The Color of Fire
10 best books like The Color of Fire (Ann Rinaldi): Scent of Magic, The Thing Around Your Neck, New Kid, The Line Tender, Just Like Jackie, The Season of Styx Malone, Legend of the Ghost Dog, Fruits Basket, Vol. 3, Fruits Basket, Vol. 4, Payback
Author | Maria V. Snyder |
ISBN | 0778314189 |
Hunted, Killed—Survived?
As the last Healer in the Fifteen Realms, Avry of Kazan is in a unique position: in the minds of her friends and foes alike, she no longer exists. Despite her need to prevent the megalomanical King Tohon from winning control of the Realms, Avry is also determined to...
The Thing Around Your Neck
Author | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
ISBN | 0307271072 |
Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, the stories in The Thing Around Your Neck map, with Adichie's signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene...
Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade.
As he...
Author | Kate Allen |
ISBN | 0735231605 |
The Line Tender is the story of Lucy, the daughter of a marine biologist and a rescue diver, and the summer that changes her life. If she ever wants to lift the cloud of grief over her family and community, she must complete the research her late mother began. She must follow the sharks.
Wherever...
Author | Lindsey Stoddard |
ISBN | 0062652915 |
For as long as Robinson Hart can remember, it’s just been her and Grandpa. Robbie knows they look like an odd pair, because her blond hair and pale skin don’t match his dark complexion—but those differences don’t mean anything to her. And though she wishes Grandpa would tell her more about the...
The Season of Styx Malone
Author | Kekla Magoon |
ISBN | 1524715956 |
Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene have the whole summer for adventures in the woods behind their house in Sutton, Indiana. Caleb dreams of venturing beyond their ordinary small town, but his dad likes the family to stay close to home.
Then Caleb and Bobby Gene meet new neighbor Styx...
Author | Elizabeth Cody Kimmel |
A thrilling mystery set against a stark landscape and the inspiration of Nome's real-life dog hero, Balto.
Twelve-year-old Tee has just moved to Nome, Alaska, with her writer father and sullen little brother, Jack. Jack isn't happy about the idea of living in the middle of nowhere, but Tee...
Author | Natsuki Takaya |
ISBN | 1591826055 |
A family with an ancient curse...
And the girl who will change their lives forever...
It's Valentines Day and you know what that means - lots of chocolates for the cutest boys at school! In this case, it's a pretty close tie between hot-headed Kyo Sohma and "Prince Charming" Yuki Sohma....
Author | Natsuki Takaya |
ISBN | 1591826063 |
When the infamous Akito makes an in-class appearance at the start of the school year, the Sohma family worries that his arrival will be an uncensored exercise of show-and-tell about Yuki's past. Meanwhile, when Ayame vows to rekindle his brother's lost friendship, he begins to realize that you can...
Author | Gordon Korman |
ISBN | 1443428817 |
From the master of middle grade, Gordon Korman, comes the final book in the bestselling Masterminds series — about a group of kids who discover they were cloned from the DNA of some of the greatest criminal masterminds in history.
After a serious betrayal from one of their former friends,...