26 must-read fiction books like Safe Harbour by Christina Kilbourne

Cover of Safe Harbour by Christina Kilbourne

Safe Harbour

By: Christina Kilbourne

3.92

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

As crazy as her father’s plan sounds, sticking to it is easy for Harbour — until it isn’t. Fourt…

If you liked the fiction plot in Safe Harbour by Christina Kilbourne , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1) by Cynthia Voigt

1. Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)

By: Cynthia Voigt

3.97

Format: 402 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It's still true... That's the first thing James Tillerman says to his sister Dicey every morning… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Voigt's Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1) book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"Having someplace in mind that you were traveling to was different from not having any place."

-Cynthia Voigt, Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)

"Once again, everything had changed on them. Perhaps it was all this changing that made her sad."

-Cynthia Voigt, Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)

"You should have spoken up sooner." her grandmother answered. "No need to bear pain unless you have to."

-Cynthia Voigt, Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)

"How can something get you thinking the wrong way, if you know how to think the right way?' Sammy asked."

-Cynthia Voigt, Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)

Cover of Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

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 Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"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

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3. The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali

By: Sabina Khan

3.00

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Scholastic has bought Sabina Khan's The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali, in which the title character i… read more

Similar categories in Sabina Khan's The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

4. Ghost (Track, #1)

By: Jason Reynolds

4.20

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

Running. That's all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But never for a track te… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Ghost (Track, #1) book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

5. Shattered Glass

By: Teresa Toten

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Fake courage is better than no courage at all. Toni has always had nightmares about fire, and she a… read more

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6. Challenger Deep

By: Neal Shusterman

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN B00M70ESPO Caden Bosch is on a ship that's headed for the deepe… read more

Similar categories in Neal Shusterman's Challenger Deep book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I should already know that my thoughts are never alone."

-Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

"Epiphanies are never convenient, and often arrive too late."

-Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

"I always take credit for my acts of cruelty. To do otherwise is cowardice."

-Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

"If pennies become worthless, does that devalue our thoughts to less than nothing?"

-Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

7. The Dogs

By: Allan Stratton

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Out of the corner of my eye, I catch something moving by the barn. When I look, it disappears. Wait… read more

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8. Milkweed

By: Jerry Spinelli

4.02

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

He's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham. He's a boy who l… read more

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9. Patina (Track, #2)

By: Jason Reynolds

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash. She runs for many reasons--to escape the taunts from the kids … read more

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10. Rescue

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.31

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

A World War II story of espionage and intrigue, as one girl races to save her father and aid the Fr… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Rescue book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) by Waubgeshig Rice

11. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more

Similar categories in Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Iceberg by Jennifer A. Nielsen

12. Iceberg

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Iceberg book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg

Cover of No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen

13. No Fixed Address

By: Susin Nielsen

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade story about family, friendship, and growing up when you're one step away from homele… read more

Similar categories in Susin Nielsen's No Fixed Address book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"I get why Winnie believes in God. I get why Dylan believes in Bernard. I get why I wanted to believe in Mel. It can give a person comfort, feeling that something mysterious and otherworldly is lookin…"

-Susin Nielsen, No Fixed Address

Cover of Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy

14. Huda F Are You?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From the creator of Yes, I'm Hot In This, this cheeky, hilarious, and honest graphic novel asks the… read more

Similar categories in Huda Fahmy's Huda F Are You? book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Use your hijab, woman! Cover that forehead!"

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?

"I swear if we end up getting joint weddings, we're running away."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?

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15. 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 Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1) by David Alexander Robertson

16. 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 Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
"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)

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17. The King of Jam Sandwiches

By: Eric Walters

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

★ “Tug at the heartstrings and tickle the funny bone…This warm tale is definitely one for the keepe… read more

Similar categories in Eric Walters's The King of Jam Sandwiches book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Mixed Up by Gordon Korman

18. Mixed Up

By: Gordon Korman

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Restart , the story of two boys who are losing their memories... to each other. … read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Mixed Up book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • fiction
  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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19. The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

By: Ben Philippe

3.77

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A black French Can… read more

Similar categories in Ben Philippe's The Field Guide to the North American Teenager book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I'm the understudy for Negro on Ice"

-Ben Philippe, The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

"But, as his father had said: It doesn't matter if you make a mess. It matters that you fix it."

-Ben Philippe, The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

"Yes, we're all overly polite, forage for berries in the summers, and craft simple wooden objects of great beauty around the fire at night."

-Ben Philippe, The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

"The way his mother loved him was occasionally vexing in how overwhelming it could be. Like the sun or some other celestial body; facing it too directly might kill him."

-Ben Philippe, The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

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20. Sara and the Search for Normal

By: Wesley King

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this prequel to OCDaniel, Sara quests for “normal” and finds something even better along the way… read more

Similar categories in Wesley King's Sara and the Search for Normal book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"If you want to be someone else at the end of this, then you will be disappointed."

-Wesley King, Sara and the Search for Normal

"The point is this: I have issues. But that's my thing. I'm working on it. Nobody else gets to tell me what I am."

-Wesley King, Sara and the Search for Normal

"Do me one last favor before you go. Go look in your eyes. Do you see the yellow rings around your pupils? I always think of a star emerging from the darkness. Maybe a supernova."

-Wesley King, Sara and the Search for Normal

"We are proud of you, Princess." "For what?" "For doing this group therapy. For making a friend." "I think making a friend is pretty commonplace." "For some. But we all get to set our own goalposts."

-Wesley King, Sara and the Search for Normal

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21. The Almost Wife

By: Gail Anderson-Dargatz

3.35

Format: 304 pages, ebook

If you almost had everything that you wanted, how hard would you fight to protect it? Kira is engag… read more

Similar categories in Gail Anderson-Dargatz's The Almost Wife book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla

22. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2) by Marie Lu

23. Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

By: Marie Lu

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New sparks. Old flames. And a mission that's playing with fire. A year has passed since supersta… read more

Similar categories in Marie Lu's Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2) book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Loyalty to a secret."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

"Let me stay." "Keep me in your songs."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

"Maybe love was not knowing and going ahead anyway."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

"Grief is love. It's the price we pay for the gift of someone meaningful in our lives."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

Cover of Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino

24. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's Give Me a Sign book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Aftercare Instructions by Bonnie Pipkin

25. Aftercare Instructions

By: Bonnie Pipkin

3.87

Format: 368 pages, ebook

“Troubled.” That’s seventeen-year-old Genesis according to her small New Jersey town. She finds ref… read more

Similar categories in Bonnie Pipkin's Aftercare Instructions book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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26. Roam

By: C.H. Armstrong

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Seventeen year-old Abby Lunde and her family are living on the streets. They had a normal life back… read more

Similar categories in C.H. Armstrong's Roam book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls by James  Bird

27. The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls

By: James Bird

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel by James Bird about a boy sent to his Ojibwe family to straighten out his life… read more

Similar categories in James Bird's The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
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28. Weird Rules to Follow

By: Kim Spencer

3.87

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

★ “Readers will be left with a rich image of Mia’s world and the family and people that surround he… read more

Similar categories in Kim Spencer's Weird Rules to Follow book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
Cover of The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky by Josh Galarza

29. The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

By: Josh Galarza

4.22

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Mark Oshiro and Adam Silvera comes a fiercely funny and hopeful story of one bo… read more

Similar categories in Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Safe Harbour by Christina Kilbourne

30. Safe Harbour

By: Christina Kilbourne

3.92

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

As crazy as her father’s plan sounds, sticking to it is easy for Harbour — until it isn’t. Fourt… read more

Similar categories in Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • canada
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of The Other Side by Heather Camlot

31. The Other Side

By: Heather Camlot

3.82

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

A new young adult novel from the author of the critically acclaimed Clutch! "Liam Reimold loves soc… read more

Similar categories in Heather Camlot's The Other Side book and Christina Kilbourne's Safe Harbour

  • canada

18 Top contemporary books like Safe Harbour by Christina Kilbourne

Transform Your Habits

Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)

Cynthia Voigt

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Amal Unbound

Aisha Saeed

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali

Sabina Khan

3.00

Ghost (Track, #1)

Jason Reynolds

4.20

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28 must-read fiction books like Rescue by Jennifer A. Nielsen

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Prisoner B-3087

Alan Gratz

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Rescue

Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.31

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Stolen Girl

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.11

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The Fort

Gordon Korman

4.31

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