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Across Coming of Age and Young Adult Fiction — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as The Rat Tree by Susan Carr.

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Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Treasure Island — Robert L Stevenson

Treasure Island

Robert L Stevenson

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Warrior — Karen Lynch

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

My Magic Summer With the Moon Maidens — Brian Carmody

My Magic Summer With the Moon Maidens

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Never Shall I Ever Forget You — Jamila Gavin

Never Shall I Ever Forget You

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

The Princess Fugitive A Reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood — Melanie Cellier

The Princess Fugitive A Reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood

Melanie Cellier

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

That Forever — Jillian Dodd

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

ToyWorld Home of the Christmas Thief — Tony Bertauski

ToyWorld Home of the Christmas Thief

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Rules for Being a Girl — Candace Bushnell

Rules for Being a Girl

Candace Bushnell

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

The Means That Make Us Strangers — Christine Kindberg

The Means That Make Us Strangers

Christine Kindberg

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

The Perks of Being a Wallflower — Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

The White Hare A West Country Coming-of-Age Mystery — Michael Fishwick

The White Hare A West Country Coming-of-Age Mystery

Michael Fishwick

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Last Chance Books — Kelsey Rodkey

Last Chance Books

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Infinity Son — Adam Silvera

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Burning Bright Book Two in the Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart Series — Michele Kwasniewski

Burning Bright Book Two in the Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart Series

Michele Kwasniewski

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

The Golden Road — L. M. Montgomery

The Golden Road

L. M. Montgomery

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Gretchen and the Bear — Carrie Anne Noble

Gretchen and the Bear

Carrie Anne Noble

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Watching for Comets — Jordon Greene

Watching for Comets

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Singlets and Secrets — Joe Chianakas

Singlets and Secrets

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Relentless (Hardcover) — Karen Lynch

Relentless (Hardcover)

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Barbara and the Rage Brigade — Karen Eisenbrey

Barbara and the Rage Brigade

Karen Eisenbrey

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

The Princess Companion A Retelling of The Princess and the Pea — Melanie Cellier

The Princess Companion A Retelling of The Princess and the Pea

Melanie Cellier

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

Dead River — McCaid Paul

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

David Copperfield — Charles Dickens

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

Themes: Coming of Age • Young Adult Fiction

If The Rat Tree by Susan Carr is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Coming of Age, Young Adult Fiction and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Robert L Stevenson, Karen Lynch, Brian Carmody, Jamila Gavin, and others.

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