Not As We Know It

10 best books like Not As We Know It (Tom Avery): Paper Girls, Vol. 6, Monsters, Freaks, The Midnight War of Mateo Martinez, The Secret Horses of Briar Hill, The Imaginary, Look Both Ways, Hate That Cat, Beth's Story, 1914, Oddfellow's Orphanage

Paper Girls, Vol. 6
AuthorBrian K. Vaughan
ISBN1534313249
THE END IS HERE!

After surviving adventures in their past, present and future, the Paper Girls of 1988 embark on one last journey, a five-part epic that includes the emotional double-sized series finale. Featuring a new wraparound cover from Eisner Award-winning co-creator CLIFF CHIANG,...
Monsters
AuthorEmerald Fennell
ISBN1471404625
A blackly comic tale about two children you would never want to meet.

Set in the Cornish town of Fowey, all is not as idyllic as the beautiful seaside town might seem. The body of a young woman is discovered in the nets of a fishing boat. It is established that the woman was murdered. Most are shocked...
AuthorKieran Larwood
ISBN1906427933
The Freaks are a band of misfits, trapped in a nightly Victorian sideshow. There’s Wolf-girl, Sheba, with her amazing sense of smell; Sister Moon, who can move at the speed of light; and Monkey Boy, ace climber and human stink bomb. But during the day, the Freaks decide to put their extraordinary talents...
The Midnight War of Mateo Martinez
AuthorRobin Yardi
ISBN1467783064
Life is confusing for Mateo Martinez. He and Johnny Ramirez don’t hang out anymore, even though they used to be best friends. He and his new friend Ashwin try to act like brave, old-time knights, but it only gets them in trouble. His parents keep telling him to hold his sister’s hand when crossing busy...
The Secret Horses of Briar Hill
AuthorMegan Shepherd
There are winged horses that live in the mirrors of Briar Hill hospital. In the mirrors that line its grand hallways, which once belonged to a princess. In those that reflect the elegant rooms, now filled with sick children. It is her secret.

One morning, when Emmaline climbs over the wall of...
The Imaginary
AuthorA.F. Harrold
ISBN1408852462
Rudger is Amanda’s best friend. He doesn't exist, but nobody's perfect.

Only Amanda can see her imaginary friend – until the sinister Mr Bunting arrives at Amanda's door. Mr Bunting hunts imaginaries. Rumour says that he eats them. And he's sniffed out Rudger. Soon Rudger is alone, and...
Look Both Ways
AuthorJason Reynolds
From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a novel told in ten blocks, showing all they different directions a walk home can take.

This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school bus falling from the sky. But no one saw it...
AuthorSharon Creech
ISBN0061430927
Love that book
like a boy loves a cat
I said I love that book
like a boy loves a cat
Love to take a pen in the morning
love to take a pen
Write like that!

Love that book
like a cat loves birds
I said I love that book
like a cat loves birds
Love to feast on its pages
Love...
AuthorAdele Whitby
ISBN1481406310
Find out what secrets lurk within the walls of Chatswood Manor in this in this first book of a historical fiction mystery series that explores a family’s secrets throughout generations.

The Chatswood family tree has many branches—and even more secrets. It’s the summer of 1914 in England,...
Oddfellow's Orphanage
AuthorEmily Winfield Martin
ISBN0375869956
New York Times bestselling author Emily Winfield Martin brings a strange and wonderful place to life with her unique style of both art and writing.

What do an onion-headed boy, a child-sized hedgehog, and a tattooed girl have in common? They are all orphans at Oddfellow's Orphanage! This...
Shiverton Hall: The Creeper
AuthorEmerald Fennell
ISBN1408827794
Don’t look behind you. Resist with all your power. He’ll go away, perhaps, as long as you don’t look.

Arthur Bannister is back for another term at Shiverton Hall, where eerie events are unfolding. First, a burned stranger shows up in the middle of the night uttering dire warnings. Then...
Shiverton Hall
AuthorEmerald Fennell
ISBN1408827786
They slowed as they reached the gate; two stone columns, each with its own crumbling angel perched on top. The angels held up a rusty, wrought-iron arch that read, in curling, serpentine letters: SHIVERTON HALL.

Arthur Bannister has been unexpectedly accepted into Shiverton Hall, which,...
The Death of Yorik Mortwell
AuthorStephen Messer
Inspired by the artwork of Edward Gorey, Windblowne author Stephen Messer delivers a mock-Gothic tale about poor Yorick (alas!), son of the Gamekeeper at venerable Ravenby Manor, who meets an untimely demise—in chapter one! Worry not, dear reader, for Yorick returns in ghostly form, intent on...
Kay's Story, 1934
AuthorAdele Whitby
ISBN1481427555
In this stunning conclusion to the Chatswood family's story, the first story arc of the Secrets of the Manor series, a mysterious benefactor helps the Vandermeers during the Great Depression and readers finally discover the family's biggest secret!

The Great Depression is raging across...
Elizabeth's Story, 1848
AuthorAdele Whitby
ISBN1481418408
Discover the chilling secrets surrounding Maggie O'Brien's disappearance from Chatswood Manor in the third book of an irresistibly entertaining historical fiction mystery series.
Elizabeth and Katherine Chatswood are on the verge of turning twelve years old, which means that the grandest...
The Last Monster
AuthorGinger Garrett
ISBN0553535250
A fantastical story about love, fear, and the thrill of discovering who we were born to be, The Last Monster is a story about making peace with our insecurities and defending those who must hide what they really are.
 
Sofia has never felt special. Not at school, or with her track team, and especially...
Claire's Story, 1910
AuthorAdele Whitby
Claire Rousseau embarks on an exciting new chapter in the eighth book of this fascinating historical fiction series.

Claire Rousseau has just arrived at Rousseau Manor in Paris, France, from America. Everything is new to her—the sights, the people, the language—and adventurous Claire...
Kate's Story, 1914
AuthorAdele Whitby
ISBN1481406345
There are more family secrets waiting to be discovered at Vandermeer Manor in America in the second book of a historical fiction mystery series.

It’s the end of June in 1914, and Beth Etheridge is traveling from her home in England’s Chatswood Manor all the way to America, to visit her cousin...
The Nine Lives of Alexander Baddenfield
AuthorJohn Bemelmans Marciano
ISBN0670014060
Alexander Baddenfield is a horrible boy—a really horrible boy—who is the last in a long line of lying, thieving scoundrels.  One day, Alexander has an astonishing idea.  Why not transplant the nine lives from his cat into himself?  Suddenly, Alexander has lives to spare, and goes about using...
Betsy's Story, 1934
AuthorAdele Whitby
ISBN1481427539
Someone is causing trouble at Chatswood Manor and it's up to Betsy to find the culprit before it's too late in the fifth book of this fascinating historical fiction series.

Betsy Northrop is about to turn twelve years old and per her family's tradition, plans are underway for a magnificent birthday...
Katherine's Story, 1848
AuthorAdele Whitby
ISBN1481418440
Trouble is brewing at Vandermeer Manor and it is up to Katherine and Elizabeth to reveal the truth before it’s too late in the fourth book of a fascinating historical fiction series.

Twins Katherine and Elizabeth Chatswood are on their way to visit their distant relatives at Vandermeer Manor...
Camille's Story, 1910
AuthorAdele Whitby
Exciting secrets are waiting to be revealed in a new story arc set in a manor in the heart of Paris in the seventh book of this fascinating historical fiction series.

Camille LeClerc has just moved into the grand estate Rousseau—one of the largest and most beautiful manor homes in all of Paris—with...
Pin
AuthorAndrew Neiderman
ISBN0671415018
What a horror novel is is somewhat subjective. Must a horror novel be a tale of the supernatural? Must it feature the inexplicable? How much gore is necessary, and how high must the body count be?

Pin is not what some readers would think of as a horror novel — in fact, it veers more toward being...
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