18 books like Great Northern?

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Swallowdale (Swallows and Amazons #2) Arthur Michell Ransome · 1931 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Challenging The four children return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. But if they can't have the island, there's always Swallowdale, the secret valley, hidden from the world and containing an… Shares: Amazons, Sailing, Adventure, Children's fiction

Swordbird Nancy Yi Fan · 2007 · ★ 3.6 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The blue jays and cardinals of Stone-Run Forest have turned against each other. According to legend, only Swordbird, son of the Great Spirit, has the power to conquer evil and restore peace to the land. But is he real or just a myth? Can Swordbird arrive in time to save the forest...or will it be too late?Twelve-year-old author Nancy Yi Fan has woven a captivating tale about the birds of… Shares: Birds, Children's fiction

The Moon Riders Theresa Tomlinson · 2003 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate When a young Amazon woman, Myrina, becomes one of the warrior priestesses known as the Moon Riders, she is well prepared to perform their sacred dances, hunt and fight when necessary. But the Moon Riders who inhabit the plains of Troy are drawn into the troubles of the city and when the visionary princess, Cassandra, becomes Myrinas confidante, the help of the young band of horsewomen enables… Shares: Amazons, Children's fiction

Sword quest Nancy Yi Fan · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Wind-voice the half-dove, formerly enslaved, is now free, and Maldeor, the one-winged archaeopteryx, hungers for supreme power.Can Wind-voice and his valiant companions—Ewingerale, the wood-pecker scribe; Stormac, the myna warrior; and Fleydur, the musician eagle—save the future of their world?An exciting prequel to the New York Times bestseller Swordbird. Shares: Birds, Children's fiction

Poison frog assault Jack Patton · 2015 · ★ 4.5 · 118p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The battle bugs face assault in three dimensions: lizards in front of them, birds above, poison frogs below. Will Max's daring plan be approved, let alone successful? Shares: Birds, Adventure, Children's fiction

Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman · 2015 · ★ 4.1 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A captivating novel about mental illness that lingers long beyond the last page, Challenger Deep is a heartfelt tour de force by New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman. Caden Bosch is on a ship that's headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench. Caden Bosch is a brilliant high school student whose friends are starting to notice his… Shares: Ocean travel, Children's fiction

David and the Phoenix Edward Ormondroyd · 1957 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Moderate A children's book about a young boy (David) who encounters the legendary Phoenix while mountain climbing. The Phoenix (a large, eagle-like bird) after initially being startled by David while hiding from an aggressive scientist befriends him and offers to educate him on a number of fantastic subjects. Their adventures to visit other mythical places and beings while developing a strategy to cope… Shares: Birds, Adventure, Children's fiction

The Boggart and the monster Susan Cooper · 1997 · ★ 4.1 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderate In this companion volume to The Boggart, the invisible and mischievous spirit living in the Scottish Castle Keep sets out to help save Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, one of its few remaining cousins. Shares: Scotland, Adventure, Children's fiction

The foretelling Alice Hoffman · 2005 · ★ 3.9 · 167p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A coming-of-age story that pierces the soul and heals the spirit, this is the tale of the future leader of the Amazon women warriors. Rain must hold fast to her inner warrior, but she is startled and mystified by the first stirrings of mercy towards the enemy. Shares: Amazons, Children's fiction

In Freedom's Cause G. A. Henty · 1884 · ★ 4.5 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Challenging At the turn of the fourteenth century in Scotland, young Archie Forbes becomes involved with both William Wallace and Robert the Bruce in the struggle for Scottish independence from English rule. Shares: Scotland, Adventure, Children's fiction

To Be A King (Guardians Of Ga'hoole) Kathryn Lasky · 2006 · ★ 3.3 · 206p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The eleventh title in this best-selling series brings Hoole to kingship and the legends to fulfilment signaling a return to the adventures of Coryn, Soren and the Band.In this final book of the Legends trilogy Hoole reclaims the thrown of his father and goes on to wage a war against the forces of chaos, greed and oppression led by the powerful warlord-tyrants. Grank, the first collier, uses his… Shares: Birds, Children's fiction

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Mo Willems · 2003 · ★ 4.3 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate No matter how hard he pleads and begs, the pigeon is not supposed to drive the bus while the driver is away, but pigeon tries every persuasive trick a young child knows to get you to say "Yes." Shares: Birds, Children's fiction

Night of the living zombie bugs Dave Coverly · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 141p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Now that they are Eagle Scouts, Speed Bump and Slingshot must summon the courage to face the zombie bugs infesting their forest. Shares: Birds, Children's fiction

The Cruise of the Dazzler Jack London · 1902 · 137p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The Cruise of the Dazzler is an early novel by Jack London, set in his home city of San Francisco. It is considered a boys adventure novel. Shares: Ocean travel, Children's fiction

Unfed Kirsty McKay · 2012 · ★ 4.8 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Fifteen-year-old Roberta wakes up in a hospital after the incident which turned many of her classmates into zombies, only to be told that her mother is dead and all of Scotland has been quarantined--but something suspicious is going on and it is up to Bobbie to figure out what it is. Fifteen-year-old Roberta wakes up in a hospital after the incident that turned her classmates into zombies, only… Shares: Scotland, Children's fiction

The Mad Wolf's daughter Diane Magras · 2018 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "In 1210 Scotland, when invading knights capture 12-year-old Drest's father, the Mad Wolf of the North, and her beloved brothers who make up his fearsome war-band, she sets off to rescue them from the castle prison, taking along a wounded knight as her captive to trade for her family's freedom"-- Shares: Scotland, Adventure, Children's fiction

The Boggart (The Boggart #1) Susan Cooper · 1993 · ★ 3.9 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Moderate After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes. Shares: Scotland, Adventure, Children's fiction

The Mystery of the Strange Messages Enid Blyton · 1969 · ★ 4.2 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Mr. Goon, the policeman, can't understand it. Messages keep coming to him, popping up all over the place. But who is sending them? He thinks it is Fatty, playing tricks on him but this is the first the Five Find-Outers have heard about the messages. It all becomes a remarkable mystery, and one which the Five just have to solve. Shares: Adventure, Children's fiction

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