Chasing Orion

7 best books like Chasing Orion (Kathryn Lasky): Waterfall, The Truth About Stacey, Claudia and Mean Janine, The Ark Plan, Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights, Whatshisface, Paper Wishes

Waterfall

Author	Lisa Tawn Bergren
ISBN	1434764338

What do you do when your knight in shining armor lives, literally, in a different world?

Most American teenagers want a vacation in Italy, but the Betarrini sisters have spent every summer of their lives among the romantic hills with their archaelogist parents. Stuck among the rubble of the...

The Truth About Stacey

Author	Raina Telgemeier
ISBN	0439739365

I started reading the Baby-Sitter's Club books when I was nine years old, and even though they are deeply formulaic and predictable and old-fashioned and ridiculous, I loved them then and I love them now and I will continue to love them with the same fervor until I die (not to get all hyperbolic or anything)....

Claudia and Mean Janine

Author	Raina Telgemeier
ISBN	0439885175

Claudia and her sister, Janine, may as well be from two different planets. Claudia, who pays more attention to her art than her grades, feels she can't compete with her perfect sister. Janine studies nonstop, makes straight As, and even takes college-level courses. The girls are nothing alike, and...

The Ark Plan

Author	Laura Martin
ISBN	0062416227

Jurassic World meets Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in this epic new middle grade series full of heart-pounding action and breathtaking chills! "Amazing adventures!" raves Brightly.com as they recommend Edge of Extinction as a 2016 Holiday Gift for Tween Readers.

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Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights

Author	Malala Yousafzai
ISBN	1549147846

A memoir by the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday.

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought...

Whatshisface

Author

Gordon Korman

E ARC from Edelweiss Plus

Cooper Vega is used to moving a lot with his parents' jobs, but it still gets old being "what's his face". At his newest school, he manages to run afoul of Brock, the popular, jerk-face jock. He has a pleasant interaction with Jolie, who is also popular and absolutely...

Paper Wishes

Author	Lois Sepahban
ISBN	0374302162

A moving debut novel about a girl whose family is relocated to a Japanese internment camp during World War II—and the dog she has to leave behind.

Ten-year-old Manami did not realize how peaceful her family's life on Bainbridge Island was until the day it all changed. It's 1942, after the attack...