17 Top family books like Elsewhere Girls by Emily Gale

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Elsewhere Girls

By: Emily Gale

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It’s midnight and I’m alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop. Coach O'Call would say som…

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1. The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Ada's clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she's not what her moth… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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2. How to Bee

By: Bren MacDibble

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

For 8-12 year olds - and all those who love middle grade fiction. Peony lives with her sister and g… read more

Similar categories in Bren MacDibble's How to Bee book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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3. The Secrets We Keep (The Secrets We Keep #1)

By: Nova Weetman

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

I don't know if you've ever seen a house burn, but it's not like anything else ... Clem Timmins has… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Secrets We Keep (The Secrets We Keep #1) book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

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

4. Faceless

By: Alyssa B. Sheinmel

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

When Maisie Winters wakes up, she's in the hospital. The last thing she remembers is running throug… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa B. Sheinmel's Faceless book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

5. The Secrets We Share (The Secrets We Keep, #2)

By: Nova Weetman

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Clem is slowly rebuilding her life after a house fire destroyed everything. She's about to start hi… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Secrets We Share (The Secrets We Keep, #2) book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

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6. The Prettiest

By: Brigit Young

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A must-read for young feminists, The Prettiest is an incisive, empowering novel by Brigit Young abo… read more

Similar categories in Brigit Young's The Prettiest book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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7. 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 Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • australia
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Scar Town book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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9. 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 Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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10. Sick Bay

By: Nova Weetman

4.28

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's Sick Bay book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • australia
  • contemporary
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11. We Are Wolves

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's We Are Wolves book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • historical fiction
"Books are treasure."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

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12. 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 Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • historical fiction
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13. Silver Linings

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad Nettie… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Silver Linings book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • family
  • historical fiction
"How can anyone eat now that Billy is gone? How can we even breathe?"

-Katrina Nannestad, Silver Linings

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14. Tiger Daughter

By: Rebecca Lim

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

IBBY Honour List 2024 A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023 Winner, People's… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Lim's Tiger Daughter book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • australia
  • contemporary
"It's aiming for the peaks,' I tell him, 'and swimming through the troughs so that there are moments where you can just float under the sun and see how far you've come."

-Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter

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15. Fangirl, Vol. 3: The Manga

By: Rainbow Rowell

4.42

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The manga adaptation of the beloved novel featuring all-new scenes by Rainbow Rowell!“The graphic n… read more

Similar categories in Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Vol. 3: The Manga book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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16. The Year the Maps Changed

By: Danielle Binks

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Wolf Hollow meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Danielle Binks’s debut middle grade novel set in 199… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • historical fiction
"Maps lie. Or at least, they don’t always tell the truth. They’re like us humans that way."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"Lately I’d been wondering what piece Mum took with her when she died, and I’d been thinking about the Winnie I would have been if she hadn’t."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"I was eleven when everything started and twelve by the end. But that’s another way that maps don’t tell the whole truth – because it felt like the distance I travelled was a lot further than that."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"my mum used to say that you had two hands:one to help yourself,and one t help others". then she sighed "though sometimes i wonder if the hand we use to help others moves a bit slower and with less pu…"

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

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17. Are You There, Buddha?

By: Pip Harry

4.27

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A fresh, funny and very contemporary take on puberty, first periods and relationships from the CBCA… read more

Similar categories in Pip Harry's Are You There, Buddha? book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • australia
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18. The Tryout (The Tryout #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

STAND TALL. BE LOUD. GAME FACE ON. When cheerleading tryouts are announced, Christina and … read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Tryout (The Tryout #1) book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • sports
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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19. 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 Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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20. Parachutes

By: Kelly Yang

4.19

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestsellin… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Parachutes book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Welcome to America! Where everyone walks around in gym clothes and nobody goes to the gym!"

-Kelly Yang, Parachutes

"Is this what the rest of my life is going to be like? Moments of happiness punctured by the memory of what happened, like a bomb which can detonate at any time."

-Kelly Yang, Parachutes

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21. Waiting for the Storks

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • historical fiction
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22. The Boy Who Stepped Through Time

By: Anna Ciddor

4.04

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

When Perry steps into a crumbling ruin while on holiday in France, he is not expecting to be transp… read more

Similar categories in Anna Ciddor's The Boy Who Stepped Through Time book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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23. Dragon Skin

By: Karen Foxlee

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

How to save a dragon: 1) Assemble equipment. Water, Weet-Bix, sugar, syringe, sticky tape, scissor… read more

Similar categories in Karen Foxlee's Dragon Skin book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
"He was dangerous. Dangerous like water. He could seem calm and glassy on top but underneath he was all dark silt and weed."

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

"[Pip] was wondering if the dragon was still alive in the little hoodie nest. It had been after the world’s fastest shower. She’d peeked into the wardrobe and seen its little belly rising and falling,…"

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

"Mika belIeved in Magic. One hundred per cent without a doubt. She learned that fast when he arrived. He knew the Dewey decimal 130s like the back of his hand and they went to the town library often t…"

-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin

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24. The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

By: Nova Weetman

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Clem Timmins can't wait to see her best friends after being apart all summer holidays. But when the… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3) book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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25. The Little Wave

By: Pip Harry

4.44

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

When a Manly school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very dif… read more

Similar categories in Pip Harry's The Little Wave book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • australia
  • contemporary
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26. Elsewhere Girls

By: Emily Gale

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It’s midnight and I’m alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop. Coach O'Call would say som… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • historical fiction
  • sports
  • fantasy
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27. The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel

By: Nicki Greenberg

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

For as long as she can remember, Pepper Stark has wanted one thing: to join her father, the Captain… read more

Similar categories in Nicki Greenberg's The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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28. Please Don't Hug Me

By: Kay Kerr

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A funny-serious own-voices story about what happens when you stop trying to be the person other peo… read more

Similar categories in Kay Kerr's Please Don't Hug Me book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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29. The Jammer

By: Nova Weetman

4.27

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Fred has moved around her whole life, one small town after another, and never minded starting over.… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Jammer book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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30. Being Jimmy Baxter

By: Fiona Lloyd

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A gently funny yet powerful coming-of-age middle grade novel about surviving the odds, unlikely fri… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lloyd's Being Jimmy Baxter book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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31. We Run Tomorrow

By: Nat Amoore

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

You can run from your past, but the future is tomorrow . . . Tonight, we’re gonna kidnap our bes… read more

Similar categories in Nat Amoore's We Run Tomorrow book and Emily Gale's Elsewhere Girls

  • childrens

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