8 must-read realistic fiction books like Don't Call Me a Hurricane by Ellen Hagan

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Don't Call Me a Hurricane

By: Ellen Hagan

3.58

Format: None pages, None

An affecting and resonant YA novel in verse that explores family, community, the changing ocean tid…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Don't Call Me a Hurricane by Ellen Hagan , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Under This Red Rock by Mindy McGinnis

1. Under This Red Rock

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neely’s monsters don’t always follow her rules, so when the little girl under her bed, the man in h… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's Under This Red Rock book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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2. Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson

4.61

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Black Girl You Are Atlas book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • poetry
  • teen
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

Similar categories in Charles Waters's Mascot book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Other Lola

By: Ripley Jones

3.59

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What happens when the people you love the most are the people you can trust the least? In the mo… read more

Similar categories in Ripley Jones's The Other Lola book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. Huda F Cares?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more

Similar categories in Huda Fahmy's Huda F Cares? book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

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6. Hoops: A Graphic Novel

By: Matt Tavares

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the histo… read more

Similar categories in Matt Tavares's Hoops: A Graphic Novel book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
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7. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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8. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

By: Dashka Slater

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more

Similar categories in Dashka Slater's Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • teen
  • audiobook
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9. Wings in the Wild

By: Margarita Engle

3.67

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This romantic contemporary novel-in-verse tells the love story of two teens fighting for climate ac… read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Wings in the Wild book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • romance
  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Wave: A Novel in Verse by Diana Farid

10. Wave: A Novel in Verse

By: Diana Farid

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age novel in verse set in 1980s Southern California, about a Persian American girl who … read more

Similar categories in Diana Farid's Wave: A Novel in Verse book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
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11. Ode to My First Car

By: Robin Gow

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

By the critically praised author of A Million Quiet Revolutions , this YA contemporary sapphic roma… read more

Similar categories in Robin Gow's Ode to My First Car book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • romance
  • poetry
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Thin Air

By: Kellie M. Parker

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Eight hours. Twelve contestants. A flight none of them might survive. A flight to Paris full of tee… read more

Similar categories in Kellie M. Parker's Thin Air book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Enter the Body

By: Joy McCullough

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard’s most tragic… read more

Similar categories in Joy McCullough's Enter the Body book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • romance
  • poetry
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Broken people can be loved."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"The telling of stories holds back the weight of time."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"Each considers how these acts of violence against their bodies were acceptable to the world, while their desires were not."

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

"Not all stories can be told. Some are so dark and twisted, their telling would undo the world. But just because she doesn't speak doesn't mean Lavinia can't share who she is, what she's been through,…"

-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body

Cover of Playing for Keeps by Jennifer Dugan

14. Playing for Keeps

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Some Girls Do comes another heartfelt YA sapphic romance—starring a baseball pit… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's Playing for Keeps book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. Looking for Smoke

By: K.A. Cobell

4.27

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Since moving to the Blackfeet Reservation with her parents, Mara Racette has felt like an outsider,… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Cobell's Looking for Smoke book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Don't Call Me a Hurricane by Ellen Hagan

16. Don't Call Me a Hurricane

By: Ellen Hagan

3.58

Format: None pages, None

An affecting and resonant YA novel in verse that explores family, community, the changing ocean tid… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • romance
  • poetry
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta

17. Only on the Weekends

By: Dean Atta

3.52

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Award-winning author of The Black Flamingo comes a romantic coming-of-age novel … read more

Similar categories in Dean Atta's Only on the Weekends book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • romance
  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"He kisses me two times On the top of my head. One for me, I think, And another for Mum."

-Dean Atta, Only on the Weekends

"I’m the artist And the canvas. I’m the only Audience I need. I don’t want to Put on a show. I just want to Shimmer and glow."

-Dean Atta, Only on the Weekends

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18. Seasick

By: Kristin Cast

3.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

There's a killer on board a luxury yacht, and two former friends must team up to figure out which o… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Cast's Seasick book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of How to Raise a Viking: The Secrets of Parenting the World’s Happiest Children by Helen Russell

19. How to Raise a Viking: The Secrets of Parenting the World’s Happiest Children

By: Helen Russell

4.00

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

'Helen has a way to take big ideas and convey them with warmth and wisdom' Dr Rangan Chatterjee … read more

Similar categories in Helen Russell's How to Raise a Viking: The Secrets of Parenting the World’s Happiest Children book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

Cover of A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity  Nguyen

20. A Bánh Mì for Two

By: Trinity Nguyen

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In this sweet sapphic romance about two foodies in love, Vivi meets Lan while studying abroad in Vi… read more

Similar categories in Trinity Nguyen's A Bánh Mì for Two book and Ellen Hagan's Don't Call Me a Hurricane

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

17 Best fiction books like Don't Call Me a Hurricane by Ellen Hagan

Transform Your Habits

Under This Red Rock

Mindy McGinnis

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Other Lola

Ripley Jones

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Huda F Cares?

Huda Fahmy

4.21

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17 Top fiction books like Enter the Body by Joy McCullough

Transform Your Habits

Nigeria Jones

Ibi Zoboi

3.96

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Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Spin

Rebecca Caprara

4.25

Transform Your Habits

A Long Stretch of Bad Days

Mindy McGinnis

4.02

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