13 must-read middle grade books like October, October by Katya Balen

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October, October

By: Katya Balen

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the w…

"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

If you liked the middle grade plot in October, October by Katya Balen , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Brorsan är kung! by Jenny Jägerfeld

1. Brorsan är kung!

By: Jenny Jägerfeld

3.90

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

Jag sag mig omkring. Taket var vitt och nastan lika hogt som himlen och holls upp med hjalp av enor… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Jägerfeld's Brorsan är kung! book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
Cover of October, October by Katya Balen

2. October, October

By: Katya Balen

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the w… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's October, October book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • novels
  • nature
"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

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3. 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 Katya Balen's October, October

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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4. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

Similar categories in Tia Fisher's Crossing the Line book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • novels
Cover of Guard Your Heart by Sue Divin

6. Guard Your Heart

By: Sue Divin

3.97

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Derry. Summer 2016. Aidan and Iona, now eighteen, were both born on the day of the Northern Ireland… read more

Similar categories in Sue Divin's Guard Your Heart book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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7. Tsunami Girl

By: Julian Sedgwick

4.02

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Tsunami Girl is a powerful coming-of-age story of 15-year-old Yuki Hara Jones who gets caught up in… read more

Similar categories in Julian Sedgwick's Tsunami Girl book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. 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 Katya Balen's October, October

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

9. Julia and the Shark

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.33

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfat… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's Julia and the Shark book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • nature
"...which is still not a plot twist I saw coming."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Panic poured into the space where my certainty had been, hot and sharp."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"I like how everything echoes with everything else if you listen hard enough"

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Dad's listening became loud, you know how that happens when someone is really concentrating and you can feel the white noise of their attention."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

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10. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

Similar categories in Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

11. Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town

By: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

3.68

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical and heartfelt collection by an award-winning writer that connects the lives of young peop… read more

Similar categories in Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock's Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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12. Needle

By: Patrice Lawrence

3.69

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence explores the harsh reality of the criminal justice system for… read more

Similar categories in Patrice Lawrence's Needle book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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13. Like a Curse

By: Elle McNicoll

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Stuck in Loch Ness while Edinburgh falls under the control of a terrifyingly powerful Siren, Ramya … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Curse book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Like a Charm by Elle McNicoll

14. Like a Charm

By: Elle McNicoll

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Edinburgh is a city filled with magical creatures. No one can see them... until Ramya Knox. As … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Charm book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Exactly. These stories about fairies and giants and vampires and trolls... they may have written them completely wrong. But you're still more likely to find a magical monster in a story than someone …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Ramya, your brain...it's why you can see through Glamour. It's why you're immune to Sirens. It's...it's incredible. I wish I were like you. I've never met anyone that can do what you do. I swear. It …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Books are like little pockets of time. Little artifacts from other cultures and other periods of history. You can go to a museum where they put everything behind glass and won't let you touch things.…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Maybe you don't need the whole world. Maybe you don't need a fridge full of gold stars. You don't need to fit the mold. You just need one person who believes you're right, just as you are. That the g…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

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15. Cane Warriors

By: Alex Wheatle

3.90

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Nobody free till everybody free. Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the… read more

Similar categories in Alex Wheatle's Cane Warriors book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • novels
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros

16. The Blue Book of Nebo

By: Manon Steffan Ros

4.16

Format: 156 pages, ebook

Prize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo p… read more

Similar categories in Manon Steffan Ros's The Blue Book of Nebo book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Diuen que els vincles de sang no es tornen mai aigua, però els veu que l'aigua es pot tornar sang."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

"La humanitat és una cosa espectacular, tan preparada per estimar sense conviccions, sense complexos."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

Cover of The Crossing by Manjeet Mann

17. The Crossing

By: Manjeet Mann

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The trailblazing new novel from the Carnegie Medal shortlisted author of Run, Rebel. Praise for Run… read more

Similar categories in Manjeet Mann's The Crossing book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah

18. Windrush Child

By: Benjamin Zephaniah

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this heart-stopping adventure, Benjamin Zephaniah shows us what it was like to be a child of the… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Zephaniah's Windrush Child book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Children of the Quicksands by Efua Traoré

19. Children of the Quicksands

By: Efua Traoré

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

City girl Simi is sent to stay with her long-lost grandmother in a remote Nigerian village. Ther… read more

Similar categories in Efua Traoré's Children of the Quicksands book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • novels
Cover of Sei semplici favori (Italian Edition) by Lorenzo Molino

20. Sei semplici favori (Italian Edition)

By: Lorenzo Molino

3.81

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

Giulio ha solo tredici anni, ma è certo di una a Valdipietre, il paese dove vive, tutto è grigio, … read more

Similar categories in Lorenzo Molino's Sei semplici favori (Italian Edition) book and Katya Balen's October, October

Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

21. 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

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Katya Balen's October, October

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"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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October, October

Katya Balen

4.38

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Tyger

S.F. Said

4.17

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Guard Your Heart

Sue Divin

3.97

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Laura Steven

4.01

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October, October

Katya Balen

4.38

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Ibi Zoboi

4.41

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Nathanael Lessore

3.90

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