16 Best middle grade books like When Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten

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When Life Gives You Mangos

By: Kereen Getten

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The story about a young girl who can't remember anything from her previous summer after a hurricane…

"Somehow, they suit each other, Rudy and Eldorath. They have the same imagination, and it’s as if they have been waiting for each other their whole lives."

-Kereen Getten, When Life Gives You Mangos

"Somehow, they suit each other, Rudy and Eldorath. They have the same imagination, and it’s as if they have been waiting for each other their whole lives."

-Kereen Getten, When Life Gives You Mangos

If you liked the middle grade plot in When Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • childrens
  • coming of age
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

Similar categories in Hiba Noor Khan's Safiyyah's War book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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3. The Doomsday Date

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

3.35

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

An exclusive new World Book Day story from the bestselling author of ACE OF SPADES, Faridah Àbíké-Í… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's The Doomsday Date book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Můžeš říct: Miluju tě

By: Nofreeusernames

3.88

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

Tři romantické novely inspirované alby Taylor Swift, HumbookTeam’s version. Áňa, Marky, Monča, M… read more

Similar categories in Nofreeusernames's Můžeš říct: Miluju tě book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. When Life Gives You Mangos

By: Kereen Getten

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The story about a young girl who can't remember anything from her previous summer after a hurricane… read more

Similar categories in Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • childrens
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Somehow, they suit each other, Rudy and Eldorath. They have the same imagination, and it’s as if they have been waiting for each other their whole lives."

-Kereen Getten, When Life Gives You Mangos

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6. When I See Blue

By: Lily Bailey

4.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

New town, new school, but the bully is in Ben's head ... There are 4 things you should know abou… read more

Similar categories in Lily Bailey's When I See Blue book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Letters from Cuba

By: Ruth Behar

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Behar's Letters from Cuba book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

Similar categories in Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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9. Stačí mávnout křídly (Stačí mávnout křídly, #1)

By: Sára Topinková

4.49

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Jediné mávnutí motýlích křídel dokáže vyvolat bouři. Úsměv hezkého kluka. Špatná rada nejlepší kama… read more

Similar categories in Sára Topinková's Stačí mávnout křídly (Stačí mávnout křídly, #1) book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • contemporary
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10. The Tale of Truthwater Lake

By: Emma Carroll

4.21

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

On one side of the underwater street is the remains of a house . . . It's beautiful here, and eerie… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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11. Dogs of the Deadlands

By: Anthony McGowan

4.13

Format: 352 pages, ebook

‘This book! It broke my heart and then splinted it back together again. Full of hope and love and w… read more

Similar categories in Anthony McGowan's Dogs of the Deadlands book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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12. The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of October, October, shortlisted for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, comes a life-af… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's The Light in Everything book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. The Valley of Lost Secrets

By: Lesley Parr

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

September 1939. When Jimmy is evacuated to a small village in Wales, it couldn't be more differe… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Parr's The Valley of Lost Secrets book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
"It's wrong to tar everyone in a family with the same brush."

-Lesley Parr, The Valley of Lost Secrets

"It's a weak adult who gets their power from hitting a child."

-Lesley Parr, The Valley of Lost Secrets

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14. Birdsong

By: Katya Balen

4.31

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

The blackbirds’ song uplifts and restores in this captivating novella from one of the most exciting… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's Birdsong book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Ten Thousand Tries

By: Amy Makechnie

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle school soccer whiz’s determination to keep things from changing is tested when his father’… read more

Similar categories in Amy Makechnie's Ten Thousand Tries book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Slow makes smooth and smooth is fast."

-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries

"I'm not gonna be most people. -Golden"

-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries

"The world is short on finishers. FINISH."

-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries

"The harder you work, the luckier you get!"

-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries

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16. Hide and Seeker

By: Daka Hermon

3.98

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

One of our most iconic childhood games receives a creepy twist as it becomes the gateway to a night… read more

Similar categories in Daka Hermon's Hide and Seeker book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Thanks a Lot, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe, #1)

By: Chad Lucas

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A moving middle-grade debut for anyone who’s ever felt like they don’t belong. Brian has always … read more

Similar categories in Chad Lucas's Thanks a Lot, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe, #1) book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"And mayonnaise is the whitest food."

-Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe, #1)

"...you can love someone an awful lot and hurt them all the same"

-Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe, #1)

"What? Oh.’ My cheeks went warm. ‘I did it without thinking..’ Mom smiled. ‘I know. You do that sometimes, until you get self-conscious and stop. But you don’t need to hide the things that make you ha…"

-Chad Lucas, Thanks a Lot, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe, #1)

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18. Just Another Little Lie

By: Eve Ainsworth

3.52

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

Violet's mum hasn't been herself for a while. A few too many glasses of wine in the evening. Mornin… read more

Similar categories in Eve Ainsworth's Just Another Little Lie book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

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19. Darwin's Dragons

By: Lindsay Galvin

4.14

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

1835. Cabin boy Syms Covington is on the voyage of a lifetime to the Galapagos Islands with the wor… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Galvin's Darwin's Dragons book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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20. Training School for Negro Girls

By: Camille Acker

3.73

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

As unapologetic and resilient as the DC neighborhoods they live in, these women challenge monolithi… read more

Similar categories in Camille Acker's Training School for Negro Girls book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • coming of age
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Some things you can only say when the streetlights are on and only parts of the world are illuminated."

-Camille Acker, Training School for Negro Girls

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21. Glitter Boy

By: Ian Eagleton

4.60

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old James loves dancing, poetry and Mariah Carey. His teacher, Mr Hamilton, is getting … read more

Similar categories in Ian Eagleton's Glitter Boy book and Kereen Getten's When Life Gives You Mangos

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary

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