10 Best childrens books like Once Upon a Wickedness by Fleur Beale

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Once Upon a Wickedness

By: Fleur Beale

3.67

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when a group of school children, led by the resourceful ten-year-old Dance Violet, dar…

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1. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

By: Travis Baldree

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we nee… read more

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  • fantasy
"See you in the story past the story."

-Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

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2. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

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"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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3. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

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4. 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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  • childrens
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5. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #2)

By: Garth Nix

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Return to the enchanting world of The Left-Handed Booksellers of London in this sequel by Garth Nix… read more

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  • fantasy
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6. The Things That Matter Most

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of… read more

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7. The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Trade Paperback

They keep everyone's secrets, until there's a murder... Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter w… read more

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8. The Hummingbird Effect

By: Kate Mildenhall

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread a… read more

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9. Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1)

By: Kayvion Lewis

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat compe… read more

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  • fantasy
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10. What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

By: Michiko Aoyama

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this charming Japanese novel show… read more

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11. Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

By: Michael Bennett

3.94

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori det… read more

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12. Adventures with Emilie: Taking on Te Araroa trail in 138 life-changing days

By: Victoria Bruce

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

“I’m here because I want to test the very limits of my own resilience and reassure myself that no m… read more

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13. The Hapless Milliner (Miss Austen Investigates, #1)

By: Jessica Bull

3.59

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A witty, engaging murder mystery featuring Jane Austen as an intrepid amateur sleuth—the first in a… read more

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14. Sisters Under the Rising Sun

By: Heather Morris

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz… read more

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15. Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fant… read more

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  • fantasy
  • childrens
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16. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

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  • childrens
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17. Foxlight

By: Katya Balen

4.06

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of October, October , winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, comes a heartbreaking and … read more

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  • childrens
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18. See You on Venus

By: Victoria Vinuesa

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Fall in love with this runaway romance now a major motion picture coming to Netflix! Two star-cross… read more

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19. 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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  • fantasy
  • childrens
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20. Children of the Rush

By: James Russell

4.27

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

“Couldn’t put it down!” WhatBookNext.com “Terrific! Gritty, thrilling, and beautiful. I loved this,… read more

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21. Nine Girls: A brand new mystery for 9-12 year olds

By: Stacy Gregg

4.41

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

They dug a hole right there on our farm on the bank of the Mangawara and they put the box filled wi… read more

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22. The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel

By: Nicki Greenberg

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

For as long as she can remember, Pepper Stark has wanted one thing: to join her father, the Captain… read more

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  • childrens
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23. The Space Between

By: Lauren Keenan

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A gripping historical novel set amidst the New Zealand Wars in 1860. How do you choose between t… read more

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24. At The Grand Glacier Hotel

By: Laurence Fearnley

3.53

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Following a disastrous family holiday, Libby and Curtis make a If they ever visit the West Coast o… read more

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25. 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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  • fantasy
  • childrens
"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)

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26. Iris and Me

By: Philippa Werry

4.09

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE YOUNG ADULT FICTION AWARD – NZ BOOK AWARDS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS 2023 Th… read more

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27. Once Upon a Wickedness

By: Fleur Beale

3.67

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when a group of school children, led by the resourceful ten-year-old Dance Violet, dar… read more

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  • fantasy
  • childrens
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28. Take Me to Your Leader

By: Leonie Agnew

4.28

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Eleven-year-old Lucas has now got a new worry to add to his long, long list – his rural school is o… read more

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  • childrens
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29. Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

By: Laura Noakes

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Exciting, funny, moving – and featuring joyous and authentic disabled representation – Cosima Unfor… read more

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  • childrens
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30. Koro's Star

By: Claire Aramakutu

4.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Set in the 1960s, Koro's Star is a heart-warming, exciting, adventure story. It's the beginning of … read more

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31. Below

By: David Hill

4.15

Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition

Caught in a tunnel collapse, Liam and Imogen have to use all their wits to survive in this gripping… read more

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4.04

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Kayvion Lewis

3.88

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4.13

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Susan Duncan

3.57

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Tricia Stringer

3.95

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Fiona McIntosh

3.89

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Kerryn Mayne

4.07

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