Books like No Fixed Address

A heartfelt and anxious middle-grade journey about carrying adult-sized secrets and hoping for a trivia-powered miracle. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with No Fixed Address.

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01
Front Desk
Kelly Yang
A big-hearted, bustling story about a determined girl who uses her voice and her community to fight back against an unfair world.
Shares:
- earnest
- anxious
- warm
- hopeful
02
The Bridge Home
Padma Venkatraman
A tender, gritty exploration of found family and survival on the unforgiving streets of Chennai.
Shares:
- tense
- earnest
- hopeful
03
Can't get there from here
Todd Strasser
A raw, unflinching look at the frozen margins of a city, where survival is a daily battle and found family is the only warmth.
Shares:
- tense
04
Towers falling
Jewell Parker Rhodes
A tender, inquisitive exploration of how history we didn't live through still shapes the homes and hearts we inhabit today.
Shares:
- earnest
- hopeful
- housing insecurity
05
Maddi's Fridge
Lois Brandt
A gentle, big-hearted exploration of empathy and the quiet struggles hidden behind closed doors.
Shares:
- earnest
- warm
- hopeful
06
The Reluctant Journal Of Henry K Larsen Who Is Only Writing This Because His Therapist Said He Had To Which Stinks
Susin Nielsen
An intimate, voice-driven exploration of a teenager using humor and a reluctant journal to navigate the heavy aftermath of a secret tragedy.
Shares:
- earnest
07
Home in the Woods
Eliza Wheeler
A tender, sun-dappled exploration of a family finding warmth and resilience in the heart of the forest after a devastating loss.
Shares:
- earnest
- hopeful
08
Tyrell
Coe Booth
A raw, ticking-clock portrait of a teenager forced to carry the weight of the world while navigating the razor-thin line between survival and ruin.
Shares:
- tense
09
When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson
A tender, deeply humanizing graphic memoir about holding onto hope and each other when the world leaves you waiting.
Shares:
- earnest
- hopeful
10
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Karina Yan Glaser
A bustling, heartwarming story of sibling solidarity and the urgent quest to save a beloved family home.
Shares:
- earnest
- warm
- hopeful
11
Goodbye stranger
Rebecca Stead
A tender, deeply observant exploration of the exact moment when childhood friendships begin to stretch, fray, and reshape themselves.
Shares:
- earnest
12
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple
A sharp, epistolary romp through the absurdities of elite parenting and the messy chaos of a stalled creative mind.
Shares:
- anxious

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