16 Best family books like Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad

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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 …

If you liked the family plot in Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. 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 Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult

2. Two Wolves

By: Tristan Bancks

3.40

Format: None pages,

One afternoon, police officers show up at Ben Silver's front door. Minutes after they leave, his pa… read more

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3. Girl Detective (Friday Barnes #1)

By: Phil Gosier , R.A. Spratt

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery, she uses the reward money to send herself to Highcrest Ac… read more

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4. A Girl Called Corpse

By: Reece Carter

3.96

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

'Find the thing the Witches call a treasure,' says Old Man, 'and you'll get back all those memories… read more

Similar categories in Reece Carter's A Girl Called Corpse book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. 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 Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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6. 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 Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • fiction
  • young adult
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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 Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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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 Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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9. The Other Side of Tomorrow

By: Hayley Lawrence

4.23

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

What if you thought you had forever ... To live your life. To tell your story. But what if forever … read more

Similar categories in Hayley Lawrence's The Other Side of Tomorrow book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • young adult
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10. 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 Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
"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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11. 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 Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Hamlet is Not OK

By: R.A. Spratt

3.40

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Selby hates homework. She would rather watch daytime television – anything to escape the tedium of … read more

Similar categories in R.A. Spratt's Hamlet is Not OK book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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13. The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1)

By: Amelia Mellor

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole’s Book Arcade in … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Mellor's The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1) book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart

By: Samera Kamaleddine

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Friendship, family and feelings collide in this sparkling middle-grade debut from Matilda Prize win… read more

Similar categories in Samera Kamaleddine's The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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15. 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 Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • relationships
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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16. A Glasshouse of Stars

By: Shirley Marr

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Meixing Lim and her family have arrived at the New House in the New Land, inherited from First Uncl… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Marr's A Glasshouse of Stars book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"It is then you understand that Kevin isn't angry at the world; he's angry at himself."

-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars

"The promise touches your face softly and wraps itself gently around you, planting a seed of hope in your heart."

-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars

"Are you scared of the darkness?" Kevin asks you. "No," you say. With your answer, the black sky is at once filled with a million galaxies. It is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen. "No," you…"

-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars

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17. 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 Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • relationships
  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
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18. No Words

By: Maryam Master

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Hero doesn't feel like a hero, but sometimes she feels as if the universe is asking her to be one. … read more

Similar categories in Maryam Master's No Words book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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19. 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 Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"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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20. Ming and Flo Fight for the Future (The Girls Who Changed the World, #1)

By: Jackie French

4.10

Format: 288 pages, ebook

An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the wo… read more

Similar categories in Jackie French's Ming and Flo Fight for the Future (The Girls Who Changed the World, #1) book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
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21. The Bookseller's Apprentice

By: Amelia Mellor

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Return to Amelia Mellor’s magical Melbourne in the prequel to best-seller The Grandest Bookshop in … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Mellor's The Bookseller's Apprentice book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Summer came in November, and it came in blazing"

-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

"It felt as large as an orange and as heavy as grief."

-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

"The free reading wasn't a gimmick to bring customers back after all. It was a small, secret, gentle revolution. Oh, that Mr Cole was clever."

-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

"History arranged everything that had ever happened into one epic tale of humankind. It turned scattered bones back into people and broken objects into stories."

-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

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22. The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

By: Deborah Abela

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Arlo Goodman lives with his Uncle Avery in a run-down flat above their bookshop. He has no friends,… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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23. August and Jones

By: Pip Harry

4.33

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She'… read more

Similar categories in Pip Harry's August and Jones book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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24. The Way of Dog

By: Zana Fraillon

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A fiercely original verse novel from the ABIA and CBCA award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. … read more

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Way of Dog book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • relationships
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "

-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog

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25. The Raven's Song

By: Zana Fraillon

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A wonderful children's novel by two stellar writers featuring Shelby and Phoenix, living 100 years … read more

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Raven's Song book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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26. The Jammer

By: Nova Weetman

4.27

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Fred has moved around her whole life, one small town after another, and never minded starting over.… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Jammer book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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27. Evie and Rhino

By: Neridah McMullin

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When Evie finds a fully-grown rhinoceros washed up on a beach, she feels an immediate connection an… read more

Similar categories in Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • relationships
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • family
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28. Being Jimmy Baxter

By: Fiona Lloyd

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A gently funny yet powerful coming-of-age middle grade novel about surviving the odds, unlikely fri… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lloyd's Being Jimmy Baxter book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • relationships
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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29. The Great Gallipoli Escape

By: Jackie French

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and … read more

Similar categories in Jackie French's The Great Gallipoli Escape book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. Sunshine on Vinegar Street

By: Karen Comer

4.27

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweet and emotional novel about friendship, family and accepting change from a fresh new voice.Fr… read more

Similar categories in Karen Comer's Sunshine on Vinegar Street book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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31. Queenie in Seven Moves

By: Zanni Louise

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A sensitive, timely story addressing loss and belonging. To Queenie, home is Peachy, the little … read more

Similar categories in Zanni Louise's Queenie in Seven Moves book and Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family

17 must-read fiction books like Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad

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Blueback

Tim Winton

3.56

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A Girl Called Corpse

Reece Carter

3.96

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Runt

Craig Silvey

4.46

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Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

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18 must-read fiction books like A Girl Called Corpse by Reece Carter

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A Girl Called Corpse

Reece Carter

3.96

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The Book Smugglers (Pages & Co., #4)

Anna James

4.12

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Ghost Book

Remy Lai

4.09

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The Other Bridget

Rachael Johns

4.16

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