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10 best books like The Shadow Door (Nykko): The Unteachables, Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files, Mighty Jack, The Witch Boy, Flying Lessons & Other Stories, The Baker Street Four, Vol. 1, Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, Narwhal's Otter Friend, Alamo All-Stars, The Battle of the Labyrinth: The Graphic Novel

The Unteachables
AuthorGordon Korman
ISBN0062563912
What happens when the worst class of kids in school is paired with the worst teacher?

The Unteachables are a notorious class of misfits, delinquents, and academic train wrecks. Like Aldo, with anger management issues; Parker, who can’t read; Kiana, who doesn’t even belong in the class—or...
Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files
AuthorJim Butcher
Here, together for the first time, are the shorter from Jim Butcher's DRESDEN FILES series — a compendium of cases that Harry and his cadre of allies managed to close in record time. The tales range from the deadly serious to the absurdly hilarious. Also included is a new, never-before-published novella...
Mighty Jack
AuthorBen Hatke
Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever. But then, one day...
The Witch Boy
AuthorMolly Ostertag
In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled. Unfortunately for Aster, he still hasn't shifted . . . and he's still fascinated by witchery, no matter how forbidden it might be.

When...
Flying Lessons & Other Stories
AuthorEllen Oh
For the hardback, see ISBN13: 9781101934593.

Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold anthology—written by the best children’s authors—celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.

In a partnership with...
The Baker Street Four, Vol. 1
AuthorOlivier Legrand
ISBN1608878783
Based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, The Baker Street Four provides an inside look behind the infamous Baker Street Irregulars.

Billy, Charlie, and Tom are inseparable, and for good reason. Filled with con men and scoundrels, London’s East End is not easily survived alone....
Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea
AuthorBen Clanton
ISBN1101918713


if i'm being honest, this doesn't really stand up to my other five star ratings, even my five star ratings specific to other children's picture books.

but sometimes it's just about what you need at a particular time, and this book brought a goofy smile to my face when i really really...
Narwhal's Otter Friend
AuthorBen Clanton
Narwhal and Jelly . . . and Otty?! Exuberant Narwhal and skeptical Jelly test the waters of adding a new friend to their pod when they meet Otty the super-adventurous otter in the fourth book of this blockbuster early graphic novel series!

Dive into three new stories about the joy of adventure...
Alamo All-Stars
AuthorNathan Hale
“Remember the Alamo!” That rallying cry has been a part of Texas lore for generations. But who were the ragtag group of adventurers behind the famous slogan, and how did they end up barricaded in a fort against a Mexican army? Who survived, who died, and how? This sixth book in the bestselling Hazardous...
The Battle of the Labyrinth: The Graphic Novel
AuthorRobert 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...
Rutabaga the Adventure Chef
AuthorEric Colossal
ISBN1419713809
This is the cutest book. I was intrigued by it because I love stories to do with cooking and food. My dad was a chef and I grew up in the kitchen, so it's a nice relatable bit of nostalgia for me.

The artwork is adorable. It's fun for kids with good details and even better facial expressions. I could...
Graveyard Shakes
AuthorLaura Terry
ISBN0545889545
Katia and Victoria are sisters and scholarship students at a private boarding school. While Victoria tries to fit in, Katia is unapologetic about her quirks, even though their classmates tease her. After a big fight, Katia runs away from school. And when Victoria goes looking for her, she accidentally...
Beowulf
AuthorChris Ryall
ISBN1600101283
A special adaptation of the big-screen retelling of the ancient myth from filmmakers Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary and Robert Zemeckis! In the sixth century, the warrior Beowulf must do battle with the monster Grendel as well as Grendel's mother and a dragon who has a personal connection to the Scandanavian...
Just a Donkey Like You and Me
AuthorEmmanuel Guibert
ISBN1597073997
This book is Volume 1 of the Ariol graphic novel - well, maybe this is a kids' comic book rather than a graphic novel - series of graphic novels. Like the later volume of Ariol I previously read, I found this first volume surprisingly pleasant and enjoyable, with interesting nuanced characterizations...
Mr. Cooper Is Super!
AuthorDan Gutman
ISBN0062284231
With more than 8 million books sold, My Weird School really gets kids reading!

In this first book in the hilarious new My Weirdest School series, part of the internationally bestselling My Weird School series, A.J.'s third-grade teacher, Mr. Granite, is retiring after a million hundred years....
Lafayette!
AuthorNathan Hale
ISBN1419731483
The Frenchman who changed the course of the American Revolution.

Gilbert du Motier became the Marquis de Lafayette at a young age, but he was not satisfied with the comforts of French nobility—he wanted adventure!

A captain at eighteen and a major general by nineteen, he was eager...
The Baker Street Four, Vol. 2
AuthorJ B Djian
ISBN1683830199
The adventures of the Baker Street Irregulars continue in the second volume of the award-winning comics series based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes.

The Baker Street Four, Vol. 2 takes our young heroes from the elegant streets of uptown London to the sinister halls of Bedlam. Together,...
Shadowed Souls
AuthorJim Butcher
ISBN0451474996
In this dark and gritty collection—featuring short stories from Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, and Rob Thurman—nothing is as simple as black and white, light and dark, good and evil..

Unfortunately, that’s exactly what makes it so easy to cross the line.

In...
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