8 Best fantasy books like The Secret Life of Sam by Kim Ventrella

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The Secret Life of Sam

By: Kim Ventrella

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The timelessness of Bridge to Terabithia meets the wonder of Big Fish in this bittersweet, magical …

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Secret Life of Sam by Kim Ventrella , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1) by Victoria Forester

1. The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1)

By: Victoria Forester

4.10

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

You can’t keep a good girl down...unless you use the proper methods. Piper McCloud can fly. Just… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Forester's The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1) book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"No era la mejor decisión y sin duda tampoco una decisión lógica, pero era la decisión correcta."

-Victoria Forester, The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1)

"Yo creo que tener sueños y planes no es malo. Porque, si no los tienes, nunca llegarás a ninguna parte."

-Victoria Forester, The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1)

"El talento por sí solo puede facilitarte una parte del camino, pero el resto únicamente se consigue a fuerza de práctica, perseverancia y sudor."

-Victoria Forester, The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1)

"Dang! Look at that RAINBOW!" Piper shouted, accidently spewing bits of apple pie from her overstuffed mouth. All quickly turned and saw... ...exactly what Piper claimed, a rainbow ."

-Victoria Forester, The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1)

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2. How to Bee

By: Bren MacDibble

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

For 8-12 year olds - and all those who love middle grade fiction. Peony lives with her sister and g… read more

Similar categories in Bren MacDibble's How to Bee book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man

By: David von Drehle

4.00

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

One of our nation’s most prominent writers finds the truth about how to live a long and happy life … read more

Similar categories in David von Drehle's The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • audiobook
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4. Queen of the Tiles

By: Hanna Alkaf

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen’s Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen gi… read more

Similar categories in Hanna Alkaf's Queen of the Tiles book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Ghost Writer

By: Loreth Anne White

3.96

Format: 65 pages, Kindle Edition

A reclusive author with a lurid history is ready to divulge her most infamous secret to the world i… read more

Similar categories in Loreth Anne White's The Ghost Writer book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Nowhere Boy

By: Katherine Marsh

4.34

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brus… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's Nowhere Boy book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

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8. Wildoak

By: C.C. Harrington

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more

Similar categories in C.C. Harrington's Wildoak book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1) by Tim Probert

9. 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

Similar categories in Tim Probert's Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1) book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Night Raven (The Moonwind Mysteries #1) by Johan Rundberg

10. The Night Raven (The Moonwind Mysteries #1)

By: Johan Rundberg

4.13

Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition

Mika is not your average orphan—and she’s about to prove it.It’s 1880, and in the frigid city of St… read more

Similar categories in Johan Rundberg's The Night Raven (The Moonwind Mysteries #1) book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Lucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer: A Krampus Story by M. Rickert

11. Lucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer: A Krampus Story

By: M. Rickert

3.39

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Ro, a struggling writer, knows all too well the pain and solitude that holiday festivities can awak… read more

Similar categories in M. Rickert's Lucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer: A Krampus Story book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1) by Mai Mochizuki

12. The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)

By: Mai Mochizuki

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of c… read more

Similar categories in Mai Mochizuki's The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1) book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. The Blackbird Girls

By: Anne Blankman

4.43

Format: None pages, None

On a spring morning in 1986, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry re… read more

Similar categories in Anne Blankman's The Blackbird Girls book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"La distanza tra i veri amici non conta, quando l'amicizia continua nei loro cuori."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Distance between true friends doesn't matter when their friendship lives in their hearts"

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Siamo su questa terra per essere gentili gli uni con gli altri. Gli esseri umani sono la lingua di Dio."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

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14. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

By: Tae Keller

4.17

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A story about a girl who is alienated by her friends . . . for believing in aliens. Sometimes m… read more

Similar categories in Tae Keller's Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I had to make her understand that this mattered--what people thought had everything to do with who she was. Because how do we know who we are without knowing our place in the world?"

-Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

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15. What About Will

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkin's comes a new heartbreakingly tender middle … read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's What About Will book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of After We Were Stolen by Brooke Beyfuss

16. After We Were Stolen

By: Brooke Beyfuss

3.93

Format: 388 pages, Paperback

An emotionally wrought debut novel perfect for book clubs about a girl who escapes from a cult afte… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Beyfuss's After We Were Stolen book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ana María and the Fox (The Luna Sisters, #1) by Liana De la Rosa

17. Ana María and the Fox (The Luna Sisters, #1)

By: Liana De la Rosa

3.46

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A forbidden love between a Mexican heiress and a shrewd British politician makes for a tantalizing … read more

Similar categories in Liana De la Rosa's Ana María and the Fox (The Luna Sisters, #1) book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Through the Snow Globe

By: Annie Rains

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

It’s a Wonderful Life meets Groundhog Day, as a woman dangerously close to losing it all receives a… read more

Similar categories in Annie Rains's Through the Snow Globe book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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19. In the Hour of Crows

By: Dana Elmendorf

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In a small town in Appalachia, people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns … read more

Similar categories in Dana Elmendorf's In the Hour of Crows book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Vanquishers (The Vanquishers, #1) by Kalynn  Bayron

20. The Vanquishers (The Vanquishers, #1)

By: Kalynn Bayron

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the world of the Vanquishers, vampires were history . . . until now.Malika “Boog” Wilson and her… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's The Vanquishers (The Vanquishers, #1) book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Secret Life of Sam by Kim Ventrella

21. The Secret Life of Sam

By: Kim Ventrella

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The timelessness of Bridge to Terabithia meets the wonder of Big Fish in this bittersweet, magical … read more

Similar categories in Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam book and Kim Ventrella's The Secret Life of Sam

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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