10 must-read realistic fiction books like Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened by Emily Blejwas

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Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

By: Emily Blejwas

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Library Binding

A poignant story of a boy picking up the pieces of his life after the unexpected death of his fathe…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened by Emily Blejwas , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. If Not for You

By: Debbie Macomber

3.86

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally stirring novel that shows how obstacles can be overcome, differences can be strength… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Macomber's If Not for You book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

By: Deborah Ellis

4.00

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from … read more

Similar categories in Deborah Ellis's The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1) book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"We have to remember this,"

-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

"They were going to turn her into a boy."

-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

"These are unusual times. They call for ordinary people to do unusual things, just to get by."

-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

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3. The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising, #4)

By: Susan Cooper

4.14

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

"Fire on the Mountain Shall Find the Harp of Gold Played to Wake the Sleepers, Oldest of the Old...… read more

Similar categories in Susan Cooper's The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising, #4) book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. Greenwitch (The Dark Is Rising, #3)

By: Susan Cooper

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Simon, Jane, and Barney, enlisted by their mysterious great-uncle, arrive in a small coastal town t… read more

Similar categories in Susan Cooper's Greenwitch (The Dark Is Rising, #3) book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm, #1)

By: Diana Wynne Jones

3.44

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

Everyone - wizards, soldiers, farmers, elves, dragons, kings and queens alike - is fed up with Mr C… read more

Similar categories in Diana Wynne Jones's Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm, #1) book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • fiction
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6. Chasing Slow: Courage to Journey Off the Beaten Path

By: Erin Loechner

4.04

Format: 288 pages,

You're here, but you want to be there. So you spend your life narrowing this divide, and you call t… read more

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7. Silver on the Tree (The Dark is Rising, #5)

By: Susan Cooper

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. And Will Stanton -- last-born… read more

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8. Parvana's Journey (The Breadwinner, #2)

By: Deborah Ellis

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

In Parvana's Journey, the Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Parvana's fathe… read more

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9. The Dark Is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2)

By: Susan Cooper

4.00

Format: 98 pages,

"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, three from the circle, three from the track; w… read more

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10. A Work in Progress

By: Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” ( Publishers Weekly , starr… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett Lerner's A Work in Progress book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. The Probability of Everything

By: Sarah Everett

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Everett's The Probability of Everything book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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12. Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

By: Cynthia Leitich Smith

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A collection of intersecting stories set at a powwow that bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the st… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Leitich Smith's Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Returning the phone, she said, “You’re an artist."

-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

"Four kids in T-shirts and jeans jam on a powwow stage. They’re grinning, bouncing, fully engaged with their music, each other, and the relaxed crowd. I’m splitting fry bread with a cousin as we cheer…"

-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

Cover of Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, #1) by Ally Carter

13. Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, #1)

By: Ally Carter

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

When 11-year-old April joins a group of kids living at Winterborne Home she doesn't expect to be th… read more

Similar categories in Ally Carter's Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, #1) book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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14. Fireborn (Fireborn #1)

By: Aisling Fowler

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Lyra. Lucy. Percy. Once in a generation, a hero emerges whose story enthralls readers worldwide. … read more

Similar categories in Aisling Fowler's Fireborn (Fireborn #1) book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. Stuntboy, in the Meantime (Stuntboy, #1)

By: Jason Reynolds

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you’ve never heard of, filled with illustra… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Stuntboy, in the Meantime (Stuntboy, #1) book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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16. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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17. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
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18. Brother's Keeper

By: Julie Lee

4.34

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Can two children escape North Korea on their own? North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-ol… read more

Similar categories in Julie Lee's Brother's Keeper book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Thirsty

By: Jas Hammonds

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have o… read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's Thirsty book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Mid-Air

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's Mid-Air book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • death
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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21. Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

By: Emily Blejwas

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Library Binding

A poignant story of a boy picking up the pieces of his life after the unexpected death of his fathe… read more

Similar categories in Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened book and Emily Blejwas's Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened

  • childrens
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • death
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile

17 best-selling fiction books like Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened by Emily Blejwas

Transform Your Habits

If Not for You

Debbie Macomber

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

Deborah Ellis

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising, #4)

Susan Cooper

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Greenwitch (The Dark Is Rising, #3)

Susan Cooper

4.75

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18 best-selling fiction books like The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett

Transform Your Habits

Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Transform Your Habits

A Work in Progress

Jarrett Lerner

4.40

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

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