28 must-read young adult books like When Rain Turns to Snow by Jane Godwin

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When Rain Turns to Snow

By: Jane Godwin

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Lissa is home on her own after school one afternoon when a stranger turns up on the doorstep carryi…

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1. The Fall

By: Tristan Bancks

3.89

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In the middle of the night, Sam is woken by angry voices from the apartment above. He goes to the w… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's The Fall book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • mystery
  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult

2. Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)

By: John Marsden

4.28

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Ellie and her friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they find things hide… read more

Similar categories in John Marsden's Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1) book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

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3. How to Make Friends with the Dark

By: Kathleen Glasgow

4.08

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Here is what happens when your mother dies. It’s the brightest day of summer and it’s dark outsi… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's How to Make Friends with the Dark book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"Always the universe, against you."

-Kathleen Glasgow, How to Make Friends with the Dark

"Are you going to kill yourself, Grace? Are you going to wrist, hang, gun?"

-Kathleen Glasgow, How to Make Friends with the Dark

"Last night scared me, how calm I felt, thinking about killing myself. The S word"

-Kathleen Glasgow, How to Make Friends with the Dark

"Somewhere in those hours, those minutes, those seconds, your mom was, and then she wasn't"

-Kathleen Glasgow, How to Make Friends with the Dark

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4. Love in Winter Wonderland

By: Abiola Bello

3.72

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A YA Christmas love story set in a London Black-owned bookshop. Charming, handsome Trey Anderso… read more

Similar categories in Abiola Bello's Love in Winter Wonderland book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • young adult
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • contemporary
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6. One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World

By: A.J. Betts

4.00

Format: None pages, Audio CD

'In a few months, the four of us will be elsewhere, doing other things, and this chance we have wil… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Betts's One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • young adult
  • contemporary
"No one dismantles this band but me."

-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World

"Because I've been writing this song my whole life. It's the soundtrack of me."

-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World

"I'd lost myself in that haze, too, now that I think about it. I'd forgotten all else, when we jammed. It was sublime in there. I felt timeless. Thoughtless. Borderless. Made of nothing but air and mu…"

-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World

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7. 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 Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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8. Sick Bay

By: Nova Weetman

4.28

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's Sick Bay book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
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9. The Faint of Heart

By: Kerilynn Wilson

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

What would you do if you were the only person left with a heart? The only person left who felt anyt… read more

Similar categories in Kerilynn Wilson's The Faint of Heart book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Ama duygulara karşı hissizleştirmek, kalbi zayıflatıyor."

-Kerilynn Wilson, The Faint of Heart

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10. We Are Wolves

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's We Are Wolves book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Books are treasure."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

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11. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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12. The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp

By: Leonie Agnew

3.30

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

The unpublished manuscript was the winner of the 2022 Tessa Duder a powerful exploration of guilt,… read more

Similar categories in Leonie Agnew's The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • mystery
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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13. Tiger Daughter

By: Rebecca Lim

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

IBBY Honour List 2024 A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023 Winner, People's… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Lim's Tiger Daughter book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • australia
"It's aiming for the peaks,' I tell him, 'and swimming through the troughs so that there are moments where you can just float under the sun and see how far you've come."

-Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter

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14. Blended

By: Sharon M. Draper

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

"You’re so exotic!” “You look so unusual.” “But what are you really?” Eleven-year-old Isabella i… read more

Similar categories in Sharon M. Draper's Blended book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"The doors of Target opened with a welcoming swoosh, and I was instantly distracted. Yeah. Target does that to me. I feel at home. They've got stuff I need. Stuff I don't need. Stuff I didn't even kno…"

-Sharon M. Draper, Blended

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15. Unnecessary Drama

By: Nina Kenwood

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of It Sounded Better in My Head comes a deliciously entertaining enem… read more

Similar categories in Nina Kenwood's Unnecessary Drama book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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16. The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling

By: Wai Chim

4.01

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Anna Chiu has her hands pretty full looking after her brother and sister and helping out at her dad… read more

Similar categories in Wai Chim's The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • australia
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17. Henry Hamlet's Heart

By: Rhiannon Wilde

4.15

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometime… read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Wilde's Henry Hamlet's Heart book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • australia
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • 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 Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • relationships
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Deep Dark book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
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20. When Rain Turns to Snow

By: Jane Godwin

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Lissa is home on her own after school one afternoon when a stranger turns up on the doorstep carryi… read more

Similar categories in Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • relationships
  • health
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • family
  • australia
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21. Waiting for the Storks

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • relationships
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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22. Kensy and Max 10: Time's Up: The bestselling spy series

By: Jacqueline Harvey

4.28

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

When all of your family members are being kidnapped, how do you push aside your fear and discover w… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Harvey's Kensy and Max 10: Time's Up: The bestselling spy series book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

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23. Dragon Skin

By: Karen Foxlee

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

How to save a dragon: 1) Assemble equipment. Water, Weet-Bix, sugar, syringe, sticky tape, scissor… read more

Similar categories in Karen Foxlee's Dragon Skin book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"He was dangerous. Dangerous like water. He could seem calm and glassy on top but underneath he was all dark silt and weed."

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

"[Pip] was wondering if the dragon was still alive in the little hoodie nest. It had been after the world’s fastest shower. She’d peeked into the wardrobe and seen its little belly rising and falling,…"

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

"Mika belIeved in Magic. One hundred per cent without a doubt. She learned that fast when he arrived. He knew the Dewey decimal 130s like the back of his hand and they went to the town library often t…"

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

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24. The Killing Code

By: Ellie Marney

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for f… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Marney's The Killing Code book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
"I am the code you never broke, and I don't play by the rules."

-Ellie Marney, The Killing Code

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25. Social Queue

By: Kay Kerr

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'I thought I was nobody’s teen crush, but turns out I was just missing the signs.' Zoe Kelly is … read more

Similar categories in Kay Kerr's Social Queue book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • australia
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"It bothers me how people need the truth to be sugar-coated to be palatable. And that it's my job to remember the sugar."

-Kay Kerr, Social Queue

"I’ve been trying to motivate myself to have a shower for the last forty-five minutes, but so far all I’ve managed to do is get my underwear out of the drawer and lie back down on the bed. Having a sh…"

-Kay Kerr, Social Queue

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26. How to Repaint a Life

By: Steven Herrick

3.92

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Isaac is running from his old life when he steps off the bus in a small town. He doesn’t plan on st… read more

Similar categories in Steven Herrick's How to Repaint a Life book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • relationships
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • australia
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27. Elsewhere Girls

By: Emily Gale

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It’s midnight and I’m alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop. Coach O'Call would say som… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • australia
  • contemporary
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28. The Lost Soul Atlas

By: Zana Fraillon

3.92

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

A powerful story of hope and friendship, from the author of The Bone Sparrow. A boy awakens in t… read more

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Lost Soul Atlas book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • contemporary
Cover of The Unexpected Mess of It All by Gabrielle Tozer

29. The Unexpected Mess of It All

By: Gabrielle Tozer

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

From the YA Queen of Rom-com comes a funny and fraught 'enemies-to-will-they-won't-they' romance be… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Tozer's The Unexpected Mess of It All book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • young adult
  • family
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30. We Could Be Something

By: Will Kostakis

3.97

Format: 401 pages, Paperback

Part Coming-Out Story. Part falling-in-love story. Part falling-apart story. Harvey's dads… read more

Similar categories in Will Kostakis's We Could Be Something book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

  • relationships
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
"Right now, I'm not sure I can get a book about a gay teenager through acquisitions. The schools market factors heavily into our thinking and they won't let it fly."

-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something

"Just because you released one novel doesn't mean you're owed a career, Sotiris. That isn't how the book world works. There are so many names I only ever see on one title."

-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something

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31. Kensy and Max: Spy Games: Australia Reads edition

By: Jacqueline Harvey

4.23

Format: 65 pages, Kindle Edition

The annual Pharos Trainee Spy Games competition is being held at Alexandria and Kensy and Max can’t… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Harvey's Kensy and Max: Spy Games: Australia Reads edition book and Jane Godwin's When Rain Turns to Snow

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How to Make Friends with the Dark

Kathleen Glasgow

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Abiola Bello

3.72

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Amy Doak

3.69

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Nova Weetman

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Victoria Ying

4.01

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Shawnelle Gibbs

4.13

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Faith Erin Hicks

3.96

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Gene Luen Yang

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