13 Best realistic fiction books like The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3) by Nova Weetman

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The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

By: Nova Weetman

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Clem Timmins can't wait to see her best friends after being apart all summer holidays. But when the…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3) by Nova Weetman , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Risk

By: Fleur Ferris

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

Taylor and Sierra have been best friends for their whole lives. But Taylor's fed up. Why does Sierr… read more

Similar categories in Fleur Ferris's Risk book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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2. Once (Once, #1)

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Onceby Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanag… read more

Similar categories in Morris Gleitzman's Once (Once, #1) book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • childrens
  • young adult

3. Faceless

By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

When Maisie Winters wakes up, she's in the hospital. The last thing she remembers is running throug… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa B. Sheinmel's Faceless book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

4. 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

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Two Wolves book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

5. If I Were You

By: Leslie Margolis

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Just in time for summer, a body switch story in the vein of Freaky Fridaywith best friends and boy … read more

Similar categories in Leslie Margolis's If I Were You book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

6. 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 Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

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7. The Prettiest

By: Brigit Young

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A must-read for young feminists, The Prettiest is an incisive, empowering novel by Brigit Young abo… read more

Similar categories in Brigit Young's The Prettiest book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. 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 Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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9. 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 Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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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 Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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11. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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12. As Happy as Here

By: Jane Godwin

3.91

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

A beautiful coming-of-age story about three teenage girls from very different backgrounds who find … read more

Similar categories in Jane Godwin's As Happy as Here book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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13. 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 Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • relationships
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • family
  • 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)

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14. 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 Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • relationships
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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15. 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 Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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16. 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 Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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17. Silver Linings

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad Nettie… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Silver Linings book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"How can anyone eat now that Billy is gone? How can we even breathe?"

-Katrina Nannestad, Silver Linings

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18. 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 Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
"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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19. 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 Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
"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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20. Magpie

By: Eve Ainsworth

3.84

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

It has been a long time since Alice has felt safe. Because of him. Ross. But now she, Mum and her … read more

Similar categories in Eve Ainsworth's Magpie book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • family
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21. Everything I've Never Said

By: Samantha Wheeler

4.32

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ava would like nothing more than to tell her family she loves them, particularly her big sister, Ni… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Wheeler's Everything I've Never Said book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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22. The Year the Maps Changed

By: Danielle Binks

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Wolf Hollow meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Danielle Binks’s debut middle grade novel set in 199… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Maps lie. Or at least, they don’t always tell the truth. They’re like us humans that way."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"Lately I’d been wondering what piece Mum took with her when she died, and I’d been thinking about the Winnie I would have been if she hadn’t."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"I was eleven when everything started and twelve by the end. But that’s another way that maps don’t tell the whole truth – because it felt like the distance I travelled was a lot further than that."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"my mum used to say that you had two hands:one to help yourself,and one t help others". then she sighed "though sometimes i wonder if the hand we use to help others moves a bit slower and with less pu…"

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

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23. Are You There, Buddha?

By: Pip Harry

4.27

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A fresh, funny and very contemporary take on puberty, first periods and relationships from the CBCA… read more

Similar categories in Pip Harry's Are You There, Buddha? book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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24. 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 Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • relationships
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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25. Selfie

By: Allayne L. Webster

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Dene Walker picked me to be her best friend. She had the whole of Tonsley High’s year eight to choo… read more

Similar categories in Allayne L. Webster's Selfie book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
"A stupid little photo of a random moment on a bus hardly mattered. There were bigger things to worry about. Much bigger."

-Allayne L. Webster, Selfie

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26. Stuck Up & Stupid

By: Angourie Rice

3.05

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

A modern trans-Pacific twist on Pride and Prejudice, from an authentic team of debut authors who kn… read more

Similar categories in Angourie Rice's Stuck Up & Stupid book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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27. Aster's Good, Right Things (Aster, #1)

By: Kate Gordon

4.28

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

"I can’t let go of them – the good, right things—because if I do I’ll turn into a cloud and I’ll fl… read more

Similar categories in Kate Gordon's Aster's Good, Right Things (Aster, #1) book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3) by Nova Weetman

28. The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

By: Nova Weetman

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Clem Timmins can't wait to see her best friends after being apart all summer holidays. But when the… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3) book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • relationships
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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29. 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 Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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30. Huda Was Here

By: H. Hayek

3.74

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Huda hatches a bold plan to help her dad get a job - which lands her and her brother in all kinds o… read more

Similar categories in H. Hayek's Huda Was Here book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
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31. Skin Deep

By: Hayley Lawrence

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Scarlett was gifted with beauty. But beauty can be taken in a day, in a single moment, by one car f… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Lawrence's Skin Deep book and Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

  • relationships
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary

21 Best contemporary books like The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3) by Nova Weetman

Transform Your Habits

Risk

Fleur Ferris

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Prettiest

Brigit Young

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Runt

Craig Silvey

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

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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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