8 best-selling juvenile books like The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

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The Night Diary

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,…

If you liked the juvenile plot in The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James

1. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

By: Derrick Barnes , Gordon C. James

4.38

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes dra… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye

2. Habibi

By: Naomi Shihab Nye

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An award-winning novel about identity, family, and friendship from renowned writer and editor Naomi… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Amal Unbound

By: Aisha Saeed

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The compelling story of a girl’s fight to regain her life and dreams after being forced into indent… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The thing is- those books made my days bearable."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

"Regret, I was learning, was the sharpest knife there was."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

"If everyone decided nothing would change, nothing ever would."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

"You always have a choice. Making choices even when they scare you because you know it's the right thing to do - that's bravery."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

Cover of The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4. The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.49

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaime… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"I don't want to just survive"

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"This book made me love reading."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"Saying something stupid doesn't make you stupid," Susan said. " Luckily for all of us."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"We'd escaped. Mam, Hitlers bombs, my one-room prison. Everything. Crazy or not, I was free."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

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5. The Night Diary

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,… read more

Similar categories in Veera Hiranandani's The Night Diary book and Veera Hiranandani's The Night Diary

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile

6. Hello, Universe

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and… read more

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7. Inside Out & Back Again

By: Thanhhà Lại

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Hardcover

For all the ten years of her life, Ha has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of… read more

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8. Alone

By: Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. Freeman's Alone book and Veera Hiranandani's The Night Diary

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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9. When Stars Are Scattered

By: Victoria Jamieson

4.62

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee c… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
  • audiobook
"Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now."

-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered

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10. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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11. Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.38

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Front Desk (Front Desk, #1) book and Veera Hiranandani's The Night Diary

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"It's going to be okay. I'll make friends, and if I don't, I'll borrow books from the library."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jjason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"At this point, my mom started crying. She let out a sob so thunderous, I wondered if my cousins in China could hear her."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

Cover of Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

12. Red, White, and Whole

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

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13. Other Words for Home

By: Jasmine Warga

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

I am learning how to be sad and happy at the same time. Jude never thought she’d be leaving h… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's Other Words for Home book and Veera Hiranandani's The Night Diary

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Americans are obsessed with murder"

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"You will belong here. . .You will make anywhere beautiful."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"It seems like the kind of place where dreams could grow and live."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"Mama hugs me and I hold her back. Sometimes all you can do is hold on."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

Cover of Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar

14. Ahimsa

By: Supriya Kelkar

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In 1942, when Mahatma Gandhi asks Indians to give one family member to the freedom movement, ten-ye… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"Sometimes it's hard to see everything going on in the garden when your nest is perched at the top of the tree."

-Supriya Kelkar, Ahimsa

Cover of The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

15. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Veera Hiranandani's The Night Diary

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

16. The Bridge Home

By: Padma Venkatraman

4.27

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Viji and her sister, Rukku, whose developmental disability makes her overly trusting and vulne… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"If I wanted a better future, I needed to change the life we had .Now."

-Padma Venkatraman, The Bridge Home

Cover of And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps

17. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

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  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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18. Across So Many Seas

By: Ruth Behar

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty

19. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi

20. The Partition Project

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging and moving middle grade novel, Saadia Faruqi writes about a contemporary Pakistani… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • india
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome

21. One Big Open Sky

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free—or cost them everyth… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile

17 Best fiction books like The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

Transform Your Habits

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Derrick Barnes , Gordon C. James

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Habibi

Naomi Shihab Nye

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Amal Unbound

Aisha Saeed

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.49

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12 Top contemporary books like The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi

Transform Your Habits

The Mystery of Locked Rooms

Lindsay Currie

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Language of Birds

Lynne Kelly

4.22

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And Then, Boom!

Lisa Fipps

4.69

Transform Your Habits

Deep Water

Jamie Sumner

4.21

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