7 best-selling historical books like Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner

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Digging for Victory

By: Cathy Faulkner

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Set in Devon in 1941, Digging for Victory tells the story of twelve-year-old Bonnie Roberts who is …

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1. 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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2. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

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3. Choose Love

By: Nicola Davies

4.13

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Choose Love is a cycle of poems that highlights the experience of those forced to become refugees. … read more

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4. Steady For This

By: Nathanael Lessore

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

MEET MC GROWLS, WANNABE RAPPER AND STAR OF THE SHOW IN THIS HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING TEEN DEBUT. … read more

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5. The Boy Lost in the Maze

By: Joseph Coelho

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st century quest. In … read more

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6. 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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  • historical
  • war
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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7. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

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  • childrens
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8. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

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  • childrens
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9. The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates)

By: Sam Sedgman

4.30

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockw… read more

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  • childrens
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10. 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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  • childrens
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11. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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12. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

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  • childrens
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13. Dogs of the Deadlands

By: Anthony McGowan

4.13

Format: 352 pages, ebook

‘This book! It broke my heart and then splinted it back together again. Full of hope and love and w… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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14. Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2)

By: Hannah Gold

4.54

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unmissable follow-up to the award-winning  The Last Bear— perfect for fans of Rosanne Parry and… read more

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  • childrens
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15. 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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  • childrens
"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

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16. Northern Soul

By: Phil Earle

4.10

Format: 102 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning author Phil Earle comes the hilariously agonising account of one teenage boy’s d… read more

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17. Until The Road Ends

By: Phil Earle

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky T… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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18. Where the River Takes Us

By: Lesley Parr

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It's February 1974 and working class families have been hit hard by the three-day week. The reduced… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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19. Code Name Kingfisher

By: Liz Kessler

4.58

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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20. Where the Heart Should Be

By: Sarah Crossan

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It is 1846 and Ireland is starving. The potatoes are black, people are dying and in the midst of… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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21. War of the Wind

By: Victoria Williamson

4.13

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

AN ADVENTUROUS ECO-THRILLER FROM AWARD-WINNING CHILDREN’S AUTHOR VICTORIA WILLIAMSON On a remote… read more

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22. Ravencave

By: Marcus Sedgwick

3.76

Format: None pages, None

A grim discovery brings disturbing revelations in this chilling ghost story from the late Marcus Se… read more

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  • childrens
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23. Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls

By: Phil Hickes

4.29

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Shadowhall Academy, where spirits haunt the school halls. A brilliantly spooky new serie… read more

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  • childrens
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24. The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

By: Katya Balen

3.63

Format: 87 pages, Kindle Edition

An exciting new adventure series for young readers from Carnegie Medal winner Katya Balen, author o… read more

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  • childrens
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25. Lost on Gibbon Island

By: Jess Butterworth

4.07

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

The Last Bear meets The Life of Pi in this beautifully-written survival story set on a Cambodian is… read more

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26. The Wrong Shoes: The vital new novel from the bestselling creator of Big Bright Feelings

By: Tom Percival

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful and sensitive exploration of the experience of child poverty from leading author/illust… read more

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  • childrens
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27. Bird Boy

By: Catherine Bruton

4.61

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Can you heal a broken wing? What about a broken heart? After the tragic death of his mother, ele… read more

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28. The After School Crime Club

By: Hayley Webster

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Willow has always felt like an outsider at school, but she and her Nanna were so alike that she nev… read more

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29. Call Me Lion

By: Camilla Chester

4.52

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Ten-year-old Leo dreams of performing in the West End. His love of dancing is getting him through t… read more

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  • childrens
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30. 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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  • 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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31. Digging for Victory

By: Cathy Faulkner

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Set in Devon in 1941, Digging for Victory tells the story of twelve-year-old Bonnie Roberts who is … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Faulkner's Digging for Victory book and Cathy Faulkner's Digging for Victory

  • historical
  • war
  • childrens
  • historical fiction

21 Best childrens books like Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner

Transform Your Habits

The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Transform Your Habits

Safiyyah's War

Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Away With Words

Sophie Cameron

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Tyger

S.F. Said

4.17

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15 best-selling fiction books like Until The Road Ends by Phil Earle

Transform Your Habits

The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Steady For This

Nathanael Lessore

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Safiyyah's War

Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

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Away With Words

Sophie Cameron

3.89

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