8 must-read adventure books like The Longest Night of Charlie Noon by Christopher Edge

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The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

By: Christopher Edge

3.84

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

“If you go into the woods, Old Crony will get you.” Secrets, spies or maybe even a monster… What…

"You never hear the bomb that's got your name on it."

-Christopher Edge, The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

"You never hear the bomb that's got your name on it."

-Christopher Edge, The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

"I think it's funny that people all look so different on the outside, but inside out hears, our brains all look the same. I can't help thinking it should be the other way round, as it's the thoughts inside our heads that make us unique."

-Christopher Edge, The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

"I think it's funny that people all look so different on the outside, but inside out hears, our brains all look the same. I can't help thinking it should be the other way round, as it's the thoughts inside our heads that make us unique."

-Christopher Edge, The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

If you liked the adventure plot in The Longest Night of Charlie Noon by Christopher Edge , here is a list of 8 books like this:

1. The 13-Storey Treehouse

By: Terry Denton , Andy Griffiths

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-storey treehouse that has a bowling alley… read more

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2. Some Kind of Happiness

By: Claire Legrand

3.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

THINGS FINLEY HART DOESN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT * Her parents, who are having problems. (But they pre… read more

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3. Eve of Man (Eve of Man, #1)

By: Giovanna Fletcher

4.08

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

AGAINST ALL ODDS, SHE SURVIVED. THE FIRST GIRL BORN IN FIFTY YEARS. THEY CALLED HER EVE . . . … read more

Similar categories in Giovanna Fletcher's Eve of Man (Eve of Man, #1) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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4. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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5. The Book of Fire

By: Christy Lefteri

3.83

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches ch… read more

Similar categories in Christy Lefteri's The Book of Fire book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Pilu of the Woods

By: Mai K. Nguyen

4.24

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story of friendship, loss, and finding your way home from debut author/illustrator M… read more

Similar categories in Mai K. Nguyen's Pilu of the Woods book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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7. Speak Up!

By: Rebecca Burgess

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

For fans of Click and Brave, this touching coming-of-age middle grade graphic novel debut follows … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Burgess's Speak Up! book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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8. 地縛少年 花子くん 6 (Jibaku shōnen Hanako-kun, #6)

By: AidaIro

4.60

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

君だけの騎士(ナイト)でありたい 七不思議“時計守"の暴走によって、大混乱に陥ってしまったかもめ学園。 学園の平和を取り戻すため、花子くんはとある人物と手を組む。 なんとか事件は解決に向か… read more

Similar categories in AidaIro's 地縛少年 花子くん 6 (Jibaku shōnen Hanako-kun, #6) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. The House with Chicken Legs

By: Sophie Anderson

4.10

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sur… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The House with Chicken Legs book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"But it’s our duty as Yaga, living in this Yaga house, to talk to them and give them one last wonderful evening reliving their memories and celebrating their lives, before they pass through The Gate a…"

-Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs

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10. 地縛少年 花子くん 3 (Jibaku shōnen Hanako-kun, #3)

By: AidaIro

4.58

Format: 174 pages, Paperback

花子くんのこと、もっと知りたい。 学園の七不思議“トイレの花子さん"こと、花子くんの助手を務めるオカルト少女・八尋寧々(やしろねね)。花子くんのことを知るため、寧々は生徒の過去や未来がわかる本… read more

Similar categories in AidaIro's 地縛少年 花子くん 3 (Jibaku shōnen Hanako-kun, #3) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"...I've made up my mind now. I'm not going anywhere."

-AidaIro, 地縛少年 花子くん 3 (Jibaku shōnen Hanako-kun, #3)

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11. 地縛少年 花子くん 4 (Jibaku shōnen Hanako-kun, #4)

By: AidaIro

4.55

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

怪異と人の正しい関係 花子くんを監視する祓い屋の中学3年生・源 光(みなもと こう)。学園の昇降口で悪さをしていたある幽霊を成仏させるため、未練を晴らす手伝いをすることに。だが、その裏には思わ… read more

Similar categories in AidaIro's 地縛少年 花子くん 4 (Jibaku shōnen Hanako-kun, #4) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Something important to me... maybe?"

-AidaIro, 地縛少年 花子くん 4 (Jibaku shōnen Hanako-kun, #4)

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12. The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1)

By: Hannah Gold

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An instant classic with a bear-sized heart, Hannah Gold’s debut novel is a touching story of kindne… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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13. Mamo

By: Sas Milledge

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Family matters aren’t just hocus-pocus for this young witch!Cartoonist Sas Milledge makes her aston… read more

Similar categories in Sas Milledge's Mamo book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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14. After the Fire

By: Will Hill

4.30

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The things I've seen are burned into me, like scars that refuse to fade. Before, she lived insid… read more

Similar categories in Will Hill's After the Fire book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • fiction
"I think you can probably be a good vet without owning any animals."

-Will Hill, After the Fire

"places are only places... people make them into more than they are."

-Will Hill, After the Fire

"Love changes how you see everything. It blinds you, but in a good way."

-Will Hill, After the Fire

"[...] nothing is ever only good and nothing is ever only bad. Everything is somewhere in the middle."

-Will Hill, After the Fire

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15. The Twisted Tree

By: Rachel Burge

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Part ghost story, part Nordic thriller - this is a twisty, tense and spooky YA debut, perfect for f… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Burge's The Twisted Tree book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • fiction
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16. The Good Thieves

By: Katherine Rundell

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Good Thieves book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
"It is difficult to sleep when you are besieged by hope."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"He was not tall or broad, but when he grinned it was so vivid that he appeared to take up most of the street and at least half the sky."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"To throw the knife would be death...She wanted nothing to do with death--nothing to do with finality, with endings, with the dark of it. She hated the man more than she hated any living thing, but he…"

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

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17. Twitch (The Twitchers, #1)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.34

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Can a birdwatcher outwit an escaped convict? Twitch has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallo… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Twitch (The Twitchers, #1) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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18. I Spy

By: Rhian Tracey

3.74

Format: None pages, None

Twelve-year-old Robyn has grown up in Bletchley Park, where her father works as a driver. When she'… read more

Similar categories in Rhian Tracey's I Spy book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Black Flamingo

By: Dean Atta

4.35

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A boy comes to terms with his identity as a mixed-race gay teen - then at university he finds his w… read more

Similar categories in Dean Atta's The Black Flamingo book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • fiction
"Don’t let anyone tell you that you are half anything."

-Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo

"Be a bit gay, be very gay. Be the glitter that shows up in unexpected places."

-Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo

"To have a loving family is to feel afraid and yet believe you are going to be all right."

-Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo

"I know that’s wrong, my thinking was wrong, the different ones are often the most strong"

-Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo

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20. The Valley of Lost Secrets

By: Lesley Parr

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

September 1939. When Jimmy is evacuated to a small village in Wales, it couldn't be more differe… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Parr's The Valley of Lost Secrets book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"It's wrong to tar everyone in a family with the same brush."

-Lesley Parr, The Valley of Lost Secrets

"It's a weak adult who gets their power from hitting a child."

-Lesley Parr, The Valley of Lost Secrets

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21. Gravebooks (Nightbooks, #2)

By: J.A. White

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Return to the world of Nightbooks . . . if you dare. Dead stories—and dead witches—are back to haun… read more

Similar categories in J.A. White's Gravebooks (Nightbooks, #2) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Thanks a Lot, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe, #1) by Chad Lucas

22. Thanks a Lot, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe, #1)

By: Chad Lucas

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A moving middle-grade debut for anyone who’s ever felt like they don’t belong. Brian has always … read more

Similar categories in Chad Lucas's Thanks a Lot, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe, #1) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"And mayonnaise is the whitest food."

-Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe, #1)

"...you can love someone an awful lot and hurt them all the same"

-Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe, #1)

"What? Oh.’ My cheeks went warm. ‘I did it without thinking..’ Mom smiled. ‘I know. You do that sometimes, until you get self-conscious and stop. But you don’t need to hide the things that make you ha…"

-Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe, #1)

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23. Love Is for Losers

By: Wibke Brueggemann

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this wry and hilarious queer romantic comedy, fifteen-year-old Phoebe realizes that falling in l… read more

Similar categories in Wibke Brueggemann's Love Is for Losers book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • fiction
"Boyfriends are temporary, best friends are for life."

-Wibke Brueggemann, Love Is for Losers

"You know that saying about herding cats? You don't fully understand its meaning until you've actually had to do it."

-Wibke Brueggemann, Love Is for Losers

Cover of Kat Wolfe Investigates (Wolfe and Lamb Mysteries #1) by Lauren St. John

24. Kat Wolfe Investigates (Wolfe and Lamb Mysteries #1)

By: Lauren St. John

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Kat Wolfe starts a pet-sitting agency, she soon finds herself unraveling a mys… read more

Similar categories in Lauren St. John's Kat Wolfe Investigates (Wolfe and Lamb Mysteries #1) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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25. Before We Disappear

By: Shaun David Hutchinson

3.88

Format: 512 pages, ebook

The Prestige meets What If It’s Us in Before We Disappear, a queer ahistorical fantasy set during t… read more

Similar categories in Shaun David Hutchinson's Before We Disappear book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • fantasy
  • historical fiction
"Running from you would be like running from the air in my lungs."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

"I'll steal your heart,' he said 'You cannot steal a gift freely given."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

"He was a million mirror shards turned inward, he was a rootless tree following the sun."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

"Jack was home to me now too, and I knew with absolute conviction that I could find him anywhere."

-Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear

Cover of The Letter with the Golden Stamp by Onjali Q. Raúf

26. The Letter with the Golden Stamp

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.52

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

'I can't remember how old I was when I first started collecting stamps. But I've got a whole shoebo… read more

Similar categories in Onjali Q. Raúf's The Letter with the Golden Stamp book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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27. I fratelli Mezzaluna (Italian Edition)

By: Chiara Gamberale

3.75

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

A Gabaville la vita scorre serena: è il Villaggio Perfettissimo dove nessuno litiga mai e tutti vor… read more

Similar categories in Chiara Gamberale's I fratelli Mezzaluna (Italian Edition) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
Cover of The Longest Night of Charlie Noon by Christopher Edge

28. The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

By: Christopher Edge

3.84

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

“If you go into the woods, Old Crony will get you.” Secrets, spies or maybe even a monster… What… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • childrens
  • time travel
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"You never hear the bomb that's got your name on it."

-Christopher Edge, The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

"I think it's funny that people all look so different on the outside, but inside out hears, our brains all look the same. I can't help thinking it should be the other way round, as it's the thoughts i…"

-Christopher Edge, The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

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29. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

Cover of The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith by Loris Owen

30. The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith

By: Loris Owen

4.29

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the dazzling new world of Quicksmiths, where you will encounter Strange Energy, the Mowl… read more

Similar categories in Loris Owen's The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
"Would you rather have a moustache made of fingers, or a voice that says everything twice, everything twice?"

-Loris Owen, The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith

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31. Juniper Mae: Secrets of the Guardian Knights (Juniper Mae, #2)

By: Sarah Soh

3.68

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Juniper Mae returns! The energy crisis continues in Tykotech City and a new president threatens the… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Soh's Juniper Mae: Secrets of the Guardian Knights (Juniper Mae, #2) book and Christopher Edge's The Longest Night of Charlie Noon

  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy

24 must-read fiction books like The Longest Night of Charlie Noon by Christopher Edge

Transform Your Habits

Eve of Man (Eve of Man, #1)

Giovanna Fletcher

4.08

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Fire

Christy Lefteri

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Pilu of the Woods

Mai K. Nguyen

4.24

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Transform Your Habits

Murder in Midwinter

Fleur Hitchcock

3.75

Transform Your Habits

The Explorer

Katherine Rundell

4.83

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Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1)

Robin Stevens

4.21

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The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Beth Lincoln

4.06

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