15 must-read audiobook books like A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

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A Place to Hang the Moon

By: Kate Albus

4.57

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to li…

"The librarian chuckled. “I suppose there are rather a lot of orphan stories out there."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Besides which, I really ought to send her a book instead. Though she’s not much of a reader."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Fibs, you must know, are entirely acceptable when they serve the purpose of getting one to the library."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"It is often the case that, at times of great anxiety, when the diversion of a good story should seem most welcome, one is least equipped to focus one’s mind on reading."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

If you liked the audiobook plot in A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Sweet Home Alaska

By: Carole Estby Dagg

4.23

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

This exciting pioneering story, based on actual events, introduces readers to a fascinating chapter… read more

Similar categories in Carole Estby Dagg's Sweet Home Alaska book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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2. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.19

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

The Penderwick sisters busily discover the summertime magic of Arundel estate’s sprawling gardens, … read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1) book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The cuter the boy, the mushier your brain."

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

"Don't kill her now, just when we've gone to all that trouble to rescue her," said Jeffrey."

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

"Maybe it's fate Hound ate the map. Maybe we'll discover something wonderful while we're lost."

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

"Toward the urn the three children raced in a dead heat, Jane still shouting . FOR CHURCHILL, NELSON, AND PRINCE WILLIAM!"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

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3. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another mem… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. A Place to Hang the Moon

By: Kate Albus

4.57

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to li… read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"The librarian chuckled. “I suppose there are rather a lot of orphan stories out there."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Besides which, I really ought to send her a book instead. Though she’s not much of a reader."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Fibs, you must know, are entirely acceptable when they serve the purpose of getting one to the library."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"It is often the case that, at times of great anxiety, when the diversion of a good story should seem most welcome, one is least equipped to focus one’s mind on reading."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

Cover of The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7) by Karina Yan Glaser

5. The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling Vanderbeeker family finds love and hope in hard times as they face the challenge of… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7) book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

By: Beth Brower

4.31

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

“I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count thi… read more

Similar categories in Beth Brower's The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Across the Desert

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot strand… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Across the Desert book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

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9. The Lion of Mars

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's The Lion of Mars book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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11. One Kid's Trash

By: Jamie Sumner

3.89

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about a boy who uses his unusual talent for decoding people’s trash to try to … read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's One Kid's Trash book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Once Upon a Camel

By: Kathi Appelt

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An old camel is out to save two baby kestrel chicks during a massive storm in the Texas desert.Zada… read more

Similar categories in Kathi Appelt's Once Upon a Camel book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"...the worst thing you can do to a cat is embarrass it."

-Kathi Appelt, Once Upon a Camel

"By the time we grow very old, all our wishes have either been granted, or they haven't. Some stay with us so long that they simply become part of who we are; they grow old with us, and might even tur…"

-Kathi Appelt, Once Upon a Camel

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14. Tangled Up in Luck

By: Merrill Wyatt

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“A sweet, heart-squeezing story!” — Jaleigh Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of The Mark … read more

Similar categories in Merrill Wyatt's Tangled Up in Luck book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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15. Worst-Case Collin

By: Rebecca Caprara

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This poignant middle grade novel in verse follows twelve-year-old Collin who manages his anxiety by… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Caprara's Worst-Case Collin book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"Gravity might always win, but I've got a choice: fall or dive. And I choose to dive."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

"Discovery is a messy process, Mom would say. Your father works best in a state of creative chaos."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

"there is space inside the human heart for infinite love and infinite sadness and all the messiness in between."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

"Back then, our house felt full. Bursting, even. But never crowded, cluttered, claustrophobic. Because Love doesn't take up too much room."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

Cover of When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (The Great Peach Experiment #1) by Erin Soderberg Downing

16. When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (The Great Peach Experiment #1)

By: Erin Soderberg Downing

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a family searching for a way to reconnect as a family after the loss of the kids' mot… read more

Similar categories in Erin Soderberg Downing's When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (The Great Peach Experiment #1) book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Six Feet Below Zero

By: Ena Jones

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A dead body. A missing will. An evil relative. The good news is, Great Grammy has a plan. The bad n… read more

Similar categories in Ena Jones's Six Feet Below Zero book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Nightingale

By: Deva Fagan

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A plucky orphan girl stumbles into a conflict centuries in the making in this middle grade fantasy … read more

Similar categories in Deva Fagan's Nightingale book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Night Ride

By: J. Anderson Coats

3.59

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The Black Stallion meets Tamora Pierce in this adventure-filled middle grade novel about a young st… read more

Similar categories in J. Anderson Coats's The Night Ride book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. One Small Hop

By: Madelyn Rosenberg

3.76

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Carl Hiaasen's classic Hoot, this humorous adventure story set in a not-so-dist… read more

Similar categories in Madelyn Rosenberg's One Small Hop book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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21. The Hidden Knife

By: Melissa Marr

3.47

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Melissa Marr invites readers into a magical world where stone gargoyles live among humans, ferociou… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Marr's The Hidden Knife book and Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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4.19

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