9 best-selling young adult books like Worth by A. LaFaye

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Worth

By: A. LaFaye

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

After Nathaniel's leg is crushed in an accident, his father brings home an orphan boy, John Worth, …

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1. Rules

By: Cynthia Lord

3.97

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This Newbery Honor Book is a heartfelt and witty story about feeling different and finding acceptan… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"rules"

-Cynthia Lord, Rules

"No toys in the fish tank "

-Cynthia Lord, Rules

"Just this once, let it be easy."

-Cynthia Lord, Rules

"...choosing words is harder than I thought."

-Cynthia Lord, Rules

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2. Abel's Island

By: William Steig

3.95

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

Abel's place in his familiar, mouse world has always been secure; he had an allowance from his moth… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"He began to develop an obstinate patience."

-William Steig, Abel's Island

"The stubbornness of his character stood him now in good stead. He refused to consider himself defeated."

-William Steig, Abel's Island

"[T]he conviction grew in him that the earth and the sky knew he was there and also felt friendly; so he was not really alone, and not really entirely lonely."

-William Steig, Abel's Island

"He was suddenly thrilled to see his private, personal star arise in the east. This was a particular star his nanny had chosen for him as a child. As a child, he would sometimes talk to this star, but…"

-William Steig, Abel's Island

Cover of Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks by Kate Klise, M. Sarah Klise

3. Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks

By: Kate Klise , M. Sarah Klise

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The Dry Creek Middle School drinking fountain has sprung a leak, so principal Walter Russ dashes of… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young

4. Fortunately, the Milk

By: Neil Gaiman , Skottie Young

4.06

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

"I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this:… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashes about in their bowl, ominously."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashed about in their bowl, ominously."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"Dinosaurs are reptiles, sir," said Professor Steg. "We do not go in for milk."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

"Being a geological formation gives you a lot of time to think. Also, I subscribed to a number of learned journals."

-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk

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5. Ruby Holler

By: Sharon Creech

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

From Sharon Creech, the Newbery Medal winning author of Walk Two Moons, comes a heartwarming advent… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Worth by A. LaFaye

6. Worth

By: A. LaFaye

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

After Nathaniel's leg is crushed in an accident, his father brings home an orphan boy, John Worth, … read more

Similar categories in A. LaFaye's Worth book and A. LaFaye's Worth

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
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7. The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

By: Barbara Robinson

4.19

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

The Worst Kids in the History of the World! When anything goes wrong at Woodrow Wilson Elementary S… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of War Horse (War Horse, #1) by Michael Morpurgo

8. War Horse (War Horse, #1)

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.15

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

A powerful tale of war, redemption and a hero's journey.In 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal wit… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"cause when there's life there's still hope"

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less."

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other"

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer."

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

Cover of Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1) by Patricia C. Wrede, Peter de Sève

9. Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)

By: Patricia C. Wrede , Peter de Sève

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Cimorene is everything a princess is notsupposed to be: headstrong, tomboyish, smart - and bored. S… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

10. Who Was Walt Disney?

By: Nancy Harrison , Whitney Stewart

3.61

Format: 8 pages, Paperback

Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictur… read more

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11. Snow Treasure

By: Marie McSwigan , None

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

In the bleak winter of 1940, Nazi troops parachuted into Peter Lundstrom's tiny Norwegian village a… read more

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12. Found (The Missing, #1)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

3.48

Format: None pages,

Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was any big… read more

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13. Savvy (Savvy, #1)

By: Ingrid Law

0.00

Format: 126 pages,

For generations, the Beaumont family has harbored a magical secret. They each possess a "savvy" -a … read more

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14. Summer of the Monkeys

By: Wilson Rawls

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

The last thing a fourteen-year-old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree fu… read more

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15. Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World

By: Katherine Hannigan

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Ida B. Applewood believes there is never enough time for fun. That's why she's so happy to be homes… read more

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16. Pictures of Hollis Woods

By: Patricia Reilly Giff

4.03

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Hollis Woods is the place where a baby was abandoned is the baby's name is an artist is… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"There are some people who don't even know enough to fall in love with the water."

-Patricia Reilly Giff, Pictures of Hollis Woods

"Drawing is what you see of the world, truly see...And sometimes what you see is so deep in your head you're not even sure of what you're seeing. But when it's down there on paper, and you look at it,…"

-Patricia Reilly Giff, Pictures of Hollis Woods

17. Sent (The Missing, #2)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

3.79

Format: 160 pages,

Thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip are reeling from the news that they're both missing children from… read more

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18. Night of the Twisters

By: Ivy Ruckman

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Storm Chasersmeets Stranger Things! An action-packed coming-of-age story of both natural disaster a… read more

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19. The False Prince (The Ascendance Trilogy #1)

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of t… read more

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20. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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Cynthia Lord

3.97

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William Steig

3.95

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Kate Klise , M. Sarah Klise

3.70

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Fortunately, the Milk

Neil Gaiman , Skottie Young

4.06

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Nicholas Day

4.15

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Katherine Marsh

4.50

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