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Books like Falling Star

24 books recommended for fans of Falling Star by Linda Liu, tied together by themes of Friendship, Social Skills & School Life, Growing Up & Facts of Life, Humor, and Children's Books.

Friendship, Social Skills & School Life Growing Up & Facts of Life Humor Children's Books

Top related books to Falling Star

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

The Wish Switch — Lynn Painter

The Wish Switch

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Judy Moody Saves the World — Megan McDonald

Judy Moody Saves the World

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

The Terrible Two’s Last Laugh: The Terrible Two Series, book 4 — Mac Barnett

The Terrible Two’s Last Laugh: The Terrible Two Series, book 4

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Bookie & Cookie — Blanca Gómez

Bookie & Cookie

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Piggypine — Richard T. Morris

Richard T. Morris

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Warm and Fuzzy — Scott Rothman

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Bear in the Air — Allison Wortche

Bear in the Air

Allison Wortche

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Grumpy Monkey School Stinks! A Graphic Novel — Suzanne Lang

Grumpy Monkey School Stinks! A Graphic Novel

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Pencil’s Best Story Ever — Carly Gledhill

Pencil’s Best Story Ever

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Charlie and Emmet School Day — Lori Ries

Charlie and Emmet School Day

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Ava Lin, Super-Duper Happy — Vicky Fang

Ava Lin, Super-Duper Happy

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway (book 12) — Jeff Kinney

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway (book 12)

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

The Big Cheese Presents: Have Yourself a Cheesy Little Christmas — Jory John

The Big Cheese Presents: Have Yourself a Cheesy Little Christmas

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Animal Farts That’ll Make You Laugh A Funny Rhyming Fart Book for Kids — J P Anthony Williams

Animal Farts That’ll Make You Laugh A Funny Rhyming Fart Book for Kids — J P Anthony Williams

J. P. ANTHONY. WILLIAMS

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Disney Junior Minnie Mouse: Best Friend Band Sound Book — Pi Kids

Disney Junior Minnie Mouse: Best Friend Band Sound Book

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Saved by the Smell — Jarrett Lerner

Saved by the Smell

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Sweet Valley Twins: The New Girl (A Graphic Novel) — Francine Pascal

Sweet Valley Twins: The New Girl (A Graphic Novel)

Francine Pascal

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Whale and the Birthday Rocks: Ready-to-Read Level 2 (Whale, Quail, Snail) — Erica S. Perl

Whale and the Birthday Rocks: Ready-to-Read Level 2 (Whale, Quail, Snail)

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Footloosuns — Marilyn Harkrider

Marilyn Harkrider

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

This Year, a Witch! — Zoey Abbott

This Year, a Witch!

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Knuffle Bunny Too A Case of Mistaken Identity — Mo Willems

Knuffle Bunny Too A Case of Mistaken Identity

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? — Jane Yolen

How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

Ghoulfriends ’til the End — Gitty Daneshvari

Ghoulfriends ’til the End

Gitty Daneshvari

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

I Love You, My Huggy Buggy — Rose Rossner

I Love You, My Huggy Buggy

Themes: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life • Growing Up & Facts of Life • Humor

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Friendship, Social Skills & School Life, Growing Up & Facts of Life, Humor — the same threads that run through Falling Star by Linda Liu. Among the authors featured: Lynn Painter, Megan McDonald, Mac Barnett, Blanca Gómez, and others.

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