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Books like The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Loved The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from young adult, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

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    The Hunger Games

    Suzanne Collins · 2008 · Young Adult

    A girl volunteers for a televised fight to the death to save her sister; a propulsive, sharp dystopian thriller.

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    The Fault in Our Stars

    John Green · 2012 · Young Adult

    Two teenagers with cancer fall in love; funny and heartbreaking without ever being saccharine.

  3. 3

    The Hate U Give

    Angie Thomas · 2017 · Young Adult

    A teenager witnesses a police shooting and finds her voice; urgent, powerful and humane.

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    Point Blanc

    Anthony Horowitz · 2001 · Young Adult

    Investigations into the "accidental" deaths of two of the world's most powerful men have revealed just one link: both had a son attending Point Blanc Academy – an exclusive school for rebellious rich

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    The Angel Experiment

    James Patterson · 2001 · Young Adult

    Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the "flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary k

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    Eragon

    Christopher Paolini · 2000 · Young Adult

    One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure. When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for th

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    Stormbreaker

    Anthony Horowitz · 2000 · Young Adult

    They told him his uncle died in a car accident. Fourteen-year-old Alex knows that's a lie, and the bullet holes in his uncle's windshield confirm his suspicions. But nothing prepares him for the news

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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    Mark Haddon · 2002 · Young Adult

    This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. On

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    Brisingr

    Christopher Paolini · 2004 · Young Adult

    OATHS SWORN . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide.Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with th

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    The Spook's Apprentice

    Joseph Delaney · 2004 · Young Adult

    For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried—some

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