12 best-selling contemporary books like The Primrose Railway Children by Jacqueline Wilson

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The Primrose Railway Children

By: Jacqueline Wilson

4.12

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

'An unbelievable talent' - David Walliams From multi-million bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson …

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Primrose Railway Children by Jacqueline Wilson , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell

1. Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms

By: Katherine Rundell

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English bo… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Moonlocket (The Cogheart Adventures, #2) by Becca Stadtlander, Peter Bunzl

2. Moonlocket (The Cogheart Adventures, #2)

By: Becca Stadtlander , Peter Bunzl

3.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's hard to escape the secrets from the past. Storm clouds gather over Lily and Robert's summer wh… read more

Similar categories in Becca Stadtlander's Moonlocket (The Cogheart Adventures, #2) book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

3. Cogheart (The Cogheart Adventures, #1)

By: Peter Bunzl

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Paperback

Some secrets change the world in a heartbeat. . . . Lily's life is in mortal peril. Her father is m… read more

Similar categories in Peter Bunzl's Cogheart (The Cogheart Adventures, #1) book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

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4. 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 Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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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5. 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 Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. The Girl Who Speaks Bear

By: Sophie Anderson

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, 12-year-old Yanka has always felt out of place in her sma… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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7. The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale

By: Ben Miller

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Following the breakout successes of The Night I Met Father Christmas and The Boy Who Made the World… read more

Similar categories in Ben Miller's The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • retellings
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. The Wedding Dress Repair Shop

By: Trisha Ashley

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Can her heart be mended too? Garland Fairford has her dream job as a historical Costumier in London… read more

Similar categories in Trisha Ashley's The Wedding Dress Repair Shop book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. 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 Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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10. 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 Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. 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 Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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12. The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #5)

By: Katie Kirby

4.58

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

From hilarious bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a brand-new Lottie Brooks story. This time it… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #5) book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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13. 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 Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. The Primrose Railway Children

By: Jacqueline Wilson

4.12

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

'An unbelievable talent' - David Walliams From multi-million bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • retellings
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The World’s Worst Teachers by David Walliams

15. The World’s Worst Teachers

By: David Walliams

4.09

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Millions of young readers have loved the World’s Worst Children tales – now they will revel in this… read more

Similar categories in David Walliams's The World’s Worst Teachers book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Diamond Promises  (Jubilee Lake, #3) by Anna Jacobs

16. Diamond Promises (Jubilee Lake, #3)

By: Anna Jacobs

4.64

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

The third book in the gripping and heartwarming new Jubilee Lake series, from multi-million-copy be… read more

Similar categories in Anna Jacobs's Diamond Promises (Jubilee Lake, #3) book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

Cover of Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip (Lottie Brooks, #4) by Katie  Kirby

17. 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 Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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18. 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 Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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

Cover of Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1) by Jennifer Killick

19. Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1)

By: Jennifer Killick

4.06

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spooky Crater Lake. Perfect for… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1) book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Once Upon a Legend

By: Ben Miller

4.22

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The GIGANTIC magical new adventure from Ben Miller, the bestselling author of The Night We Got Stuc… read more

Similar categories in Ben Miller's Once Upon a Legend book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
Cover of The Light in Everything by Katya Balen

21. 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 Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Golden Dreams (Jubilee Lake #2) by Anna Jacobs

22. Golden Dreams (Jubilee Lake #2)

By: Anna Jacobs

4.60

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

The second book in the gripping and heartwarming new Jubilee Lake series, from multi-million-copy b… read more

Similar categories in Anna Jacobs's Golden Dreams (Jubilee Lake #2) book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

Cover of The Arctic Railway Assassin (Adventures on Trains, #6) by M.G. Leonard

23. The Arctic Railway Assassin (Adventures on Trains, #6)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.38

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 11 years The bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series embark… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Arctic Railway Assassin (Adventures on Trains, #6) book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Hawthorn Close (Larch Tree Lane, #2) by Anna Jacobs

24. Hawthorn Close (Larch Tree Lane, #2)

By: Anna Jacobs

4.27

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

In the peaceful Wiltshire valley of Essington St Mary, architect Corin Drayton stumbles upon a ghas… read more

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25. How I Became a Dog Called Midnight

By: Ben Miller

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A boy, a dog, and a magical body-swap adventure! Enter a world of wonder in this classic adventure … read more

Similar categories in Ben Miller's How I Became a Dog Called Midnight book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Week at World's End by Emma Carroll

26. The Week at World's End

By: Emma Carroll

4.15

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

The hotly anticipated new standalone from the bestselling and award-winning Queen of Historical Fic… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's The Week at World's End book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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27. The Examiner

By: Janice Hallett

4.06

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative pause-resister follows a group of studen… read more

Similar categories in Janice Hallett's The Examiner book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021 by Katherine Rundell

28. Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

By: Katherine Rundell

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

High above the streets of Paris live the rooftoppers, a secret gang of children who eat, sleep and … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021 book and Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"We are not good, as a human species, at accepting that extraordinary things do sometimes happen."

-Katherine Rundell, Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

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29. Land of stories series chris colfer 6 books collection set

By: Chirs Colfer

4.61

Format: None pages, Paperback

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19 best-selling fiction books like The Primrose Railway Children by Jacqueline Wilson

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Katherine Rundell

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Moonlocket (The Cogheart Adventures, #2)

Becca Stadtlander , Peter Bunzl

3.45

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The Boy at the Back of the Class

Onjali Q. Raúf

4.39

Transform Your Habits

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Hannah Gold

4.29

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The Wolf Wilder

Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

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October, October

Katya Balen

4.38

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Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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S.F. Said

4.17

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