6 must-read juvenile books like First Light by Rebecca Stead

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First Light

By: Rebecca Stead

5.00

Format: 398 pages,

Peter is thrilled to leave New York City to accompany his parents on an expedition to Greenland to …

If you liked the juvenile plot in First Light by Rebecca Stead , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk

By: Sy Montgomery , Keith Ellenbogen

4.04

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

With three hearts and blue blood, its gelatinous body unconstrained by jointed limbs or gravity, th… read more

Similar categories in Sy Montgomery's The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • middle grade
"Preserved pufferfish. Former flounders. Ex-eels."

-Sy Montgomery, The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk

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2. Well, That Was Awkward

By: Rachel Vail

3.95

Format: 768 pages, Hardcover

Gracie has never felt like this before. One day, she suddenly can't breathe, can't walk, can't anyt… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Vail's Well, That Was Awkward book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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3. The Story of Tracy Beaker

By: Jacqueline Wilson , Nick Sharratt

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

'I'm Tracy Beaker. This is a book all about me. I'd read it if I were you. It's the most incredible… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's The Story of Tracy Beaker book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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4. Two Summers

By: Aimee Friedman

4.04

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

ONE SUMMER in the French countryside, among sun-kissed fields of lavender . . . ANOTHER SUMMER in u… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Friedman's Two Summers book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of First Light by Rebecca Stead

5. First Light

By: Rebecca Stead

5.00

Format: 398 pages,

Peter is thrilled to leave New York City to accompany his parents on an expedition to Greenland to … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's First Light book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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6. You Go First

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Funny and poignant, acclaimed author Erin Entrada Kelly's You Go Firstis an engaging exploration of… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's You Go First book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • middle grade
  • fiction

7. Endangered (Ape Quartet #1)

By: Eliot Schrefer

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Hardcover

The compelling tale of a girl who must save a group of bonobos--and herself--from a violent coup. T… read more

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8. My Name is Not Easy

By: Debby Dahl Edwardson

4.67

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

Luke knows his I'nupiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. He knows he'll have to leave… read more

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9. Schooled

By: Gordon Korman

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tast… read more

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10. The Bone Sparrow

By: Zana Fraillon

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fl… read more

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11. Broken Memory: A Story of Rwanda

By: Shelley Tanaka , Elisabeth Combres

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Hiding behind a chair, five-year-old Emma can't see her mother being murdered, but she hears everyt… read more

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12. Ember and the Ice Dragons

By: Heather Fawcett

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Ember St. George is a dragon. At least she was before her adoptive father—a powerful but accident-p… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"This far north, the wind was woven with frost even at midsummer."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

"Half the size of Lionel's palm, it glittered with a color richer than rubies, deeper than amber, and threaded with veins like fired gold."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

"Half the size of Lionel's palm, it glittered with a coloraturas richer than rubies, deeper than amber, and threaded with veins like fired gold."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

"The wood was her favourite place, for it was also where you could find foxes and hares and slowworms and at least ten species of birds. She could sit for hours in the treetops, observing owls chasing…"

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

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13. The Shape of Thunder

By: Jasmine Warga

4.17

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's The Shape of Thunder book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

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14. 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 Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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15. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • juvenile
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16. Bob

By: Wendy Mass

4.06

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

A classic middle-grade tale of magic and friendship, about a girl who helps an old friend find home… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's Bob book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"I squeeze my eyes shut and practice being not seen. I open one eye. “Well? Can you see me?"

-Wendy Mass, Bob

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17. 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 Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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18. When the Sky Falls

By: Phil Earle

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Inspired by a true story. It's 1940, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff wom… read more

Similar categories in Phil Earle's When the Sky Falls book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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19. Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

4.08

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's Not Quite a Ghost book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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20. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bowen Cohen's Two Tribes book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of The Darkdeep (The Darkdeep, #1) by Ally Condie

21. The Darkdeep (The Darkdeep, #1)

By: Ally Condie

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When a bullying incident sends twelve-year-old Nico Holland over the edge of a cliff into the icy w… read more

Similar categories in Ally Condie's The Darkdeep (The Darkdeep, #1) book and Rebecca Stead's First Light

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile

15 Best fiction books like First Light by Rebecca Stead

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Well, That Was Awkward

Rachel Vail

3.95

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The Story of Tracy Beaker

Jacqueline Wilson , Nick Sharratt

3.64

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Two Summers

Aimee Friedman

4.04

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First Light

Rebecca Stead

5.00

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20 Top fiction books like The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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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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Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

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