5 best-selling fantasy books like Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

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Touching Spirit Bear

By: Ben Mikaelsen

3.86

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Within Cole Matthews lies anger, rage and hate. Cole has been stealing and fighting for years. This…

"Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself."

-Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

"Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself."

-Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

"Anger is a memory never forgotten. You only tame it."

-Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

"Anger is a memory never forgotten. You only tame it."

-Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

If you liked the fantasy plot in Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)

By: Jeanne DuPrau

3.89

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition can be found here. Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was… read more

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  • school
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato"

-Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)

"Why, if its going to be allright, do we see it getting worse every day?"

-Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)

"The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself. Anger is."

-Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)

"Wouldn't it be strange, she thought, to have a blue sky? But she liked the way it looked. It would be beautiful - a blue sky."

-Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)

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2. Red Wolf

By: Jennifer Dance

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabek Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory.… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • school
  • young adult
Cover of Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

3. Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

SHADOW CHILDREN Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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4. Paysage aux néons

By: Simon Boulerice

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dans ce roman en forme de programme d'exercices, ponctue d'illustrations et parseme de conseils nut… read more

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  • young adult
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5. Number the Stars

By: Lois Lowry

4.00

Format: None pages,

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war.… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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6. Refugee

By: Alan Gratz

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming,… read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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7. Because of Winn-Dixie

By: Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. … read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult

8. Tuck Everlasting

By: Natalie Babbitt

4.02

Format: 424 pages,

Doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wand… read more

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  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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9. Out of My Mind

By: Sharon M. Draper

3.73

Format: None pages,

Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can… read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of Freak the Mighty (Freak The Mighty, #1) by Rodman Philbrick

10. Freak the Mighty (Freak The Mighty, #1)

By: Rodman Philbrick

4.16

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

Two boys - a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces - … read more

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  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • read for school
  • fiction
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11. Where the Red Fern Grows

By: Wilson Rawls

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann—a boy and his two dogs... A loving threesome, they ranged the dar… read more

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  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • read for school
  • fiction
"I looked at his grave and, with tears in my eyes, I voiced these words: "You were worth it, old friend, and a thousand times over."

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

"I know it is still there, hiding its secret beneath those long, red leaves, but it wouldn't be hidden from me for part of my life is buried there, too."

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

"I know it is still there, hiding its secret beneath those long, red leaves, but it woukdn't be hidden from me for part of my life is buried there, too"."

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

"What I saw was more than I could stand. The noise I heard had been made by Little Ann. All her life she had slept by Old Dan's side. And although he was dead, she had left the doghouse, had come back…"

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

12. The River (Brian's Saga, #2)

By: Gary Paulsen

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"We want you to do it again." These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years… read more

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13. Red Kayak

By: Priscilla Cummings

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Brady loves life on the Chesapeake Bay with his friends J.T. and Digger. But developers and rich fa… read more

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14. Restart

By: Gordon Korman

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't re… read more

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15. The Outsiders

By: S.E. Hinton

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Pon… read more

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  • school
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • read for school
  • fiction
"We saw the same sunset."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Nothing sparkly can stay."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Things are rough all over."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Okay greasers, you've had it."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

16. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

By: Linda Sue Park

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Long Walk to Waterbegins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2… read more

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17. Tangerine

By: Edward Bloor , None

3.17

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Paul Fisher sees the world from behind glasses so thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien. But he's no… read more

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18. 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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19. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Newbery Honor-winning American classic, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 , celebrates 20 year… read more

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20. Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)

By: Jerry Spinelli

4.10

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

A celebration of nonconformity; a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popular… read more

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21. Max the Mighty (Freak The Mighty #2)

By: Rodman Philbrick , W.R. Philbrick

5.00

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

This is the dramatic, heartwrenching tale of Max and Worm, two outsiders who turn to each other for… read more

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22. Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)

By: Gary Paulsen

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane … read more

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23. Holes (Holes, #1)

By: Louis Sachar

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishmen… read more

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24. The Cay (The Cay, #1)

By: Theodore Taylor

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Read Theodore Taylor's classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner The Cay. Phillip is … read more

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25. The Giver (The Giver, #1)

By: Lois Lowry

4.12

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out… read more

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  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • read for school
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Memories are forever."

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"Thnks fr th mmrs- Gabe"

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"Didn't life consist of the things you did each day?"

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless."

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

26. Esperanza Rising

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan

4.29

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fan… read more

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27. Shattering Glass

By: Gail Giles

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Simon Glass was easy to hate....I guess, really we each hated him for a different reason, but we d… read more

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28. Island of the Blue Dolphins

By: Scott O'Dell

3.87

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, … read more

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  • survival
  • school
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

"Everyone in our tribe had two names, the real one which was secret and was seldom used, and one which was common, for if people use your secret name it becomes worn out and loses its magic."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

"Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

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29. Touching Spirit Bear

By: Ben Mikaelsen

3.86

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Within Cole Matthews lies anger, rage and hate. Cole has been stealing and fighting for years. This… read more

Similar categories in Ben Mikaelsen's Touching Spirit Bear book and Ben Mikaelsen's Touching Spirit Bear

  • survival
  • school
  • adventure
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • read for school
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself."

-Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

"Anger is a memory never forgotten. You only tame it."

-Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

"Being invisible had nothing to do with being seen. Being invisible meant not being sensed or felt"

-Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

"Being invisible had nothing to do with being seen. Being invisible meant not being sensed or felt."

-Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

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30. Faker

By: Gordon Korman

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey know… read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult

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Jeanne DuPrau

3.89

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Jennifer Dance

3.70

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4.00

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John Reynolds Gardiner , Greg Hargreaves

4.04

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Fred Gipson

4.10

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Raina Telgemeier

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