13 Top young adult books like Maggie Blue and the Dark World by Anna Goodall

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Maggie Blue and the Dark World

By: Anna Goodall

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Maggie Blue, strong-willed and isolated, sees her enemy from school taken through a window to a par…

If you liked the young adult plot in Maggie Blue and the Dark World by Anna Goodall , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Something Girl (Frogmorton Farm, #2)

By: Jodi Taylor

3.71

Format: 101 pages,

From the bestselling author of The Chronicles of St Mary's. The Nothing Girl has grown up... It's … read more

Similar categories in Jodi Taylor's The Something Girl (Frogmorton Farm, #2) book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • fantasy
  • fiction

2. Illegal: A graphic novel telling one boy's epic journey to Europe

By: Eoin Colfer , Andrew Donkin , Giovanni Rigano

4.25

Format: 432 pages,

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3. A Place Called Perfect

By: Karl James Mountford , Helena Duggan

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Violet never wanted to move to Perfect. Who wants to live in a town where everyone has to wear glas… read more

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4. Into the Uncanny

By: Danny Robins

4.27

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

'A contemporary Van Helsing...' Sunday Times'King of true-life scary tales' Observer'A wonderfully … read more

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"the older I'd got, the more ghost had become an abstract concept, something impossibly fictional on a par with Hobbits, Jedi or getting a GP appointment"

-Danny Robins, Into the Uncanny

"Science itself can be quite negative because you essentially can never really prove a theory is correct, you can only prove it's wrong, so scientists are by definition sceptical because they spend a …"

-Danny Robins, Into the Uncanny

Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

5. 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 Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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6. The Boy at the Back of the Class

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.39

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Told with humor and heart, 'THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS' offers a child's perspective on the r… read more

Similar categories in Onjali Q. Raúf's The Boy at the Back of the Class book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Sometimes all you really need is somewhere to cry without anyone ever knowing."

-Onjali Q. Raúf, The Boy at the Back of the Class

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7. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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8. 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 Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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9. Fair Rosaline

By: Natasha Solomons

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Was the greatest ever love story a lie? The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capule… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Solomons's Fair Rosaline book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

10. Julia and the Shark

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.33

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfat… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's Julia and the Shark book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
"...which is still not a plot twist I saw coming."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Panic poured into the space where my certainty had been, hot and sharp."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"I like how everything echoes with everything else if you listen hard enough"

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Dad's listening became loud, you know how that happens when someone is really concentrating and you can feel the white noise of their attention."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

Cover of The Book That No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade

11. The Book That No One Wanted to Read

By: Richard Ayoade

3.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From actor-author-broadcaster-comedian-filmmaker Richard Ayoade comes a book narrated by . . . a bo… read more

Similar categories in Richard Ayoade's The Book That No One Wanted to Read book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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12. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

Similar categories in Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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13. The Primrose Railway Children

By: Jacqueline Wilson

4.12

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

'An unbelievable talent' - David Walliams From multi-million bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's The Primrose Railway Children book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Gifts That Bind Us (All Our Hidden Gifts, #2) by Caroline O'Donoghue

14. The Gifts That Bind Us (All Our Hidden Gifts, #2)

By: Caroline O'Donoghue

4.15

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A spellbinding supernatural teen drama - and sequel to All Our Hidden Gifts. Maeve and her frien… read more

Similar categories in Caroline O'Donoghue's The Gifts That Bind Us (All Our Hidden Gifts, #2) book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"What follows is the strangest forty minutes I have ever spent at St. Bernadette’s, and I was once locked in a cupboard for an entire afternoon with a deck of cursed tarot cards."

-Caroline O'Donoghue, The Gifts That Bind Us (All Our Hidden Gifts, #2)

"If the girls weren't here, I'd wrap my arms around him. If the girls weren't here, I'd tell him that there's not a single horrible thing about him. That he is calmer and kinder than anyone I've ever …"

-Caroline O'Donoghue, The Gifts That Bind Us (All Our Hidden Gifts, #2)

Cover of Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians (The Cloud Horse Chronicles, 2) by Chris Riddell

15. Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians (The Cloud Horse Chronicles, 2)

By: Chris Riddell

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The Guardians of Magic disappeared ten years ago, leaving the Kingdom of Thrynne in the icy grip of… read more

Similar categories in Chris Riddell's Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians (The Cloud Horse Chronicles, 2) book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
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16. The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of October, October, shortlisted for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, comes a life-af… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's The Light in Everything book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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17. Over My Dead Body

By: Maz Evans

4.36

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When the misanthropic Dr Miriam Price wakes up dead, her day has only just started to go wrong. … read more

Similar categories in Maz Evans's Over My Dead Body book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. The Blue Book of Nebo

By: Manon Steffan Ros

4.16

Format: 156 pages, ebook

Prize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo p… read more

Similar categories in Manon Steffan Ros's The Blue Book of Nebo book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Diuen que els vincles de sang no es tornen mai aigua, però els veu que l'aigua es pot tornar sang."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

"La humanitat és una cosa espectacular, tan preparada per estimar sense conviccions, sense complexos."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

Cover of Death and Fromage (Follet Valley Mystery, #2) by Ian  Moore

19. Death and Fromage (Follet Valley Mystery, #2)

By: Ian Moore

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A laugh-out-loud mystery perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club Richard is a middle-aged Engl… read more

Similar categories in Ian Moore's Death and Fromage (Follet Valley Mystery, #2) book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • fiction
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20. Foxlight

By: Katya Balen

4.06

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of October, October , winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, comes a heartbreaking and … read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's Foxlight book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Death at the Chateau (A Follet Valley Mystery #3) by Ian  Moore

21. Death at the Chateau (A Follet Valley Mystery #3)

By: Ian Moore

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The third book in the The Times -bestselling murder mystery series, by leading TV/radio comedian Ia… read more

Similar categories in Ian Moore's Death at the Chateau (A Follet Valley Mystery #3) book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • fiction
Cover of Ella on the Outside by Cath Howe

22. Ella on the Outside

By: Cath Howe

4.16

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Ella is the new girl at school. She doesn't know anyone and she doesn't have any friends. And she h… read more

Similar categories in Cath Howe's Ella on the Outside book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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23. Secrets of a Sun King

By: Emma Carroll

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

THE BOOKSELLER'S BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH AUGUST 201… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's Secrets of a Sun King book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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24. The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm (Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters, #1)

By: Karen Foxlee

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

There are those that hunt monsters to harm them and there are those that hunt monsters to help them… read more

Similar categories in Karen Foxlee's The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm (Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters, #1) book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fantasy
Cover of Danny Chung Sums It Up by Maisie Chan

25. Danny Chung Sums It Up

By: Maisie Chan

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Danny’s life is turned upside down when his Chinese grandmother comes to live with … read more

Similar categories in Maisie Chan's Danny Chung Sums It Up book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Nura and the Immortal Palace by M.T. Khan

26. Nura and the Immortal Palace

By: M.T. Khan

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Aru Shah and the End of Time meets Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away in this mesmerizing portal fantasy… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Khan's Nura and the Immortal Palace book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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27. One Big Open Sky

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free—or cost them everyth… read more

Similar categories in Lesa Cline-Ransome's One Big Open Sky book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Maggie Blue and the Dark World by Anna Goodall

28. Maggie Blue and the Dark World

By: Anna Goodall

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Maggie Blue, strong-willed and isolated, sees her enemy from school taken through a window to a par… read more

Similar categories in Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • cats
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

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 Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • 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)

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30. Starminster

By: Megan Hopkins

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Astrid has lived in the rhubarb shed her whole life. The outside world is dangerous, Mama explains;… read more

Similar categories in Megan Hopkins's Starminster book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
Cover of The Girl Who Rowed the Ocean by Alastair Humphreys

31. The Girl Who Rowed the Ocean

By: Alastair Humphreys

4.40

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An inspirational ocean adventure’ Bear Grylls Lucy wants to explore the world, and do something dar… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Humphreys's The Girl Who Rowed the Ocean book and Anna Goodall's Maggie Blue and the Dark World

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure

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