23 Top childrens books like The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City by Katya Balen

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The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

By: Katya Balen

3.63

Format: 87 pages, Kindle Edition

An exciting new adventure series for young readers from Carnegie Medal winner Katya Balen, author o…

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Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

1. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. 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

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan

3. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

Similar categories in Hiba Noor Khan's Safiyyah's War book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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5. The Ice Children

By: M.G. Leonard

3.95

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The Week Junior Book Awards: Children’s Audiobook of the Year – Highly Commended. At the stroke … read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Ice Children book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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6. I Spy

By: Rhian Tracey

3.74

Format: None pages, None

Twelve-year-old Robyn has grown up in Bletchley Park, where her father works as a driver. When she'… read more

Similar categories in Rhian Tracey's I Spy book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2) by Hannah  Gold

7. Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2)

By: Hannah Gold

4.54

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unmissable follow-up to the award-winning  The Last Bear— perfect for fans of Rosanne Parry and… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2) book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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8. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz

By: Robin Stevens

4.38

Format: 441 pages, Paperback

The second thrilling and unputdownable mystery starring a new generation of the Detective Society, … read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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9. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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10. Northern Soul

By: Phil Earle

4.10

Format: 102 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning author Phil Earle comes the hilariously agonising account of one teenage boy’s d… read more

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Cover of In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

11. In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1)

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.07

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling, award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave comes an epic new fantasy about the … read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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12. Where the River Takes Us

By: Lesley Parr

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It's February 1974 and working class families have been hit hard by the three-day week. The reduced… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Parr's Where the River Takes Us book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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13. Stitch

By: Pádraig Kenny

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

A compelling, atmospheric and gothic Frankenstein -inspired adventure by an award-winning Irish aut… read more

Similar categories in Pádraig Kenny's Stitch book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. Code Name Kingfisher

By: Liz Kessler

4.58

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time… read more

Similar categories in Liz Kessler's Code Name Kingfisher book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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15. Emmy in the Key of Code

By: Aimee Lucido

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this innovative middle grade novel, coding and music take center stage as new girl Emmy tries to… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"You can wait until you're ready."

-Aimee Lucido, Emmy in the Key of Code

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16. Friends and Traitors

By: Helen Peters

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Some secrets are just too dangerous to know… A gripping World War II story about how two girls foil… read more

Similar categories in Helen Peters's Friends and Traitors book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • adventure
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17. Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic

By: A.M. Howell

4.16

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

A twisty and heart-pounding mystery at sea, from award-winning A.M. Howell. July, 1936. As the Q… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Howell's Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City by Katya Balen

18. The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

By: Katya Balen

3.63

Format: 87 pages, Kindle Edition

An exciting new adventure series for young readers from Carnegie Medal winner Katya Balen, author o… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Island Heist (Crookhaven, #3) by J.J. Arcanjo

19. The Island Heist (Crookhaven, #3)

By: J.J. Arcanjo

4.69

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

The third book in the irresistible series about chosen family, high stakes thievery, and what it re… read more

Similar categories in J.J. Arcanjo's The Island Heist (Crookhaven, #3) book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
Cover of Secrets of the Snakestone by Piu DasGupta

20. Secrets of the Snakestone

By: Piu DasGupta

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Zélie is often accused of being a witch, but she doesn’t believe in magic. Until Jules climbs up fr… read more

Similar categories in Piu DasGupta's Secrets of the Snakestone book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • adventure
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21. My Friend the Octopus

By: Lindsay Galvin

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

England, 1877, and aquarium fever is at its height. Twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe works in the tea… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Galvin's My Friend the Octopus book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
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22. Feather

By: M.G. Leonard

4.61

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

The Twitchers have one last mystery to solve – and this time it's a heist! The final unputdownable … read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Feather book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

Cover of Clutch (The Twitchers, #3) by M.G. Leonard

23. Clutch (The Twitchers, #3)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.46

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

Can The Twitchers catch a thief? There's a thief in Aves Wood! M.G. Leonard, internationally bes… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Clutch (The Twitchers, #3) book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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24. The First Shadowdragon (The Last Firefox #2)

By: Lee Newbery

4.50

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

All legends start somewhere . . . After defeating the evil Grendilock and saving Cadno, the last… read more

Similar categories in Lee Newbery's The First Shadowdragon (The Last Firefox #2) book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
Cover of Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons by Abi Elphinstone

25. Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons

By: Abi Elphinstone

4.35

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

A magical NEW story filled with adventure, wonder and edge-of-your-seat excitement, set in a world … read more

Similar categories in Abi Elphinstone's Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
Cover of The Wrong Shoes: The vital new novel from the bestselling creator of Big Bright Feelings by Tom Percival

26. The Wrong Shoes: The vital new novel from the bestselling creator of Big Bright Feelings

By: Tom Percival

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful and sensitive exploration of the experience of child poverty from leading author/illust… read more

Similar categories in Tom Percival's The Wrong Shoes: The vital new novel from the bestselling creator of Big Bright Feelings book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • childrens
Cover of The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder by Kereen Getten

27. The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder

By: Kereen Getten

3.69

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Waterstones Children's Book of the Month Uncover the secrets of the island in The Case of the Light… read more

Similar categories in Kereen Getten's The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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28. The Island at the Edge of Night

By: Lucy Strange

4.40

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

  A twisty-turny shadowy mystery from highly-acclaimed and Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author Luc… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • middle grade
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29. Glitter Boy

By: Ian Eagleton

4.60

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old James loves dancing, poetry and Mariah Carey. His teacher, Mr Hamilton, is getting … read more

Similar categories in Ian Eagleton's Glitter Boy book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

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

30. 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

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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)

Cover of Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner

31. Digging for Victory

By: Cathy Faulkner

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Set in Devon in 1941, Digging for Victory tells the story of twelve-year-old Bonnie Roberts who is … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Faulkner's Digging for Victory book and Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

  • childrens

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Pari Thomson

4.20

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Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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4.32

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