5 must-read family books like The Circus of Stolen Dreams by Lorelei Savaryn

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The Circus of Stolen Dreams

By: Lorelei Savaryn

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A dream world turns into a nightmare. After Andrea's brother, Francis, disappeared, everything c…

If you liked the family plot in The Circus of Stolen Dreams by Lorelei Savaryn , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Wolves in the Walls

By: Neil Gaiman , Dave McKean

4.04

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Lucy hears sneaking, creeping,crumpling noisescoming from insidethe walls. She is sure there are… read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's The Wolves in the Walls book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • young adult
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Anyway, you know what they say about wolves," said her father. "If the wolves come out of the walls, it's all over." "Who says that?" asked Lucy. "People. Everybody. You know," said her father, and h…"

-Neil Gaiman, The Wolves in the Walls

"But eventually everything was back the way it had been before, except for Lucy's father's second-best tuba, which had sustained severe jam damage. So Lucy's father sold his second-best tuba and bough…"

-Neil Gaiman, The Wolves in the Walls

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2. No Monkeys, No Chocolate

By: Melissa Stewart , Allen Young , Nicole Wong

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Everyone loves chocolate, right? But how many people actually know where chocolate comes from? How … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Stewart's No Monkeys, No Chocolate book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
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3. The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street

By: Lindsay Currie

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A girl unravels a centuries-old mystery after moving into a haunted house in this deliciously suspe… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • horror
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4. Berry Song

By: Michaela Goade

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a celebration of the land s… read more

Similar categories in Michaela Goade's Berry Song book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • family
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5. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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6. Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, #1)

By: Ally Carter

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

When 11-year-old April joins a group of kids living at Winterborne Home she doesn't expect to be th… read more

Similar categories in Ally Carter's Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, #1) book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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7. What Lives in the Woods

By: Lindsay Currie

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the decrepit Woodmoor Manor…where something in the woods is always watching. From the au… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's What Lives in the Woods book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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8. The Halloween Moon

By: Joseph Fink

3.74

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling adult author Joseph Fink comes a wickedly fun middle grade novel ab… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Fink's The Halloween Moon book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Girl in White

By: Lindsay Currie

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sweet Molly once lived in Eastport Sweet Molly once loved the sea Sweet Molly lost Liam to the sh… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Girl in White book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"Life doesn't always give us the choices we want. All we can do is make the best of things."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

"Speaking up for people who don’t have a voice is important...It's the right thing to do, even if it's hard."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

Cover of The Circus of Stolen Dreams by Lorelei Savaryn

11. The Circus of Stolen Dreams

By: Lorelei Savaryn

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A dream world turns into a nightmare. After Andrea's brother, Francis, disappeared, everything c… read more

Similar categories in Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • family
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal

By: Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl

4.24

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A riveting historical investigation and family memoir that intertwines the iconic narrative of Anne… read more

Similar categories in Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl's The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of The Witch in the Woods (Grimmworld, #1) by Michaelbrent Collings

13. The Witch in the Woods (Grimmworld, #1)

By: Michaelbrent Collings

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Strange and terrifying things are happening in New Marburg: people are disappearing and changing in… read more

Similar categories in Michaelbrent Collings's The Witch in the Woods (Grimmworld, #1) book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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14. Don't Want to Be Your Monster

By: Deke Moulton

4.12

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Two vampire brothers must set aside their differences to solve a series of murders. Adam and Vic… read more

Similar categories in Deke Moulton's Don't Want to Be Your Monster book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • horror
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15. Beneath These Cursed Stars

By: Lexi Ryan

3.92

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Princess Jasalyn has a secret. Armed with an enchanted ring that gives her death’s kiss, Jas has be… read more

Similar categories in Lexi Ryan's Beneath These Cursed Stars book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • fantasy
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Wilderness of Girls

By: Madeline Claire Franklin

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An unflinching YA debut about a troubled teen who discovers a pack of feral girls in the woods and … read more

Similar categories in Madeline Claire Franklin's The Wilderness of Girls book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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17. Ghost Girl

By: Ally Malinenko

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Small Spaces and Nightbooks, Ally Malinenko’s middle-grade debut is an empoweri… read more

Similar categories in Ally Malinenko's Ghost Girl book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. No One Leaves the Castle

By: Christopher Healy

4.02

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

The Lilac. The bard songs say that she’s the world’s most fearsome bounty hunter. That there’s no c… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Healy's No One Leaves the Castle book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. The Cursed Moon

By: Angela Cervantes

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated author Angela Cervantes' brand new novel combines a chilling ghost story with her award-… read more

Similar categories in Angela Cervantes's The Cursed Moon book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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20. The Very Unfortunate Wish of Melony Yoshimura

By: Waka T. Brown

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this magical and chilling Coraline-esque retelling of the Japanese folktale “The Melon Princess… read more

Similar categories in Waka T. Brown's The Very Unfortunate Wish of Melony Yoshimura book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. Finch House

By: Ciera Burch

3.79

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

Encanto meets Coraline in this spooky middle grade story that deals with family ties, fear of chang… read more

Similar categories in Ciera Burch's Finch House book and Lorelei Savaryn's The Circus of Stolen Dreams

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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Neil Gaiman , Dave McKean

4.04

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4.18

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4.01

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