11 Top childrens books like Break the Mould: How to Take Your Place in the World by Sinead Burke

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Break the Mould: How to Take Your Place in the World

By: Sinead Burke

4.52

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

'A lovely lesson in humanity for eager young humans' - Chris O'Dowd. 'This book made me feel pr…

If you liked the childrens plot in Break the Mould: How to Take Your Place in the World by Sinead Burke , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Coming to England

By: Floella Benjamin

4.18

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Floella Benjamin reveals the hopes and fears, and the pain she experienced when leaving the Caribbe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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2. Private Peaceful

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the Children's Laureate of England, a stunning novel of the First World War, a boy who is on i… read more

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  • childrens
"I have no pity for them, but no hatred either"

-Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

"Tonight, more than any other night, I want to feel alive."

-Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

"Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow."

-Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

"Here there are no folds in the fields, only wide open plains, scarcely a hill in sight. And instead of church towers they have spires that thrust themselves skywards like a child putting his hand up …"

-Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

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3. Blood Brothers

By: Willy Russell

3.70

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

A Liverpudlian West Side Story: twin brothers are separated at birth because their mother cannot af… read more

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4. War Horse (War Horse, #1)

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.15

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

A powerful tale of war, redemption and a hero's journey.In 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal wit… read more

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  • childrens
"cause when there's life there's still hope"

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less."

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other"

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer."

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

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5. Then (Once, #2)

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.36

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

In Then- Morris Gleitzman's heartbreaking children's novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland… read more

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6. Now (Once, #3)

By: Morris Gleitzman

4.00

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Nowis the third shocking, funny and heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman's Second World War serie… read more

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7. Once (Once, #1)

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Onceby Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanag… read more

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  • childrens

8. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women

By: Elena Favilli , Francesca Cavallo

3.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a children's book packed with 100 bedtime stories about the l… read more

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9. Odd Girl Out: Being Autistic in a Neurotypical World

By: Laura James

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From early childhood, Laura James knew she was different, but it wasn't until her mid-forties that … read more

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10. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

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  • nonfiction
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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11. Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies): Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them

By: Scarlett Curtis

4.01

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

An urgent and inspirational collection of essays by a diverse group of celebrities, activists, and … read more

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  • nonfiction
"because Beyoncé"

-Scarlett Curtis, Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies): Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them

"No one gains when a culture exploits itself."

-Scarlett Curtis, Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies): Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them

"Feminism is layered and its power comes from its diversity."

-Scarlett Curtis, Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies): Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them

"She has a voice. If you can't hear it, maybe it's because you're too busy talking."

-Scarlett Curtis, Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies): Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them

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12. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

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13. 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

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  • childrens
"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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14. The Doomsday Date

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

3.35

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

An exclusive new World Book Day story from the bestselling author of ACE OF SPADES, Faridah Àbíké-Í… read more

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15. The Salt Path

By: Raynor Winn

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home and… read more

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  • nonfiction
"It’s six hundred and thirty miles and we’ll have to camp all the way."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

"Give time for what you know you must do and you will have what you desire the most."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

"Refugees from western civilisation, cut adrift from life in a boat that rarely finds a harbour."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

"We had lost everything except our children and each other, but we had the wet grass and the rhythm of the sea on the rocks."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

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16. 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

By: Tess Sharpe

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six moments lead us to two girls, one kiss, and three little words that were maybe always true in t… read more

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"I'm sorry you had to put all your feelings to the side so you could help me." "I'm not," she says fiercely. "I can, in fact, be mad at you and help you at the same time. It's called being emotionally…"

-Tess Sharpe, 6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

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17. The Silence Project

By: Carole Hailey

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their … read more

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18. A Kind of Spark

By: Elle McNicoll

4.52

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more

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  • childrens
  • disability
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

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19. All Her Fault

By: Andrea Mara

4.15

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

ONE MISSING BOY.Marissa Irvine arrives at 14 Tudor Grove, expecting to pick up her young son Milo f… read more

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20. Kay's Anatomy

By: Adam Kay

4.34

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Do you ever think about your body and how it all works? Like really properly think about it? The hu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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21. The Colony

By: Audrey Magee

4.11

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In 1979, as violence erupts all over Ireland, two outsiders travel to a small island off the west c… read more

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22. Toffee

By: Sarah Crossan

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing new novel from the incomparable, multi-award-winning and Laureate, Sarah Crossan. … read more

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"I miss you, she says. I miss you and you're right here"

-Sarah Crossan, Toffee

"I miss you", she says. "I miss you and you're right here"

-Sarah Crossan, Toffee

"It will rain by noon. And then it will be fine again. It will."

-Sarah Crossan, Toffee

"No goodbye is forever unless you can erase everything you ever knew about a person and everything you once felt."

-Sarah Crossan, Toffee

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23. Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

By: Chloé Hayden

4.34

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • disability
"Our identities make us who we are, and all aspects of our identities are important, including (maybe even specifically) our disabilities."

-Chloé Hayden, Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

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24. The Great (Food) Bank Heist

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.43

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Written with great empathy and Rauf’s trademark humour, The Great (Food) Bank Heist is a moving sto… read more

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  • childrens
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25. The Pages

By: Hugo Hamilton

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An entirely original novel in which a book--Joseph Roth's masterpiece Rebellion--narrates its own a… read more

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26. Can You See Me?

By: Libby Scott

4.28

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

A coming-of-age story about learning to celebrate yourself -- and teaching the world to recognize y… read more

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  • childrens
  • disability
"Actually, the more I think about it, the more I figure that a lot of the cons of autism are not really caused by autism, but by how other people react to it."

-Libby Scott, Can You See Me?

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27. Here Is the Beehive

By: Sarah Crossan

3.60

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A brilliantly original debut about a love affair cut short, and how lonely it is to live inside a s… read more

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28. The Amazing Edie Eckhart

By: Rosie Jones

4.53

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

Edie Eckhart might be wobbly, but she's not going to let that stop her! A sparky middle-grade serie… read more

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  • childrens
  • disability
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29. Think Again

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.90

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

⭐ Whatever happened to beloved Girls series characters Ellie, Magda and Nadine? ⭐They're all grown … read more

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30. Small Town Girl: Love, Lies and the Undercover Police

By: Donna McLean

3.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

"You live with someone for two years and then . . . they simply don't exist." Over 40 years, two… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Break the Mould: How to Take Your Place in the World

By: Sinead Burke

4.52

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

'A lovely lesson in humanity for eager young humans' - Chris O'Dowd. 'This book made me feel pr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
  • disability

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Floella Benjamin

4.18

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Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

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Scarlett Curtis

4.01

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Raynor Winn

4.02

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Sam Angus

4.15

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Blind Beauty

K.M. Peyton

3.24

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A. LaFaye

4.20

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