7 must-read canada books like Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer by Leslie Gentile

Cover of Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer by Leslie Gentile

Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

By: Leslie Gentile

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

It’s the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleve…

If you liked the canada plot in Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer by Leslie Gentile , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat

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 Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • 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

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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 Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • 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. Swim Team

By: Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Swim Team book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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5. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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6. 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 Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • 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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7. The Probability of Everything

By: Sarah Everett

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Everett's The Probability of Everything book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) by Dan Gemeinhart

8. 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 Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"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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9. Answers in the Pages

By: David Levithan

4.32

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from t… read more

Similar categories in David Levithan's Answers in the Pages book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"We are who we are, and we'll be who we'll be. A book can make us feel that, but it can't invent that. It's already inside us."

-David Levithan, Answers in the Pages

Cover of Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria by Muhammad Najem

10. Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

By: Muhammad Najem

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A teenage boy risks his life to tell the truth in this gripping graphic memoir by youth activist Mu… read more

Similar categories in Muhammad Najem's Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • middle grade
  • family
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11. Birdspell

By: Valerie Sherrard

3.79

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Corbin Hayes has felt alone for as long as he can remember. His mom's illness means lost jobs, cons… read more

Similar categories in Valerie Sherrard's Birdspell book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
Cover of The Undercover Book List by Colleen Nelson

12. The Undercover Book List

By: Colleen Nelson

4.29

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

He's known as the class troublemaker. She's known as the bookworm. But when every note they send is… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Nelson's The Undercover Book List book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer by Leslie Gentile

13. Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

By: Leslie Gentile

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

It’s the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleve… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Echoes and Empires (Echoes and Empires, #1) by Morgan Rhodes

14. Echoes and Empires (Echoes and Empires, #1)

By: Morgan Rhodes

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A snarky seventeen-year-old must team up with an enigmatic criminal to cure herself of dangerous fo… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Rhodes's Echoes and Empires (Echoes and Empires, #1) book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

15. The Ogress and the Orphans

By: Kelly Barnhill

4.28

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

A fantasy about the power of generosity and love, and how a community suffers when they disappear. … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Barnhill's The Ogress and the Orphans book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"The antidote to anger is tenderness, and the antidote to discord is reconciliation."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"Life is long, after all. And over time, the paths we take tend to intertwine and overlap."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"Books are funny things. The ideas and knowledge contained inside their pages have mass and velocity and gravity. They bend both space and time. They have minds of their own. There is a power in a boo…"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"So maybe the Reading Room is magic because books really are magic. I read once that books bend both space and time, and the more books you have in one place, the more space and time will bend and twi…"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

Cover of This Appearing House by Ally Malinenko

16. This Appearing House

By: Ally Malinenko

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks a… read more

Similar categories in Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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17. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

Similar categories in Varsha Bajaj's Thirst book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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18. Honestly Elliott

By: Gillian McDunn

4.33

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes finding yourself can be a little messy. Elliott has been struggling since starting mid… read more

Similar categories in Gillian McDunn's Honestly Elliott book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
"The goal isn't perfection- the goal is making something new. (pg. 18)"

-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott

Cover of Peter Lee's Notes From the Field by Angela Ahn

19. Peter Lee's Notes From the Field

By: Angela Ahn

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. But in one summer, that… read more

Similar categories in Angela Ahn's Peter Lee's Notes From the Field book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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20. The Firefly Summer

By: Morgan Matson

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Penderwicks meets The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street in a story about a young girl who gets to k… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's The Firefly Summer book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser

21. 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 Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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22. Eight Days

By: Teresa Toten

3.85

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

Governor General's award-winning author Teresa Toten's story about one girl's transformative eight-… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Toten's Eight Days book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Shine On, Luz Véliz! by Rebecca Balcárcel

23. Shine On, Luz Véliz!

By: Rebecca Balcárcel

4.28

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful coming-of-age story for fans of Front Desk and Merci Suárez Changes Gears , this book c… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Balcárcel's Shine On, Luz Véliz! book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"The self is not discovered, but created."

-Rebecca Balcárcel, Shine On, Luz Véliz!

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24. Orca Rescue!: The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer

By: Donna Sandstrom

4.54

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A captivating account of the only successful orca rescue and reunion in history told in first perso… read more

Similar categories in Donna Sandstrom's Orca Rescue!: The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One by Adam Rex

25. The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

By: Adam Rex

4.10

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

Meet Gumluck the Wizard, the star of a new chapter book series by the inimitable Adam Rex! This is… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Lock-Eater by Zack Loran Clark

26. The Lock-Eater

By: Zack Loran Clark

3.97

Format: None pages, None

For fans of Nevermoor and Howl's Moving Castle comes an epic middle grade fantasy about a girl with… read more

Similar categories in Zack Loran Clark's The Lock-Eater book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1) by Julie C. Dao

27. Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

By: Julie C. Dao

3.96

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A rollicking, action-packed adventure of laser tag and fierce sibling rivalries, Team Chu and the B… read more

Similar categories in Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1) book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
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28. Apartment 713

By: Kevin Sylvester

4.26

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends—welcome to the Regency, where even time moves… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sylvester's Apartment 713 book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • childrens
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion by K. Tempest Bradford

29. Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

By: K. Tempest Bradford

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A backyard adventure-mystery. Eleven-year-old Ruby is a Black girl who loves studying insects an… read more

Similar categories in K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Hope in Hopetown by Maria Tureaud

30. 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 Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of Peanut Butter and Chaos: The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton by Anita Daher

31. Peanut Butter and Chaos: The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton

By: Anita Daher

3.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Nominated for a 2023/24 Red Cedar Award Nominated for the 2024 MYRCA Sundogs! When twelve-year-old … read more

Similar categories in Anita Daher's Peanut Butter and Chaos: The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton book and Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

  • middle grade
  • canada

27 Best fiction books like Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer by Leslie Gentile

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The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

Jon Klassen

4.26

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The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

4.15

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

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Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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

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

Roseanne A. Brown

4.26

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The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)

Dhonielle Clayton

4.00

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This Appearing House

Ally Malinenko

4.04

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Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1)

Kalyn Josephson

3.92

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