Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird: A True Story

9 best books like Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird: A True Story (Stephanie Spinner): Pumpkinheads, Grimoire Noir, The Wallflower Wager, Best Friends, Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas, Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl, We Interrupt This Broadcast, Camp, Articulated Restraint

Pumpkinheads

Author

Rainbow Rowell

Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends.

Every autumn, all through high school, they’ve worked together at the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world. (Not many people know that the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world is in Omaha, Nebraska, but it definitely is.) They say good-bye...

Grimoire Noir

Author

Vera Greentea

Bucky Orson is a bit gloomy, but who isn’t at fifteen?

His best friend left him to hang out with way cooler friends, his dad is the town sheriff, and wait for it―he lives in Blackwell, a town where all the girls are witches. But when his little sister is kidnapped because of her extraordinary...

The Wallflower Wager

Author	Tessa Dare
ISBN	0062672150

They call him the Duke of Ruin.

To an undaunted wallflower, he's just the beast next door.

Wealthy and ruthless, Gabriel Duke clawed his way from the lowliest slums to the pinnacle of high society—and now he wants to get even.

Loyal and passionate, Lady Penelope Campion...

Best Friends

Author

Shannon Hale

Sequel to Shannon Hale's award-winning graphic novel memoir, "Real Friends", this new graphic memoir picks up where "Real Friends" left off. As Shannon grows a little older, the rules of friendship always seem to be changing, leaving her guessing and trying her best to just keep up. "Best Friends"...

Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas

Author	Aaron Blabey
ISBN	1743625782

Brian the piranha exasperates his fellow fish to no end in this amusing picture-book from Australian author/artist Aaron Blabey. While they are meat-eaters, Brian loves fruit, and continually offers it to his peers, who become more and more irate. Will our piscine hero ever convince them to give his...

Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl

Author	Ben Hatke
ISBN	1250191726

Jack and Lilly are no strangers to heroics. They’ve befriended dragons, battled giants, and even earned the loyalty of a goblin army. So when they meet Zita the Spacegirl, fresh from her interplanetary travels and seeking their help to face a new threat, they’re more than ready for another adventure.

But...

We Interrupt This Broadcast

Author

Mary Robinette Kowal

3.5 stars for this prequel to Mary Robinette Kowal's SF novel, The Calculating Stars. This short story is free online here at the author's website. Review first posted on Fantasy Literature:

The LADY ASTRONAUT series is an alternative history SF series in which a huge meteorite has destroyed...

Camp

Author	Kayla Miller
ISBN	1328530825

Olive and Willow are happy campers!
Or are they?
 
Olive is sure she’ll have the best time at summer camp with her friend Willow – but while Olive makes quick friends with the other campers, Willow struggles to form connections and latches on to the only person she knows – Olive. It’s...

Articulated Restraint

Author	Mary Robinette Kowal
ISBN	1250241308

3.5 stars for this SF short story, free online here at Tor.com. Review first posted here on Fantasy Literature:

Ruby Donaldson, an astronaut stationed on the Neutral Buoyancy Lab or NBL, is nursing a severely sprained ankle, which she twisted while practicing a Charleston Flip in a dance rehearsal,...