5 must-read adventure books like How to Be Brave by Daisy May Johnson

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How to Be Brave

By: Daisy May Johnson

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Calla North and her mother Elizabeth live a quiet but happy life together. Elizabeth happens to be …

If you liked the adventure plot in How to Be Brave by Daisy May Johnson , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1)

By: Katherine Woodfine

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

You are cordially invited to attend the Grand Opening of Sinclair’s department store! Enter a wo… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Woodfine's The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1) book and Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure

2. The Island of Dr. Libris

By: Chris Grabenstein

4.09

Format: 315 pages,

Chris Grabenstein, author of the New York Timesbestselling Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and… read more

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3. Rooftoppers

By: Katherine Rundell

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from … read more

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4. 13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelope, #1)

By: Maureen Johnson

2.60

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Ginny receives thirteen little blue envelopes and instructions to buy a plane ticket to London… read more

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5. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Earth book and Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. 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 Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. The Notorious Scarlett and Browne (The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne, #2)

By: Jonathan Stroud

4.34

Format: 397 pages, Paperback

A fast-paced fantasy adventure set in a broken, future England, following the further exploits of t… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Stroud's The Notorious Scarlett and Browne (The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne, #2) book and Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • adventure
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8. Isla to Island

By: Alexis Castellanos

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This stunning wordless graphic novel follows a young girl in the 1960s who immigrates from Cuba to … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Castellanos's Isla to Island book and Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)

By: Dhonielle Clayton

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Author Dhonielle Clayton makes her middle-grade debut with a fantasy adventure set in a global magi… read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) book and Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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10. Nightbooks (Nightbooks, #1)

By: J.A. White

4.00

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A boy is imprisoned by a witch and must tell her a new scary story each night to stay alive. This t… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"And now I realize---so what if I write scary stories? I might hurt someone with nouns and adjectives, but I would never hurt someone for real."

-J.A. White, Nightbooks (Nightbooks, #1)

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11. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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12. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

By: Adam Gidwitz

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II book and Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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13. The Grimmelings

By: Rachael King

4.38

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Spellbinding middle-grade fantasy adventure of loyalty, courage, and being careful what you wish fo… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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14. Her Majesty's League of Remarkable Young Ladies

By: Alison D. Stegert

3.94

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

Plots, spies and inventors abound in an epic adventure set between London and Paris ... Mischief is… read more

Similar categories in Alison D. Stegert's Her Majesty's League of Remarkable Young Ladies book and Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of How to Be Brave by Daisy May Johnson

15. How to Be Brave

By: Daisy May Johnson

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Calla North and her mother Elizabeth live a quiet but happy life together. Elizabeth happens to be … read more

Similar categories in Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave book and Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • boarding school
  • school stories
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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16. 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 Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • childrens
Cover of Magicalia: Race of Wonders by Jennifer Bell

17. Magicalia: Race of Wonders

By: Jennifer Bell

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

FEEL THE MAGIC. CONJURE THE IMPOSSIBLE. From the internationally bestselling author of Wondersca… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Bell's Magicalia: Race of Wonders book and Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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18. Tell It True

By: Tim Lockette

3.31

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

An unlikely high school newspaper editor fights to cover a local murder case and learns what is mos… read more

Similar categories in Tim Lockette's Tell It True book and Daisy May Johnson's How to Be Brave

  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Birdy

By: Sharon Kernot

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Maddy is mute. Since the Incident she has barely spoken. And now she and her mother and brother are… read more

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Cover of Poison Garden (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #22) by L.J. Ross

20. Poison Garden (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #22)

By: L.J. Ross

4.73

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND THE COVEThe clock is ticking…For Detective Chief … read more

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21. Koro's Star

By: Claire Aramakutu

4.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Set in the 1960s, Koro's Star is a heart-warming, exciting, adventure story. It's the beginning of … read more

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12 best-selling fiction books like How to Be Brave by Daisy May Johnson

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Katherine Woodfine

3.99

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4.34

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4.71

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