11 best-selling historical books like Flamingo Boy by Michael Morpurgo

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Flamingo Boy

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A stunning new classic from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo for readers of 9+, in the vein of P…

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Cover of Point Blank (Alex Rider, #2) by Anthony Horowitz

1. Point Blank (Alex Rider, #2)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Alex Rider, teenage superspy, is back. Fourteen-year-old Alex is back at school trying to adapt … read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
"There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two."

-Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank (Alex Rider, #2)

"She tried to smile sympathetically, but with her face it wasn't quite possible."

-Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank (Alex Rider, #2)

"Routine is the one thing the can get you killed. It tells the enemy where you're going and when you're going to be there."

-Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank (Alex Rider, #2)

"You've already said you were going to kill me," Alex said, "but I didn't think that meant you were going to bore me to death."

-Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank (Alex Rider, #2)

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2. I Am David

By: Anne Holm , L.W. Kingsland

3.00

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

David's entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. The Explorer

By: Katherine Rundell

4.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Parents' Choice Recommended From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exc… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Wolf by Wolf (Wolf by Wolf, #1)

By: Ryan Graudin

3.97

Format: 0 pages, Hardcover

Her story begins on a train. The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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5. The Great Escape

By: Paul Brickhill

4.03

Format: 320 pages,

One of the most famous true stories from the last war, The GREAT ESCAPE tells how more than six hun… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
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6. Upper Fourth at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #4)

By: Enid Blyton

4.12

Format: 169 pages, Paperback

The girls are in a higher form now. This year there is the tension of exams for the first time, but… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
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7. King of the Cloud Forests

By: Michael Morpurgo , M. Morpurgo

5.00

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

When Japan invaded China, Ashley and Uncle Sung are forced to flee. It is a perilous journey across… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Then (Once, #2) by Morris Gleitzman

8. Then (Once, #2)

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.36

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

In Then- Morris Gleitzman's heartbreaking children's novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1)

By: Judith Kerr

3.81

Format: 320 pages,

Anna is not sure who Hitler is, but she sees his face on posters all over Berlin. Then one morning,… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Marshmallow Skye (The Chocolate Box Girls, #2)

By: Cathy Cassidy

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Skye and Summer Tanberry are identical twins, and Skye loves her sister Summer more than anyone els… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
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11. Once (Once, #1)

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Onceby Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanag… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

12. Fortune Cookie (Chocolate Box Girls #6)

By: Cathy Cassidy

3.33

Format: 161 pages,

After the amazing twist at the end of Sweet Honey, the sixth and final book in Cathy Cassidy's Choc… read more

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13. Fading Echoes (Warriors: Omen of the Stars, #2)

By: Erin Hunter

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Three ThunderClan cats, Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovepaw, are prophesied to hold the power of the… read more

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14. A Beautiful Lie

By: Irfan Master

4.23

Format: 166 pages,

An extraordinarily rich debut novel, set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition. Although the ba… read more

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15. Time Travelling with a Hamster

By: Ross Welford

3.19

Format: 292 pages, ebook

"My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when he was twelve. The… read more

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16. Journey to the River Sea

By: Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, En… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, 'Was it books in the trunk?' 'It was books, admitted Miss Minton. And Maia said, 'Good."

-Kevin Hawkes, Journey to the River Sea

17. Letters from the Lighthouse

By: Emma Carroll

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, no… read more

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18. Blood for Blood (Wolf By Wolf, #2)

By: Ryan Graudin

4.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

There would be blood. Blood for blood. Blood to pay. An entire world of it. For the resistance in t… read more

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19. In the Fifth at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #5)

By: Enid Blyton

4.13

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Games, lessons, quarrels and tricks all form part of a lively term, but the biggest event of all is… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
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20. The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club

By: Simon Kuper

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times j… read more

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21. Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life

By: Michael Mosley

4.03

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on the popular BBC podcast, Just One Thing, this book brings to life Dr Mosley's mission to u… read more

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22. Rainbow Milk

By: Paul Mendez

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An essential and revelatory coming-of-age narrative from a thrilling new voice, Rainbow Milk follow… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. The Lost Whale

By: Hannah Gold

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously written standalone from the acclaimed author of The Last Bear, Hannah Gold's second no… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"A patchwork of blue, emerald and turquoise, with white horses dancing like diamonds on the surface. The water stretched out forever until it melted into the sky."

-Hannah Gold, The Lost Whale

Cover of The World's Worst Children 3: Fiendishly Funny New Short Stories for Fans of David Walliams Books [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] David Walliams by David Walliams

24. The World's Worst Children 3: Fiendishly Funny New Short Stories for Fans of David Walliams Books [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] David Walliams

By: David Walliams

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Please Read Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor se… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
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25. Strangers

By: C.L. Taylor

3.90

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

Ursula, Gareth and Alice have never met before. Ursula thinks she killed the love of her life. … read more

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  • fiction
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26. Escape to the River Sea

By: Emma Carroll

4.14

Format: None pages, None

Beautiful and full of adventure, Escape to the River Sea is Emma Carroll's compelling novel inspire… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's Escape to the River Sea book and Michael Morpurgo's Flamingo Boy

  • historical
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz by Robin Stevens

27. 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

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. The World’s Worst Monsters

By: David Walliams

4.18

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Dare you enter the world of MONSTERS? ( This ebook is optimised for Kindle tablets and the Kindle A… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Lucky: Learning to live again by Louise Thompson

29. Lucky: Learning to live again

By: Louise Thompson

4.39

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you learn to live again when you've danced with death?Louise’s road to having a baby was far… read more

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Cover of Flamingo Boy by Michael Morpurgo

30. Flamingo Boy

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A stunning new classic from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo for readers of 9+, in the vein of P… read more

Similar categories in Michael Morpurgo's Flamingo Boy book and Michael Morpurgo's Flamingo Boy

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 20th century
  • novels
Cover of The Tasting Menu: A Short Story by Stuart MacBride

31. The Tasting Menu: A Short Story

By: Stuart MacBride

3.58

Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition

In this short tale from Stuart MacBride, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Dead of Winter and … read more

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  • fiction

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4.11

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3.00

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4.83

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4.29

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3.76

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4.20

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