27 must-read childrens books like The Girl with Space in Her Heart by Lara Williamson

Cover of The Girl with Space in Her Heart by Lara Williamson

The Girl with Space in Her Heart

By: Lara Williamson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Mabel has a suitcase full of worries – it turned up just after her dad disappeared and before her m…

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Cover of The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

1. The Railway Children

By: E. Nesbit

4.02

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

In this much-loved children's classic first published in 1906, the comfortable lives of three well-… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Girls are just as clever as boys, and don’t you forget it!"

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

"I'd like to marry a lady who had trances, and only woke up once or twice a year"

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

"It's an odd thing- the softer and more easily hurt a woman is the better she can screw herself up to do what has to be done."

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

"Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that…"

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

Cover of Toro! Toro! by Michael Morpurgo, Michael Foreman

2. Toro! Toro!

By: Michael Morpurgo , Michael Foreman

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo turns his storytelling skills to the drama and tragedy of the … read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Queenie by Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt

3. Queenie

By: Jacqueline Wilson , Nick Sharratt

3.16

Format: 288 pages,

It's 1953, the year Elizabeth is to be crowned Queen of England. Elsie Kettle can't wait to go to L… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Wonder (Wonder #1) by R.J. Palacio

4. Wonder (Wonder #1)

By: R.J. Palacio

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August (Auggie) P… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Being Miss Nobody

By: Tamsin Winter

3.83

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

...I am Miss Nobody. Rosalind hates her new secondary school. She's the weird girl who doesn't talk… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary

6. 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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7. The Goldfish Boy

By: Lisa Thompson

4.03

Format: 606 pages, Kindle Edition

Matthew Corbin suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. He hasn't been to school in weeks… read more

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8. Rooftoppers

By: Katherine Rundell

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from … read more

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9. The Magic Misfits (Magic Misfits #1)

By: Neil Patrick Harris

2.83

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

From beloved award-winning actor, Neil Patrick Harris, comes the magical first book in a new series… read more

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10. The Christmasaurus

By: None , Tom Fletcher

4.20

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The Christmasaurus is a story about a boy named William Trundle, and a dinosaur, the Christmasaurus… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Music is a magic like no other, which can do incredible, unexplainable things."

-None, The Christmasaurus

"Belief is the most powerful magic there is. Believing is the only magic that makes the utterly impossible completely possible, and the undoubtedly undoable undeniable doable!"

-None, The Christmasaurus

"Feeling rottten is much worse than feeling just bad or sad. Feeling rotten is when it seems like no one else in the world understands how you're feeling. When you're feeling rotten everything seems r…"

-None, The Christmasaurus

Cover of The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf

11. The Boy at the Back of the Class

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.39

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Told with humor and heart, 'THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS' offers a child's perspective on the r… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Sometimes all you really need is somewhere to cry without anyone ever knowing."

-Onjali Q. Raúf, The Boy at the Back of the Class

Cover of Peril in Paris (Taylor & Rose Secret Agents, #1) by Katherine Woodfine

12. Peril in Paris (Taylor & Rose Secret Agents, #1)

By: Katherine Woodfine

4.16

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

ALL ABOARD THE TRAIN TO PARIS! It’s 1911, and the young detectives of TAYLOR & ROSE are turning… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #12) by Jeff Kinney

13. The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #12)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.34

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This edition of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Getaway can longer be ordered. Please go to to order this tit… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #13) by Jeff Kinney

14. The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #13)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.33

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

When snow shuts down Greg Heffley's middle school, his neighborhood transforms into a wintry battle… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1) by Hannah  Gold

15. The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1)

By: Hannah Gold

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An instant classic with a bear-sized heart, Hannah Gold’s debut novel is a touching story of kindne… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Brightstorm (Brightstorm, #1) by Vashti Hardy

16. Brightstorm (Brightstorm, #1)

By: Vashti Hardy

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Remember what Dad said? Don’t call it a dream, call it a plan. There’s always a way, Maud, there ha… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1) by Angie Thomas

17. The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1)

By: Angie Thomas

4.19

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the lau… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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18. A Kind of Spark

By: Elle McNicoll

4.52

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

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19. Spaceboy

By: David Walliams

4.13

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

Go back to the Space Race with No.1 bestselling author David Walliams for a breathless cinematic ad… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Raúf

20. The Star Outside My Window

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.32

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

My mum is up there somewhere. She's waiting -- I can feel it. I just have to find her in time, that… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Keedie by Elle McNicoll

21. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

Cover of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook

22. 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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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Train to Impossible Places (The Train to Impossible Places, #1) by P.G. Bell

23. The Train to Impossible Places (The Train to Impossible Places, #1)

By: P.G. Bell

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Alternative Cover Edition of ISBN 9781250189509 A train that travels through impossible places. … read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of A Secret of Birds & Bone by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

24. A Secret of Birds & Bone

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The spellbinding new novel from the bestselling author of The Girl of Ink & Stars, winner of the Wa… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1) by Lena  Jones

25. The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1)

By: Lena Jones

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Meet thirteen-year-old Agatha Oddly – a bold, determined heroine, and the star of a stylish new det… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Ah, Mademoiselle Oddlow - trouble is all around. But heroes are rare."

-Lena Jones, The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1)

Cover of The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller

26. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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 Can You See Me? by Libby Scott

27. 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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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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?

Cover of Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee

28. Lenny's Book of Everything

By: Karen Foxlee

4.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

I knew my brother. I knew when he talked too much about Timothy his imaginary pet eagle. He was sca… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But now we knew. It was a good thing. All of Davey, in all his time upon the earth, was good."

-Karen Foxlee, Lenny's Book of Everything

Cover of The Night Animals by Sarah Ann Juckes

29. The Night Animals

By: Sarah Ann Juckes

4.01

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Uncover the ghost animals within in this moving and uplifting story about finding help where you ne… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Legend of Kevin by Philip Reeve

30. Legend of Kevin

By: Philip Reeve

4.08

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Max is a young boy living in an ordinary tower block. He longs for adventure in his life - then one… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Girl with Space in Her Heart by Lara Williamson

31. The Girl with Space in Her Heart

By: Lara Williamson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Mabel has a suitcase full of worries – it turned up just after her dad disappeared and before her m… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary

27 best-selling fiction books like The Girl with Space in Her Heart by Lara Williamson

Transform Your Habits

The Railway Children

E. Nesbit

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Toro! Toro!

Michael Morpurgo , Michael Foreman

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Queenie

Jacqueline Wilson , Nick Sharratt

3.16

Transform Your Habits

Wonder (Wonder #1)

R.J. Palacio

3.95

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27 best-selling fiction books like The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller

Transform Your Habits

Blackbird Fly

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.16

Transform Your Habits

You Go First

Erin Entrada Kelly

3.78

Transform Your Habits

The Prettiest

Brigit Young

4.15

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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