18 books like The Austere Academy

What to read after The Austere Academy — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Judy Moody Saves the World! Megan McDonald · 2002 · ★ 4.1 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade class to undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project. Shares: Hermanos, Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Brothers and sisters

Judy Moody, M.D Megan McDonald · 2004 · ★ 4.5 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when Class 3T starts a new unit on the human body, but she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother, Stink. Shares: Hermanos, Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Brothers and sisters

Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, part 2 Dav Pilkey · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate George, Harold, Captain Underpants, and Sulu the Bionic Hamster battle the three Ridiculous Robo-Boogers in an attempt to turn the Bionic Booger Boy back into Melvin Sneedly. Shares: Cuentos humorísticos, Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Humorous stories

Seacombe Island Karen Garvin · 2018 · 348p · ≈ 11h · Moderate After a fire destroys his home and business, Thomas Ashton is shattered when he learns that his fiancee was killed in the inferno. The police want him for questioning, and faced with prison -- or worse, the hangman's noose -- Tom flees London for the relative safety of a job on Seacombe Island. Life on Seacombe seems monotonous, but secrets abound. Instead of the anonymity he craves, Tom is… Shares: Steampunk, Mystery

And They Called Her Spider Michael Coorlim · 2011 · 56p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Alton Bartleby is a social savant and the foppish toast of steampunk London's upper crust. James Wainwright is a brilliant but socially stunted working class engineer with a flair for invention and a propensity towards violence. Together they solve the mysteries that Scotland Yard cannot. In the shadow of airships an unstoppable assassin stalks the untouchable elite. As Queen Victoria's Platinum… Shares: Steampunk, Mystery

Matilda Roald Dahl · 1988 · ★ 4.3 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security. Shares: Cuentos humorísticos, Escuelas, Humorous stories

The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Willy Wonka (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator) Roald Dahl · 1978 · ★ 4.4 · 380p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares: Cuentos humorísticos, Ficción juvenil, Humorous stories Shares: Cuentos humorísticos, Ficción juvenil, Humorous stories

Secret by the Lake Louise Douglas · 2015 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Amy's always felt like something’s been missing in her life, but as a nanny for the Laurent family - Julia, Alain, Viviane - she feels complete. So Amy wouldn’t think of leaving them when a sudden tragedy forces them to move from France to the small lakeside cottage in the isolated Somerset village where Julia grew up. But there’s something strange about the cottage by the lake. This is where… Shares: Gothic fiction, Mystery

Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark Is Rising #1) Susan Cooper · 1965 · ★ 3.9 · 234p · ≈ 7h · Moderate On holiday in Cornwall, the three Drew children discover an ancient map in the attic of the house that they are staying in. They know immediately that it is special. It is even more than that -- the key to finding a grail, a source of power to fight the forces of evil known as the Dark. And in searching for it themselves, the Drews put their very lives in peril. This is the first volume of Susan… Shares: Hermanos, Ficción juvenil, Brothers and sisters, Mystery

Ramona the Brave Beverly Cleary · 1975 · ★ 4.1 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Ramona the Brave is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the third book in the Ramona series, and follows Ramona Quimby and her classmates (some of them were in her kindergarten class for the previous year) going into first grade. Ramona the Brave was first published in 1975, seven years after Ramona the Pest. It was originally illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. ---------- Also… Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Humorous stories

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling · 1998 · ★ 4.4 · 346p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Throughout the summer holidays after his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter has been receiving sinister warnings from a house-elf called Dobby. Now, back at school to start his second year, Harry hears unintelligible whispers echoing through the corridors. Before long the attacks begin: students are found as if turned to stone. Dobby’s predictions seem to be… Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil

Tonight on the Titanic Mary Pope Osborne · 1999 · ★ 4.1 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie to the deck of the Titanic to find a mysterious gift that will free a small dog from a magic spell. Shares: Hermanos, Ficción juvenil, Brothers and sisters

Where are you now? Mary Higgins Clark · 2008 · ★ 4.5 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Ten years ago, twenty-one-year-old Columbia University senior Charles MacKenzie Jr. ("Mack") walked out of his Manhattan apartment without a word to his roommates and disappeared. He calls his mother once a year, on Mother's Day, but refuses to answer her frantic questions. This year when he calls, Mack's sister Carolyn, now twenty-six, announces her intention to track him down, no matter what it… Shares: Hermanos, Brothers and sisters, Mystery

Adèle and Co. Dornford Yates · 1931 · ★ 3.0 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The first full-length novel featuring Yates’ finest comic creation, Bertram "Berry" Pleydell. The central character Adele is based on the author’s first wife, Bettine, a gregarious American dancer and actress. After being robbed, Berry and his friends chase a bunch of criminals round the French countryside. Shares: Humour, Humorous stories

Mike and Psmith P. G. Wodehouse · 1935 · ★ 4.0 · 171p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Gloomy when his poor scholastic record forces him to change schools just as he is about to become captain of the cricket team, an English boy cheers up when he discovers another new boy in similar circumstances. Shares: Boarding schools, Humorous stories

Princess Daisy and the Dazzling Dragon (Tiara Club) Vivian French · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Moderate A timid young princess is afraid of dragons until she sees one for herself, then has the opportunity to prove her newfound courage to the entire school. Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes · 1996 · ★ 4.2 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later. Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil

Melissa Alex Gino · 2015 · ★ 4.1 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part . . . because she's a boy. With the help… Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil

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