14 Top adventure books like Swimming Against the Storm by Jess Butterworth

Cover of Swimming Against the Storm by Jess Butterworth

Swimming Against the Storm

By: Jess Butterworth

4.05

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

Our land is sinking. It's disappearing into the water. And no one knows how to save it.

If you liked the adventure plot in Swimming Against the Storm by Jess Butterworth , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

1. The Girl of Ink and Stars

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.68

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, and the British Book Awards' Children's Book… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Girl of Ink and Stars book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"India is a place where colour is doubly bright. Pinks that scald your eyes, blues you could drown in."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Girl of Ink and Stars

Cover of The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson

2. The Dragonfly Pool

By: Eva Ibbotson

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Tally Hamilton is furious to hear she is being sent from London to a horrid, stuffy boarding school… read more

Similar categories in Eva Ibbotson's The Dragonfly Pool book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Just because we've never done it doesn't mean we can't do it."

-Eva Ibbotson, The Dragonfly Pool

"You cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair."

-Eva Ibbotson, The Dragonfly Pool

Cover of Journey to the River Sea by Kevin Hawkes, Eva Ibbotson

3. Journey to the River Sea

By: Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, En… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hawkes's Journey to the River Sea book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, 'Was it books in the trunk?' 'It was books, admitted Miss Minton. And Maia said, 'Good."

-Kevin Hawkes, Journey to the River Sea

4. The Star of Kazan

By: Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

Annika has never had a birthday. Instead she celebrates her Found Day, the day a housemaid and a co… read more

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Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

5. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow

6. 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

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) by Josh  Silver

7. HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

By: Josh Silver

4.04

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, 2024 Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2024 An Ama… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • fiction
Cover of How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney

8. How to Build a Boat

By: Elaine Feeney

3.78

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

This is the story of a remarkable boy and his search for his mother, told with warmth, tenderness a… read more

Similar categories in Elaine Feeney's How to Build a Boat book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • fiction
"To some, the world is filled with threats. To others, opportunities."

-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat

"That's dedication and if life's taught me anything, we go to what we love, eventually - we mightn't find it straight away, but we get there."

-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat

"...[W]hile language came readily to Tess when dealing with herself alone, having one-way conversations over all of her choices on her long walks in the woods, or on her way to school, now she no long…"

-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat

"How can I miss someone I have never met? Jamie said. Grief was profoundly different for both humans. One felt an intense anger he had never recovered from, the other knew something was missing, a vac…"

-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat

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9. Mad Woman

By: Bryony Gordon

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

What if our notion of what makes us happy is the very thing that's making us so sad? Ten years o… read more

Similar categories in Bryony Gordon's Mad Woman book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

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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

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1) book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • environment
Cover of The Polar Bear Explorers' Club by Alex Bell

11. The Polar Bear Explorers' Club

By: Alex Bell

4.15

Format: 336 pages, ebook

It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer - tumbling from an ice bridge… read more

Similar categories in Alex Bell's The Polar Bear Explorers' Club book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
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12. Sky Song

By: Abi Elphinstone

4.13

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

In the snowy kingdom of Erkenwald, whales glide between icebergs, wolves hunt on the tundra and pol… read more

Similar categories in Abi Elphinstone's Sky Song book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
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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

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • 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 Lion Above the Door by Onjali Q. Raúf

14. The Lion Above the Door

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From Onjali Q. Rauf, the award-winning and best-selling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class … read more

Similar categories in Onjali Q. Raúf's The Lion Above the Door book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Tale of Truthwater Lake by Emma Carroll

15. The Tale of Truthwater Lake

By: Emma Carroll

4.21

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

On one side of the underwater street is the remains of a house . . . It's beautiful here, and eerie… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Night Bus Hero by Onjali Q. Raúf

16. The Night Bus Hero

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.15

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

From Onjali Q. Rauf, the award-winning and best-selling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class … read more

Similar categories in Onjali Q. Raúf's The Night Bus Hero book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Tiger Heart by Penny Chrimes

17. Tiger Heart

By: Penny Chrimes

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

One magical friendship. One roaring adventure. The magical tale of a bold young chimney sweep an… read more

Similar categories in Penny Chrimes's Tiger Heart book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
Cover of The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree by Paola Peretti

18. The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree

By: Paola Peretti

4.04

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A novel about a young girl losing her sight, inspired by the author's own life story. Mafalda is… read more

Similar categories in Paola Peretti's The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Kat Wolfe Investigates (Wolfe and Lamb Mysteries #1) by Lauren St. John

19. Kat Wolfe Investigates (Wolfe and Lamb Mysteries #1)

By: Lauren St. John

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Kat Wolfe starts a pet-sitting agency, she soon finds herself unraveling a mys… read more

Similar categories in Lauren St. John's Kat Wolfe Investigates (Wolfe and Lamb Mysteries #1) book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
Cover of The Runaway Children of Chennai: Action adventure based on the true stories of street children in India (The Secret Children of India Book 1) by Caroline Boxall

20. The Runaway Children of Chennai: Action adventure based on the true stories of street children in India (The Secret Children of India Book 1)

By: Caroline Boxall

4.18

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

This gripping story of survival and courage follows Rish, a young boy living in one of the poorest … read more

Similar categories in Caroline Boxall's The Runaway Children of Chennai: Action adventure based on the true stories of street children in India (The Secret Children of India Book 1) book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

Cover of The Forbidden Expedition (The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club, #2) by Alex Bell

21. The Forbidden Expedition (The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club, #2)

By: Alex Bell

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Stella and the gang travel to Witch Mountain to save Felix and what they find along the way could c… read more

Similar categories in Alex Bell's The Forbidden Expedition (The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club, #2) book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Read, Scream, Repeat by Jennifer Killick

22. Read, Scream, Repeat

By: Jennifer Killick

3.99

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

A spooktacular collection of scary stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Read, Scream, Repeat book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of My Friend the Octopus by Lindsay Galvin

23. My Friend the Octopus

By: Lindsay Galvin

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

England, 1877, and aquarium fever is at its height. Twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe works in the tea… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Galvin's My Friend the Octopus book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
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24. When We Were Warriors

By: Emma Carroll

4.19

Format: None pages, ebook

An irresistible return to World War Two for the Queen of Historical Fiction. A body washed up on… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's When We Were Warriors book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Kat Wolfe Takes the Case (Wolfe & Lamb) by Lauren St. John

25. Kat Wolfe Takes the Case (Wolfe & Lamb)

By: Lauren St. John

4.25

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Join brave Kat Wolfe and her animal sidekicks in this second mysterious adventure filled with frien… read more

Similar categories in Lauren St. John's Kat Wolfe Takes the Case (Wolfe & Lamb) book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"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 Rosie Raja: Churchill's Spy by Sufiya Ahmed

27. Rosie Raja: Churchill's Spy

By: Sufiya Ahmed

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A thrilling and empowering coming-of-age WWII adventure about the French resistance and their Briti… read more

Similar categories in Sufiya Ahmed's Rosie Raja: Churchill's Spy book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade
Cover of Swimming Against the Storm by Jess Butterworth

28. Swimming Against the Storm

By: Jess Butterworth

4.05

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

Our land is sinking. It's disappearing into the water. And no one knows how to save it. read more

Similar categories in Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • environment
Cover of The Storm and the Sea Hawk (Geomancer #2) by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

29. The Storm and the Sea Hawk (Geomancer #2)

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.32

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling second Geomancer book in the epic fantasy trilogy from the bestselling, award-winning… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Storm and the Sea Hawk (Geomancer #2) book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

Cover of Turtle Moon by Hannah  Gold

30. Turtle Moon

By: Hannah Gold

4.70

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Journey to the heart of the jungle in this unforgettable adventure from the author of bestselling a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's Turtle Moon book and Jess Butterworth's Swimming Against the Storm

  • middle grade

23 Top fiction books like Swimming Against the Storm by Jess Butterworth

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The Girl of Ink and Stars

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.68

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The Dragonfly Pool

Eva Ibbotson

4.05

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Journey to the River Sea

Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson

4.20

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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20 must-read fiction books like Kat Wolfe Investigates (Wolfe and Lamb Mysteries #1) by Lauren St. John

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Murder in Midwinter

Fleur Hitchcock

3.75

Transform Your Habits

The Explorer

Katherine Rundell

4.83

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Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1)

Robin Stevens

4.21

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The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Beth Lincoln

4.06

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