Samuel Blink and the Runaway Troll
10 best books like Samuel Blink and the Runaway Troll (Matt Haig): Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog: The funny, heartbreaking memoir of losing a family and gaining a dog, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Cari Mora, The A to Z of You and Me, There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, Beetle Boy, Early Irish Myths and Sagas, The Dog Who Saved the World, A Pinch of Magic, My Teacher Ate My Brain
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog: The funny, heartbreaking memoir of losing a family and gaining a dog
The funny, heart-breaking, wonderfully told story of love, family and overwhelming loss which led Emily Dean to find hope and healing in the dog she always wanted.
Growing up with the Deans was a fabulous training ground for many things: ignoring unpaid bills, being the most entertaining guest at...
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
| Author | Grace Lin |
| ISBN | 0316114278 |
In the valley of Fruitless Mountain, a young girl named Minli spends her days working hard in the fields and her nights listening to her father spin fantastic tales about the Jade Dragon and the Old Man of the Moon. Minli's mother, tired of their poor life, chides him for filling her head with nonsense....
| Author | Thomas Harris |
| ISBN | 1538750147 |
From the creator of Hannibal Lecter and The Silence of the Lambs comes a story of evil, greed, and the consequences of dark obsession.
Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the...
He has all kinds of everyday joy in his life -- he's young, he's in love, he has friends who promise to stand by him if life ever goes wrong.
Then one day, life does go wrong.
He makes a mistake, and it's big and unforgiveable. Now time is running out, and his life is falling apart. But he's...
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
| Author | Louis Sachar |
| ISBN | 0590590898 |
Bradley Chalkers is the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with girls. No one likes him-except Carla, the new school counselor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren't afraid to try. But when you feel like...
The glorious start to a middle-grade trilogy about a brilliant boy, his loyal friends, and some amazingly intelligent beetles that brings together adventure, humor, and real science!
Darkus Cuttle's dad mysteriously goes missing from his job as Director of Science at the Natural History...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0140443975 |
First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle...
The Dog Who Saved the World
| Author | Ross Welford |
| ISBN | 0008256977 |
When eleven-year-old Georgie befriends an eccentric retired scientist, she becomes the test subject for a thrilling new experiment: a virtual-reality 3D version of the future.
But then a deadly disease threatens the life of every dog in the country and Georgie’s beloved dog, Mr Mash,...
| Author | Michelle Harrison |
| ISBN | 1471124304 |
This was such a cute, magical middle grade book with a gorgeous cover & end pages I must say :)
It's about Widdershin sisters trying to break a family curse affecting the women in their family for generations. They go on an adventure full of magic.
I loved the themes in this book. Sisterhood...
| Author | Tommy Donbavand |
| ISBN | 1445114674 |
Josh has going camping with school. are the campfire one night a teacher is bitten and turned in to a zombie and then turns everyone else.
zombie book for kids. I read this with my 12 year old. we both agree that the story is a little clumsy in the beginning. not really explaining what's happened.
there...
Darkus and his friends continue their unforgettable adventure in this final instalment of the Beetle trilogy. Arch-villainess Lucretia Cutter has a secret Biome hidden in the Amazon rainforest: can Darkus and his friends, human and beetle alike, find it before it's too late? If they can't stop Lucretia,...
| Author | M.G. Leonard |
| ISBN | 1910002771 |
Cruel beetle fashionista, Lucretia Cutter, is at large with her yellow ladybird spies. When Darkus, Virginia and Bertolt discover further evidence of her evil, they're determined to stop her. But the three friends are in trouble. Darkus' dad has forbidden them to investigate any further - and disgusting...
Сахарный ребенок. История девочки из прошлого века, рассказанная Стеллой Нудольской
| Author | Ольга Громова |
| ISBN | 9785905876 |
Книга Ольги Громовой САХАРНЫЙ РЕБЕНОК записана ею со слов Стеллы Нудольской, чье детство пришлось на конец 30-х - начало 40-х годов в Советском союзе. Это...
Сергей Довлатов. Малое собрание сочинений
| Author | Sergei Dovlatov |
| ISBN | 5389039777 |
Сергей Довлатов - современный классик, один из самых читаемых русских писателей последней четверти XX века.
"Читать его легко. Он как бы не требует...
Trap 3 Little Pigs: Young Readers Version
Can’t a wolf just get some bacon? Authored by YouTuber Kyle Exum, Trap 3 Little Pigs is a modern twist of the original Three Little Pigs tale. Complimented by the “Trap 3 Little Pigs” song, the story involves a hungry wolf who just needs an entree for his dinner date, as well as three intelligent and...
| Author | C.T. Grey |
| ISBN | 1250033667 |
“She knelt before me on the shed floor and tugged gently, then harder until finally it came. I moaned with pleasure. Now for the other boot ...”
Colin Grey’s life was happy and simple, until the day everything changed—the day his wife read that book. Suddenly, he was thrust headfirst into...
| Author | Mick Kitson |
| ISBN | 1786891875 |
Sal planned it for almost a year before they ran. She nicked an Ordnance Survey map from the school library. She bought a compass, a Bear Grylls knife, waterproofs, and a first aid kit from Amazon using stolen credit cards. She read the SAS Survival Handbook and watched loads of YouTube videos. And now...
| Author | Kieran Larwood |
| ISBN | 0571328466 |
The bard looks up at the three figures. They have black hooded cloaks and long robes. From the holes in their masks, three pairs of eyes watch him: cold, calm, emotionless.'Yes,' says the bard. 'They're bonedancers. You don't need to sound quite so excited, though. They have come to kill me.'
And...
