18 Top childrens books like Lightning Mary by Anthea Simmons

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Lightning Mary

By: Anthea Simmons

3.81

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Ordinary is what most people are and I am not. I am not ordinary at all. I am a scientist. One sto…

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Cover of Moominpappa at Sea (The Moomins, #8) by Tove Jansson, Kingsley Hart

1. Moominpappa at Sea (The Moomins, #8)

By: Tove Jansson , Kingsley Hart

3.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the Moomin family members need a change of scenery, they decide to take up residence in a ligh… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction

2. What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible

By: Ross Welford

4.09

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

From the author of the unforgettable bestseller TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER comes another surpri… read more

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3. Time Travelling with a Hamster

By: Ross Welford

3.19

Format: 292 pages, ebook

"My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when he was twelve. The… read more

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4. Good Night, Mr. Tom

By: Michelle Magorian

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

London is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech -- the abused child of a… read more

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5. Mistletoe and Murder (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #5)

By: Robin Stevens

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are spending the Christmas hols in snowy Cambridge. Hazel has high hopes… read more

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6. Podkin One-Ear (The Five Realms #1)

By: Kieran Larwood

3.18

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

A thick white blanket covers the wide slopes of the band of hills some call the Razorback Downs... … read more

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7. And Away...

By: Bob Mortimer

4.33

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more

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"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."

-Bob Mortimer, And Away...

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8. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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9. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Boy Like Me

By: Simon James Green

4.55

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1994 and thanks to Section 28, there can be no mention of gay relationships in schools. When a… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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11. The Last Bookwanderer (Pages & Co., #6)

By: Anna James

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Pages and Co. series comes to a thrilling end in this perfect final instalment. As Tilly, Os… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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12. All the Pieces of Me

By: Libby Scott

4.42

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Year 8 can be tough for everyone, but for Tally it feels even tougher. Everything seems to be chang… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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13. The Lost Whale

By: Hannah Gold

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously written standalone from the acclaimed author of The Last Bear, Hannah Gold's second no… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"A patchwork of blue, emerald and turquoise, with white horses dancing like diamonds on the surface. The water stretched out forever until it melted into the sky."

-Hannah Gold, The Lost Whale

Cover of The Troublemakers (Cordelia Hatmaker, #3) by Tamzin Merchant

14. The Troublemakers (Cordelia Hatmaker, #3)

By: Tamzin Merchant

4.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Return to the spellbinding magical world of the Hatmakers in this sweeping, epic and exciting new a… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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15. The Treehouse Library (Pages & Co.,#5)

By: Anna James

4.17

Format: None pages, None

A magical botanist A peculiar potion A secret garden A famous monster A return to the underlibr… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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16. One for Sorrow (The Magpie Society, #1)

By: Zoe Sugg

3.71

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

The brand new series from Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch Illumen Hall is an elite boarding school. T… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
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17. The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

By: Nizrana Farook

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Chaya, a nobleman’s rebellious, outspoken, no-nonsense daughter, just can’t resist the shiny tempta… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

18. In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1)

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.07

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling, award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave comes an epic new fantasy about the … read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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19. The Blue Book of Nebo

By: Manon Steffan Ros

4.16

Format: 156 pages, ebook

Prize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo p… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Diuen que els vincles de sang no es tornen mai aigua, però els veu que l'aigua es pot tornar sang."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

"La humanitat és una cosa espectacular, tan preparada per estimar sense conviccions, sense complexos."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

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20. 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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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"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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21. Orphans of the Tide (Orphans of the Tide #1)

By: Struan Murray

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An ancient myth looms over a new friendship. The City is the only home that Ellie has ever known… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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22. Spirited

By: Julie Cohen

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A moving and gripping story about three women who keep unspeakable truths, from the Richard & Judy … read more

Similar categories in Julie Cohen's Spirited book and Anthea Simmons's Lightning Mary

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Fablehouse (Fablehouse, #1) by E.L. Norry

23. Fablehouse (Fablehouse, #1)

By: E.L. Norry

3.83

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Unlock the legends. Unleash the magic. Save your home. Fablehouse, a mysterious mansion surround… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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24. Den falska rosen

By: Jakob Wegelius

4.31

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

"Ni har bett mig att skriva ner allt jag vet om mannen som kallades för Shetland Jack. Det skall ja… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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25. The Grimmelings

By: Rachael King

4.38

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Spellbinding middle-grade fantasy adventure of loyalty, courage, and being careful what you wish fo… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

26. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

Cover of Lightning Mary by Anthea Simmons

27. Lightning Mary

By: Anthea Simmons

3.81

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Ordinary is what most people are and I am not. I am not ordinary at all. I am a scientist. One sto… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • womens
Cover of The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain Children in Lockdown by Katherine Rundell

28. The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain Children in Lockdown

By: Katherine Rundell

4.21

Format: 360 pages, ebook

Completely free for all children and families, the extraordinary collection of short stories, poems… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Skandar and the Skeleton Curse (Skandar, #4) by A.F. Steadman

29. Skandar and the Skeleton Curse (Skandar, #4)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.70

Format: 411 pages, Kindle Edition

As Skandar and his friends begin their fourth year at the Eyrie, the Island’s unicorns are struck b… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Getting Away with Murder by Kathryn Foxfield

30. Getting Away with Murder

By: Kathryn Foxfield

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Cabin in the Woods meets Squid Game - a girl playing a game with a supercomputer unwittingly traps … read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Amber Undercover by Em Norry

31. Amber Undercover

By: Em Norry

4.15

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

I'm Amber Roberts. Just your average teenager. Life revolves around school and my best mate, Vi. No… read more

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  • young adult

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Tove Jansson , Kingsley Hart

3.31

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Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Safiyyah's War

Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

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Simon James Green

4.55

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Rebecca Netley

4.00

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Stacey Halls

3.94

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Neil Blackmore

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