8 must-read fantasy books like Journey to the River Sea by Kevin Hawkes, Eva Ibbotson

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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…

"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

"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

If you liked the fantasy plot in Journey to the River Sea by Kevin Hawkes, Eva Ibbotson , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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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

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
"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

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2. Toro! Toro!

By: Michael Morpurgo , Michael Foreman

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo turns his storytelling skills to the drama and tragedy of the … read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Waiting for Anya

By: Michael Morpurgo

3.61

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Jo places his life in danger when he helps protect a growing number of Jewish children who have sou… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Explorer

By: Katherine Rundell

4.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Parents' Choice Recommended From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exc… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

5. Varjak Paw (Varjak Paw #1)

By: Dave McKean , S.F. Said

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mesopotamian Blue cat, Varjak Paw, has never been Outside before; he and his family have always liv… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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6. The Butterfly Lion

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.09

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A British boy and a white lion cub form a bond in turn-of-the-century South Africa, and when years … read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels

7. Kensuke's Kingdom

By: Michael Morpurgo , Michael Foreman

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Michael is washed up on an island in the Pacific after falling from his parent's yacht, the Pe… read more

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8. 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

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • brazil
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
"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

9. Letters from the Lighthouse

By: Emma Carroll

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, no… read more

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10. Oranges in No Man's Land

By: Elizabeth Laird

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

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11. Rooftoppers

By: Katherine Rundell

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from … read more

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12. Peanut the Hamster

By: Molly Arbuthnott

4.43

Format: 38 pages, Paperback

Paul is a writer and Peanut is a hamster. A strange combination you might think, but they help eac… read more

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  • novels
"But, he duly ate the peanut and whoosh!"

-Molly Arbuthnott, Peanut the Hamster

"If you’re ever stuck for an idea try eating a peanut."

-Molly Arbuthnott, Peanut the Hamster

"Paul’s last grain of hope falling to the ground below him."

-Molly Arbuthnott, Peanut the Hamster

"Paul wasn’t too sure about a half nibbled peanut, quite some parting gift, he thought."

-Molly Arbuthnott, Peanut the Hamster

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13. 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 Kevin Hawkes's Journey to the River Sea

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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14. Dogs vs Bears

By: Austin Davis

4.30

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

Fourth-grader Austin Davis introduces a new way for kids to learn about diversity, appreciating dif… read more

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  • novels
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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15. The Good Thieves

By: Katherine Rundell

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational a… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"It is difficult to sleep when you are besieged by hope."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"He was not tall or broad, but when he grinned it was so vivid that he appeared to take up most of the street and at least half the sky."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"To throw the knife would be death...She wanted nothing to do with death--nothing to do with finality, with endings, with the dark of it. She hated the man more than she hated any living thing, but he…"

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

Cover of Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll

16. Escape to the River Sea

By: Emma Carroll

4.14

Format: None pages, None

Beautiful and full of adventure, Escape to the River Sea is Emma Carroll's compelling novel inspire… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Beyond the Odyssey (Who Let the Gods Out?, #3) by Maz Evans

17. 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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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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18. Asha & the Spirit Bird

By: Jasbinder Bilan

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Asha lives on the family farm with her mother in rural India. Her father is away working in the … read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Where the River Runs Gold by Sita Brahmachari

19. Where the River Runs Gold

By: Sita Brahmachari

3.80

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

Shifa and her brother, Themba, live in Kairos City with their father, Nabil. The few live in luxury… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
Cover of Skycircus (The Cogheart Adventures, #3) by Peter Bunzl

20. Skycircus (The Cogheart Adventures, #3)

By: Peter Bunzl

4.15

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

When a travelling skycircus arrives in Brackenbridge, Lily and Robert can’t wait to step aboard… Bu… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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21. The Children of Castle Rock

By: Natasha Farrant

4.12

Format: None pages, ebook

When Alice's family home has to be sold, she and her father Barney will do whatever it takes to buy… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure

16 Best fiction books like Journey to the River Sea by Kevin Hawkes, Eva Ibbotson

Transform Your Habits

The Girl of Ink and Stars

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Toro! Toro!

Michael Morpurgo , Michael Foreman

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Waiting for Anya

Michael Morpurgo

3.61

Transform Your Habits

The Explorer

Katherine Rundell

4.83

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Transform Your Habits

Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #4)

Robin Stevens

4.12

Transform Your Habits

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

Robin Stevens

4.21

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Journey to the River Sea

Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson

4.20

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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