The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas

10 best books like The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas (David Almond): Malamander, Noah Barleywater Runs Away: A Fairytale, Millions, Don't Feed the Boy, Bill's New Frock, The Astounding Broccoli Boy, Once Upon a Frog, The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket, The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee, Drž hubu a bude ti dobre

Malamander

Author

Thomas Taylor

Nobody visits Eerie-on-Sea in the winter. Especially not when darkness falls and the wind howls around Maw Rocks and the wreck of the battleship Leviathan, where even now some swear they have seen the unctuous malamander creep…

Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel,...

Noah Barleywater Runs Away: A Fairytale

Author	John Boyne
ISBN	0385618956

In Noah Barleywater Runs Away, bestselling author John Boyne explores the world of childhood and the adventures that we can all have there. Noah is running away from his problems, or at least that's what he thinks, the day he takes the untrodden path through the forest. When he comes across a very unusual...

Millions

Author	Frank Cottrell Boyce
ISBN	0060733322

It was a one-in-a-million chance. A bag crammed with cash comes tumbling out of the air and lands right at Damian's feet. Suddenly the Cunningham brothers are rich. Very rich. They can buy anything they want. There's just one problem -- they have only seventeen days to spend all the money before it becomes...

Don't Feed the Boy

Author	Irene Latham
ISBN	1596437553

No kid knows more about zoo life than Whit. That's because he sleeps, eats and even attends home-school at the Meadowbrook Zoo. It's one of the perks of having a mother who's the zoo director and a father who's the head elephant keeper. Now that he's eleven, Whit feels trapped by the rules and routine of...

Bill's New Frock

Author

Anne Fine

Bill's New Frock, Anne Fine
Bill's New Frock is a fiction book for younger readers, written by Anne Fine and illustrated by Philippe Dupasquier. First published in 1989, and reissued in 2002, it concerns a young boy, Bill Simpson, who wakes up one morning to find he has transformed into a girl. Forced...

The Astounding Broccoli Boy

Author	Frank Cottrell Boyce
ISBN	0062400177

"Find out why it's not easy being green in the hilarious book from master storyteller Frank Cottrell Boyce, The Astounding Broccoli Boy. Read by Ewan Goddard and with an approximate running time of 466 minutes it's time to meet a brand new super hero!

Rory Rooney likes to be prepared for all eventualities....

Once Upon a Frog

Author

Sarah Mlynowski

Ribbit ribbit! Siblings Abby and Jonah are in for a surprise when the magic mirror in their basement pulls them into the classic story of The Frog Prince. Abby knows how the tale goes: the princess kisses the frog, and he transforms into a handsome prince. Right? WRONG. Turns out the princess is spoiled...

The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket

Author

John Boyne

There's nothing unusual about the Brockets. Normal, respectable, and proud of it, they turn up their noses at anyone strange or different. But from the moment Barnaby Brocket comes into the world, it's clear he's anything but ordinary. To his parents’ horror, Barnaby defies the laws of gravity -...

The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee

Author

Barry Jonsberg

Everyone has problems. Candice has solutions.

Candice Phee isn't your typical twelve- year-old. She has more than her fair share of quirks. But she has the very best of intentions and unwavering determination to make sure everyone around her is happy. Which is no easy feat when you're dealing...

Drž hubu a bude ti dobre

Author

Pavol Zlatovský

Každé rozhodnutie zatvára jedny dvere a otvára iné.

Čo keď sa však v živote rozhodnete tak, že za zatvorenými dverami zostane vaša rodina, domov, práca, životný sen a všetko, čo ste mali a po čom ste túžili? Čo keď vo svojom vnútri viete, že inak ste spraviť nemohli?...

The Slightly Annoying Elephant

Author	David Walliams
ISBN	0007493991

This book is about a young boy, Sam, who has an elephant unexpectedly turn up on his doorstep. The elephant is annoying and frustrates Sam with his many difficult traits around the house.

I enjoyed reading ‘The Slightly Annoying Elephant’ and I really love the fun, lively illustrations...

Cold As Ice

Author

Sarah Mlynowski

The magical sixth installment in this NEW YORK TIMES bestselling series!

Brrrrrrrr. This fairy tale is FREEZING!

Even though my brother and I had decided to stay away from the magic mirror, our puppy had other plans -- he bounded right in. What choice did we have but to go in after him?...

The Creakers

Author

Tom Fletcher

What silently waits in the shadows at night? What's under your bed, keeping just out of sight?

Do you ever hear strange, creaking noises at night? Ever wonder what makes those noises?
Lucy Dungston always did.
Until, one morning, Lucy discovers that all the grown-ups have disappeared...

Wildfire

Author

Rodman Philbrick

Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick sends readers straight into the nightmare of a raging wildfire as 12-year-old Sam is trapped by explosive flames and deadly smoke that threaten to take his life. Can he survive?
Flames race toward Sam Castine's summer camp as evacuation buses are loading,...

Welcome to Nowhere

Author

Elizabeth Laird

Twelve-year-old Omar and his brothers and sisters were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn't care about politics - all he wants is to grow up to become a successful businessman who will take the world by storm. But when his clever older brother, Musa, gets mixed...

The Horrible Story and Others

Author	Margaret Mahy
ISBN	0460062735

Margaret Mahy was a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While the plots of many of her books have strong supernatural elements, her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up.

Her books The Haunting and The Changeover: A Supernatural...

A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur

Author	Gayatri Devi
ISBN	8171673074

She is the daughter of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar and the widow of the Maharaja of Jaipur. She was raised in a sumptuous palace staffed with 500 servants and she shot her first panther when she was twelve. She has appeared on the lists of the world's most beautiful women. Gayatri Devi describes her carefree...

A Whole New Ballgame

Author	Phil Bildner
ISBN	0374301301

Rip and Red are best friends whose fifth-grade year is nothing like what they expected. They have a crazy new tattooed teacher named Mr. Acevedo, who doesn't believe in tests or homework and who likes off-the-wall projects, the more "off" the better. They also find themselves with a new basketball coach:...