24 must-read childrens books like The Ice Children by M.G. Leonard

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The Ice Children

By: M.G. Leonard

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

At the stroke of midnight on the dawn of December, five-year-old Finn Albedo is found frozen on a p…

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1. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

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"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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2. The Scarlet Papers

By: Matthew Richardson

4.33

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

VIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist snatched from the ruins of Nazi Europe. MOSCOW, 1964:… read more

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3. Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island shall have its revenge . . . Skandar Smith has achieved his dream to train as a unicorn … 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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5. Cursed Bread

By: Sophie Mackintosh

3.28

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Man Booker-nominated author of The Water Cure comes an elegant and hypnotic new novel of o… read more

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"Pain becomes an animal, walking at your side. Pain becomes a home you can carry with you."

-Sophie Mackintosh, Cursed Bread

"The world is only ever one breach away from being unpeeled entirely, one tragedy, one glimpse behind the curtain."

-Sophie Mackintosh, Cursed Bread

"I've been looked at in pity and in fear and I've learned that the only way to really be seen is through desire. To be looked at and found whole. Found alive."

-Sophie Mackintosh, Cursed Bread

"I don't want a book, I don't want the trouble of it, he said. I don't want to get involved, I just want to watch what's going on. I know what's going to happen and then it happens, and I can go outsi…"

-Sophie Mackintosh, Cursed Bread

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6. 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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7. The Snow Girl

By: Sophie Anderson

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning and critically acclaimed Sophie Anderson, comes a fairy-tale story of friendship… read more

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8. Leila and the Blue Fox

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.29

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

She was very tired. She lay down, her soft head on her soft paws. The sunset licked her face.… read more

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"Foxes do dream. Here is Fox's. The sky dusty with stars. The wind strong and blowing. Her belly full and she is running. Above her the sky lights dance, but they are only good for hunting by. She doe…"

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Leila and the Blue Fox

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9. The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #5)

By: Katie Kirby

4.58

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

From hilarious bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a brand-new Lottie Brooks story. This time it… read more

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10. Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.55

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island always wins… Skandar and his sister Kenna are finally both at the Eyrie, but tensions… read more

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11. Rise of the School for Good and Evil

By: Soman Chainani

4.02

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The battle between Good and Evil begins. Two brothers. One Good. One Evil. Together the… read more

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"Love is the key to balance."

-Soman Chainani, Rise of the School for Good and Evil

"Look for where the tales go at night."

-Soman Chainani, Rise of the School for Good and Evil

"I can love you and still think I’m better."

-Soman Chainani, Rise of the School for Good and Evil

"It doesn’t matter what you are, it only matters what you do."

-Soman Chainani, Rise of the School for Good and Evil

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12. 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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13. While the Storm Rages

By: Phil Earle

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

'A truly brilliant story of courage and resilience and exceptional animals. This wartime ‘Incredibl… read more

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"How could he get so very, very close, only to see it snatched away?"

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

"When something is this good, Noah told himself, it shouldn’t be hidden away. It should be shared with others."

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

"But, Noah, it’s coming. Everyone knows it. It’s like a storm. And while the storm rages, it won’t be safe for any of us.’ ‘So we make that decision when it happens, Mum. When it’s overhead and we can…"

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

"Because I made a promise to Dad, didn’t I? Swore blind I’d keep Winn with me, and that she’d be safe. We made a deal. And if I don’t keep my part, then how do I know that Dad will keep his? How do I …"

-Phil Earle, While the Storm Rages

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14. Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip (Lottie Brooks, #4)

By: Katie Kirby

4.56

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

Lottie Brooks continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny illus… read more

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15. Explorers at Pirate Island (The Explorers' Club #5)

By: Alex Bell

4.32

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

In their fifth thrilling adventure, the explorers journey deep into the Bubble Ocean on their quest… read more

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16. The Other Edie Trimmer

By: Jacqueline Wilson

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant new middle-grade novel from the bestselling Jacqueline Wilson!"I seemed to be seeing do… read more

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17. In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1)

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.07

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling, award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave comes an epic new fantasy about the … read more

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18. Oh Maya Gods!

By: Maz Evans

4.21

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet the brand-new Gods Squad led by Vesper, the bossy, football-mad adopted daughter of Elliot Hoo… read more

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19. Beyond the Odyssey (Who Let the Gods Out?, #3)

By: Maz Evans

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Hintern hoch! Die Götter auf großer Odyssee.  Dass Elliot sein Zuhause mit jeder Menge griechische… read more

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20. Against All Gods (Who Let the Gods Out?, #4)

By: Maz Evans

4.52

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In the series finale of Maz Evans' bestselling Who Let the Gods Out? series, Elliot faces his darke… read more

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21. Island of Whispers

By: Frances Hardinge

4.35

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, bestselling Frances Hardinge and Emily Gravett unite for the first time to conju… read more

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"Kindness is not weakness. To be kind in this unkind world is walking through a battlefield without armour or sword. It takes courage and strength to be kind."

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"They do not touch you. But they will trick you into touching them. Falter-moths, grief-winged. Things of doubt and confusion that feed on loss. If you touch them, they will feed on you..."

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"There was a trick to seeing and hearing the Dead, like the trick to falling asleep. You had to not quite listen, not quite look, not quite think. You let the edges of your mind slip into the right so…"

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"Everywhere Milo saw traces of his father - his chair, his bowl, the roof he had planned to mend. The worst thing about losing somebody is that, even after you survive a difficult day, the next mornin…"

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

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22. Operation Nativity

By: Jenny Pearson

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When Oscar and Molly rush outside to investigate a crash in the night, they're not expecting to fin… read more

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23. Her Dark Wings

By: Melinda Salisbury

3.64

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Her Dark Wings is a modern-day take on the Persephone myth, infused with the intense potency of tee… read more

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"Are you just going to let me have everything I ask for?"

-Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

"Most people have two faces. If you haven’t learned that by now, there’s no hope for you."

-Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

"I’d thought it would just be a kiss, like a hundred kisses before. I thought I knew what to do, how it would go. I didn’t know anything at all."

-Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

"His mouth was cold, he tasted like ice, or salt, or diamonds—something clear and sharp and glittering, something that would quench or call a thirst, or buy an army, start a war."

-Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

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24. 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

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25. Glassborn

By: Peter Bunzl

4.33

Format: 281 pages, Paperback

Fairy Tree, tall and grand, open a path to Fairyland. The year is 1826, and the four Belle sibli… read more

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26. D-Day Dog (Conkers)

By: Tom Palmer

4.09

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Jack can't wait for the school trip to the D-Day landing beaches. It's his chance to learn more abo… read more

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27. 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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"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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28. Serpent of the Sands (Brightstorm, #4)

By: Vashti Hardy

4.43

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

A leap of faith in a race against time. When Princess Ganzorig's uncle falls gravely ill, she sneak… read more

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29. The Dictionary Story

By: Sam Winston

4.35

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

The much-anticipated new picture book from the best-selling, award-winning creators of A Child of B… read more

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Cover of The Ice Children by M.G. Leonard

30. The Ice Children

By: M.G. Leonard

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

At the stroke of midnight on the dawn of December, five-year-old Finn Albedo is found frozen on a p… read more

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31. Skandar and the Skeleton Curse (Skandar, #4)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.70

Format: 411 pages, Kindle Edition

As Skandar and his friends begin their fourth year at the Eyrie, the Island’s unicorns are struck b… read more

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Nazneen Ahmed Pathak

3.78

Transform Your Habits

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Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.29

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Lisa Fipps

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