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. …
Want to Read" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog
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1. 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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- poetry
- middle grade
- childrens
- family
2. 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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- poetry
3. Away With Words
By: Sophie Cameron
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
4. 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
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- childrens
- middle grade
- animals
- dogs
- family
5. 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
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6. 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
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- middle grade
- childrens
- family
7. 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
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- relationships
- family
"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)
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
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- family
"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
9. 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
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- middle grade
- family
10. 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
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- middle grade
- childrens
- family
11. 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
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- middle grade
- childrens
- family
12. 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
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- relationships
- middle grade
- childrens
13. 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
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- relationships
- middle grade
- childrens
- family
14. Kicked Out
By: A.M. Dassu
4.30
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this companion novel to the acclaimed Boy, Everywhere , A.M. Dassu returns to extend the story o… read more
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- middle grade
15. 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
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- middle grade
- childrens
16. 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
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- middle grade
- childrens
17. 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
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- poetry
- relationships
- childrens
- middle grade
- animals
- dogs
- family
" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog
18. What We All Saw
By: Mike Lucas
3.34
Format: 313 pages, Paperback
Witches only exist in stories. Everyone knows that. But what if the stories are real? FOUR FRIEN… read more
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- family
"There was just a resignation that, at some point in the near future, we were all going to have to face some kind of music. What the song was depended on our ability not only to sing, but to sing the …"-Mike Lucas, What We All Saw
19. Xavier in the Meantime
By: Kate Gordon
4.15
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Sometimes Xavier wakes up feeling hopeless. Every new doctor … this will fix it. Removing hi… read more
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- middle grade
- family
20. 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
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