18 books like Linger

What to read after Linger — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Little brother Allan Baillie · 1985 · ★ 3.6 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate In Cambodia after the Vietnamese War, Vithy learns to overcome social upheaval, a hostile jungle, and his own inability to trust, in order to rescue his older brother. Shares: Brothers, Siblings, Brothers and sisters, War

Among the Barons Margaret Peterson Haddix · 1998 · ★ 4.1 · 182p · ≈ 6h · Moderate In a future world of false identities, government lies, and death threats, Luke feels drawn to the younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has taken. Its a hell of a mystery. Shares: Brothers, Siblings, Brothers and sisters, Children's fiction

Gulf Robert Westall · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 98p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Tom Higgins, a British schoolboy during the Persian Gulf War, narrates his younger brother's struggle with an apparent mental illness or "mystery of nature" which drives the child to assume the role of an Iraqi. Shares: Brothers, Siblings, Brothers and sisters, War

Fighting for the Right Oliver Optic · 1892 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "Fighting for the Right" is the fifth and last but one of "The Blue and the Gray Series". The character of the operations in connection with the war of the Rebellion, and the incidents in which the interest of the young reader will be concentrated, are somewhat different from most of those detailed in the preceding volumes of the series, though they all have the same patriotic tendency, and are… Shares: Siblings, War, Children's fiction

Freaky Stuff Richard Tulloch · 2005 · ★ 4.2 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Brian Hobble wants to be a cool kid instead of dragging his little brother Matt around, but when a television series about zombies takes over Matt's life, Brian performs the ultimate uncool act to protect him from his obsession. Shares: Brothers, Siblings, Brothers and sisters, Children's fiction

Reckless Cornelia Funke · 2012 · ★ 3.9 · 413p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "Jacob Reckless journeys to the Mirrorworld to tell his shapeshifting friend Fox that a fairy curse--a deadly moth in his chest--means he has only one year to live. The journey in Mirrorworld turns into a search against time and against a Goyl treasure hunter for an enchanted crossbow, which is known to strike down any army it faces, and less well known for its healing power when shot by a loved… Shares: Brothers, Siblings, Brothers and sisters, Children's fiction

An Eye for an Eye Peter Roop · 2000 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Moderate In 1775 fourteen-year-old Samantha, who should be wearing dresses, knows that in britches she can out-hunt her twin and out-sail her older brother near their James River home, but can she use those skills against the British when the American Revolution begins? Shares: Siblings, Brothers and sisters, War, Children's fiction

The Book of the Banshee Anne Fine · 1991 · ★ 3.5 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Will Flowers doesn't understand what could have happened. His sister, Estelle, used to be really cool. She was quiet, responsible, and most times you'd never even know she was around(which was the cool part). But lately, Estelle has been acting totally weird - to everyone. All she does is get mad and yell. She yells at Mom. She yells at Dad. She even yells at little Muffy. But mostly she yells at… Shares: Siblings, Brothers and sisters, War, Children's fiction

Scooby-doo! and you James Gelsey · 2000 · ★ 3.7 · 60p · ≈ 2h · Moderate The reader is invited to solve a mystery with Scooby-Doo and friends at a restaurant called The Round Table. Shares: Restaurants, Children's fiction

The Magic Half Annie Barrows · 2008 · ★ 4.1 · 211p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Miri is the only single child in the middle of a family with two sets of twins--older brothers and younger sisters. When the family moves to an old farmhouse Miri accidentally travels back in time to 1935 only to discover Molly, a girl in need of a real family to call her own. A very satisfying classic-in-the-making, with spine-tingling moments, this is a delightful family-friendly middle grade… Shares: Siblings, Brothers and sisters, Children's fiction

The Lunchroom of Doom Daniel Manus Pinkwater · 2000 · 57p · ≈ 1h · Moderate After one of its members is banned from the school lunchroom, the Watson Elementary School Werewolf Club has lunch at Tom's Tibetan-American Lunchroom, where they run into alien meatballs. Shares: Restaurants, Children's fiction

Bröderna Lejonhjärta Astrid Lindgren · 1973 · ★ 4.5 · 227p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Two brothers share many adventures after their death when they are reunited in Nangiyala, the land from which sagas come. Shares: Brothers, Brothers and sisters, Children's fiction

Midnight Lisa Jane Smith · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The vampire love triangle that spawned hundreds of thousands of fans-and inspired a major new dramatisation shown on ITV -concludes in this powerful final volume of The Vampire Diaries. In Midnight, golden girl Elena Gilbert is back from the Dark Dimension, having successfully freed her vampire boyfriend Stefan Salvatore from imprisonment. Saving Stefan had an unlikely consequence: his vampire… Shares: Brothers, Siblings, Brothers and sisters, Children's fiction

Rolie Polie Olie William Joyce · 1999 · 47p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Rolie Polie Olie, a round robot living on a planet where everything is round, enjoys a busy day with his family and then is too wired to go to bed at night. Shares: Siblings, Brothers and sisters, Children's fiction

Immortal war Justin Somper · 2011 · ★ 4.4 · 513p · ≈ 17h · Moderate When the Pirate Federation and Nocturnals form an alliance to battle the renegade Vampirates, twins Connor and Grace Tempest each have important roles to play in the war--he as a pirate warrior and she as a powerful healer working with the war-wounded. Shares: Siblings, Brothers and sisters, War, Children's fiction

Battle Mountain Ryder Windham · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 259p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Twelve-year-old Kevin Bowman is now working with the Autobots to fight the evil Decepticons and search for his missing brother. Kevin is starting to lose hope until he gets help from the most unexpected person-his nemesis, Douglas. Douglas informs the team of a secret cave of ancient Cybertronian weapons located at Battle Mountain, Nevada. Kevin and Gears believe the cave might have clues to the… Shares: Brothers, War, Children's fiction

Two Weeks With the Queen Morris Gleitzman · 1989 · ★ 3.8 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A humorous but deeply moving story about Colin who refuses to believe that his younger brother is dying of cancer and decides to take things into his own hands. Colin decides to go to the top for help, none other than the Queen. Colin's efforts to penetrate the British establishment are hilarious, surprising and doomed to failure, but although Colin can't find a cure for cancer, he does find a… Shares: Brothers, Siblings, Brothers and sisters, Children's fiction

Fugitive X Gregg Rosenblum · 2013 · ★ 3.9 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "As a war between robots and humans looms on the horizon, Nick, Kevin, and Cass continue to battle the bots that enslaved humanity--but when they are separated, they must fight the war on their own"-- As a war between robots and humans looms on the horizon, Nick, Kevin, and Cass continue to battle the bots that enslaved humanity. When they become separated, they must fight the war on their own.… Shares: Brothers and sisters, War, Children's fiction

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