Sacred Scars

9 best books like Sacred Scars (Kathleen Duey): Plain Kate, Earwig and the Witch, The Disappearance of Ember Crow, Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, Flora's Dare, Fireflies, A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620, Clanless, Fearless

Plain Kate

Author	Erin Bow
ISBN	0545166640

Oh, rip my heart out, why don't you? This is such a horrifying and sad book that again makes me ask the question: just what on earth is going on in the UK publishing world??? This book was released in the US as Plain Kate with a cover that features the protagonist walking along a rooftop with her...

Earwig and the Witch

Author	Diana Wynne Jones
ISBN	0007416857

Most orphanages are horrible, but Earwig has a surprising amount of power over everyone at St Morwald’s Home for Children, and loves it there. The last thing she wants is to be adopted by the very strange Bella Yaga, demon-attended Mandrake, and talking black cat Thomas. Earwig wants to learn magic,...

The Disappearance of Ember Crow

Author	Ambelin Kwaymullina
ISBN	1921720093

"However this ends, you're probably going to find out some things about me, and they're not nice things. But, Ash, even after you know, do you think you could remember the good? And whatever you end up discovering - try to think of me kindly. If you can."

Ember Crow is missing. To find her friend,...

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell

Author	Kristiana Gregory
ISBN	0590226517

Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley the air feels dry and thin. My lips are so chapped they bleed when I talk. The only thing to do is dip our fingers in to the bucket of axle grease and rub our lips every hour or so. It smells bad, it tastes bad, and the blowing dust sticks.

It feels like we...

Flora's Dare

Author	Ysabeau S. Wilce
ISBN	0152054278

Flora Fyrdraaca wants nothing more than to be a ranger, and for that she must master the magickal—and dangerous—language of Gramatica. But before she can find the ideal teacher, her aspirations are put to the test. Would a true ranger be intimidated by a tentacle that reaches for her from the depths...

Fireflies

Author

Cory Archie

4.5 Stars

Few stories have drawn me in as quickly as this lovely short story. Simple words such as 'siren' and 'shelter' throw so much meaning, it brings a great ominous light over the remainder of the story without going overboard.

It was SO SIMPLE. The world could become this. That...

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620

Author

Kathryn Lasky

Journey to the New World (Mayflower) / 0-590-50214-X

Like so many of the Dear America series, this book has wonderful history; the journey across the sea is so real, you can almost feel the narrator's sea sickness. The arrival in the New World is presented realistically: full of hope, joy, and...

Clanless

Author

Jennifer Jenkins

Striker Gryphon has lost his position of honor among the Ram, and is now a hunted man. A traitor.

Zo, the object of his affection, was murdered by members of his former clan. To honor her memory, he journeys to the highly secretive Raven “Nest” to warn strangers of their impending demise—though...

Fearless

Author

Jennifer Jenkins

In exactly twenty-three days, Gryphon will offer his life to Chief Barnabas in exchange for the lives of his best friend and mess brothers. Until then, he must keep his plans from Zo while avoiding the Wolves of the Allied Camp. But Gryphon is not the only one harboring secrets. To spare her own life, Zo...