California Diaries: Similar romance series

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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Magisterium

by Holly Black

4.06 · 212 ratings

magic · book · supernatural · urban-fantasy · boarding-school · young-adult · paranormal · coming-of-age · contemporary · audiobook · middle-grade · disability · friendship · witches-wizards · action-adventure · fiction · mystery · fantasy · children · male-mc

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Smile

by Raina Telgemeier

4.32 · 113 ratings

comics · young-adult · contemporary · middle-grade · coming-of-age · fiction · humor · friendship · female-mc · drama · family · realistic · female-author · children · 21st-century · teens · action-adventure · children-books · bullying · siblings

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The Sisters Grimm

by Michael Buckley

4.29 · 359 ratings

young-adult · retellings · children · humor · fiction · mystery · fantasy · middle-grade · myths · book · fairy-tale · law-enforcement · magic · family · action-adventure · paranormal · audiobook · contemporary · fae · urban-fantasy

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The Witch Boy

by Lee Knox Ostertag

4.28 · 97 ratings

family · contemporary · middle-grade · paranormal · coming-of-age · supernatural · urban-fantasy · young-adult · shapeshifters · female-author · magic · magical-realism · comics · children · witches-wizards · poc-mc · friendship · fiction · fantasy · action-adventure

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Fudge

by Judy Blume

4.01 · 159 ratings

humor · young-adult · children · comedy · female-author · audiobook · contemporary · middle-grade · realistic · family · friendship · classics · fiction · children-books · coming-of-age · siblings · literary · book · action-adventure · 20th-century

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Shadow Children

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

4.07 · 222 ratings

dark · sci-fi · children · female-author · realistic · futuristic · family · drama · friendship · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · suspense · contemporary · middle-grade · dystopia · survival · post-apocalyptic · book · young-adult

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Ramona Quimby

by Beverly Cleary

4.10 · 281 ratings

middle-grade · realistic · children · classics · young-adult · children-books · fiction · humor · contemporary · audiobook · female-author · family · comedy · 20th-century · literary · book · friendship · action-adventure · siblings · coming-of-age

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Wonder

by R.J. Palacio

4.33 · 250 ratings

middle-grade · fiction · young-adult · friendship · family · audiobook · contemporary · children-books · realistic · children · disability · bullying · coming-of-age · drama · 21st-century · humor · female-author · classics · book · multi-pov

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Sheets

by Brenna Thummler

4.07 · 73 ratings

contemporary · middle-grade · grief · paranormal · coming-of-age · ghosts · supernatural · young-adult · mental-illness · death · comics · magical-realism · spooky · friendship · fantasy · fiction · family · bullying · urban-fantasy · female-author

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Track

by Jason Reynolds

4.20 · 70 ratings

audiobook · contemporary · middle-grade · coming-of-age · young-adult · sports · poc-author · realistic · children · poc-mc · friendship · children-books · humor · fiction · family · bullying · disability · book · male-mc · alpha-mc

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Friends

by Shannon Hale

4.24 · 68 ratings

mental-illness · family · bullying · friendship · humor · comics · young-adult · coming-of-age · children · non-fiction · middle-grade · contemporary · female-author · historical-fiction · realistic · drama · female-mc · children-books · siblings · religion

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New Kid

by Jerry Craft

4.21 · 66 ratings

young-adult · coming-of-age · racism · audiobook · contemporary · middle-grade · family · bullying · humor · fiction · poc-mc · friendship · children · comics · realistic · male-mc · bildungsroman · sports · poc-author · social-commentary

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Tillerman Cycle

by Cynthia Voigt

3.91 · 126 ratings

children · female-author · realistic · family · children-books · fiction · coming-of-age · middle-grade · classics · young-adult · literary · contemporary · book · historical-fiction · action-adventure · teens · survival · high-school · drama · friendship

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Sunny

by Jennifer L. Holm

4.15 · 84 ratings

young-adult · middle-grade · coming-of-age · children-books · humor · fiction · friendship · family · historical · realistic · historical-fiction · children · comics · season-summer · mental-illness · substance-abuse · female-mc · domestic-drama · drama · siblings

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Life of a Cactus

by Dusti Bowling

4.35 · 54 ratings

bullying · family · friendship · fiction · humor · children · realistic · young-adult · contemporary · audiobook · middle-grade · disability · children-books · mystery · usa · arizona · north-america · book · coming-of-age · animals

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Berrybrook Middle School

by Svetlana Chmakova

4.28 · 89 ratings

fiction · friendship · children · comics · bullying · humor · poc-mc · realistic · young-adult · coming-of-age · contemporary · middle-grade · drama · teens · children-books · family · comedy · high-school · female-author · lgbtq

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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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Mo & Dale Mysteries

by Sheila Turnage

4.17 · 70 ratings

family · friendship · fiction · action-adventure · children-books · humor · mystery · children · law-enforcement · realistic · book · young-adult · orphans · contemporary · audiobook · middle-grade · crime · coming-of-age · animals · female-mc

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Anastasia Krupnik

by Lois Lowry

3.88 · 84 ratings

family · female-mc · fiction · young-adult · children-books · humor · children · coming-of-age · 20th-century · middle-grade · realistic · female-author · contemporary · multigenerational · friendship · classics · comedy · urban · season-summer · audiobook

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Emmie & Friends

by Terri Libenson

4.13 · 96 ratings

friendship · comics · middle-grade · humor · fiction · coming-of-age · children · realistic · contemporary · family · young-adult · children-books · holidays · bullying · religion · audiobook · female-mc · action-adventure · spirituality · box-set

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Nat Enough

by Maria Scrivan

4.08 · 40 ratings

humor · young-adult · fiction · friendship · children · comics · realistic · middle-grade · contemporary · family · children-books · coming-of-age · bullying · romance · female-mc

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Storm Keeper

by Catherine Doyle

4.22 · 32 ratings

book · audiobook · middle-grade · myths · family · fiction · action-adventure · children-books · fantasy · children · retellings · magic · time-travel · supernatural · urban-fantasy · young-adult · coming-of-age · contemporary · friendship · exploration

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