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Books like Small Towns, Big Ideas: 9 series to read next

Small Towns, Big Ideas is science fiction, set in contemporary and small town. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Small Towns, Big Ideas is 8 books, 2007–2011.

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Kairos
Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist
My Teacher Is an Alien
Jumper
The Missing
Airhead
Lux Universe
Alien Agent
Running Out of Time

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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Franny K. Stein, Mad ScientistSeries

seriesJim Benton, Craig Robert Carey & J. Torres10 books2004

Humor.

“Franny K. Stein is not your average girl -- she's a mad scientist.”
from the catalogue description of Lunch Walks Among Us

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My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1989

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
from the catalogue description
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JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

Tense in tone, about psychic powers.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue description

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The MissingSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix10 books2008

Science fiction and time travel, about identity and coming of age, set in contemporary and north america.

“Jonah Skidmore is one of the stolen children, and he, along with his non-adopted sister Katherine, must help return the missing kids to their rightful places in history and fix time before it is destroyed.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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AirheadSeries

seriesMeg Cabot3 books2008

About body swap.

“The sequel, Being Nikki, was released in May 2009.”
from the catalogue description

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Lux UniverseSeries

seriesJennifer L. Armentrout11 books2011

Tense in tone.

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Alien AgentSeries

seriesPamela F. Service6 books2008

“In this first book of the Alien Agent series, we meet Zack, a normal kid with a crazy cousin, Ethan, who thinks he's an alien.”
from the catalogue description of My Cousin, the Alien

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Running Out of TimeSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix2 books1995

Tense in tone.

“Sent by her mother on a desperate mission for real medicine, Jessie discovers a modern world stranger and more threatening than she imagined, with her own life on the line.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Small Towns, Big Ideas?: Kairos — the closest match to Small Towns, Big Ideas on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Small Towns, Big Ideas?: Emperor Dad. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Small Towns, Big Ideas.
How big is Small Towns, Big Ideas?: Small Towns, Big Ideas is 8 books, 2007–2011.

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