23 Best childrens books like The Book of Wondrous Possibilities by Deborah Abela

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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,…

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Cover of The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo

1. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Puppets of Spelhorst book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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2. Ghost Book

By: Remy Lai

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of Spirited Away, Coco, and Ghosts comes a contemporary fantasy graphic novel abou… read more

Similar categories in Remy Lai's Ghost Book book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • adventure
Cover of The Book That No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade

6. The Book That No One Wanted to Read

By: Richard Ayoade

3.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From actor-author-broadcaster-comedian-filmmaker Richard Ayoade comes a book narrated by . . . a bo… read more

Similar categories in Richard Ayoade's The Book That No One Wanted to Read book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Detention

By: Tristan Bancks

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Sima and her family are pressed to the rough, cold ground among fifty others. They lie next to the … read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Detention book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • fiction
"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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9. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • fiction
Cover of Hamlet is Not OK by R.A. Spratt

10. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1) by Amelia Mellor

12. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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13. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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14. Hedgewitch (Hedgewitch, #1)

By: Skye McKenna

4.16

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

First in a magical five-book series for readers of Nevermoor, The Worst Witch and The Dark Is Risin… read more

Similar categories in Skye McKenna's Hedgewitch (Hedgewitch, #1) book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Cassandra Morgan was hiding in the broom cupboard. It wasn't a bad place to hide. all things considered; a narrow window provided light to read by and an upturned bucket served well enough as a seat.…"

-Skye McKenna, Hedgewitch (Hedgewitch, #1)

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15. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Book of Wondrous Possibilities by Deborah Abela

16. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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17. Lenny's Book of Everything

By: Karen Foxlee

4.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

I knew my brother. I knew when he talked too much about Timothy his imaginary pet eagle. He was sca… read more

Similar categories in Karen Foxlee's Lenny's Book of Everything book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"But now we knew. It was a good thing. All of Davey, in all his time upon the earth, was good."

-Karen Foxlee, Lenny's Book of Everything

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18. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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19. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

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

-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog

Cover of The Goodbye Year by Emily Gale

20. The Goodbye Year

By: Emily Gale

4.36

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It’s the start of 2020 and Harper is filled with anticipation about being in the final year of Rive… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gale's The Goodbye Year book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon by Gabrielle Wang

21. Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon

By: Gabrielle Wang

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Zadie Ma has a special talent for telling stories . . . and it seems that some of Zadie’s stories c… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Wang's Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Evie and Rhino by Neridah McMullin

22. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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23. Tweet

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.58

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The people of the world are puzzled. Birds everywhere are sitting on highways, on buildings, on BBQ… read more

Similar categories in Morris Gleitzman's Tweet book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
Cover of Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak

24. Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret

By: Amy Doak

4.21

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Things have settled down in Cooinda and Eleanor Jones is getting used to her new normal – spending … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

Cover of The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat (Trilby Moffat #1) by Kate Temple

25. The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat (Trilby Moffat #1)

By: Kate Temple

4.05

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

This is the dangerous story of Trilby Moffat, who took on one of the most treacherous jobs of all t… read more

Similar categories in Kate Temple's The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat (Trilby Moffat #1) book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Losing the Plot by Annaleise Byrd

26. Losing the Plot

By: Annaleise Byrd

4.33

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Basil Beedon and Terry Clegg are neighbours, and that's all they have in common. Terry loves sport … read more

Similar categories in Annaleise Byrd's Losing the Plot book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
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27. The Other Shadow

By: Tania Ingram

4.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

Life has not been easy for Thomas since his dad died. His mother is acting strangely, he needs to c… read more

Similar categories in Tania Ingram's The Other Shadow book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

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28. The Unlikely Heroes Club

By: Kate Foster

4.27

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A fun, frolicking adventure about five kids with a mystery to solve! Eleven-year-old Oli is spen… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The Unlikely Heroes Club book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • childrens
Cover of Sunshine on Vinegar Street by Karen Comer

29. 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 Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Girl Falling by Hayley Scrivenor

30. Girl Falling

By: Hayley Scrivenor

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Why would my best friend want to destroy my life?Finn and her best friend, Daphne, have grown up to… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Scrivenor's Girl Falling book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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31. The First Summer of Callie Mcgee

By: A.L. Tait

3.98

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

'The water in a rip current is always calmer than the waves on either side. Once in it, you’re best… read more

Similar categories in A.L. Tait's The First Summer of Callie Mcgee book and Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

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Transform Your Habits

The Puppets of Spelhorst

Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Ghost Book

Remy Lai

4.09

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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Sister Heart

Sally Morgan

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The Secrets We Keep (The Secrets We Keep #1)

Nova Weetman

4.22

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Craig Silvey

4.46

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Tristan Bancks

4.04

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