9 Top contemporary books like Missing by Sue Whiting

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Missing

By: Sue Whiting

3.74

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

What do you hope for when there is no hope? In search of this answer, award-winning Australian auth…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Missing by Sue Whiting , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. 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

Similar categories in Morris Gleitzman's Then (Once, #2) book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • middle grade
  • young adult
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2. Now (Once, #3)

By: Morris Gleitzman

4.00

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Nowis the third shocking, funny and heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman's Second World War serie… read more

Similar categories in Morris Gleitzman's Now (Once, #3) book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • middle grade
  • young adult

3. Just a Dog

By: Michael Gerard Bauer

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sometimes a dog isn't just a dog--sometimes he's the glue the holds a whole family together. Mr. Mo… read more

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4. Looking for Alibrandi

By: Melina Marchetta

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Paperback

For as long as Josephine Alibrandi can remember, it's just been her, her mom, and her grandmother. … read more

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5. Hana's Suitcase: A True Story

By: Karen Levine

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

In 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan, marked "Han… read more

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6. Jasper Jones

By: Craig Silvey

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Late on a hot summer night in 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is s… read more

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7. After (Once, #4)

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the fourth part of Felix's story, continuing his adventures in World War Two, he faces perhaps h… read more

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8. Real Friends

By: Shannon Hale , LeUyen Pham

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When best friends are not forever . . . Shannon and Adrienne have been best friends ever since the… read more

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9. Where He Can't Find You

By: Darcy Coates

3.98

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

From USA Today bestselling horror/thriller author Darcy Coates comes the chilling legend of a monst… read more

Similar categories in Darcy Coates's Where He Can't Find You book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • mystery
  • young adult
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10. The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

By: Holly Ringland

4.04

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

From international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, Holly Ringland, comes a ha… read more

Similar categories in Holly Ringland's The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • mystery
  • family
  • contemporary
"There's a certain kind of beauty that can only exist because of darkness."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"You can see it, but it's not really there. Just like the end of a rainbow, the horizon is an illusion."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"Catch the gold in your eyelashes so we have light for later, Starry, so it won't be dark in our dreams."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"Everything I've wanted most in life has been on the other side of finding the courage to ask for the help I need."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

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11. 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

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Runt book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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12. Two Can Keep a Secret

By: Karen M. McManus

3.93

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Two Can Keep a Secret book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • mystery
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Welcome to life in a small town. You’re only as good as the best thing your family’s done. Or the worst."

-Karen M. McManus, Two Can Keep a Secret

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13. One of Us is Lying

By: Fiona MacKenzie

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With … read more

Similar categories in Fiona MacKenzie's One of Us is Lying book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • mystery
  • young adult
"if you don't say yes, somebody else will"

-Fiona MacKenzie, One of Us is Lying

"Lo único que sé es que estoy harta de contemplar cómo las mentiras se van apilando unas sobre otras en la peor partida de Jenga de la historia."

-Fiona MacKenzie, One of Us is Lying

"i don’t to see his stupid eyes, his stupid mouth, and every other part of his stupid face that’s made me miserable for the past three months. i had one night, finally, where i got to lose myself in s…"

-Fiona MacKenzie, One of Us is Lying

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14. 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

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • mystery
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. As Happy as Here

By: Jane Godwin

3.91

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

A beautiful coming-of-age story about three teenage girls from very different backgrounds who find … read more

Similar categories in Jane Godwin's As Happy as Here book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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16. 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

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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17. One for Sorrow (The Magpie Society, #1)

By: Zoe Sugg

3.71

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

The brand new series from Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch Illumen Hall is an elite boarding school. T… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Sugg's One for Sorrow (The Magpie Society, #1) book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • mystery
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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18. 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

Similar categories in Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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19. 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

Similar categories in Pip Harry's August and Jones book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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20. 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

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Way of Dog book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "

-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog

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21. Missing

By: Sue Whiting

3.74

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

What do you hope for when there is no hope? In search of this answer, award-winning Australian auth… read more

Similar categories in Sue Whiting's Missing book and Sue Whiting's Missing

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • family
  • contemporary
  • mystery

7 Best childrens books like Missing by Sue Whiting

Transform Your Habits

Runt

Craig Silvey

4.46

Transform Your Habits

As Happy as Here

Jane Godwin

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

Katrina Nannestad

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Maryam Master

4.10

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Runt

Craig Silvey

4.46

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Scar Town

Tristan Bancks

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Sick Bay

Nova Weetman

4.28

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Grace Notes

Karen Comer

4.16

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