7 best-selling paranormal books like Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury

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Hold Back the Tide

By: Melinda Salisbury

3.95

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Everyone in this quiet lakeside community knows that Alva's father killed her mother all those year…

If you liked the paranormal plot in Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy

By: Karen Foxlee

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A modern-day fairy tale set in a mysterious museum that is perfect for readers of Roald Dahl and Bl… read more

Similar categories in Karen Foxlee's Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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2. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Slugfest book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Letters from Cuba

By: Ruth Behar

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Behar's Letters from Cuba book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. A Taste for Love

By: Jennifer Yen

3.75

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A rom com about first love, familial expectations, and making the perfect bao. To her friends, h… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Yen's A Taste for Love book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Do you know why I was on my phone today?" I jut out my chin. "Do you know my knee is at the perfect angle to inflict bodily injury?"

-Jennifer Yen, A Taste for Love

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5. When the World Was Ours

By: Liz Kessler

4.51

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a poign… read more

Similar categories in Liz Kessler's When the World Was Ours book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Into the Sublime

By: Kate A. Boorman

3.61

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"Gripping and breathless, Into the Sublime is equal parts terrifying, claustrophobic, psychological… read more

Similar categories in Kate A. Boorman's Into the Sublime book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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7. Scritch Scratch

By: Lindsay Currie

3.92

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A ghost story about a malevolent spirit, an unlucky girl, and a haunting mystery that will tie the … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's Scritch Scratch book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. Hold Back the Tide

By: Melinda Salisbury

3.95

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Everyone in this quiet lakeside community knows that Alva's father killed her mother all those year… read more

Similar categories in Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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9. Turtle Boy

By: M. Evan Wolkenstein

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Seventh grade is not going well for Will Levine. Kids at school bully him because of his funny-look… read more

Similar categories in M. Evan Wolkenstein's Turtle Boy book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Memory Thief (Thirteen Witches, #1)

By: Jodi Lynn Anderson

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Rosie Oaks’s mom is missing whatever it is that makes mothers love their daughters.… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Lynn Anderson's The Memory Thief (Thirteen Witches, #1) book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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11. Ten Thousand Tries

By: Amy Makechnie

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle school soccer whiz’s determination to keep things from changing is tested when his father’… read more

Similar categories in Amy Makechnie's Ten Thousand Tries book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"I'm not gonna be most people. -Golden"

-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries

"Slow makes smooth and smooth is fast."

-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries

"The world is short on finishers. FINISH."

-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries

"The harder you work, the luckier you get!"

-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries

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12. Dust & Grim

By: Chuck Wendig

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade adventure about rival siblings running a monster mortuary.​Thirteen-year-old Molly d… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. The In-Between

By: Rebecca Ansari

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Cooper is lost. Ever since his father left their family three years ago, he has become distant from… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
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14. No Beauties or Monsters

By: Tara Goedjen

3.64

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A mystery about a girl whose family secrets are as threatening as the desert that surrounds her—but… read more

Similar categories in Tara Goedjen's No Beauties or Monsters book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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15. The Curse of Eelgrass Bog

By: Mary Averling

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of mon… read more

Similar categories in Mary Averling's The Curse of Eelgrass Bog book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. The Assignment

By: Liza M. Wiemer

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of the classic The Wave and inspired by a real-life incident, this riveting novel explo… read more

Similar categories in Liza M. Wiemer's The Assignment book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"HumanKIND Welcome Here!"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

"This much I've learned, and I want to shout it to the world instead of in my head: THERE ARE NO DIFFERENT RACES OF HUMAN BEINGS! The idea of inferior or superior races is a human construct. It's made…"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

"For students, speaking out against any injustice, especially when adults are involved, can be a formidable task. But it's crucial, life-changing, and perhaps even life saving. Here is what I hope you…"

-Liza M. Wiemer, The Assignment

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17. Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

By: Olivia Abtahi

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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18. Eat Your Heart Out

By: Kelly deVos

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. In the next f… read more

Similar categories in Kelly deVos's Eat Your Heart Out book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Stay Invisible by Maggie C. Rudd

19. How to Stay Invisible

By: Maggie C. Rudd

4.39

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

My Side of the Mountain meets How to Steal a Dog in this high-stakes and heartfelt middle-grade sto… read more

Similar categories in Maggie C. Rudd's How to Stay Invisible book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • fiction
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20. Bump

By: Matt Wallace

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A moving and triumphant middle grade contemporary debut from award-winning author Matt Wallace abou… read more

Similar categories in Matt Wallace's Bump book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Great Destroyers

By: Caroline Tung Richmond

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Hunger Games meets Pacific Rim, set in the 1960s Cold War. Jo Linden grew up in a world wher… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Tung Richmond's The Great Destroyers book and Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy

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