21 best-selling middle grade books like Between Monsters and Marvels by Alysa Wishingrad

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Between Monsters and Marvels

By: Alysa Wishingrad

4.48

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the next standalone high-stakes middle-grade fantasy by Alysa Wishingrad, the author of the Juni…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Between Monsters and Marvels by Alysa Wishingrad , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The Lost Library book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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2. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's Nothing Else But Miracles book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Everywhere Blue

By: Joanne Rossmassler Fritz

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A brother's disappearance turns one family upside down, revealing painful secrets that threaten the… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Rossmassler Fritz's Everywhere Blue book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

By: Lisa Yee

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"

-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

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5. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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6. The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby

By: G.Z. Schmidt

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Amadeuses were always considered somewhat strange. Even before the incident. When six-year-old… read more

Similar categories in G.Z. Schmidt's The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Knowledge, someone once said, was power—and the fewer children with power, the better."

-G.Z. Schmidt, The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby

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7. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Dark Lord's Daughter

By: Patricia C. Wrede

3.98

Format: 368 pages, None

Kayla is just an ordinary girl . . . or so she thinks. When a day at the state fair is interrupted … read more

Similar categories in Patricia C. Wrede's The Dark Lord's Daughter book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

Similar categories in Allie Millington's Olivetti book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. Between Monsters and Marvels

By: Alysa Wishingrad

4.48

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the next standalone high-stakes middle-grade fantasy by Alysa Wishingrad, the author of the Juni… read more

Similar categories in Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • monsters
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. Dust

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust. After Avalyn nearly die… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Dust book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. The Grace of Wild Things

By: Heather Fawcett

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables—with magic and witches!—that explo… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And though she'd always liked reading about faraway places, wasn't it also nice, she asked, to have somebody make you see all the beautiful things right under your nose?"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"Eavesdropping is not a virtue in a young lady," Mrs Crumley said. "Is it a virtue in an old lady?" Grace demanded, her temper flaring. "You seem to learn half your gossip that way."

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"The world was a different place once. People didn’t own forests when I was a girl. Forests simply were. We witches could drift from place to place, from wood to wood, weaving cottages from magic and …"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

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13. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • middle grade
  • chapter books
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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14. Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

4.08

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's Not Quite a Ghost book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

16. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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17. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

By: Adam Gidwitz

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Lei and the Fire Goddess by Malia Maunakea

18. Lei and the Fire Goddess

By: Malia Maunakea

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

12-year-old Lei is forced to spend summers in Hawaiʻi with her grandma who is determined to make su… read more

Similar categories in Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Fire Goddess book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling

19. The Curse of Eelgrass Bog

By: Mary Averling

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of mon… read more

Similar categories in Mary Averling's The Curse of Eelgrass Bog book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Not an Easy Win by Chrystal D. Giles

20. Not an Easy Win

By: Chrystal D. Giles

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! Twelve-year old Lawrence is new to chess--can he find a way to get on the bo… read more

Similar categories in Chrystal D. Giles's Not an Easy Win book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Coyote Queen

By: Jessica Vitalis

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When a twelve-year-old decides that she must get herself and her mother out of a bad situation, an … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Vitalis's Coyote Queen book and Alysa Wishingrad's Between Monsters and Marvels

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction

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Rebecca Stead

4.14

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Nothing Else But Miracles

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4.11

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