14 best-selling childrens books like Nightjar by Katya Balen

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Nightjar

By: Katya Balen

3.86

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

When Noah’s dad visits from New York, he and Noah come across an injured nightjar during a walk in …

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1. Clare and her Captain

By: Michael Morpurgo , Catherine Rayner

3.79

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Summer means staying with Aunt Dora in the Devonshire countryside with Mum and Dad arguing all the … read more

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2. Letters from the Lighthouse

By: Emma Carroll

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, no… read more

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3. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

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4. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

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5. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

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6. You Think You Know Me

By: Ayaan Mohamud

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A stunning debut about finding the strength to speak up against hate and fear, for fans of The Hate… read more

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7. How to Die Famous

By: Benjamin Dean

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A budding teen celebrity secretly investigates his brother's suspicious death while navigating the … read more

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8. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

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9. A Year of Living Simply: The joys of a life less complicated

By: Kate Humble

3.81

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

If there is one thing that most of us aspire to, it is, simply, to be happy. And yet attaining hap… read more

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10. The Ghost Garden

By: Emma Carroll

3.71

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

SUMMER 1914. When Fran unearths a bone in the garden of Longbarrow House on the same afternoon that… read more

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11. Darwin's Dragons

By: Lindsay Galvin

4.14

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

1835. Cabin boy Syms Covington is on the voyage of a lifetime to the Galapagos Islands with the wor… read more

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12. Nightjar

By: Katya Balen

3.86

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

When Noah’s dad visits from New York, he and Noah come across an injured nightjar during a walk in … read more

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Cover of Please Write Soon: An Unforgettable Story of Two Cousins in World War II by Michael Rosen

13. Please Write Soon: An Unforgettable Story of Two Cousins in World War II

By: Michael Rosen

4.30

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by a true family story, Michael Rosen presents an astonishing account of perseverance, lov… read more

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14. The Mermaid in the Millpond

By: Lucy Strange

3.86

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

History and myth entwine in this atmospheric tale of freedom and friendship from bestselling author… read more

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15. Finding Alfie: A D-Day Story

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.68

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

On the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Michael Morpurgo tells a new story about this milest… read more

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16. Island of Whispers

By: Frances Hardinge

4.35

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, bestselling Frances Hardinge and Emily Gravett unite for the first time to conju… read more

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"Kindness is not weakness. To be kind in this unkind world is walking through a battlefield without armour or sword. It takes courage and strength to be kind."

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"They do not touch you. But they will trick you into touching them. Falter-moths, grief-winged. Things of doubt and confusion that feed on loss. If you touch them, they will feed on you..."

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"There was a trick to seeing and hearing the Dead, like the trick to falling asleep. You had to not quite listen, not quite look, not quite think. You let the edges of your mind slip into the right so…"

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"Everywhere Milo saw traces of his father - his chair, his bowl, the roof he had planned to mend. The worst thing about losing somebody is that, even after you survive a difficult day, the next mornin…"

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

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17. Gloves Off

By: Louisa Reid

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

A page-turning and immersive YA novel in verse, telling the story of Lily who is mercilessly bullie… read more

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18. Ravencave

By: Marcus Sedgwick

3.76

Format: None pages, None

A grim discovery brings disturbing revelations in this chilling ghost story from the late Marcus Se… read more

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Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

19. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

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"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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20. Pigs Might Fly! (Mudpuddle Farm)

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.15

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Join the fun on the farm! A charming story from award-winning author Michael Morpurgo, hilarious… read more

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21. The Tree That Sang To Me

By: Serena Molloy

4.49

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The compelling tale of a boy with feelings so big he doesn't know how to express them. A story of f… read more

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City of Stolen Magic

Nazneen Ahmed Pathak

3.78

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Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.29

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Lisa Fipps

4.69

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