13 must-read childrens books like The Hungry Isle (Star of Deltora, #4) by Emily Rodda

Cover of The Hungry Isle (Star of Deltora, #4) by Emily Rodda

The Hungry Isle (Star of Deltora, #4)

By: Emily Rodda

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Star of Deltora has escaped Illica, but home and safety are still very far away. The shadows th…

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Cover of The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

1. The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery and despair. You still have tim… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Velocity!" Sunny shrieked. I know we have to hurry!" Klaus cried."

-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

" Tra la la, Fiddle dee dee, Hope you get well soon. Ho ho ho, hee hee hee, Have a heart-shaped balloon. "

-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

"But sometimes it takes only a photograph and a sentence to make an author cry himself to sleep even years after the photograph was taken."

-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

"Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of "systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister," which is easier done than said."

-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

Cover of The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

2. The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

3.86

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Dear Reader, I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are i… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"They're book addicts."

-Lemony Snicket, The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)

"-the phrase "lion's share" here means "the biggest part" and has nothing to do with lions or sharing-"

-Lemony Snicket, The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)

"Remember, sometimes something might seem like bad news, but it could turn out to be a blessing in disguise."

-Lemony Snicket, The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)

"Appearance matters a great deal because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they present themselves."

-Lemony Snicket, The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)

Cover of Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2) by Shannon Hale

3. Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)

By: Shannon Hale

4.00

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

Enna's life was not meant to be simple. When her brother, Leifer, brings home a mysterious piece… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"I know I would crumble if I lost you."

-Shannon Hale, Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)

"All I've ever wanted was to be near you."

-Shannon Hale, Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)

"I'm a terrible prince. I should put my kingdom first and everything else second, but your first. I want you by my side every second, but I know I would crumble if I lost you."

-Shannon Hale, Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)

"And Isi always listened, never told Enna she had been foolish, never said hollow things like 'You'll be all right.' . . . Isi saw Enna's struggle and her sadness, and she understood."

-Shannon Hale, Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)

Cover of Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2) by Derek Landy

4. Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2)

By: Derek Landy

2.86

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Skulduggery and Valkyrie are facing a new enemy: Baron Vengeous, who is determined to bring back th… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

5. The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

3.54

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Dear Reader, You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in … read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? (All the Wrong Questions, #4) by Lemony Snicket, Seth

6. Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? (All the Wrong Questions, #4)

By: Lemony Snicket , Seth

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Train travel! Murder! Librarians! A Series Finale! On all other nights, the train departs from Stai… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of River Secrets (The Books of Bayern, #3) by Shannon Hale

7. River Secrets (The Books of Bayern, #3)

By: Shannon Hale

3.63

Format: 371 pages,

read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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8. The Ghost of Graylock

By: Dan Poblocki

2.84

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Does an abandoned asylum hold the key to a frightful haunting? Everyone's heard the stories about G… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of The Search for WondLa (The Search for WondLa, #1) by Tony DiTerlizzi

9. The Search for WondLa (The Search for WondLa, #1)

By: Tony DiTerlizzi

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Eva Nine is a curious and sensitive twelve-year-old who has existed only in a subterranean home cal… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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10. Crenshaw

By: Katherine Applegate

3.81

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

In her first novel since winning the Newbery Medal, Katherine Applegate delivers an unforgettable a… read more

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  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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11. The Ring of Solomon (Bartimaeus, #0.5)

By: Jonathan Stroud , Simon Jones

4.21

Format: 13 pages, Audio CD

It is 950 B.C.E., and King Solomon rules Jerusalem with a steely hand; a hand on which gleams a mag… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Besides, if you're going to die horribly, you might as well do it with style."

-Jonathan Stroud, The Ring of Solomon (Bartimaeus, #0.5)

"Zealots: Wild eyed persons afflicted with incurable certainty about the workings of the world, a certainty that can lead to violence when the world doesn't fit."

-Jonathan Stroud, The Ring of Solomon (Bartimaeus, #0.5)

"Can you define "plan" as "a loose sequence of manifestly inadequate observations and conjectures, held together by panic, indecision, and ignorance"? If so, it was a very good plan."

-Jonathan Stroud, The Ring of Solomon (Bartimaeus, #0.5)

"Hippo in a skirt: this was a comic reference to one of Solomon's principal wives, the one from Moab. Childish? Yes. But in the days before printing we had limited opportunities for satire."

-Jonathan Stroud, The Ring of Solomon (Bartimaeus, #0.5)

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12. Heroes of the Valley

By: Jonathan Stroud

3.45

Format: 483 pages, Hardcover

Halli Sveinsson has grown up in the House of Svein, listening to the legends of the heroes as all h… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Ah, you coward! Look at you, running." "Actually, it's called improvising."

-Jonathan Stroud, Heroes of the Valley

13. Five Run Away Together (Famous Five, #3)

By: Enid Blyton

4.15

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

New and contemporary cover treatment brings The Famous Five into the 21st Century, and to a whole n… read more

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14. Who Could That Be at This Hour? (All the Wrong Questions, #1)

By: Lemony Snicket , Seth

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The adventure began in a fading town. Far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket st… read more

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15. When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

By: Lemony Snicket

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

I should have asked the question "How could someone who was missing be in two places at once?" Inst… read more

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16. The Faceless Ones (Skulduggery Pleasant, #3)

By: Derek Landy

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The third bone-breaking, belly-busting adventure in the series that puts the "funny" back in, um, f… read more

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17. The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Dear Reader, If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even … read more

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18. A Hero For WondLa (The Search for WondLa, #2)

By: Tony DiTerlizzi

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

Eva Nine has finally found what she has always been looking for; other human beings. Having been re… read more

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19. Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)

By: John Marsden

4.28

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Ellie and her friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they find things hide… read more

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20. Shouldn't You Be in School? (All the Wrong Questions, #3)

By: Lemony Snicket , Seth

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Is Lemony Snicket a detective or a smoke detector? Do you smell smoke? Young apprentice Lemony Snic… read more

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21. Lightfall: The Dark Times (Lightfall, #3)

By: Tim Probert

4.38

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Lights have gone dark in Irpa. Danger lurks as the air grows colder and threats lie in the s… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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22. Lightfall: Shadow of the Bird (Lightfall, #2)

By: Tim Probert

4.40

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

In the second installment of the Lightfall series, Bea and Cad continue their quest to stop Kest, t… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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23. Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1)

By: Tim Probert

4.41

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig’s House of Tonics & Tinctures, home of th… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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24. More Rules for Life: A special volume for enthusiasts

By: Kitty Flanagan

4.05

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The world has changed and new rules are required. More Rules for Life is the perfect companion to K… read more

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" Hunting is not a sport Unless, of course, you’re hunting a fellow hunter who also has a gun. Now you’ve got yourselves a contest."

-Kitty Flanagan, More Rules for Life: A special volume for enthusiasts

" Always state your whereabouts when talking to someone on the phone This rule is specifically for dog owners when they’re out walking their dogs, and it’s included at my sister’s request. Apparently,…"

-Kitty Flanagan, More Rules for Life: A special volume for enthusiasts

" Don’t wear all of your luggage Budget airlines keep the fare down by providing the bare minimum. A seat. And that’s it. Anything else, like a bag or a biscuit or a bit of dignity, is going to cost y…"

-Kitty Flanagan, More Rules for Life: A special volume for enthusiasts

" Don’t pretend to be my friend At the beginning of the pandemic, I got a flurry of emails from companies and stores who were all very keen to be my friend and help get me through these tough times. T…"

-Kitty Flanagan, More Rules for Life: A special volume for enthusiasts

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25. Song for a Whale

By: Lynne Kelly

4.23

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the … read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"A sound can move anything if it's strong enough."

-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale

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26. A Night Divided

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.34

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

Cover of White Sand, Volume 3 (White Sand, #3) by Brandon Sanderson

27. White Sand, Volume 3 (White Sand, #3)

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.65

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Underpowered and overwhelmed, Kenton tries to hold the Sand Masters together as forces political an… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"You are striding atop a very thin wall, my friend. Loyalty is a difficult thing to divide."

-Brandon Sanderson, White Sand, Volume 3 (White Sand, #3)

Cover of White Sand, Volume 2 (White Sand, #2) by Brandon Sanderson

28. White Sand, Volume 2 (White Sand, #2)

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.54

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Following the loss of most of his colleagues in a violent ambush, Kenton has become Lord Mastrell o… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"If it was the Sand Lord's will, I would have been there.' 'I... just cannot argue with that logic. It's... mind-blowing."

-Brandon Sanderson, White Sand, Volume 2 (White Sand, #2)

"I've always found one has to make time for words. If you don't have words, then people tend to see through to the really important things."

-Brandon Sanderson, White Sand, Volume 2 (White Sand, #2)

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29. Life of the Party

By: Olivia Gatwood

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A dazzling debut collection of raw and explosive poems about growing up in a sexist, sensationalize… read more

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"Some things are more a feeling than they are a memory."

-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party

"The truth is: It is a privilege to have your body looked for."

-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party

"You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed."

-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party

"I want to know what it means to survive something. does it just mean I get to keep my body?"

-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party

Cover of The Hungry Isle (Star of Deltora, #4) by Emily Rodda

30. The Hungry Isle (Star of Deltora, #4)

By: Emily Rodda

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Star of Deltora has escaped Illica, but home and safety are still very far away. The shadows th… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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31. Psykhe

By: Kate Forsyth

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Kate Forsyth gives voice, power and agency to Psykhe telling this much loved myth from the perspect… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction

21 must-read fiction books like The Hungry Isle (Star of Deltora, #4) by Emily Rodda

Transform Your Habits

The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)

Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

3.99

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The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)

Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

3.86

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Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2)

Shannon Hale

4.00

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Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2)

Derek Landy

2.86

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Lois Lowry

4.00

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Alan Gratz

3.16

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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

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