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20th Century YA Set in England
This list is for YA books published in the 20th century that take place in England.
Authors do not have to be British, but the book should have been written and set in England during the 20th century. Hoping to focus mostly on contemporary young adult novels, so please avoid books for younger children. Upper middle grade is fine, but try to shoot for protagonists ages 12 and up. To keep the list neat, if this book is part of a series, please add only the first book.
Authors do not have to be British, but the book should have been written and set in England during the 20th century. Hoping to focus mostly on contemporary young adult novels, so please avoid books for younger children. Upper middle grade is fine, but try to shoot for protagonists ages 12 and up. To keep the list neat, if this book is part of a series, please add only the first book.
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King Death's Garden: A Ghost's Story
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3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Bloom of Youth
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| 103 |
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Wild Child (Justine Duval, #1)
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3.10 avg rating — 61 ratings
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| 103 |
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White Peak Farm
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3.43 avg rating — 44 ratings
score: 64,
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| 103 |
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The Summer People
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4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings
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| 106 |
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Blind Beauty
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4.24 avg rating — 1,985 ratings
score: 63,
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| 106 |
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The Rain Woman
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score: 63,
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| 106 |
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Round Behind the Ice House
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Anne Fine (Goodreads Author)
3.05 avg rating — 114 ratings
score: 63,
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| 109 |
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Hannah
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3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings
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| 109 |
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See You Thursday
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3.88 avg rating — 72 ratings
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| 109 |
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A Bottled Cherry Angel
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3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings
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| 112 |
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The Toll Bridge
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3.70 avg rating — 653 ratings
score: 61,
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| 112 |
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Rhythm and Blues
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| 112 |
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Going to Egypt
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3.17 avg rating — 41 ratings
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| 115 |
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Reality Bites Back
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3.19 avg rating — 75 ratings
score: 60,
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| 115 |
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Pictures in the Dark
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3.61 avg rating — 109 ratings
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| 115 |
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Flour Babies
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Anne Fine (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 2,965 ratings
score: 60,
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| 118 |
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Stone Cold
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3.26 avg rating — 6,631 ratings
score: 59,
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| 118 |
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Just Sixteen
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3.21 avg rating — 57 ratings
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| 118 |
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Monster Maker
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3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
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| 121 |
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The Joy Riders
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score: 58,
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| 121 |
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Hands Off My Sister
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score: 58,
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| 121 |
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Buddy
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Nigel Hinton (Goodreads Author)
3.28 avg rating — 778 ratings
score: 58,
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| 124 |
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Smiling for Strangers
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3.23 avg rating — 31 ratings
score: 57,
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| 124 |
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The New Anne Moby
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score: 57,
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| 124 |
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Face
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3.48 avg rating — 3,268 ratings
score: 57,
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| 127 |
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With a Friend Like You...
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3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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| 127 |
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The Festival Summer
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 56,
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| 127 |
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The Runaways
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4.13 avg rating — 230 ratings
score: 56,
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| 130 |
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Johnny Casanova
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3.35 avg rating — 20 ratings
score: 55,
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| 130 |
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The Nature of the Beast
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3.68 avg rating — 133 ratings
score: 55,
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| 130 |
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Joe and the Gladiator
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4.29 avg rating — 170 ratings
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| 133 |
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The Sleepers on the Hill
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2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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| 134 |
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Run with the Hare
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| 134 |
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A Flower of Jet
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score: 53,
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| 134 |
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Creed Country
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score: 53,
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| 137 |
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A Time Apart
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3.47 avg rating — 202 ratings
score: 52,
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| 137 |
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The Horns of Danger
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3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
score: 52,
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| 139 |
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Mine
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3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 51,
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| 139 |
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A Strange Enchantment
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3.80 avg rating — 35 ratings
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| 141 |
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Dear Nobody
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Berlie Doherty (Goodreads Author)
3.37 avg rating — 2,285 ratings
score: 50,
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| 141 |
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Dancing Through the Shadows
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Theresa Tomlinson (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
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| 141 |
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The Flash Children
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4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings
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| 144 |
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Love Lessons
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3.41 avg rating — 383 ratings
score: 49,
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| 144 |
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Down Came a Blackbird
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3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
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| 144 |
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The Other Way Round (Out of the Hitler Time, #2)
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4.07 avg rating — 2,848 ratings
score: 49,
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| 147 |
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Getting Free
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Nigel Hinton (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 48,
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| 147 |
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Kate and the Revolution
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3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 48,
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| 147 |
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The Rinaldi Ring
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3.55 avg rating — 60 ratings
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| 150 |
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Break in the Sun
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4.29 avg rating — 28 ratings
score: 47,
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| 150 |
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Thimbles
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3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
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| 150 |
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Piggy
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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| 153 |
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Goodbye Summer
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4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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| 153 |
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A Long Way from Verona
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3.83 avg rating — 1,643 ratings
score: 46,
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| 153 |
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Harvest
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3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings
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| 156 |
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Our Kid
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2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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| 156 |
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The House at World's End (World's End, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 251 ratings
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| 158 |
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I'm a Health Freak Too!
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3.57 avg rating — 136 ratings
score: 44,
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| 158 |
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Crashing
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3.17 avg rating — 95 ratings
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| 160 |
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Letters of a Lovestruck Teenager
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Claire Robertson (Goodreads Author)
3.32 avg rating — 53 ratings
score: 43,
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| 160 |
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The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
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3.84 avg rating — 1,063 ratings
score: 43,
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| 160 |
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The Trouble with Vanessa
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4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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| 163 |
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Hard and Fast
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| 163 |
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Healer
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3.71 avg rating — 49 ratings
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| 163 |
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If It Weren't for Sebastian
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| 166 |
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Pebble on the Beach
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3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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| 166 |
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Worlds Apart
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4.11 avg rating — 44 ratings
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| 166 |
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Blood
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3.59 avg rating — 29 ratings
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| 169 |
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Cora Ravenwing
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4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings
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| 169 |
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The Exchange
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| 169 |
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Into Exile (Kevin and Sadie, #3)
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4.05 avg rating — 585 ratings
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| 172 |
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The Loving Ghosts
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3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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| 172 |
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Breaking Point
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| 172 |
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Dreaming of Larry
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2.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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| 175 |
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Go for It, Fen!
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3.11 avg rating — 76 ratings
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| 175 |
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Sumitra's Story
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3.24 avg rating — 84 ratings
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| 175 |
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Bad Penny
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3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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| 178 |
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The World According to Alex
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3.34 avg rating — 58 ratings
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| 178 |
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A Different Life
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4.06 avg rating — 50 ratings
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| 178 |
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Bonnie Fitch
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| 181 |
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Not Dressed Like That, You Don't!: The Diaries of a Teenager and Her Mother
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3.29 avg rating — 118 ratings
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| 181 |
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The Coal House
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3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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| 181 |
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Kerosene
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3.60 avg rating — 474 ratings
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| 184 |
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I Was a Teenage Worrier
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3.29 avg rating — 266 ratings
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| 184 |
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Lizzie's Leaving
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3.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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| 184 |
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Revolt at Ratcliffe's Rags
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2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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| 187 |
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Comfort Herself
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4.18 avg rating — 155 ratings
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| 187 |
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Treasure
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3.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
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| 187 |
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Between the Moon and Rock
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| 190 |
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Fighting Back
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Kit's Wilderness
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| 190 |
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Deep Blue
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This Is Me Speaking
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4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Outside Child
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3.62 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The Doll's House
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The China Garden
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Under Different Stars
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Kate's Story
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The Doll in the Wall
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Blackthorn, Whitethorn
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