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Kevin Sands
4.38 · 121 ratings
fiction · mystery · action-adventure · fantasy · audiobook · middle-grade · book · young-adult · children · friendship · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · children-books · historical · magic · crime · paranormal · humor · heist · teens
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John Flanagan
4.34 · 1112 ratings- Arazan's Wolves by John Flanagan
- The Stern Chase (Brotherband Chronicles, #9) by John Flanagan
- The Ruins of Gorlan / The Burning Bridge / The Icebound Land / The Battle for Skandia /The Sorcerer of the North / The Siege of Macindaw by John Flanagan
- Escape from Falaise by John Flanagan
- Return of the Temujai by John Flanagan
fantasy · young-adult · fiction · action-adventure · historical · audiobook · middle-grade · children · historical-fiction · book · high-fantasy · medieval · friendship · epic · humor · violent-conflict · war · male-mc · survival · children-books
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Mo Willems
4.28 · 996 ratings
anthropomorphism · realistic · historical-fiction · contemporary · middle-grade · dog · children · dogs · fiction · young-adult · action-adventure · children-books · friendship · humor · animals · family · book · cats
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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.28 · 158 ratings
book · fiction · children · young-adult · middle-grade · children-books · coming-of-age · friendship · historical-fiction · family · historical · audiobook · realistic · action-adventure · 20th-century · grief · survival · war · siblings · ww2
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Chuck Black
4.28 · 191 ratings
religion · young-adult · book · christian · spirituality · fiction · action-adventure · audiobook · fantasy · historical-fiction · middle-grade · historical · children · medieval · sword-sorcery · high-fantasy · myths · paranormal · violent-conflict · children-books
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Robin Stevens
4.26 · 203 ratings
children · young-adult · middle-grade · mystery · crime · murder · fiction · action-adventure · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · children-books · historical · book · whodunit · friendship · boarding-school · audiobook · killer · cozy · female-author
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Alan Gratz
4.20 · 263 ratings
young-adult · book · fiction · children-books · middle-grade · action-adventure · historical · children · historical-fiction · realistic · friendship · audiobook · family · coming-of-age · suspense · violent-conflict · survival · war · ww2 · 20th-century
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Robert Beatty
4.19 · 114 ratings
historical · magic · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · horror · children · fiction · action-adventure · fantasy · animals · audiobook · middle-grade · young-adult · book · children-books · mystery · paranormal · friendship · outdoors · magical-realism
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Lauren Tarshis
4.15 · 396 ratings
audiobook · middle-grade · children · fiction · realistic · children-books · young-adult · book · historical · historical-fiction · action-adventure · survival · family · friendship · disaster · animals · outdoors · usa · north-america · suspense
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Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.13 · 605 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · young-adult · book · middle-grade · children · audiobook · historical · fantasy · historical-fiction · friendship · family · mystery · survival · violent-conflict · magic · war · epic · children-books · paranormal
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Deborah Wiles
4.05 · 111 ratings
friendship · middle-grade · book · children · realistic · historical-fiction · children-books · fiction · audiobook · young-adult · family · coming-of-age · historical · politics · grief · 20th-century · death · violent-conflict · war · social-commentary
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Mildred D. Taylor
4.03 · 160 ratings
audiobook · middle-grade · racism · literary · young-adult · classics · book · realistic · historical · children · historical-fiction · children-books · fiction · poc-mc · family · coming-of-age · poc-author · black-mc · female-author · poverty
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Mary Pope Osborne
4.02 · 1874 ratings
fiction · children · book · fantasy · children-books · middle-grade · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · action-adventure · magic · time-travel · young-adult · mystery · animals · family · magical-realism · low-fantasy · urban-fantasy · classics
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Steve Sheinkin
4.01 · 159 ratings
children-books · fiction · book · middle-grade · historical-fiction · historical · action-adventure · fantasy · time-travel · children · humor · family · outlaws · ancient-civilization · ww2 · mystery · sports · audiobook · animals · outdoors
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William Ritter
3.99 · 163 ratings
young-adult · book · paranormal · fiction · fantasy · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · magic · myths · humor · mystery · historical-fiction · horror · supernatural · audiobook · middle-grade · industrial-era · steampunk · victorian · historical
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Alan Bradley
3.96 · 397 ratings
cozy · mystery · crime · historical · fiction · murder · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · young-adult · audiobook · suspense · thriller · book · whodunit · action-adventure · children · middle-grade · killer · humor · amateur-sleuth
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Valerie Tripp
3.96 · 583 ratings
fiction · middle-grade · book · children · historical-fiction · historical · children-books · young-adult · audiobook · coming-of-age · female-author · literary · classics · realistic · family · friendship · 20th-century · violent-conflict · war · action-adventure
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Marissa Moss
3.95 · 109 ratings- Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis' Secret Codes by Marissa Moss
- The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner by Marissa Moss
- Last Things: A Graphic Memoir of Loss and Love by Marissa Moss
- Mira's Diary: California Dreaming by Marissa Moss
- Mira's Diary: Bombs Over London by Marissa Moss
historical-fiction · historical · fiction · action-adventure · middle-grade · book · children-books · time-travel · sci-fi · family · mystery · young-adult · children · high-school · violent-conflict · war · friendship · female-mc · exploration · magical-realism
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Kate Milford
3.95 · 136 ratings
young-adult · fantasy · fiction · middle-grade · children-books · mystery · book · action-adventure · audiobook · paranormal · historical-fiction · children · myths · magic · supernatural · historical · low-fantasy · family · retellings · magical-realism
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Kristiana Gregory
3.95 · 175 ratings- Elizabeth 1: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, the Royal Diaries: Cleopatra, Dear America: The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow, a Light in the Storm, My Nam by Kristiana Gregory
- The Royal Diaries - Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine; Mary Queen of Scots; Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles by Kristiana Gregory
- Stalked: Danger and Fury, Ellis Island 1912 by Kristiana Gregory
- Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 (Dear America) by Kristiana Gregory
- Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743 (The Royal Diaries) by Kristiana Gregory
middle-grade · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · book · young-adult · children · children-books · female-author · epistolary · female-mc · realistic · royalty · action-adventure · coming-of-age · war · 20th-century · teens · violent-conflict · early-modern
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Maryrose Wood
3.93 · 172 ratings
book · fiction · fantasy · young-adult · paranormal · humor · historical · action-adventure · middle-grade · audiobook · supernatural · historical-fiction · mystery · female-mc · children · animals · family · romance · orphans · magical-realism
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Elizabeth C. Bunce
3.92 · 123 ratings
young-adult · mystery · historical · book · fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · family · action-adventure · law-enforcement · children · middle-grade · cozy · children-books · killer · crime · industrial-era · female-mc · victorian · alpha-mc
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Laura Amy Schlitz
3.90 · 129 ratings
middle-grade · children · fiction · audiobook · book · action-adventure · young-adult · family · friendship · historical-fiction · fantasy · children-books · historical · coming-of-age · paranormal · female-mc · magical-realism · animals · industrial-era · supernatural
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Christopher Paul Curtis
3.90 · 191 ratings
children-books · fiction · humor · young-adult · children · middle-grade · friendship · audiobook · book · realistic · action-adventure · poc-mc · family · historical-fiction · coming-of-age · racism · historical · death · poc-author · mystery
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Deborah Ellis
3.89 · 164 ratings
fiction · young-adult · children-books · middle-grade · children · historical-fiction · realistic · book · drama · family · coming-of-age · war · action-adventure · poc-mc · historical · violent-conflict · contemporary · friendship · female-mc · journey
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Clare B. Dunkle
3.83 · 128 ratings
young-adult · book · fiction · middle-grade · paranormal · dark · historical-fiction · action-adventure · fantasy · supernatural · mystery · historical · fairy-tale · children · romance · animals · audiobook · magic · high-fantasy · fae
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Karen Hesse
3.80 · 211 ratings- Elizabeth 1: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, the Royal Diaries: Cleopatra, Dear America: The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow, a Light in the Storm, My Nam by Karen Hesse
- Safekeeping by Karen Hesse
- Witness by Karen Hesse
- Stowaway by Karen Hesse
- A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse
fiction · book · young-adult · middle-grade · children · realistic · historical-fiction · family · coming-of-age · children-books · historical · female-author · drama · audiobook · action-adventure · classics · survival · literary · 20th-century · female-mc
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Chris Priestley
3.75 · 126 ratings
fiction · young-adult · children-books · horror · middle-grade · children · paranormal · historical · fantasy · book · historical-fiction · mystery · action-adventure · gothic · male-author · ghosts · supernatural · audiobook · death · anthologies
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