Binny for Short

7 best books like Binny for Short (Hilary McKay): Tilly and the Bookwanderers, Emily of New Moon, The Great Greene Heist, Target Practice, 月刊少女野崎くん 1 [Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun 1], A Wolf Called Wander, Emmy in the Key of Code

Tilly and the Bookwanderers

Author	Anna James
ISBN	0008229864

A magical adventure to delight the imagination. A curl-up-on-the-sofa debut from a uniquely talented author.

Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents' bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. Like the rest of her family, Tilly loves nothing...

Emily of New Moon

Author

L.M. Montgomery

Emily Starr never knew what it was to be lonely -- until her beloved father died. Now Emily's an orphan, and her mother's snobbish relatives are taking her to live with them at New Moon Farm. She's sure she won't be happy. Emily deals with stiff, stern Aunt Elizabeth and her malicious classmates by holding...

The Great Greene Heist

Author	Varian Johnson
ISBN	0545525527

Saving the school -- one con at a time.

Jackson Greene has reformed. No, really he has. He became famous for the Shakedown at Shimmering Hills, and everyone still talks about the Blitz at the Fitz.... But after the disaster of the Mid-Day PDA, he swore off scheming and conning for good.

Then...

Target Practice

Author	Mike Maihack
ISBN	0545528437

A funny, action-packed graphic novel featuring a young Cleopatra -- yes, THAT Cleopatra -- who's transported to the future and learns it's up to her to save the galaxy!

When a young Cleopatra (yes, THAT Cleopatra) finds a mysterious tablet that zaps her to the far, REALLY far future, she learns...

月刊少女野崎くん 1 [Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun 1]

Author

Izumi Tsubaki

I read the first two volumes from my library. Clean art style -- the eponymous hero is a high school lad who draws (professional) girl's manga, hijinks ensue. Nozaki looks very much like Domeki from xxxHolic, and is amusingly focused on his work, to the frustration of the girl who fancies him.

Interesting...

A Wolf Called Wander

Author	Rosanne Parry
ISBN	1783447907

The wolf star, brightest of all in the summer sky, shines over my home ground. I know every hidden lake and rocky ridge, but if my pack is not in the mountains, then it is no home to me. I feel a howl deep inside, but dare not let it out.

Swift lives with his pack in the mountains, until one day his home...

Emmy in the Key of Code

Author	Aimee Lucido
ISBN	0358040825

This is such a fun book! The way it combines music and code and poetry is totally unique, and Emmy herself is such an earnest, heartfelt character looking for her place in the world. STEM-focused fiction for girls is of course very much needed, but it's not all about the coding (although the code-poetry...