13 Best adventure books like Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll

Cover of Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll

Escape to the River Sea

By: Emma Carroll

4.14

Format: None pages, None

Beautiful and full of adventure, Escape to the River Sea is Emma Carroll's compelling novel inspire…

If you liked the adventure plot in Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

1. The Explorer

By: Katherine Rundell

4.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Parents' Choice Recommended From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exc… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Explorer book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson

2. The Dragonfly Pool

By: Eva Ibbotson

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Tally Hamilton is furious to hear she is being sent from London to a horrid, stuffy boarding school… read more

Similar categories in Eva Ibbotson's The Dragonfly Pool book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Just because we've never done it doesn't mean we can't do it."

-Eva Ibbotson, The Dragonfly Pool

"You cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair."

-Eva Ibbotson, The Dragonfly Pool

Cover of Journey to the River Sea by Kevin Hawkes, Eva Ibbotson

3. Journey to the River Sea

By: Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, En… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hawkes's Journey to the River Sea book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, 'Was it books in the trunk?' 'It was books, admitted Miss Minton. And Maia said, 'Good."

-Kevin Hawkes, Journey to the River Sea

4. Podkin One-Ear (The Five Realms #1)

By: Kieran Larwood

3.18

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

A thick white blanket covers the wide slopes of the band of hills some call the Razorback Downs... … read more

Similar categories in Kieran Larwood's Podkin One-Ear (The Five Realms #1) book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

5. The Star of Kazan

By: Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

Annika has never had a birthday. Instead she celebrates her Found Day, the day a housemaid and a co… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hawkes's The Star of Kazan book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

6. Rooftoppers

By: Katherine Rundell

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from … read more

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7. 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 Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. 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 Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. The Polar Bear Explorers' Club

By: Alex Bell

4.15

Format: 336 pages, ebook

It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer - tumbling from an ice bridge… read more

Similar categories in Alex Bell's The Polar Bear Explorers' Club book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Ministry of Unladylike Activity by Robin Stevens

10. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, ebook

Britain is at war and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Acti… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Thief Who Sang Storms by Sophie   Anderson

11. The Thief Who Sang Storms

By: Sophie Anderson

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The Island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. The humans live on one side of the island, and… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The Thief Who Sang Storms book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
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12. Escape Room

By: Christopher Edge

3.65

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

When twelve-year-old Ami arrives at The Escape, she thinks it’s just a game – the ultimate escape r… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Edge's Escape Room book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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13. The Good Thieves

By: Katherine Rundell

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Good Thieves book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
"It is difficult to sleep when you are besieged by hope."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"He was not tall or broad, but when he grinned it was so vivid that he appeared to take up most of the street and at least half the sky."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"To throw the knife would be death...She wanted nothing to do with death--nothing to do with finality, with endings, with the dark of it. She hated the man more than she hated any living thing, but he…"

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

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14. Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2)

By: Hannah Gold

4.54

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unmissable follow-up to the award-winning  The Last Bear— perfect for fans of Rosanne Parry and… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2) book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
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15. While the Storm Rages

By: Phil Earle

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

'A truly brilliant story of courage and resilience and exceptional animals. This wartime ‘Incredibl… read more

Similar categories in Phil Earle's While the Storm Rages book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"How could he get so very, very close, only to see it snatched away?"

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

"When something is this good, Noah told himself, it shouldn’t be hidden away. It should be shared with others."

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

"But, Noah, it’s coming. Everyone knows it. It’s like a storm. And while the storm rages, it won’t be safe for any of us.’ ‘So we make that decision when it happens, Mum. When it’s overhead and we can…"

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

"Because I made a promise to Dad, didn’t I? Swore blind I’d keep Winn with me, and that she’d be safe. We made a deal. And if I don’t keep my part, then how do I know that Dad will keep his? How do I …"

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

Cover of Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll

16. Escape to the River Sea

By: Emma Carroll

4.14

Format: None pages, None

Beautiful and full of adventure, Escape to the River Sea is Emma Carroll's compelling novel inspire… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
Cover of The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz by Robin Stevens

17. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz

By: Robin Stevens

4.38

Format: 441 pages, Paperback

The second thrilling and unputdownable mystery starring a new generation of the Detective Society, … read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Shipwrecked (The Islanders #3) by Mary Alice Monroe

18. Shipwrecked (The Islanders #3)

By: Mary Alice Monroe

4.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Jake, Macon, and Lovie fight to survive at sea in this third high-stakes adventure in the middle gr… read more

Similar categories in Mary Alice Monroe's Shipwrecked (The Islanders #3) book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

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

19. 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 Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler

20. Code Name Kingfisher

By: Liz Kessler

4.58

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time… read more

Similar categories in Liz Kessler's Code Name Kingfisher book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

21. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

17 Best fiction books like Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll

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The Explorer

Katherine Rundell

4.83

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The Dragonfly Pool

Eva Ibbotson

4.05

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Journey to the River Sea

Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson

4.20

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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16 best-selling fiction books like The Thief Who Sang Storms by Sophie Anderson

Transform Your Habits

The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Transform Your Habits

The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1)

Zohra Nabi

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5)

Thomas Taylor

4.47

Transform Your Habits

The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1)

Hannah Gold

4.29

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