9 must-read young adult books like Bindi by Kirli Saunders

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Bindi

By: Kirli Saunders

4.26

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

WINNER Daisy Utemorrah Award 2019 WINNER WAPBA Meet 11-year-old Bindi. She’s not really into ma…

If you liked the young adult plot in Bindi by Kirli Saunders , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family by Cameron Bloom, Bradley Trevor Greive

1. Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family

By: Cameron Bloom , Bradley Trevor Greive

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Penguin Bloom is an extraordinary true story full of hope and courage, featuring Cameron Bloom's ex… read more

Similar categories in Cameron Bloom's Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • australia
  • family
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2. Blueback

By: Tim Winton

3.56

Format: 304 pages,

From the author of the bestselling novel "The Riders" comes a bewitching fable sure to delight read… read more

Similar categories in Tim Winton's Blueback book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • childrens
  • young adult
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary

3. The Road to Winter (Winter, #1)

By: Mark Smith

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition for  Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed wiped out his par… read more

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4. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • family
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • fiction
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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7. Safe Haven

By: Shankari Chandran

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Safe Haven book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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8. The Yield

By: Tara June Winch

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Knowing that he will soon die, Albert ‘Poppy’ Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has been spen… read more

Similar categories in Tara June Winch's The Yield book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • contemporary
  • australia
  • fiction
  • indigenous
"My mummy, she said, 'The Aborigine is a pity, my son.' She said everyone was always insulted by her no matter what she did, so she let herself do the most insulting thing she could think of - take th…"

-Tara June Winch, The Yield

"The story goes that the church brought time to us, and the church, if you let it, will take it away. I’m writing about the other time, though, deep time. This is a big, big story. The big stuff goes …"

-Tara June Winch, The Yield

"I was born on Ngurambang — can you hear it? — Ngu-ram-bang. If you say it right it hits the back of your mouth and you should taste blood in your words. Every person around should learn the word for …"

-Tara June Winch, The Yield

"The evidence of their civilisation, after so many years of farming, was difficult to find on the surface of the land. But they said it was embedded in the language of Albert’s dictionary, that with t…"

-Tara June Winch, The Yield

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9. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Runt book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • australia
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10. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Scar Town book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of Completely Normal (and other lies) by Biffy James

11. Completely Normal (and other lies)

By: Biffy James

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more

Similar categories in Biffy James's Completely Normal (and other lies) book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

Cover of Let’s Never Speak of This Again by Megan   Williams

12. Let’s Never Speak of This Again

By: Megan Williams

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Award Winner, Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, 2022 Ella and I have been best … read more

Similar categories in Megan Williams's Let’s Never Speak of This Again book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • young adult
  • australia
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

Similar categories in Karen Comer's Grace Notes book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • young adult
  • australia
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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14. Inkflower

By: Suzy Zail

4.32

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story. Lisa’s father has… read more

Similar categories in Suzy Zail's Inkflower book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Bindi by Kirli Saunders

15. Bindi

By: Kirli Saunders

4.26

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

WINNER Daisy Utemorrah Award 2019 WINNER WAPBA Meet 11-year-old Bindi. She’s not really into ma… read more

Similar categories in Kirli Saunders's Bindi book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • australia
  • environment
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16. Black Cockatoo

By: Carl Merrison

3.57

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

'Black Cockatoo' is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragil… read more

Similar categories in Carl Merrison's Black Cockatoo book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
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17. Dirrarn (Black Cockatoo Book 2)

By: Carl Merrison

3.73

Format: 79 pages, Kindle Edition

Age range 10+Mia could hear the squarks of her Jarriny before she saw them. Her eye’s had flicked t… read more

Similar categories in Carl Merrison's Dirrarn (Black Cockatoo Book 2) book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • australia
  • contemporary
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18. Exit Through the Gift Shop

By: Maryam Master

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is disc… read more

Similar categories in Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. The Callers

By: Kiah Thomas

4.18

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Kenneth Oppel meets Andrew Clements in this riveting middle grade novel that will capture fantasy a… read more

Similar categories in Kiah Thomas's The Callers book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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20. The Thing About Oliver

By: Deborah Kelly

4.34

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Sometimes I feel just like the glass in my fish tank— people look right through me. Twelve-year… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Kelly's The Thing About Oliver book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • childrens
  • family
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21. Timeless

By: Kelly Canby

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Emit (whose parents turned back time to name him) is surrounded by busyness. Dad is too busy to rea… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Canby's Timeless book and Kirli Saunders's Bindi

  • childrens
  • family

15 Best fiction books like Bindi by Kirli Saunders

Transform Your Habits

Blueback

Tim Winton

3.56

Transform Your Habits

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

The Bookbinder

Pip Williams

4.07

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14 Best fiction books like Completely Normal (and other lies) by Biffy James

Transform Your Habits

Neverlanders

Tom Taylor

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Completely Normal (and other lies)

Biffy James

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Royals

Tegan Bennett Daylight

3.35

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