14 Top fiction books like Freedom by Catherine Johnson

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Freedom

By: Catherine Johnson

4.08

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

An action-packed and pacey story about slavery in Britain. Nathaniel doesn't want to move to Englan…

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Cover of The Furthest Station (Rivers of London, #5.5) by Ben Aaronovitch

1. The Furthest Station (Rivers of London, #5.5)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.10

Format: 144 pages, ebook

There have been ghosts on the London Underground, sad, harmless spectres whose presence does little… read more

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  • fiction
"I didn't ask why anybody would want to risk the electric two-step on the tracks because, as police, all three of us knew that there wasn't anything so stupid that somebody wouldn't try it sooner or l…"

-Ben Aaronovitch, The Furthest Station (Rivers of London, #5.5)

Cover of Skellig (Skellig, #1) by David Almond

2. Skellig (Skellig, #1)

By: David Almond

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Micha… read more

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  • novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"There's no end to evolution."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"The dead are often known to eat 27 and 53"

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"Truth and dreams are always getting muddled."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"Can love help a person to get better?’ I asked."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

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3. The Girl of Ink and Stars

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.68

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, and the British Book Awards' Children's Book… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Girl of Ink and Stars book and Catherine Johnson's Freedom

  • novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"India is a place where colour is doubly bright. Pinks that scald your eyes, blues you could drown in."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Girl of Ink and Stars

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4. The Tulip Touch

By: Anne Fine

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The story of a strange and disturbing friendship seen through the eyes of Natalie as she gets to kn… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

5. Maybe (Once #6)

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

A powerfully moving addition to Morris Gleitzman's bestselling series about Felix and Zelda which t… read more

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6. Soon (Once, #5)

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

After the Nazis took my parents I was scared. After they killed my best friend I was angry. After I… read more

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7. One

By: Sarah Crossan

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Grace and Tippi. Tippi and Grace. Two sisters. Two hearts. Two dreams. Two lives. But one body. Gra… read more

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8. Oranges in No Man's Land

By: Elizabeth Laird

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

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9. Look Into My Eyes (Ruby Redfort, #1)

By: Lauren Child

4.45

Format: None pages,

Everyone knows that Clarice Bean is exceptionordinarily keen about the Ruby Redfort books. Now in h… read more

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10. The Loop (The Loop Trilogy, #1)

By: Ben Oliver

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Life inside The Loop-the futuristic death row for teens under eighteen-is one long repetitive purga… read more

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  • fiction
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11. 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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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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12. The Seventh Son

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.60

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more

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  • fiction
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13. When the Sky Falls

By: Phil Earle

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Inspired by a true story. It's 1940, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff wom… read more

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

14. 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

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  • 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

Cover of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook

15. The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

By: Nizrana Farook

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Chaya, a nobleman’s rebellious, outspoken, no-nonsense daughter, just can’t resist the shiny tempta… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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16. The Blue Book of Nebo

By: Manon Steffan Ros

4.16

Format: 156 pages, ebook

Prize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo p… read more

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  • fiction
"Diuen que els vincles de sang no es tornen mai aigua, però els veu que l'aigua es pot tornar sang."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

"La humanitat és una cosa espectacular, tan preparada per estimar sense conviccions, sense complexos."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

Cover of The Lost Tide Warriors (Storm Keeper, #2) by Catherine Doyle

17. The Lost Tide Warriors (Storm Keeper, #2)

By: Catherine Doyle

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In the brilliant sequel to The Storm Keeper's Island, winner of the Books are My Bag Readers Award,… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Above the thunder clash of an angry sky, the Tide Summoner rang out."

-Catherine Doyle, The Lost Tide Warriors (Storm Keeper, #2)

"It was like his mother always said: Rose-coloured glasses disguise red flags – and Bartley was draped in them."

-Catherine Doyle, The Lost Tide Warriors (Storm Keeper, #2)

Cover of I Am a Girl from Africa by Elizabeth Nyamayaro

18. I Am a Girl from Africa

By: Elizabeth Nyamayaro

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The inspiring journey of a girl from Africa whose near-death experience sparked a dream that change… read more

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"As Africans we must uplift each other."

-Elizabeth Nyamayaro, I Am a Girl from Africa

"If one of us is unwell, then none of us is well."

-Elizabeth Nyamayaro, I Am a Girl from Africa

"When we uplift others, we in turn uplift ourselves."

-Elizabeth Nyamayaro, I Am a Girl from Africa

"What we share is more powerful than what divides us."

-Elizabeth Nyamayaro, I Am a Girl from Africa

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19. Freedom

By: Catherine Johnson

4.08

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

An action-packed and pacey story about slavery in Britain. Nathaniel doesn't want to move to Englan… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Johnson's Freedom book and Catherine Johnson's Freedom

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
Cover of Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah

20. Windrush Child

By: Benjamin Zephaniah

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this heart-stopping adventure, Benjamin Zephaniah shows us what it was like to be a child of the… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Zephaniah's Windrush Child book and Catherine Johnson's Freedom

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

21. 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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  • 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)

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David Almond

3.81

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The Girl of Ink and Stars

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.68

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Anne Fine

4.29

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Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Hart van staal

Simon van der Geest

3.95

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Gelukkig en blij

Edward van de Vendel

4.24

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Tjibbe Veldkamp

4.02

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We moeten je iets vertellen

Marlies Slegers

4.45

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