9 Best fiction books like The Story That Cannot Be Told by J. Kasper Kramer

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The Story That Cannot Be Told

By: J. Kasper Kramer

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade debut that weaves together folklore and history to tell the story of a girl finding …

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1. The Contender

By: Robert Lipsyte

3.64

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender. Alfred Brooks is scared. He's a highsc… read more

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  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It's the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward. "

-Robert Lipsyte, The Contender

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2. Parallel Journeys

By: Eleanor H. Ayer , Alfons Heck , Helen Waterford

4.03

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

She was a young German Jew. He was an ardent member of the Hitler Youth. This is the story of their… read more

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  • historical
  • school
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3. The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

By: Adam Gidwitz , Hatem Aly

4.00

Format: None pages,

An exciting and hilarious medieval adventure from the bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm. … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea

By: Sungju Lee , Susan Elizabeth McClelland

4.07

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the … read more

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  • historical
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5. Children of the River

By: Linda Crew

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

Sundara fled Cambodia with her aunt's family to escape the Khmer Rouge army when she was thirteen, … read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • school
  • historical fiction

6. Red Scarf Girl

By: Ji-li Jiang

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

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7. The Wednesday Wars

By: Gary D. Schmidt

2.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero.The Wednesday… read more

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8. The Green Glass Sea (Green Glass #1)

By: Ellen Klages

3.88

Format: 96 pages,

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9. Made You Look: How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know

By: Shari Graydon

5.00

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

Advertising is pervasive. A typical North American child views a staggering 40,000 ads every year o… read more

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10. The Serpent's Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond, #1)

By: Sayantani DasGupta

2.56

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

MEET KIRANMALA: INTERDIMENSIONAL DEMONSLAYER (But she doesn't know it yet.) On the morning of her t… read more

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11. Hope Was Here

By: Joan Bauer

4.01

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

When Hope and her aunt move to small-town Wisconsin to take over the local diner, Hope's not sure w… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"Revenge of the Giant Grill Man."

-Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here

"The sad heart needs work to do."

-Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here

"Addie always keeps her promises. That's why my mother gave me to her."

-Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here

"a man who was, as we say in the restaurant business, one taco short of a combo platter."

-Joan Bauer, Hope Was Here

12. Living on the Devil's Doorstep: International Adventures

By: Floyd McClung

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

When thousands of young people checked out of Western society and sought enlightenment in the East,… read more

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13. The Great Gilly Hopkins

By: Katherine Paterson

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Watch out world! The Great Gilly Hopkins is looking for a home. She's a foster kid who's been angry… read more

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14. Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1)

By: Wendy Mass

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Can a virtual reality headset help change the way twelve-year-old Addie looks at things? Introd… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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15. The Story That Cannot Be Told

By: J. Kasper Kramer

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade debut that weaves together folklore and history to tell the story of a girl finding … read more

Similar categories in J. Kasper Kramer's The Story That Cannot Be Told book and J. Kasper Kramer's The Story That Cannot Be Told

  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • romania
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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16. The Blackbird Girls

By: Anne Blankman

4.43

Format: None pages, None

On a spring morning in 1986, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry re… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
"La distanza tra i veri amici non conta, quando l'amicizia continua nei loro cuori."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Distance between true friends doesn't matter when their friendship lives in their hearts"

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Siamo su questa terra per essere gentili gli uni con gli altri. Gli esseri umani sono la lingua di Dio."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

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17. The Six-Day Hero

By: Tammar Stein

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Motti knows that war is coming. Israel is only nineteen years old, the same age as Motti's brave ol… read more

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  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Modern History in Pictures

By: Smithsonian Institution

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the Wright brothers' first flight and the First Russian Revolution to the horrors of war, to t… read more

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19. While I Was Away

By: Waka T. Brown

4.24

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade memoir from debut author Waka T. Brown, who takes readers on a journey to Japan, whe… read more

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  • family
  • middle grade
  • school
"Even though it was clear honors English might be a bit of a struggle for Kris, it was easy to be friends with her. Friendships shouldn't be forced, or difficult. The best friendships were the ones th…"

-Waka T. Brown, While I Was Away

"I'm not lying..." My voice shook, but I had to defend myself. I knew I was weird and awkward here. Since I always forgot my hat, my skin was darker, not the pale shade people thought was pretty here.…"

-Waka T. Brown, While I Was Away

Cover of There's a Sheep in My Bathtub by Brian  Hogan

20. There's a Sheep in My Bathtub

By: Brian Hogan

4.18

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

What happens when you drop an American family with three small children into the post-Communist cha… read more

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21. Candidly Cline

By: Kathryn Ormsbee

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A must-read for fans of Julie Murphy and Ashley Herring Blake, this queer coming-of-age story from … read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • juvenile

5 Top childrens books like The Story That Cannot Be Told by J. Kasper Kramer

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The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

Adam Gidwitz , Hatem Aly

4.00

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Hope Was Here

Joan Bauer

4.01

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Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1)

Wendy Mass

4.14

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Jennifer L. Holm

4.01

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Robert Lipsyte

3.64

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3.70

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