5 Top historical fiction books like The Mermaid in the Millpond by Lucy Strange

Cover of The Mermaid in the Millpond by Lucy Strange

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…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Mermaid in the Millpond by Lucy Strange , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Lampje by Annet Schaap

1. Lampje

By: Annet Schaap

4.41

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Dit is een verhaal over de zee. Over geheimzinnige zeewezens en woeste piraten. Over het Zwarte Hu… read more

Similar categories in Annet Schaap's Lampje book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • childrens
  • mermaids
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell, Gelrev Ongbico

2. The Wolf Wilder

By: Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Feodora and her mother live in the snowbound woods of Russia, in a house full of food and fireplace… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Wolf Wilder book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"Stories can start revolutions."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Hard work always hurts somewhere."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Wolves are the witches of the animal world."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Wolves, and stars, and snow: Those things made sense."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

3. Lost Voices (Lost Voices, #1)

By: Sarah Porter

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

What happens to the girls nobody sees--the ones who are ignored, mistreated, hidden away? The girls… read more

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4. Of Poseidon (The Syrena Legacy, #1)

By: Anna Banks

3.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he's heard can communicate with fish… read more

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5. Thornhill

By: Pam Smy

3.88

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Parallel stories set in different times, one told in prose and one in pictures, converge as Ella un… read more

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6. October, October

By: Katya Balen

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the w… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's October, October book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

Cover of Ravi en de laatste magie by Sanne Rooseboom

7. Ravi en de laatste magie

By: Sanne Rooseboom

3.89

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

In de flat waar Ravi met haar moeder en broertje woont is een gasfornuis ontploft, waardoor iederee… read more

Similar categories in Sanne Rooseboom's Ravi en de laatste magie book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
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8. 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

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. 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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10. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

Similar categories in Hiba Noor Khan's Safiyyah's War book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Girl Who Speaks Bear

By: Sophie Anderson

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, 12-year-old Yanka has always felt out of place in her sma… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The Girl Who Speaks Bear book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

12. Julia and the Shark

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.33

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfat… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's Julia and the Shark book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"...which is still not a plot twist I saw coming."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Panic poured into the space where my certainty had been, hot and sharp."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"I like how everything echoes with everything else if you listen hard enough"

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Dad's listening became loud, you know how that happens when someone is really concentrating and you can feel the white noise of their attention."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

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13. The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel

By: Mariah Marsden

3.80

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Green-growing secrets and magic await you at Misselthwaite Manor, now reimagined in this graphic no… read more

Similar categories in Mariah Marsden's The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Like a Charm

By: Elle McNicoll

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Edinburgh is a city filled with magical creatures. No one can see them... until Ramya Knox. As … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Charm book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Exactly. These stories about fairies and giants and vampires and trolls... they may have written them completely wrong. But you're still more likely to find a magical monster in a story than someone …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Ramya, your brain...it's why you can see through Glamour. It's why you're immune to Sirens. It's...it's incredible. I wish I were like you. I've never met anyone that can do what you do. I swear. It …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Books are like little pockets of time. Little artifacts from other cultures and other periods of history. You can go to a museum where they put everything behind glass and won't let you touch things.…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Maybe you don't need the whole world. Maybe you don't need a fridge full of gold stars. You don't need to fit the mold. You just need one person who believes you're right, just as you are. That the g…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

Cover of In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

15. In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1)

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.07

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling, award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave comes an epic new fantasy about the … read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Foxlight by Katya Balen

16. Foxlight

By: Katya Balen

4.06

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of October, October , winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, comes a heartbreaking and … read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's Foxlight book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Little Match Girl Strikes Back by Emma Carroll

17. The Little Match Girl Strikes Back

By: Emma Carroll

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

It only takes one strike! A powerful feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, fro… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's The Little Match Girl Strikes Back book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Nightjar by Katya Balen

18. 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

Similar categories in Katya Balen's Nightjar book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • childrens
Cover of The Mermaid in the Millpond by Lucy Strange

19. 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

Similar categories in Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • gothic
  • historical fantasy
  • childrens
  • historical
  • mermaids
  • middle grade
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

20. 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

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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)

Cover of The Dictionary Story by Sam Winston

21. The Dictionary Story

By: Sam Winston

4.35

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

The much-anticipated new picture book from the best-selling, award-winning creators of A Child of B… read more

Similar categories in Sam Winston's The Dictionary Story book and Lucy Strange's The Mermaid in the Millpond

  • childrens

15 Best fiction books like The Mermaid in the Millpond by Lucy Strange

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Lampje

Annet Schaap

4.41

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The Wolf Wilder

Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

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October, October

Katya Balen

4.38

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Ravi en de laatste magie

Sanne Rooseboom

3.89

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Clare and her Captain

Michael Morpurgo , Catherine Rayner

3.79

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Away With Words

Sophie Cameron

3.89

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The Song Walker

Zillah Bethell

4.16

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