5 Best fantasy books like Countdown to Yesterday by Shirley Marr

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Countdown to Yesterday

By: Shirley Marr

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Rebecca Stead’s The List of Things That Will Not Change gets a “Space Oddity” sci-fi twist in this …

If you liked the fantasy plot in Countdown to Yesterday by Shirley Marr , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Ferris by Kate DiCamillo

1. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • middle grade
  • family
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2. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • middle grade
  • family
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3. The Days Toppled Over

By: Vidya Madabushi

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Malli has an anxiety disorder that renders her unable to speak outside her own home. The highlight … read more

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4. The Girl Who Couldn't Lie

By: Radhika Sanghani

4.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

A fresh, funny story about white lies, brutal honesty and a bangle with special powers, from award-… read more

Similar categories in Radhika Sanghani's The Girl Who Couldn't Lie book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

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5. The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart

By: Samera Kamaleddine

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Friendship, family and feelings collide in this sparkling middle-grade debut from Matilda Prize win… read more

Similar categories in Samera Kamaleddine's The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • middle grade
  • family
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6. Feather

By: M.G. Leonard

4.61

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

The Twitchers have one last mystery to solve – and this time it's a heist! The final unputdownable … read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Feather book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

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7. The Island at the Edge of Night

By: Lucy Strange

4.40

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

  A twisty-turny shadowy mystery from highly-acclaimed and Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author Luc… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • middle grade
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8. Faker

By: Gordon Korman

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey know… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Faker book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • middle grade
  • family
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9. Tweet

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.58

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The people of the world are puzzled. Birds everywhere are sitting on highways, on buildings, on BBQ… read more

Similar categories in Morris Gleitzman's Tweet book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • middle grade
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10. Losing the Plot

By: Annaleise Byrd

4.33

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Basil Beedon and Terry Clegg are neighbours, and that's all they have in common. Terry loves sport … read more

Similar categories in Annaleise Byrd's Losing the Plot book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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11. Leo and Ralph

By: Peter Carnavas

4.42

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning storyteller Peter Carnavas comes this stellar novel about space, starting over a… read more

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12. Countdown to Yesterday

By: Shirley Marr

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Rebecca Stead’s The List of Things That Will Not Change gets a “Space Oddity” sci-fi twist in this … read more

Similar categories in Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • time travel
  • middle grade
  • family
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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13. A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

By: Jasmine Warga

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Ho… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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14. Not Nothing

By: Gayle Forman

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"The book we all need at the time we all need it.” —Katherine Applegate, Newbery Award–winning auth… read more

Similar categories in Gayle Forman's Not Nothing book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • middle grade
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15. The Witches of El Paso

By: Luis Jaramillo

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A lawyer and her elderly great-aunt use their supernatural gifts to find a lost child in this richl… read more

Similar categories in Luis Jaramillo's The Witches of El Paso book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • fantasy
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16. Model Home

By: Rivers Solomon

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more

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17. The Dog with Seven Names

By: Dianne Wolfer

4.23

Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition

A tiny dog, the runt of the litter, is born on a remote cattle station. She shouldn’t have survived… read more

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18. The Midwatch

By: Judith Rossell

4.52

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

The biggest children's book of the year! The Midwatch is the long-awaited new middle-grade novel fr… read more

Similar categories in Judith Rossell's The Midwatch book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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19. The Riding Gallery

By: Sally Murphy

4.06

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Exploring the true story of the St Kilda merry go round during World War 1, by Australia's most rev… read more

Similar categories in Sally Murphy's The Riding Gallery book and Shirley Marr's Countdown to Yesterday

  • middle grade
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20. Get Your Act Together, Doris Kozlowski

By: Jo Dabrowski

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A funny and fabulous middle grade debut about embracing who you are, finding your true friends and … read more

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21. Michaela Mason's Big List of Camp Worries (Michaela Mason's Worries #2)

By: Alexa Moses

4.12

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

‘I’m not good at CAMP. In fact, CAMP involves a gazillion horrible things I’m bad at or scared of. … read more

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12 Best middle grade books like Countdown to Yesterday by Shirley Marr

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Tree. Table. Book.

Lois Lowry

4.39

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The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart

Samera Kamaleddine

3.65

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The Island at the Edge of Night

Lucy Strange

4.40

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

Katherine Applegate

4.46

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A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

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The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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