23 Top fiction books like Sadia by Colleen Nelson

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Sadia

By: Colleen Nelson

3.80

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award — Winner, Young Adult • High Plains Book Award — Win…

If you liked the fiction plot in Sadia by Colleen Nelson , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. 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 Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"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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2. Amal Unbound

By: Aisha Saeed

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The compelling story of a girl’s fight to regain her life and dreams after being forced into indent… read more

Similar categories in Aisha Saeed's Amal Unbound book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"The thing is- those books made my days bearable."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

"Regret, I was learning, was the sharpest knife there was."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

"If everyone decided nothing would change, nothing ever would."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

"You always have a choice. Making choices even when they scare you because you know it's the right thing to do - that's bravery."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

Cover of The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel by Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell

3. The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel

By: Hiromi Kawakami , Allison Markin Powell

3.74

Format: 336 pages,

From the author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this funny, heartwarming story about love, life, … read more

Similar categories in Hiromi Kawakami's The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Hoot

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Unfortunately, Roy's first acquaintance in Florida is Dana Matherson, a well-known bully. Then agai… read more

Similar categories in Carl Hiaasen's Hoot book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of The Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #1-5) by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi

5. The Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #1-5)

By: Holly Black , Tony DiTerlizzi

4.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It all started with a mysterious letter left at a tiny bookstore for authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Ho… read more

Similar categories in Holly Black's The Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #1-5) book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of I Am Not a Number by Kathy Kacer, Gillian Newland, Jenny Kay Dupuis

6. I Am Not a Number

By: Kathy Kacer , Gillian Newland , Jenny Kay Dupuis

3.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school … read more

Similar categories in Kathy Kacer's I Am Not a Number book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • canada
Cover of Burned (Burned, #1) by Ellen Hopkins

7. Burned (Burned, #1)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Hardcover

I do know things really began to spin out of control after my first sex dream.It all started with a… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Burned (Burned, #1) book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. All American Boys

By: Jason Reynolds , Brendan Kiely

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Rashad is absent again today. That's the sidewalk graffiti that started it all... Well, no, actuall… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's All American Boys book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

9. Fatty Legs

By: Christy Jordan-Fenton , Margaret Pokiak-Fenton , None

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The moving memoir of an Inuit girl who emerges from a residential school with her spirit intact. Ei… read more

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10. Restart

By: Gordon Korman

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't re… read more

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11. Gabi, a Girl in Pieces

By: Isabel Quintero

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Named to Kirkus ReviewsBest Books of 2014 Named to School Library JournalBest Books of 2014 Gabi He… read more

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12. Saints and Misfits

By: S.K. Ali

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Audiobook

Saints and Misfitsis an unforgettable debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life...… read more

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13. From Ant to Eagle

By: Alex Lyttle

4.27

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

My name is Calvin Sinclair, I'm eleven years old and I have a confession... ...I killed my brother.… read more

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14. Walking Home

By: Eric Walters

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Set in both the wilds and slums of Kenya, a powerful story about a brother and sister's brave journ… read more

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15. The Blackthorn Key (The Blackthorn Key, #1)

By: Kevin Sands

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Tell no one what I've given you." Until he got that cryptic warning, Christopher Rowe was happy, l… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's The Blackthorn Key (The Blackthorn Key, #1) book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

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16. The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel

By: Renée Nault

4.21

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Everything Handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood, which defines us. Offred is a Handmaid in… read more

Similar categories in Renée Nault's The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • fiction
  • canada
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17. 1984: The Graphic Novel

By: Fido Nesti

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always wat… read more

Similar categories in Fido Nesti's 1984: The Graphic Novel book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • fiction
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18. From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

By: Janae Marks

4.29

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t… read more

Similar categories in Janae Marks's From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1) book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"I’d already waited twelve years to speak to Marcus. How much longer would I have to wait for the truth?"

-Janae Marks, From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

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19. Top Story (Front Desk, #5)

By: Kelly Yang

4.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Front Desk series continues! Mia Tang is at the top of her game! … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Top Story (Front Desk, #5) book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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20. Key Player (Front Desk, #4)

By: Kelly Yang

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Key Player (Front Desk, #4) book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • sports
Cover of Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang

21. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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22. Words on Fire

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Danger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Words on Fire book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"The words wouldn't lead to our independence - words, themselves, their very existence, were our independence"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Words on Fire

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23. The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

By: David Alexander Robertson

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brough… read more

Similar categories in David Alexander Robertson's The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1) book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
  • young adult
"Stories always lead people somewhere, To a place, to a memory."

-David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

"Humans...The land provides everything that anybody would need. If you take only what you need, the land renews itself so that it can provide more. Medicines, water, plants, meat. In exchange, because…"

-David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

Cover of Room to Dream (Front Desk, #3) by Kelly Yang

24. Room to Dream (Front Desk, #3)

By: Kelly Yang

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang is back with another heartwarming and inspiring story … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Room to Dream (Front Desk, #3) book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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25. Blended

By: Sharon M. Draper

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

"You’re so exotic!” “You look so unusual.” “But what are you really?” Eleven-year-old Isabella i… read more

Similar categories in Sharon M. Draper's Blended book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"The doors of Target opened with a welcoming swoosh, and I was instantly distracted. Yeah. Target does that to me. I feel at home. They've got stuff I need. Stuff I don't need. Stuff I didn't even kno…"

-Sharon M. Draper, Blended

Cover of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty

26. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Don't Tell the Nazis by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

27. Don't Tell the Nazis

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.28

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Krystia’s family is hiding Jews from the invading Nazis, but the risks are immense. How much will s… read more

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Don't Tell the Nazis book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"I couldn't control that the Nazis considered me "subhuman." But I could control how I treated others."

-Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Don't Tell the Nazis

"When I was little, Tato told me the story of a frog that was put in a pot of cool water. The pot was put on the stove to simmer, but it heated so gradually that the frog didn't realize it was being c…"

-Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Don't Tell the Nazis

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28. A Thousand Questions

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s middle grade novel tells the story o… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's A Thousand Questions book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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29. The Science of Breakable Things

By: Tae Keller

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally-charged new classic about the science of hope, love, and miracles! Natalie's uplifti… read more

Similar categories in Tae Keller's The Science of Breakable Things book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"You can’t always protect breakable things. Hearts and eggs will break but you keep going anyway, because science is asking questions and living is not being afraid of the answer."

-Tae Keller, The Science of Breakable Things

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30. Forever Birchwood

By: Danielle Daniel

3.97

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The middle-grade debut of star picture-book author and illustrator Danielle Daniel Adventurous, tr… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Daniel's Forever Birchwood book and Colleen Nelson's Sadia

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
  • young adult
Cover of Sadia by Colleen Nelson

31. Sadia

By: Colleen Nelson

3.80

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award — Winner, Young Adult • High Plains Book Award — Win… read more

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  • canada
  • muslims
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • religion
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  • contemporary
  • family
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