28 Best middle grade books like Juniper’s Christmas by Eoin Colfer

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Juniper’s Christmas

By: Eoin Colfer

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, mega-bestselling Eoin Colfer comes a heartwarming, adventurous Christmas the p…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Juniper’s Christmas by Eoin Colfer , here is a list of 28 books like this:

1. Winterfrost

By: Michelle Houts

3.89

Format: 575 pages, Hardcover

An ordinary Danish Christmas turns extraordinary when a family overlooks an important folkloric tra… read more

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2. 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 Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"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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3. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

Similar categories in Dave Eggers's The Eyes and the Impossible book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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4. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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5. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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6. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Puppets of Spelhorst book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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7. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"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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9. 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 Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 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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10. Hunted (The Deadlands #1)

By: Skye Melki-Wegner

3.94

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Wings of Fire meets Jurassic Park in this action-adventure middle grade debut series by Skye Melki-… read more

Similar categories in Skye Melki-Wegner's Hunted (The Deadlands #1) book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • audiobook
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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11. 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 Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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13. The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates)

By: Sam Sedgman

4.30

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockw… read more

Similar categories in Sam Sedgman's The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates) book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • adventure
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14. The Last Bookwanderer (Pages & Co., #6)

By: Anna James

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Pages and Co. series comes to a thrilling end in this perfect final instalment. As Tilly, Os… read more

Similar categories in Anna James's The Last Bookwanderer (Pages & Co., #6) book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Olivetti by Allie Millington

15. 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 Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. The Snow Girl

By: Sophie Anderson

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning and critically acclaimed Sophie Anderson, comes a fairy-tale story of friendship… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The Snow Girl book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas by Matt Tavares

17. Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas

By: Matt Tavares

4.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Matt Tavares's sequel to the New York Times best-selling Dasher is a joyful ode to helping others--… read more

Similar categories in Matt Tavares's Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?

By: Mac Barnett

4.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The beloved, multi-award-winning duo of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen tackle a perennial question. … read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Juniper’s Christmas by Eoin Colfer

19. Juniper’s Christmas

By: Eoin Colfer

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, mega-bestselling Eoin Colfer comes a heartwarming, adventurous Christmas the p… read more

Similar categories in Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • holiday
  • middle grade
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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20. The Amelia Six

By: Kristin L. Gray

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Amelia Earhart’s famous aviator goggles go missing and eleven-year-old Millie has to find them befo… read more

Similar categories in Kristin L. Gray's The Amelia Six book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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21. A Christmasaurus Carol

By: Tom Fletcher

4.43

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

The Christmasaurus is back and ready to soar into a new festive magical adventure!Have you ever hea… read more

Similar categories in Tom Fletcher's A Christmasaurus Carol book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • holiday
  • middle grade
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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22. The Ice Children

By: M.G. Leonard

3.95

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The Week Junior Book Awards: Children’s Audiobook of the Year – Highly Commended. At the stroke … read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Ice Children book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Troublemakers (Cordelia Hatmaker, #3) by Tamzin Merchant

23. The Troublemakers (Cordelia Hatmaker, #3)

By: Tamzin Merchant

4.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Return to the spellbinding magical world of the Hatmakers in this sweeping, epic and exciting new a… read more

Similar categories in Tamzin Merchant's The Troublemakers (Cordelia Hatmaker, #3) book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

24. 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 Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1) by Katherine Marsh

25. Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1)

By: Katherine Marsh

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award finalist Katherine Percy Jackson meets The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Aca… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1) book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of A Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie Connor

26. A Home for Goddesses and Dogs

By: Leslie Connor

4.20

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

A unique masterpiece about loss, love, and the world’s best bad dog, from award-winning author Lesl… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Connor's A Home for Goddesses and Dogs book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • contemporary
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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27. A Few Bicycles More

By: Christina Uss

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the sequel to the popular Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle , our hero reunites with her long-… read more

Similar categories in Christina Uss's A Few Bicycles More book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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28. The Secret Library

By: Kekla Magoon

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a page-turning fantasy advent… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's The Secret Library book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • audiobook
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor by Aubrey Hartman

29. The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor

By: Aubrey Hartman

4.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A charming middle-grade novel about old magic, new adventures, a winged lion learning to roar, and … read more

Similar categories in Aubrey Hartman's The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Stepfather Christmas: A Festive Countdown Story in 25 Chapters by L.D. Lapinski

30. Stepfather Christmas: A Festive Countdown Story in 25 Chapters

By: L.D. Lapinski

4.34

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

From L. D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency , comes a heartwarming and hilarious… read more

Similar categories in L.D. Lapinski's Stepfather Christmas: A Festive Countdown Story in 25 Chapters book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • holiday
  • middle grade
  • christmas
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
Cover of The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel by Christopher Lincoln

31. The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel

By: Christopher Lincoln

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel adventure in which two siblings, a mysterious Night Librarian, and a motley cast of… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Lincoln's The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel book and Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile

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3.82

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Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

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Allie Millington

4.10

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Kate DiCamillo

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