18 books like Daddy-Long-Legs

What to read after Daddy-Long-Legs — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

No Roses for Harry! Gene Zion · 1958 · ★ 4.3 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Harry the dog finds a graceful way to dispose of his new sweater with roses on it. Shares Children's fiction

Why I Quit Zombie School Robert Lawrence Stine · 2011 · ★ 4.1 · 139p · ≈ 4h · Light When Matt's parents send him to a strange boarding school, where the students move at a dead-slow pace, he begins to suspect he has been enrolled in a school for zombies. Shares Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1905 · ★ 4.2 · 298p · ≈ 9h · Moderate This is a story about a different kind of princess than one might imagine; a princess that is an orphan - lonely, cold, hungry and abused. Sara Crewe begins life as the beloved, pampered daughter of a rich man. When he dies a pauper, she is thrown on the non-existent mercy of her small-minded, mercenary boarding school mistress. Stripped of all her belongings but for one set of clothes and a… Shares Boarding schools, Orphans, Schools, Children's fiction

The shadow cabinet Maureen Johnson · 2015 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "Rory, Callum and Boo are still reeling from a series of tragic events, while new dangers lurk around the city from Jane and her nefarious organization"-- Rory, Callum, and Boo are still reeling from a series of tragic events while new dangers lurk around the city from Jane and her nefarious organization. The plot contains mild profanity and violence. Book #3 Shares Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

The Novice Taran Matharu · 1774 · ★ 4.1 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Fletcher is working as a blacksmith s apprentice when he discovers he has the rare ability to summon demons from another world. Chased from his village for a crime he did not commit, Fletcher must travel with his demon, Ignatius, to an academy for adepts, where the gifted are taught the art of summoning. Along with nobles and commoners, Fletcher endures grueling lessons that will prepare him to… Shares Boarding schools, Orphans, Schools, Children's fiction

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand · 1897 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A Representation at the Hotel de Bourgogne. The hall of the Hotel de Bourgogne, in 1640. A sort of tennis-court arranged and decorated for a theatrical performance. The hall is oblong and seen obliquely, so that one of its sides forms the back of the right foreground, and meeting the left background makes an angle with the stage, which is partly visible. On both sides of the stage are benches.… Shares Drama

Missing the Piano Adam Rapp · 1994 · ★ 3.4 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate When Mike's mother and sister go on tour with "Les Miserables," Mike's father and his new wife enroll Mike in St. Matthew's Military Academy where, facing brutality and ignorance, he learns to survive. Shares Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

The dark pond Joseph Bruchac · 2004 · ★ 3.4 · 142p · ≈ 4h · Light The author of Skeleton Man returns with another chilling tale.What kind of sinister creature lurks in the dark pond in the forest? Armie can feel it calling to him . . . and he suspects the answer may lie in the legends of his Shawnee ancestors.Joseph Bruchac, the award-winning author of Skeleton Man, puts a contemporary spin on Native American lore to create a terrifying tale of monsters and… Shares Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

Clementine's Letter (Clementine) Sara Pennypacker · 2008 · ★ 4.8 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Clementine can't believe her ears, her beloved teacher, Mr D'Matz, might be leaving them for the rest of the year to go on a research trip to Egypt! No other teacher has ever understood her impulsiveness, her itch to draw constantly, or her need to play "Beat the clock" when the day feels too long. Her new substitute teacher has a whole new set of rules that Clementine can't figure out. She… Shares Letters, Schools, Children's fiction

The Castle of Mirrors Jenny Nimmo · 2005 · ★ 4.4 · 410p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Charlie and his magically gifted friends and relatives work together to rescue Billy Raven, a young orphan, from a mysterious and dangerous couple who have adopted him. Shares Boarding schools, Orphans, Schools, Children's fiction

Paul Kelver Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1902 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Moderate IN WHICH THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO CAST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS STORY UPON ANOTHER. Shares Authors, Drama

Stargazer Claudia Gray · 2009 · ★ 4.9 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The great Persian poet Hafez is so beloved in Iran that almost every family there keeps his Divan close at hand. For some fifteen years, esteemed American poet and author Robert Bly has worked with the great Islamic scholar Leonard Lewisohn to produce this translation, which for the first time captures Hafez's nimbleness, his fierce humor, his astonishing range of thought, and his delight in love… Shares Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

Rotten School #8 - The Teacher from Heck Robert Lawrence Stine · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 105p · ≈ 3h · Light Is Mrs. Heinie Gone Forever?Mrs. Heinie is so nearsighted, she can't find her nose without her glasses on!But she doesn't have to see to know that Bernie Bridges and his Rotten House buddies are up to no good. Cuz they're ALWAYS up to no good!Mrs. H. decides she can't take it anymore! She's replaced by a teacher named Mr. Skruloose. He's the Teacher from HECK! He's so strict, he won't let kids… Shares Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

Diabolical Cynthia Leitich Smith · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Stuck in a mysterious New England boarding school with an assortment of secretive students, disgraced angel Zachary and his werewolf friend, Kieren, face demon dogs, a sadistic instructor, and a legendary fire-breathing monster. Shares Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

The lamplighter Maria S. Cummins · 1854 · ★ 4.1 · 516p · ≈ 17h · Challenging A novel of female development, The Lamplighter is a woman's version of the quest story. Its heroine, Gerty, comes on the scene as a child abandoned in the slums of Boston. Rescued by the kindly lamplighter Trueman Flint, she learns to meet life with courage and honesty. The novel ... remained continuously in print until the 1920s ... [and was] second in mid-century popularity only to Uncle Tom's… Shares Women authors, Orphans, Children's fiction

The mislaid magician, or, ten years after (Cecelia and Kate #3) Patricia C. Wrede · 2006 · ★ 3.7 · 625p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Being the Private Correspondence Between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of the Realm. Ten years have passed since Kate and Cecy married Thomas and James, and England is now being transformed by the first railways. When the Duke of Wellington asks James to look into the sudden disappearance of a German railway engineer,… Shares Letters, Children's fiction

The Chronology of Water

The Chronology of Water Lidia Yuknavitch · 2011 · ★ 4.2 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate This is not your mother's memoir. In The Chronology of Water, Lidia Yuknavitch expertly moves the reader through issues of gender, sexuality, violence, and the family from the point of view of a lifelong swimmer turned artist. In writing that explores the nature of memoir itself, her story traces the effect of extreme grief on a young woman's developing sexuality that some define as untraditional… Shares Women authors, Authors, Young women

Carnegie's Maid

Carnegie's Maid Marie Benedict · 2018 · ★ 4.0 · 461p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets. But the other woman with the same name has vanished, and pretending to be her just might get Clara some money to send back home. If she can keep up the ruse, that is. Serving… Shares Philanthropists

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