Stealing Air

10 best books like Stealing Air (Trent Reedy): The City of Ember, The Little House Collection, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, Never Fade, Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories, The People of Sparks, The Titan's Curse: The Graphic Novel, Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II, Shipwreck Island, Prisoner B-3087

The City of Ember

Author	Jeanne DuPrau
ISBN	0375822747

An alternate cover edition can be found here.

Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked…but now the storerooms are almost out of food, crops are blighted, corruption is spreading through the city and...

The Little House Collection

Author	Laura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN	0060529962

Like so many people, I read and loved these books as a girl. When my son was an infant and I was looking for something to entertain me during his marathon bouts of nursing, I decided to read the series again. I still found it immensely enjoyable, but with one striking difference: When I was a child, Pa Ingalls...

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Author

Eleanor Coerr

Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For...

Never Fade

Author	Alexandra Bracken
ISBN	1423157516

Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt government and breaking into the minds of her enemies. Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she...

Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories

Author	R.J. Palacio
ISBN	0552574775

WONDER tells the story of Auggie Pullman: an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face, whose first year at school changed the lives and the perspectives of everyone around him.

AUGGIE & ME is a new side to the WONDER story: three new chapters from three different characters - bully Julian,...

The People of Sparks

Author	Jeanne DuPrau
ISBN	0375828257

If I could give this book 6 stars, I would. I enjoyed City of Ember as a fun, quick YA read, but this sequel is just as entertaining, while also being profoundly thought-provoking and insightful.

I loved that the main characters - Lina and Doon - are honest and warm, with realistic struggles: Doon...

The Titan's Curse: The Graphic Novel

Author	Robert Venditti
ISBN	1423145518

A new prophecy leads to a dangerous quest.
When Percy receives an urgent distress call from Grover, he immediately prepares for battle. He knows he'll need his powerful demigod allies, Annabeth and Thalia, at his side; his trusty bronze sword, Riptide; and a ride from his mom.
The demigods...

Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II

Author	Alan Gratz
ISBN	0545880165

Infiltrate. Befriend. Sabotage.

World War II is raging. Michael O'Shaunessey, originally from Ireland, now lives in Nazi Germany with his parents. Like the other boys in his school, Michael is a member of the Hitler Youth.

But Michael has a secret. He and his parents are spies.

Michael...

Shipwreck Island

Author	S.A. Bodeen
ISBN	1250027772

Sarah Robinson is deeply troubled in the wake of her dad's second marriage. She now has to deal with a new stepmom and two stepbrothers, Marco, who is her age, and Nacho, who's younger. Even though they've all moved from Texas to California to start life as a new, blended family, none of the kids seem remotely...

Prisoner B-3087

Author

Alan Gratz

Survive. At any cost.

10 concentration camps.

10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly.

It's something no one could imagine surviving.

But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face.

As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is...

The Nebula Secret

Author	Trudi Trueit
ISBN	1426331592

Adventure, danger, and a thrilling global mission await 12-year-old Cruz Coronado as he joins an elite school for explorers.

Cruz leaves his tranquil home in Hawaii to join 23 talented kids from around the globe to train at the Explorer Academy with the world's leading scientists to become...

The Falcon's Feather

Author	Trudi Trueit
ISBN	1426333048

Cruz, Sailor, and Emmett, along with their new ally Bryndis, embark on their first globe-trotting mission aboard the ship Orion. Cruz jumps right back into school and starts using the latest technology in submersible underwater dives, but is soon reminded of the dangers of exploration when his equipment...

The Great Treehouse War

Author

Lisa Graff

Kids vs. parents! An epic treehouse sleepover! An awesome group of friends! An exciting new book from National Book Award finalist Lisa Graff.

Winnie's last day of fourth grade ended with a pretty life-changing surprise. That was the day Winnie s parents got divorced, the day they decided...

The Battle of the Labyrinth: The Graphic Novel

Author

Robert Venditti

THEY CUT OUT THE KISS! THEY CUT OUT THE KISS! THEY CUT OUT -

Somebody sedate me, RIGHT NOW! From all the things you cut out, you chose Percabeth‘s first kiss? HOW? WHY?

Calming myself now... SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?

Okay, okay... I am calm... maybe...

Other...

New Persia: Before the Storm

Author

John L. Lynch

New Persian Captain Basir Turani, a young tank commander, and Farad Hashemi, an ace fighter pilot, fight the invasion of their homeland.

Two women, Suri Pahlavi and Nasrin Avesta, break the conventions of their age and choose their own destiny.

On a planet rising from the ashes of...