Gary Paulsen
3.83 · 767 ratings
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Lynda Mullaly Hunt
4.25 · 77 ratings
young-adult · book · audiobook · contemporary · middle-grade · coming-of-age · friendship · fiction · action-adventure · children-books · family · bullying · realistic · children · abuse · nautical · season-summer · orphans · mental-illness · multigenerational
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Mădălina Vasile
3.99 · 61 ratings
poverty · realistic · book · north-america · poc-author · classics · young-adult · coming-of-age · literary · audiobook · middle-grade · california · survival · family · drama · female-mc · poc-mc · friendship · latinx-mc · action-adventure
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Patricia Castelao
4.28 · 42 ratings
magical-realism · children · female-author · death · historical-fiction · outdoors · realistic · anthropomorphism · family · animals · sad · friendship · action-adventure · children-books · humor · fiction · low-fantasy · grief · fantasy · xenofiction
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Kristin Levine
4.17 · 40 ratings
action-adventure · children-books · children · coming-of-age · historical-fiction · audiobook · middle-grade · historical · racism · realistic · bullying · book · family · friendship · poc-mc · fiction · young-adult · humor · mystery · politics
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Lee Tergesen
3.87 · 38 ratings
book · mental-illness · young-adult · abuse · classics · supernatural · coming-of-age · literary · philosophy · survival · audiobook · contemporary · middle-grade · crime · animals · bullying · drama · family · fiction · action-adventure
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Morton Rhue
3.61 · 38 ratings
book · fascism · psychological · young-adult · classics · coming-of-age · literary · politics · philosophy · fundamentalism · dystopia · audiobook · middle-grade · war · bullying · drama · ww2 · spirituality · fiction · teens
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Sheila Burnford
4.15 · 32 ratings
children-books · xenofiction · young-adult · children · dog · dogs · 20th-century · literary · female-author · audiobook · contemporary · historical-fiction · journey · middle-grade · outdoors · realistic · survival · anthropomorphism · cats · animals
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Carl Burger
4.15 · 32 ratings
outdoors · realistic · anthropomorphism · cats · survival · animals · book · drama · family · friendship · classics · fiction · action-adventure · children-books · young-adult · xenofiction · children · dog · dogs · 20th-century
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Madisun Leigh
4.10 · 32 ratings
fiction · teens · coming-of-age · political-intrigue · racism · audiobook · middle-grade · survival · book · abuse · revolution · young-adult · high-school · children · female-author · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · historical · realistic · slavery
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Del Roy
4.33 · 30 ratings
children-books · humor · mystery · orphans · children · political-intrigue · high-school · literary · law-enforcement · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · middle-grade · dystopia · found-family · male-author · realistic · espionage · young-adult · fantasy
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Sisi Aisha Johnson
3.96 · 28 ratings
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Jason Harris
3.88 · 27 ratings
disability · realistic · survival · book · animals · bullying · abuse · poc-mc · friendship · young-adult · action-adventure · fiction · children-books · indigenous-mc · teens · fantasy · coming-of-age · high-school · children · contemporary
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Kiki Barrera
3.98 · 26 ratings
poc-mc · action-adventure · children-books · mystery · fiction · orphans · young-adult · fantasy · book · family · animals · middle-grade · audiobook · myths · historical-fiction · historical · male-mc · realistic · coming-of-age · retellings
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William H. Armstrong
3.96 · 26 ratings
family · audiobook · middle-grade · dog · racism · literary · coming-of-age · dogs · classics · young-adult · time-travel · literary-fiction · book · historical-fiction · black-mc · historical · realistic · death · male-author · poverty
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Emma Galvin
3.88 · 25 ratings
friendship · 20th-century · coming-of-age · children · politics · violent-conflict · cold-war · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · middle-grade · realistic · book · bullying · family · war · siblings · young-adult · action-adventure · fiction
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Christopher Collier
3.38 · 24 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · children-books · revolution · teens · young-adult · classics · war · drama · book · family · literary-fiction · historical · male-mc · death · male-author · realistic · historical-fiction · audiobook · middle-grade
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Phyllis A. Green
3.79 · 24 ratings
female-author · book · drama · family · middle-grade · survival · war · ww2 · young-adult · action-adventure · children-books · fiction · classics · literary · 20th-century · children · violent-conflict · historical · realistic · audiobook
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Novel Units, Inc.
3.79 · 24 ratings
fiction · 20th-century · literary · children · audiobook · middle-grade · female-author · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · historical · realistic · survival · ww2 · book · family · war · drama · classics · action-adventure · children-books
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Anne Holm
4.00 · 24 ratings
violent-conflict · realistic · book · abuse · classics · young-adult · orphans · literary · coming-of-age · audiobook · middle-grade · cold-war · survival · ww2 · drama · sad · war · family · friendship · fiction
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Budge Wilson
3.88 · 24 ratings
womens-fiction · historical · realistic · historical-fiction · audiobook · middle-grade · children · literary · coming-of-age · retellings · feminism · fiction · young-adult · action-adventure · children-books · friendship · classics · orphans · drama · sad
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Luann Roberts
3.92 · 24 ratings
realistic · book · family · north-america · animals · war · classics · friendship · horses · action-adventure · children-books · young-adult · fiction · usa · 20th-century · coming-of-age · children · literary · audiobook · middle-grade
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Sarah Beth Goer
4.33 · 24 ratings
friendship · comedy · coming-of-age · children · high-school · disability · contemporary · audiobook · middle-grade · realistic · book · bullying · family · young-adult · action-adventure · fiction · children-books · humor
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Bernardo De Paula
4.29 · 24 ratings
action-adventure · children-books · young-adult · exploration · fiction · poc-mc · friendship · book · family · war · sad · terrorism · death · violent-conflict · historical · realistic · audiobook · middle-grade · 21st-century · historical-fiction
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Kate Albus
4.58 · 24 ratings
action-adventure · children-books · cozy · grief · orphans · children · coming-of-age · 20th-century · historical-fiction · audiobook · middle-grade · historical · realistic · death · violent-conflict · ww2 · siblings · bullying · war · book
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Jack Cheng
4.04 · 24 ratings
urban · poc-mc · friendship · children-books · young-adult · action-adventure · fiction · mental-illness · humor · family · north-america · nevada · animals · audiobook · contemporary · california · middle-grade · poc-author · space · realistic
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Tytti Träff
3.80 · 20 ratings
children-books · teens · feminism · grief · children · young-adult · coming-of-age · literary · female-author · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · middle-grade · death · realistic · siblings · book · family · female-mc · classics
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Elizabeth Gray Vining
3.75 · 20 ratings
animals · family · book · classics · medieval · fiction · young-adult · action-adventure · children-books · children · literary · coming-of-age · female-author · historical-fiction · audiobook · middle-grade · historical
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Joan M. Wolf
4.15 · 20 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · children-books · slovakia · young-adult · female-mc · classics · multigenerational · sad · book · family · poland · europe · war · ww2 · historical · realistic · survival · violent-conflict · historical-fiction
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