6 Top coming of age books like Sugar Birds by Cheryl Grey Bostrom

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Sugar Birds

By: Cheryl Grey Bostrom

4.14

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

WINNER, 2021 AMERICAN FICTION AWARDS: Literary, General, and Cross-Genre Fiction SILVER MEDALIS…

If you liked the coming of age plot in Sugar Birds by Cheryl Grey Bostrom , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. The Road to Bittersweet

By: Donna Everhart

4.00

Format: 120 pages,

Set in the Carolinas in the 1940s, The Road to Bittersweet is a beautifully written, evocative acco… read more

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2. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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3. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Within These Walls of Sorrow: A Novel of World War II Poland

By: Amanda Barratt

4.73

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

As superbly written as it is haunting in its truth. --Kate Breslin, best-selling author of For Such… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Barratt's Within These Walls of Sorrow: A Novel of World War II Poland book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • christian fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Appalachian Song

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Forever within the memories of my heart. Always remember, you are perfectly loved. Bertie Jenkins… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Shocklee's Appalachian Song book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • christian fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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6. When the Jessamine Grows

By: Donna Everhart

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From one of the most powerful and authentic voices in Southern fiction comes a historical novel wit… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's When the Jessamine Grows book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Moonshiner's Daughter

By: Donna Everhart

4.23

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Set in North Carolina in 1960 and brimming with authenticity and grit, The Moonshiner's Daughter ev… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Moonshiner's Daughter book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • coming of age
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Threshing of Straw

By: Kim Catron

4.51

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

A grandmother who only ever wanted to protect her two little girls. A mother who did the unthinkabl… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Eventide: A Novel of the Southern Appalachians

By: Terri Fabel

4.33

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Eventide is a story about the deep and abiding love two sister have for each other as they struggle… read more

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10. Earl, Honey

By: D.S. Getson

4.53

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

EARL HAHN is slow, the last one to catch on to things. Since the day his father hit him in the head… read more

Similar categories in D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. All the Forgivenesses

By: Elizabeth Hardinger

4.27

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in Appalachia and the Midwest at the turn of the twentieth century, this exquisite debut novel … read more

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  • coming of age
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Kinfolk

By: Sean Dietrich

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Sometimes it’s the most unlikely meetings that give us life’s greatest gifts. 1970s, Southern Alaba… read more

Similar categories in Sean Dietrich's Kinfolk book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"But then, life was full of overlooked miracles. And miracles never happened the way you expect them to. They are softer than a baby's breath. They are, at times, as noticeable as a ladybug. A miracle…"

-Sean Dietrich, Kinfolk

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13. The Lady with the Dark Hair

By: Erin Bartels

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Esther Markstrom and her artist mother have always been proud of their ancestor, painter Francisco … read more

Similar categories in Erin Bartels's The Lady with the Dark Hair book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • christian fiction
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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14. If It Rains

By: Jennifer L. Wright

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A story of resilience and redemption set against one of America’s defining moments―the Dust Bowl. I… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Wright's If It Rains book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • christian fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Saints of Swallow Hill

By: Donna Everhart

4.12

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

It takes courage to save yourself... In the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners l… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Saints of Swallow Hill book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. This Is Where It Ends

By: Cindy K. Sproles

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Award-Winning Author Pens a Unique Southern TaleWhen Minerva Jane Jenkins was just 14 years old, sh… read more

Similar categories in Cindy K. Sproles's This Is Where It Ends book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • christian fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Let the Willows Weep

By: Sherry Parnell

4.03

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

“Sometimes life is just like paper wings. Fragile, easily torn apart, and often there are too many … read more

Similar categories in Sherry Parnell's Let the Willows Weep book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Colors of Truth

By: Paula Paul

4.39

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Colors of Truth follows the stories of Caroline and Pearlie, two teenage girls growing up in Texas … read more

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19. The Forgiving Kind

By: Donna Everhart

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this masterful new novel, set in 1950s North Carolina, the acclaimed author of The Road to Bitte… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Forgiving Kind book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • coming of age
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • christian fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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21. What a Wave Must Be

By: Angela Elwell Hunt

4.03

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

From master storyteller Angela Hunt, a powerful story of a family’s journey toward healing and hope… read more

Similar categories in Angela Elwell Hunt's What a Wave Must Be book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • christian fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. The River by Starlight

By: Ellen Notbohm

4.35

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

For fans of Paulette Jiles and Marisa del los Santos Winner of 15 literary awards including IPBA… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Notbohm's The River by Starlight book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. The Songs That Could Have Been

By: Amanda Wen

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Two couples in love. Two sets of impossible circumstances. One powerful God of grace. After a tail… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Wen's The Songs That Could Have Been book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • christian fiction
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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24. Sugar Birds

By: Cheryl Grey Bostrom

4.14

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

WINNER, 2021 AMERICAN FICTION AWARDS: Literary, General, and Cross-Genre Fiction SILVER MEDALIS… read more

Similar categories in Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • christian fiction
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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25. Born of Gilded Mountains

By: Amanda Dykes

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When newcomer Mercy Windsor arrives in Mercy Peak in 1948 after a scandal shatters her gilded world… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Spatts is strong. - Rusty"

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

"I sometimes think, when our dreams seem impossible to us, perhaps we just haven't seen yet how God will chase after our hearts with those very dreams, in the unlikeliest ways."

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

"Sunsets here were more an experience than a sight. They marked the soul. Pierced it, rearranged things with all that shifting color and light, and sealed it up again, a little more whole than it was …"

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

"On a stage of earth, beneath a canopy of stars, with a score of scattered laughter, Mercy watched a story unfold more enchanting than any the Dream Factory of Hollywood could have produced. Even the …"

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

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26. When the Waters Came (A Day to Remember Book 1)

By: Candice Sue Patterson

4.26

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

An act of greed or an act of God? Introducing a new series of 6 exciting novels featuring histor… read more

Similar categories in Candice Sue Patterson's When the Waters Came (A Day to Remember Book 1) book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • christian fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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27. Healing of the Heart (Discerning God’s Best, #4)

By: Heidi Gray McGill

4.85

Format: 525 pages, Kindle Edition

He’s sworn to heal others, but at what cost to himself? Step into the bustling streets of post-C… read more

Similar categories in Heidi Gray McGill's Healing of the Heart (Discerning God’s Best, #4) book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • fiction
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28. Meet Me at the Starlight

By: Rachel Hauck

4.23

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Eighties supermodel Harlow Hayes seeks solace in a quaint Florida beach town to hide and heal from … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hauck's Meet Me at the Starlight book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • christian fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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29. The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon

By: Linda MacKillop

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"[A] touching debut. . . . MacKillop takes the pain of aging and regret and infuses it with soul an… read more

Similar categories in Linda MacKillop's The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • christian fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Way Back (Lights of Acadia) by Heidi Chiavaroli

30. The Way Back (Lights of Acadia)

By: Heidi Chiavaroli

4.56

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Young love means everything... until it leaves you with nothing. The summer before her senior ye… read more

Similar categories in Heidi Chiavaroli's The Way Back (Lights of Acadia) book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • contemporary
  • christian fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. Something Borrowed

By: Rachel Scott McDaniel

4.70

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

In this brand-new novella collection, three renowned Christian historical fiction authors trace gen… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Scott McDaniel's Something Borrowed book and Cheryl Grey Bostrom's Sugar Birds

  • historical
  • christian fiction
  • historical fiction

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