13 must-read childrens books like The Storm and the Minotaur by Lucy Strange

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The Storm and the Minotaur

By: Lucy Strange

4.35

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucy Strange interweaves the Industrial Revolution with gripping Greek mythology in this atmospheri…

If you liked the childrens plot in The Storm and the Minotaur by Lucy Strange , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

By: Michael Morpurgo , Michael Foreman

3.72

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set against the backdrop of the Second World War, this story is about lifelong friendship and one a… read more

Similar categories in Michael Morpurgo's The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips book and Lucy Strange's The Storm and the Minotaur

  • historical
  • childrens
  • historical fiction

2. The Owl Service

By: Alan Garner

3.84

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Something is scratching around in the attic above Alison's room. Yet the only thing up there is a s… read more

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3. October, October

By: Katya Balen

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the w… read more

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  • childrens
"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

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4. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Lucy Strange's The Storm and the Minotaur

  • childrens
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5. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Lucy Strange's The Storm and the Minotaur

  • childrens
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6. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

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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 Lucy Strange's The Storm and the Minotaur

  • childrens
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8. Nisha's War

By: Dan Smith

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Malaya, 1942. Nisha’s home is destroyed by war and she and her mother, Amma, flee to her father’s a… read more

Similar categories in Dan Smith's Nisha's War book and Lucy Strange's The Storm and the Minotaur

  • historical
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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9. 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 Lucy Strange's The Storm and the Minotaur

  • childrens
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10. Just Because

By: Matthew McConaughey

4.09

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The debut picture book by Academy Award-winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Matt… read more

Similar categories in Matthew McConaughey's Just Because book and Lucy Strange's The Storm and the Minotaur

  • childrens
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11. Bite Risk

By: S.J. Wills

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Last Kids on Earth gets a lupine twist by way of Margaret Peterson Haddix in this eerie middle … read more

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12. Frontera

By: Julio Anta

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Mateo makes the dangerous journey back home to the United States through the Sonoran Desert with th… read more

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13. 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 Lucy Strange's The Storm and the Minotaur

  • childrens
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14. The Golden Hour

By: Niki Smith

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Deep & Dark Blue comes a tender graphic novel, perfect for our time, that ge… read more

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15. Gloves Off

By: Louisa Reid

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

A page-turning and immersive YA novel in verse, telling the story of Lily who is mercilessly bullie… read more

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16. Angel of Grasmere: A gripping new wartime tale from multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer

By: Tom Palmer

4.34

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

None read more

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  • historical
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17. Dark Peak

By: Marcus Sedgwick

3.79

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

We all went in together – not everyone made it out… One long, hot summer, two children disappear… read more

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Cover of The Storm and the Minotaur by Lucy Strange

18. The Storm and the Minotaur

By: Lucy Strange

4.35

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucy Strange interweaves the Industrial Revolution with gripping Greek mythology in this atmospheri… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Strange's The Storm and the Minotaur book and Lucy Strange's The Storm and the Minotaur

  • historical
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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19. Pirates of Darksea

By: Catherine Doyle

4.33

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

'Utterly brilliant. Sensationally swashbuckling. Completely magical' – A.F Steadman, author of Skan… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Doyle's Pirates of Darksea book and Lucy Strange's The Storm and the Minotaur

  • childrens
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20. 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 Lucy Strange's The Storm and the Minotaur

  • childrens
"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 When the Wild Calls (Where the World Turns Wild, #2) by Nicola Penfold

21. When the Wild Calls (Where the World Turns Wild, #2)

By: Nicola Penfold

4.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

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  • childrens

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Shawnelle Gibbs

4.13

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