Catch a Falling Star
By: Meg McKinlay
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
This coming-of-age story by multiple award winner Meg McKinlay is about loss and grief, dealing wit…
Want to Read $ 10.67"You don't always have to see the stars. Sometimes it's enough to know that they're there."-Meg McKinlay, Catch a Falling Star
"You don't always have to see the stars. Sometimes it's enough to know that they're there."-Meg McKinlay, Catch a Falling Star
"Stars are already amazing. Science is amazing. Why do people have to try to make it all magical?"-Meg McKinlay, Catch a Falling Star
"Stars are already amazing. Science is amazing. Why do people have to try to make it all magical?"-Meg McKinlay, Catch a Falling Star
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1. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
By: E.L. Konigsburg
3.76
Format: None pages,
When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from some… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
2. As Old as Time (A Twisted Tale, #3)
By: Liz Braswell
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
What if Belle's mother cursed the Beast? Belle is a lot of things: smart, resourceful, restless. Sh… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
3. The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1)
By: Nancy Springer
3.80
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
When Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has d… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
4. 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
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- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
5. The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.49
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaime… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
"I don't want to just survive"-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
"This book made me love reading."-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
"Saying something stupid doesn't make you stupid," Susan said. " Luckily for all of us."-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
"We'd escaped. Mam, Hitlers bombs, my one-room prison. Everything. Crazy or not, I was free."-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
6. The Thing About Jellyfish
By: Ali Benjamin
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This stunning debut novel about grief and wonder was an instant New York Times bestseller and captu… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
7. So Much to Tell You (So Much to Tell You, #1)
By: John Marsden
3.14
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Scarred, literally, by her past, Marina has withdrawn into silence. Then, at her new boarding schoo… read more
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8. The Tale of Despereaux
By: Kate DiCamillo , Timothy Basil Ering
3.49
Format: 465 pages,
A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Ka… read more
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9. 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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10. The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)
By: None
3.78
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who esc… read more
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11. All Our Shimmering Skies
By: Trent Dalton
3.95
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
The bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton returns with All Our Shimmering Skies… read more
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- historical
- australia
- fiction
- historical fiction
"In all these years, he said, he was yet to come across a single gold nugget that brought any real happiness to the person who held it. Long coat bob said his family had found one large nugget long ag…"-Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies
"She spots a large army of green ants building a nest between two thin twig branches of a flimsy tree with floppy green leaves. "Look at this, Yukio," Molly whispers, leaning into the tree where a lin…"-Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies
"And you wouldn't believe what he said then, Tom Berry whispered to his enraptured audience. He said, he and his family saw no value whatsoever in all that gold. He said real treasure was a fresh wate…"-Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies
12. All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts, #1)
By: Caroline O'Donoghue
3.94
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Maeve’s strangely astute tarot readings make her the talk of the school, until a classmate draws a … read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"All the witches in stories know things by their true names, don't they?"-Caroline O'Donoghue, All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts, #1)
"Lord protect me from beautiful musicians who call you by your last name."-Caroline O'Donoghue, All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts, #1)
"Lily isn't dirty, per se; it's just that she doesn't really like to live in her body. She doesn't like to notice it. If she could just be a brain in a jar, reading books and drawing, she'd be much ha…"-Caroline O'Donoghue, All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts, #1)
"Je ne regrette rien," she says softly. "I regret nothing. It's a stupid phrase." "It is?" "If you're an even remotely empathetic or flawed person, you should feel regret. If you behave badly, you sho…"-Caroline O'Donoghue, All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts, #1)
13. All the Little Tricky Things
By: Karys McEwen
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
It’s the start of the summer holidays and twelve-year-old Bertie is worried. Next year she’s going … read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- family
"The empty block at the end of my street is probably the best hang-out spot of the lot. While these places aren’t that exciting, they’re all we’ve got, and we make the most of them. It only takes a li…"-Karys McEwen, All the Little Tricky Things
14. The Angel of Waterloo
By: Jackie French
4.26
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
The powerful new novel from master storyteller Jackie French The soldiers she saved called her t… read more
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- historical
- australia
- fiction
- historical fiction
15. 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
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
16. Every Last Suspect
By: Nicola Moriarty
3.95
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
Who killed Harriet? Complicated, driven, loving; manipulative, irresistible, monstrous – whether… read more
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- fiction
17. The Book of Wondrous Possibilities
By: Deborah Abela
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Arlo Goodman lives with his Uncle Avery in a run-down flat above their bookshop. He has no friends,… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
18. 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
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- australia
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
19. Catch a Falling Star
By: Meg McKinlay
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
This coming-of-age story by multiple award winner Meg McKinlay is about loss and grief, dealing wit… read more
Want to Read $ 10.67Similar categories in Meg McKinlay's Catch a Falling Star book and Meg McKinlay's Catch a Falling Star
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- science fiction
- family
- australia
- young adult historical fiction
"You don't always have to see the stars. Sometimes it's enough to know that they're there."-Meg McKinlay, Catch a Falling Star
"Stars are already amazing. Science is amazing. Why do people have to try to make it all magical?"-Meg McKinlay, Catch a Falling Star
"All I can think is that I wish people would talk about Dad. I wish it more than anything in the world."-Meg McKinlay, Catch a Falling Star
"Nothing bad has ever really happened to her. She doesn't know things can change at any moment, that the bottom can drop out of the world. And that's a good thing. Of course it is. I wish I didn't kno…"-Meg McKinlay, Catch a Falling Star
20. Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth
By: Anna Fienberg
4.17
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
A sweetly moving story about friendship and finding happiness, for readers who loved Wonder and Len… read more
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- australia
- middle grade
- childrens
- family
21. Tilda
By: Sue Whiting
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
You have a big heart. And people blessed with a big heart have a choice to make. Do they fill that … read more
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- historical fiction
