Gordy Smith
by Mary Downing Hahn
4.06 · 16 ratings
child-abuse · children · 20th-century · historical · realistic · death · female-author · historical-fiction · horror · military · bullying · drama · secrets · family · violent-conflict · war · ww2 · fiction · children-books · mystery
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The Heroes of Olympus
by Rick Riordan
4.40 · 582 ratings
young-adult · fiction · retellings · myths · fantasy · book · action-adventure · urban-fantasy · children · mystery · magic · middle-grade · supernatural · friendship · paranormal · alpha-mc · found-family · contemporary · multi-pov · low-fantasy
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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
by Rick Riordan
4.28 · 236 ratings
supernatural · book · retellings · children · action-adventure · fiction · audiobook · middle-grade · myths · young-adult · scandinavia · historical · fantasy · lgbtq · survival · afterlife · coming-of-age · urban-fantasy · angst · north-america
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The Trials of Apollo
by Rick Riordan
4.23 · 456 ratings
action-adventure · fiction · retellings · myths · middle-grade · fantasy · urban-fantasy · children · young-adult · magic · book · supernatural · paranormal · audiobook · lgbtq · humor · contemporary · low-fantasy · gods · mystery
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Book of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau
3.78 · 225 ratings
sci-fi · children · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · audiobook · middle-grade · dystopia · young-adult · post-apocalyptic · book · female-author · realistic · high-school · friendship · futuristic · apocalyptic · family · industrial-era · steampunk
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Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs
4.05 · 379 ratings
horror · magical-realism · fiction · fantasy · action-adventure · paranormal · young-adult · time-travel · historical-fiction · book · magic · children · audiobook · supernatural · urban-fantasy · historical · mystery · middle-grade · dark · suspense
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
by Heather Morris
4.35 · 162 ratings
war · ww2 · fiction · 20th-century · violent-conflict · historical · historical-fiction · book · family · drama · action-adventure · realistic · literary-fiction · young-adult · survival · audiobook · crime · sad · female-mc · friendship
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The Night Trilogy
by Elie Wiesel
4.14 · 152 ratings
violent-conflict · literary-fiction · psychological · classics · young-adult · religion · philosophy · literary · survival · ww2 · war · spirituality · action-adventure · 20th-century · historical-fiction · horror · tragedy · historical · death · book
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Flavia de Luce
by Alan Bradley
3.97 · 381 ratings
historical · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · children · fiction · murder · mystery · crime · audiobook · cozy · young-adult · book · amateur-sleuth · thriller · 20th-century · action-adventure · humor · whodunit · middle-grade · killer
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The Testing
by Joelle Charbonneau
3.91 · 151 ratings
sci-fi · action-adventure · fiction · survival · dystopia · young-adult · post-apocalyptic · apocalyptic · book · death · high-school · mystery · female-mc · teens · friendship · drama · futuristic · audiobook · middle-grade · coming-of-age
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The Apothecary
by Maile Meloy
4.05 · 75 ratings
coming-of-age · friendship · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · espionage · fantasy · historical-fiction · historical · magic · magical-realism · children · urban-fantasy · alchemy · young-adult · book · audiobook · middle-grade · paranormal · political-intrigue
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Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
3.99 · 100 ratings
audiobook · coming-of-age · feminism · suspense · young-adult · book · historical · realistic · female-author · historical-fiction · 20th-century · high-school · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · friendship · ww2 · family · survival · violent-conflict
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Seeds of America
by Laurie Halse Anderson
4.19 · 75 ratings
racism · survival · audiobook · middle-grade · book · young-adult · children · historical · realistic · slavery · female-author · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · war · fiction · action-adventure · friendship · poc-mc · coming-of-age · high-school
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Daddy-Long-Legs
by Jean Webster
4.10 · 71 ratings
classics · children · young-adult · orphans · romance · literary-fiction · book · epistolary · literary · coming-of-age · fiction · humor · historical-fiction · historical · realistic · 20th-century · audiobook · middle-grade · feminism · friendship
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The Nameless City
by Faith Erin Hicks
4.22 · 68 ratings
children · young-adult · middle-grade · coming-of-age · poc-mc · friendship · fantasy · action-adventure · children-books · fiction · mystery · family · drama · war · female-author · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · historical · comics · politics
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The Breadwinner
by Deborah Ellis
4.07 · 94 ratings
children · historical · realistic · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · war · family · fiction · action-adventure · children-books · female-mc · feminism · survival · middle-grade · young-adult · journey · drama · poc-mc · book · social-commentary
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All-of-a-Kind Family
by Sydney Taylor
4.18 · 94 ratings
family · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · middle-grade · children · 20th-century · literary · urban · classics · fiction · young-adult · book · realistic · coming-of-age · religion · spirituality · siblings · children-books · female-author
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American Girl: Felicity
by Valerie Tripp
3.92 · 110 ratings
classics · young-adult · book · audiobook · middle-grade · coming-of-age · literary · friendship · fiction · children-books · war · family · female-author · historical-fiction · historical · violent-conflict · children · 20th-century · realistic · horses
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Small Spaces
by Katherine Arden
4.00 · 70 ratings
horror · spooky · fiction · children-books · friendship · mystery · fantasy · middle-grade · paranormal · young-adult · urban-fantasy · book · magic · children · magical-realism · dark · action-adventure · family · audiobook · contemporary
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Saint View High
by Elle Thorpe
4.25 · 52 ratings
secrets · tragedy · season-autumn · adult · dark · graphic-violence · male-mc · romantic-love · urban · female-mc · friendship · single-planet · murder · fiction · whodunit · enemies-to-lovers · class-difference · coming-of-age · angst · romance
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Once
by Morris Gleitzman
4.29 · 138 ratings
young-adult · book · middle-grade · action-adventure · fiction · children-books · ww2 · family · war · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · 20th-century · children · audiobook · coming-of-age · friendship · historical · survival · realistic · racism
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WW2
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
4.24 · 50 ratings
friendship · action-adventure · fiction · children-books · europe · ww2 · family · war · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · historical · realistic · 20th-century · children · young-adult · book · audiobook · middle-grade · survival · western-central-europe
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The Montmaray Journals
by Michelle Cooper
3.92 · 48 ratings
siblings · ww2 · family · lgbtq · alternate-history · war · friendship · action-adventure · fiction · 20th-century · female-author · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · historical · realistic · romance · book · royalty · young-adult · epistolary
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American Girl: Molly
by Valerie Tripp
3.94 · 134 ratings
historical · historical-fiction · 20th-century · children · children-books · fiction · ww2 · middle-grade · book · violent-conflict · war · young-adult · realistic · female-author · family · audiobook · literary · classics · coming-of-age · friendship
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Faraway Island
by Annika Thor
3.98 · 52 ratings
book · war · historical-fiction · ww2 · young-adult · fiction · 20th-century · coming-of-age · children · violent-conflict · historical · family · female-author · scandinavia · europe · sweden · middle-grade · children-books · audiobook · action-adventure
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