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A gritty, fast-paced historical mystery where scrappy street kids outsmart corrupt adults in the shadows of a bustling metropolis. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with City of Orphans.
- bustling
- shadowy
- tense
- hopeful
- 01
The Man Who Was Poe
Avi · 1991
A fog-drenched historical mystery where the line between a desperate reality and a macabre fiction dangerously blurs.
- 02
The diviners
Libba Bray
A glitzy, jazz-soaked romp through the Roaring Twenties that slowly reveals a terrifying, blood-drenched underbelly.
- 03
Sophia's War
Avi
A tense, shadowy journey into the heart of the American Revolution, where a young girl's grief transforms into daring espionage.
- 04
Milkweed
Ron Rifkin · 2003
A heartbreakingly naive perspective on unimaginable tragedy, told with breathless energy and profound empathy.
- 05
Herr der Diebe
Cornelia Funke · 2003
A magical, fog-drenched escape into a secret world of found family hidden among the rooftops and canals of Venice.
- 06
Ghosts of Greenglass House
Kate Milford
A snowbound, puzzle-filled retreat that feels like sitting by a crackling fire while shadows dance on the walls.
- 07
The Island on Bird Street
Uri Orlev · 1984
A tense, solitary tale of a child's ingenuity and resilience amidst the ruins of war.
- 08
The Alienist
Caleb Carr · 1994
A gaslit descent into the darkest corners of the human mind and the grimy, opulent streets of Gilded Age New York.
- 09
Greetings from witness protection!
Jake Burt
A clever, high-stakes caper wrapped around a tender story of a guarded kid finally finding a place to call home.
- 10
Changes for Samantha
Valerie Tripp
A heartwarming, briskly paced historical adventure about crossing class lines to rescue the people you love.
- 11
Code of honor
Alan Gratz
A cinematic, adrenaline-fueled race against time fueled by unbreakable brotherly loyalty.
- 12
Al Capone throws me a curve
Gennifer Choldenko
A lively, nostalgic summer tale balancing baseball dreams with the heavy, sometimes mischievous responsibilities of family life on a notorious island.
