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Books like My place
A time-traveling exploration of a single patch of earth, seen through the eyes of the children who called it home across two centuries. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with My place.
- grounded
- poignant
- evocative
- historical
- 01
Me on the map
McGraw Hill · 1996
A gentle, step-by-step journey that makes the vast, overwhelming world feel wonderfully accessible and deeply connected to a child's own bedroom.
- 02
A house called Kangaroo
G. M. Fullbrook
A sun-baked journey into the vast Australian outback, where the landscape is lonely but the local family drama is inescapable.
- 03
Diary of a wombat
Jackie French · 2003
A masterclass in deadpan humor told through the sleepy, demanding, and utterly charming routine of a backyard marsupial.
- 04
The year of Janie's diary
Donna Balcombe
An intimate, time-capsule confession of mid-century adolescence that captures the universal growing pains of leaving childhood behind.
- 05
The post at Gundooee
Amanda Doyle
A sun-baked, vintage clash of wills where a plucky heroine and a stern station manager battle their way to love in the isolated Australian outback.
- 06
Onion tears
Diana Kidd
A tender and poignant exploration of a young refugee's journey through profound loss toward tentative healing.
- 07
A Tale of Time City
Diana Wynne Jones
A dizzying, wildly inventive romp through a decaying utopia where clever children must untangle the threads of history.
- 08
My America
Patricia Hermes
An intimate, diary-style window into the harsh realities and quiet hopes of early American settlement through a child's eyes.
- 09
Tales From Outer Suburbia
Shaun Tan
A beautifully illustrated, surreal exploration of the quiet magic hiding just beneath the surface of ordinary life.
- 10
Does My Head Look Big in This?
Randa Abdel-Fattah
A warm, witty, and fiercely relatable exploration of teenage identity, faith, and the courage it takes to wear your heart on your sleeve.
- 11
The children of Green Knowe
Lucy M. Boston
A quiet, atmospheric journey into an ancient house where the past and present gently overlap.
- 12
The Bone Sparrow
Zana Fraillon
A heartbreaking yet deeply hopeful exploration of how imagination and friendship can carve out light in the darkest of confinements.
