8 Best fantasy books like The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke by Kirsty Applebaum

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The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

By: Kirsty Applebaum

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Lonny is a lifeling. He has the power to heal any living creature and bring it back from the dead. …

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke by Kirsty Applebaum , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat

1. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

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2. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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4. The Switch

By: Roland Smith

3.89

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

What happens when the power goes out? And doesn't come back for days... weeks... even longer? Maste… read more

Similar categories in Roland Smith's The Switch book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • adventure
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5. 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 Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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6. High Score

By: Destiny Howell

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Oceans 11 goes to the arcade in this wildly entertaining heist adventure that is perfect for fans o… read more

Similar categories in Destiny Howell's High Score book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • adventure
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7. Cookies & Milk

By: Shawn Amos

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It’s a summer of family, friendship, and fun fiascos in this semi-autobiographical novel that’s as … read more

Similar categories in Shawn Amos's Cookies & Milk book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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8. Elf Dog and Owl Head

By: M.T. Anderson

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Anderson's Elf Dog and Owl Head book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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9. We Are Wolves

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's We Are Wolves book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"Books are treasure."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

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10. You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's You Are Here: Connecting Flights book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"

-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights

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11. Small Town Pride

By: Phil Stamper

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author Phil Stamper (The Gravity of Us and As Far as You'll Take Me) comes a poignan… read more

Similar categories in Phil Stamper's Small Town Pride book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"If people can wear their hate so proudly on their sleeve, why can't I wear acceptance in the same way?" (pg.137)"

-Phil Stamper, Small Town Pride

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12. Trex

By: Christyne Morrell

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This middle grade mystery follows the adventures of a boy with an experimental brain implant, and a… read more

Similar categories in Christyne Morrell's Trex book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
Cover of This Appearing House by Ally Malinenko

13. This Appearing House

By: Ally Malinenko

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks a… read more

Similar categories in Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. Different Kinds of Fruit

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.08

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

In this funny and hugely heartfelt novel from a Stonewall Award winner, a sixth-grader’s life is tu… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Lukoff's Different Kinds of Fruit book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. The International House of Dereliction

By: Jacqueline Davies

4.04

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

In this not-so-scary ghost story from Jacqueline Davies, bestselling author of the Lemonade War ser… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Davies's The International House of Dereliction book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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16. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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17. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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18. Seed

By: Caryl Lewis

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Marty doesn't have much--unlike his mum, who seems to hold on to everything. Life at home is tough,… read more

Similar categories in Caryl Lewis's Seed book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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19. Gabe in the After

By: Shannon Doleski

3.71

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Shannon Doleski’s Gabe in the After is a post-apocalyptic upper middle-grade adventure with a first… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Doleski's Gabe in the After book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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20. The Name She Gave Me

By: Betty Culley

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Three Things I Know Are True comes a new novel in verse, a deeply emot… read more

Similar categories in Betty Culley's The Name She Gave Me book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Douglas is safe and Dad knew all along that I hid from Mom under the porch. He saved Douglas, but he never saved me. “And right there on the ground I decide I’m going to save anyone I can. It won’t m…"

-Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me

Cover of Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor

21. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?

By: Leslie Connor

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A big-hearted, beautiful, and funny novel told from multiple viewpoints about neurodiversity, frien… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Connor's Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One by Adam Rex

22. The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

By: Adam Rex

4.10

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

Meet Gumluck the Wizard, the star of a new chapter book series by the inimitable Adam Rex! This is… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Mr. Whiskers and the Shenanigan Sisters by Wendelin Van Draanen

23. Mr. Whiskers and the Shenanigan Sisters

By: Wendelin Van Draanen

3.92

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

Mr. Whiskers is a paw-some new dog detective from an Edgar Award winning author. He's on the trail … read more

Similar categories in Wendelin Van Draanen's Mr. Whiskers and the Shenanigan Sisters book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
  • adventure
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24. The Pear Affair

By: Judith Eagle

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The highly anticipated second novel from the author of the acclaimed The Secret Starling and The Ac… read more

Similar categories in Judith Eagle's The Pear Affair book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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25. Troublemaker

By: John Cho

4.03

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestselller!An Indiebound bestseller!Troublemaker follows the events of t… read more

Similar categories in John Cho's Troublemaker book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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26. Nowhere Better Than Here

By: Sarah Guillory

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In a town slowly being destroyed by rising tides, one girl must fight to find a way to keep her com… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Guillory's Nowhere Better Than Here book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke by Kirsty Applebaum

27. The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

By: Kirsty Applebaum

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Lonny is a lifeling. He has the power to heal any living creature and bring it back from the dead. … read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
Cover of Twelfth by Janet Key

28. Twelfth

By: Janet Key

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Better Nate Than Ever  meets  The Parker Inheritance  in this heartwarming mystery about finding yo… read more

Similar categories in Janet Key's Twelfth book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Infinite Questions of Dottie Bing by Molly B. Burnham

29. The Infinite Questions of Dottie Bing

By: Molly B. Burnham

3.93

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An enchanting middle grade about navigating the odd spaces between grieving and everyday living, an… read more

Similar categories in Molly B. Burnham's The Infinite Questions of Dottie Bing book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • death
Cover of Sardines by Sashi Kaufman

30. Sardines

By: Sashi Kaufman

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After a devastating loss, a boy with a broken family finds camaraderie with a motley group of kids … read more

Similar categories in Sashi Kaufman's Sardines book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Not Starring Zadie Louise by Joy McCullough

31. Not Starring Zadie Louise

By: Joy McCullough

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this charming middle grade novel that’s perfect for fans of Tim Federle and Gordon Korman, Zadie… read more

Similar categories in Joy McCullough's Not Starring Zadie Louise book and Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

27 Best fiction books like The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke by Kirsty Applebaum

Transform Your Habits

The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Simon Sort of Says

Erin Bow

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Wildoak

C.C. Harrington

4.34

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The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

Jeanne Birdsall

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

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Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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