary
17. The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)
By: Nova Weetman
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Clem Timmins can't wait to see her best friends after being apart all summer holidays. But when the… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
18. Lenny's Book of Everything
By: Karen Foxlee
4.34
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
I knew my brother. I knew when he talked too much about Timothy his imaginary pet eagle. He was sca… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
"But now we knew. It was a good thing. All of Davey, in all his time upon the earth, was good."-Karen Foxlee, Lenny's Book of Everything
19. The Little Wave
By: Pip Harry
4.44
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
When a Manly school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very dif… read more
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- childrens
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- mental health
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20. Social Queue
By: Kay Kerr
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
'I thought I was nobody’s teen crush, but turns out I was just missing the signs.' Zoe Kelly is … read more
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- contemporary
- young adult
- mental health
"It bothers me how people need the truth to be sugar-coated to be palatable. And that it's my job to remember the sugar."-Kay Kerr, Social Queue
"I’ve been trying to motivate myself to have a shower for the last forty-five minutes, but so far all I’ve managed to do is get my underwear out of the drawer and lie back down on the bed. Having a sh…"-Kay Kerr, Social Queue
21. Elsewhere Girls
By: Emily Gale
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
It’s midnight and I’m alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop. Coach O'Call would say som… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
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