18 books like Playlist for the Dead

What to read after Playlist for the Dead — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney · 2007 · ★ 4.2 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer. Shares: Amistad, Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Friendship

Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson · 2014 · ★ 4.3 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate For most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything with her best friend Nicole. But after Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for derby camp, Nicole decides to go to dance camp instead. And so begins the most difficult summer of Astrid's life as she struggles to keep up with the older girls at camp, hang on to the friend she feels slipping away, and cautiously embark on a… Shares: Amistad, Spanish language materials, Friendship, Children's fiction

Ivy + Bean and the ghost that had to go Annie Barrows · 2006 · ★ 3.7 · 135p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Second-graders Ivy and Bean set out to expel the ghost who is living in the girls' bathroom at their school. Shares: Amistad, Spanish language materials, Friendship, Children's fiction

Frog and Toad All Year Arnold Lobel · 1976 · ★ 4.4 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Frog and Toad All Year is an American picture book written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel, published by Harper & Row in 1976. It is the third book in the Frog and Toad series, whose four books completed by Lobel comprise five easy-to-read short stories each. ---------- Also contained in: The Frog and Toad Treasury Shares: Amistad, Ficción juvenil, Friendship, Children's fiction

Judy Moody Megan McDonald · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Judy Moody’s new friendship with Amy Namey causes problems with her old friends and the school project they are working on together. Suggested level: primary, intermediate. Shares: Amistad, Friendship, Children's fiction

The Big Catch Anastasia Suen · 2009 Robot and Rico are off to the beach! While Rico is busy fishing, Robot is bored. Rico wants to catch the biggest fish, but Robot may end up with a bigger surprise. Shares: Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Children's fiction

Ghoulfriends Forever Gitty Daneshvari · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Ghoulfriends Forever is a brand-new Monster High series, introducing three new monster characters. As new students, the trio must navigate the bewildering array of cute monster boys, established cliques, and monster-rific subjects like Mad Science, G-ogre-phy, and Physical Deaducation. As if that weren't hard enough, something strange and sinister seems to be happening at the school. Popular… Shares: Amistad, Ficción juvenil, Friendship, Children's fiction

The Temptress four Gaby Triana · 2008 · ★ 3.6 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Four best friends, one graduation cruise, a week of partying. Eight days of strife and storms . . .It's supposed to be the best eight days of their lives.Bonds will be broken... But when a fortune-teller predicts trouble the night before their trip, One of you will not come home...Fiona, Killian, Alma, and Yoli are left on edge, wondering what it could all mean. Gaby Triana gets right to the… Shares: Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age, Friendship, Children's fiction

Frog and Toad Together Arnold Lobel · 1971 · ★ 4.3 · 65p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Frog and Toad Together is an American fantasy adventure children's picture book, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel and published by Harper & Row in 1972. It is the second book in the Frog and Toad series. Like each of the other four books in the series, it contains five easy-to-read short stories. It was a Newbery Honor Book, or runner-up for the American Library Association Newbery Medal,… Shares: Amistad, Ficción juvenil, Children's fiction

The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick · 1920 · ★ 4.2 · 534p · ≈ 17h · Challenging ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a… Shares: Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Children's fiction

After Tupac and D Foster Jacqueline Woodson · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate D Foster showed up a few months before Tupac got shot that first time and left us the summer before he died.The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend's lives, the world opens up for them. D comes from a world vastly different from their safe Queens neighborhood, and through her, the girls see another side of life that includes loss, foster families and an amount of freedom that makes the… Shares: Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age, Friendship, Children's fiction

Let's get lost Adi Alsaid · 2014 · ★ 3.8 · 338p · ≈ 11h · Moderate During her cross-country adventures following the tragic death of her family, Leila touches the lives of four strangers -- Hudson, Bree, Elliot, and Sonia. While forever changing the lives of these four, Leila also discovers an important truth about herself. A love-seeking mechanic, a dramatic petty thief, a disappointed planner, and a broken-hearted teen all find their lives transformed as each… Shares: Amistad, Bildungsromans, Friendship, Children's fiction

The Red Pony John Steinbeck · 1933 · ★ 3.5 · 130p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Tells story of a young boy and his life on his father's ranch. Ownership of a red pony teaches ten-year-old Jody about life and death. Shares: Loss, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Le petit prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1943 · ★ 4.3 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Le Petit Prince est une œuvre de langue française, la plus connue d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Publié en 1943 à New York simultanément à sa traduction anglaise, c'est une œuvre poétique et philosophique sous l'apparence d'un conte pour enfants. Traduit en quatre cent cinquante-sept langues et dialectes, Le Petit Prince est le deuxième ouvrage le plus traduit au monde après la Bible. Le langage,… Shares: Loss, Friendship, Children's fiction

Voices Ursula K. Le Guin · 2006 · ★ 3.8 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors. Shares: Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

A Prize Inside Anastasia Suen · 2009 Rico is missing just one Hero Cat prize. Robot and Rico take a trip to the grocery store. With Robot's special tricks, Rico is sure he'll get the prize he wants. Even if he has to check every cereal box in the store! Shares: Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Children's fiction

Benny And Omar Eoin Colfer · 2001 · ★ 3.5 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "In my old school, we had fighting, no pool and there'd be vicious matches against the other schools . . . I miss all that stuff!"Moving to Africa is the worst thing that has ever happened to Benny Shaw. No one plays hurling (the best game on the planet) and the local school is run by hippies who like to talk about feelings. As if.But when Benny meets wisecracking Omar (the name's Bond, James… Shares: Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age, Friendship, Children's fiction

Danny and the Dinosaur Syd Hoff · 1958 · ★ 4.0 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate A little boy is surprised and pleased when one of the dinosaurs from the museum agrees to play with him. Shares: Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Friendship, Children's fiction

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