14 Best juvenile books like Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly

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Those Kids from Fawn Creek

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same--until Orchid Mason arrives. This contempor…

If you liked the juvenile plot in Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's Attack of the Black Rectangles book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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2. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

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3. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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4. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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5. New from Here

By: Kelly Yang

4.30

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's New from Here book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
"We're all connected to each other. We all breathe the same air into our lungs. None of us are immune to each other's problems, that's why we have to care about each other."

-Kelly Yang, New from Here

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6. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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8. Dream, Annie, Dream

By: Waka T. Brown

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese Ameri… read more

Similar categories in Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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9. Those Kids from Fawn Creek

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same--until Orchid Mason arrives. This contempor… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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10. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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11. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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12. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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13. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

By: Tae Keller

4.17

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A story about a girl who is alienated by her friends . . . for believing in aliens. Sometimes m… read more

Similar categories in Tae Keller's Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I had to make her understand that this mattered--what people thought had everything to do with who she was. Because how do we know who we are without knowing our place in the world?"

-Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

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14. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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15. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?

By: Leslie Connor

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A big-hearted, beautiful, and funny novel told from multiple viewpoints about neurodiversity, frien… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Connor's Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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16. A Song Called Home

By: Sara Zarr

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Sara Zarr comes a story of the small moments that show us who we are, and… read more

Similar categories in Sara Zarr's A Song Called Home book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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17. Playing Through the Turnaround

By: Mylisa Larsen

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In a timely, insightful story told with sparkling wit and heart, young musicians protesting plans f… read more

Similar categories in Mylisa Larsen's Playing Through the Turnaround book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963

By: Shelia P. Moses

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The powerful story of an eleven-year-old Black boy determined to stand up for his rights, who's pul… read more

Similar categories in Shelia P. Moses's We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963 book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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19. Black Bird, Blue Road

By: Sofiya Pasternack

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award fin… read more

Similar categories in Sofiya Pasternack's Black Bird, Blue Road book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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21. The Bluest Sky

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A boy and his family must decide whether to remain in Cuba under a repressive government or risk ev… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's The Bluest Sky book and Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile

21 Top fiction books like Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly

Transform Your Habits

Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Simon Sort of Says

Erin Bow

4.31

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20 best-selling fiction books like Ferris by Kate DiCamillo

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

Katherine Applegate

4.46

Transform Your Habits

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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