17 Best childrens books like Right as Rain by Lindsey Stoddard

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Right as Rain

By: Lindsey Stoddard

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Just Like Jackie comes a strikingly tender novel about one …

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1. Penny from Heaven

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

It’s1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's Penny from Heaven book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"My idea of Heaven has nothing to do with fluffy clouds or angels. In my Heaven there's butter pecan ice cream and swimming pools and baseball games. The Brooklyn Dodgers always win, and I have the be…"

-Jennifer L. Holm, Penny from Heaven

2. Joplin, Wishing

By: Diane Stanley

3.88

Format: None pages, ebook

While cleaning out her reclusive grandfather's house, Joplin discovers pieces of a broken platter i… read more

Similar categories in Diane Stanley's Joplin, Wishing book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

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3. Tornado Brain

By: Cat Patrick

4.14

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

A neurodivergent 7th grader is determined to find her missing best friend before it's too late. … read more

Similar categories in Cat Patrick's Tornado Brain book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. 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 Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"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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5. Other Words for Home

By: Jasmine Warga

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

I am learning how to be sad and happy at the same time. Jude never thought she’d be leaving h… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's Other Words for Home book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Americans are obsessed with murder"

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"You will belong here. . .You will make anywhere beautiful."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"It seems like the kind of place where dreams could grow and live."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"Mama hugs me and I hold her back. Sometimes all you can do is hold on."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

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6. Born Behind Bars

By: Padma Venkatraman

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Set in Chennai, India, this is the story of a boy who's unexpectedly released into the world after … read more

Similar categories in Padma Venkatraman's Born Behind Bars book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Kabir, let me tell you something I learned the hard way. Hoping for small stuff you can control is okay. But pinning your hopes on an other person is usually a waste of time. Especially if that perso…"

-Padma Venkatraman, Born Behind Bars

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7. The Line Tender

By: Kate Allen

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Line Tender is the story of Lucy, the daughter of a marine biologist and a rescue diver, and th… read more

Similar categories in Kate Allen's The Line Tender book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"My grief for her was like a circle. I always came around to missing her again."

-Kate Allen, The Line Tender

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8. Saving Winslow

By: Sharon Creech

3.86

Format: 176 pages, ebook

About a young boy who befriends an ailing newborn donkey and nurses him back to health. Louie d… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Creech's Saving Winslow book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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9. Dust

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust. After Avalyn nearly die… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Dust book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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10. Crunch (Click #5)

By: Kayla Miller

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Kayla Miller, the  New York Times  bestselling author-illustrator of  Click ,  Camp , Act , and Cla… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Miller's Crunch (Click #5) book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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11. 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 Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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12. Shouting at the Rain

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

4.14

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's … read more

Similar categories in Lynda Mullaly Hunt's Shouting at the Rain book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
"So."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"the sun is always in the sky but sometimes you just can't see it"

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"I'm lucky. When the waves are rolling in, my friends are the jetties."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"He was the one who told me a man is not made by his mistakes. He's made by what he does about them."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

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13. Rain Rising

By: Courtne Comrie

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more

Similar categories in Courtne Comrie's Rain Rising book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Cog

By: Greg Van Eekhout

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Five robots. One unforgettable journey. Their programming will never be the same. Cog looks lik… read more

Similar categories in Greg Van Eekhout's Cog book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. 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 Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • 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

Cover of When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (The Great Peach Experiment #1) by Erin Soderberg Downing

16. When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (The Great Peach Experiment #1)

By: Erin Soderberg Downing

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a family searching for a way to reconnect as a family after the loss of the kids' mot… read more

Similar categories in Erin Soderberg Downing's When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (The Great Peach Experiment #1) book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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17. Something to Say

By: Lisa Moore Ramée

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Good Kind of Trouble, a Walter Dean Myers Honor Book, comes another unforgetta… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Moore Ramée's Something to Say book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Mascot

By: Antony John

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Noah Savino has been stuck in a wheelchair for months. He hates the way people treat him like he’s … read more

Similar categories in Antony John's Mascot book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
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19. The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

By: Ally Carter

4.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Time… read more

Similar categories in Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys

20. The Bletchley Riddle

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stunning collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Shein… read more

Similar categories in Ruta Sepetys's The Bletchley Riddle book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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21. Right as Rain

By: Lindsey Stoddard

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Just Like Jackie comes a strikingly tender novel about one … read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain book and Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • sports
  • juvenile

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