21 Top middle grade books like High Score by Destiny Howell

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High Score

By: Destiny Howell

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Oceans 11 goes to the arcade in this wildly entertaining heist adventure that is perfect for fans o…

If you liked the middle grade plot in High Score by Destiny Howell , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's Attack of the Black Rectangles book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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2. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

3. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • mystery
  • middle grade
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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4. 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 Destiny Howell's High Score

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • 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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5. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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6. Wildoak

By: C.C. Harrington

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more

Similar categories in C.C. Harrington's Wildoak book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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7. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of High Score by Destiny  Howell

8. High Score

By: Destiny Howell

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Oceans 11 goes to the arcade in this wildly entertaining heist adventure that is perfect for fans o… read more

Similar categories in Destiny Howell's High Score book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • teen
  • school
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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9. Cookies & Milk

By: Shawn Amos

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It’s a summer of family, friendship, and fun fiascos in this semi-autobiographical novel that’s as … read more

Similar categories in Shawn Amos's Cookies & Milk book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • humor
  • middle grade
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10. We Are Wolves

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's We Are Wolves book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Books are treasure."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

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11. Trex

By: Christyne Morrell

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This middle grade mystery follows the adventures of a boy with an experimental brain implant, and a… read more

Similar categories in Christyne Morrell's Trex book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • juvenile
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

12. 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 Destiny Howell's High Score

  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • adventure
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13. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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14. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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15. Seed

By: Caryl Lewis

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Marty doesn't have much--unlike his mum, who seems to hold on to everything. Life at home is tough,… read more

Similar categories in Caryl Lewis's Seed book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • juvenile
Cover of Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor

16. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?

By: Leslie Connor

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A big-hearted, beautiful, and funny novel told from multiple viewpoints about neurodiversity, frien… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Connor's Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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17. The Pear Affair

By: Judith Eagle

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The highly anticipated second novel from the author of the acclaimed The Secret Starling and The Ac… read more

Similar categories in Judith Eagle's The Pear Affair book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • juvenile
Cover of The Last Hope in Hopetown by Maria Tureaud

18. The Last Hope in Hopetown

By: Maria Tureaud

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about one girl’s dilemma over the decision to save her vampire parents or do what’s r… read more

Similar categories in Maria Tureaud's The Last Hope in Hopetown book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke by Kirsty Applebaum

19. The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

By: Kirsty Applebaum

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Lonny is a lifeling. He has the power to heal any living creature and bring it back from the dead. … read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Applebaum's The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • adventure
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20. Not Starring Zadie Louise

By: Joy McCullough

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this charming middle grade novel that’s perfect for fans of Tim Federle and Gordon Korman, Zadie… read more

Similar categories in Joy McCullough's Not Starring Zadie Louise book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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21. Wild Ride

By: Keith Calabrese

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Swindle meets Adventures in Babysitting in this action-filled comedy! No parents. No rules. No c… read more

Similar categories in Keith Calabrese's Wild Ride book and Destiny Howell's High Score

  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • juvenile

11 Top realistic fiction books like High Score by Destiny Howell

Transform Your Habits

Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Good Different

Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Simon Sort of Says

Erin Bow

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Wildoak

C.C. Harrington

4.34

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7 must-read fantasy books like The Last Hope in Hopetown by Maria Tureaud

Transform Your Habits

Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting (Serwa Boateng #1)

Roseanne A. Brown

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)

Dhonielle Clayton

4.00

Transform Your Habits

This Appearing House

Ally Malinenko

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1)

Kalyn Josephson

3.92

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