9 best-selling realistic fiction books like Sick Bay by Nova Weetman

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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…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Sick Bay by Nova Weetman , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. 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

Similar categories in Bren MacDibble's How to Bee book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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2. Sister Heart

By: Sally Morgan

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A young Aboriginal girl is taken from the north of Australia and sent to an institution in the dist… read more

Similar categories in Sally Morgan's Sister Heart book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • australia
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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3. Invisible Emmie

By: Terri Libenson

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Debut graphic novel that tells the story of two totally different girls-- quiet, shy, artistic Emmi… read more

Similar categories in Terri Libenson's Invisible Emmie book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction

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. Two Wolves

By: Tristan Bancks

3.40

Format: None pages,

One afternoon, police officers show up at Ben Silver's front door. Minutes after they leave, his pa… read more

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6. 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

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • australia
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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7. 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

Similar categories in Jane Godwin's As Happy as Here book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • contemporary
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8. 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

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's Sick Bay book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • disability
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9. 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

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's We Are Wolves book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • fiction
  • 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

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10. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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11. 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

Similar categories in Rebecca Lim's Tiger Daughter book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
"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

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12. The Year the Maps Changed

By: Danielle Binks

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Wolf Hollow meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Danielle Binks’s debut middle grade novel set in 199… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Maps lie. Or at least, they don’t always tell the truth. They’re like us humans that way."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"Lately I’d been wondering what piece Mum took with her when she died, and I’d been thinking about the Winnie I would have been if she hadn’t."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"I was eleven when everything started and twelve by the end. But that’s another way that maps don’t tell the whole truth – because it felt like the distance I travelled was a lot further than that."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"my mum used to say that you had two hands:one to help yourself,and one t help others". then she sighed "though sometimes i wonder if the hand we use to help others moves a bit slower and with less pu…"

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

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13. 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

Similar categories in Pip Harry's Are You There, Buddha? book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
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14. 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

Similar categories in Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Waiting for the Storks

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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16. 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 Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"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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17. 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
  • fiction
  • 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

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18. 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

Similar categories in Pip Harry's The Little Wave book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • australia
  • contemporary
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19. August and Jones

By: Pip Harry

4.33

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She'… read more

Similar categories in Pip Harry's August and Jones book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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20. The Goodbye Year

By: Emily Gale

4.36

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It’s the start of 2020 and Harper is filled with anticipation about being in the final year of Rive… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gale's The Goodbye Year book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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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

Similar categories in Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls book and Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • australia
  • contemporary

14 Top fiction books like Sick Bay by Nova Weetman

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How to Bee

Bren MacDibble

4.11

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Sister Heart

Sally Morgan

3.82

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Invisible Emmie

Terri Libenson

3.37

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Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

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24 Best middle grade books like The Goodbye Year by Emily Gale

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Sister Heart

Sally Morgan

3.82

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The Secrets We Keep (The Secrets We Keep #1)

Nova Weetman

4.22

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Runt

Craig Silvey

4.46

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Scar Town

Tristan Bancks

4.04

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