24 Top childrens books like The Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester

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The Fabulous Zed Watson!

By: Basil Sylvester

4.24

Format: 304 pages, ebook

FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FINALIST FOR THE OLA SILVER BIRCH AWARD The lite…

If you liked the childrens plot in The Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester , here is a list of 24 books like this:

Cover of Mr Stink by Quentin Blake, David Walliams

1. Mr Stink

By: Quentin Blake , David Walliams

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children from David Wal… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"The Duchess looked at Chloe with a look that said, You had the chance to tell him, but you chose to carry on the lie. How do I know that the Duchess's look said this? Because there is an excellent bo…"

-Quentin Blake, Mr Stink

"In Britain, a cup of tea is the answer to every problem. Fallen off your bicycle? Nice cup of tea. Your house has been destroyed by a meteorite? Nice cup of tea and a biscuit. Your entire family has …"

-Quentin Blake, Mr Stink

2. Island of Shipwrecks (Unwanteds #5)

By: Lisa McMann

3.19

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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3. We Are All Made of Molecules

By: Susin Nielsen

4.12

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Thirteen-year-old Stewart is academically brilliant but socially clueless. Fourteen-year-old Ashley… read more

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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 Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. Remember Us

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply in… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's Remember Us book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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7. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

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8. 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 Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. Too Bright to See

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.13

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

A haunting ghost story about navigating grief, growing up, and growing into a new gender identity … read more

Similar categories in Kyle Lukoff's Too Bright to See book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • middle grade
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"I've only known what that truth is for a morning, but can't imagine waiting another second to start the rest of my life as myself."

-Kyle Lukoff, Too Bright to See

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10. Borders

By: Thomas King

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A stunning graphic-novel adaptation based on the work of one of Canada’s most revered and bestselli… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
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11. Just Like That

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.37

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene'… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"It’s hard to figure out how a friendship begins, she thought. Maybe sometimes it’s because someone you thought you knew - and that you didn’t really - turns out to be a whole lot more like a friend t…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That

"And Meryl Lee thought, I wonder how this happens. You live side by side for a while, and suddenly you realize you like living side by side, and you can’t imagine not living side by side because you’v…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That

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12. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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13. The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

By: David Alexander Robertson

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brough… read more

Similar categories in David Alexander Robertson's The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1) book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • childrens
  • canada
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Stories always lead people somewhere, To a place, to a memory."

-David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

"Humans...The land provides everything that anybody would need. If you take only what you need, the land renews itself so that it can provide more. Medicines, water, plants, meat. In exchange, because…"

-David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

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14. 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 Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • canada
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15. The Fabulous Zed Watson!

By: Basil Sylvester

4.24

Format: 304 pages, ebook

FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FINALIST FOR THE OLA SILVER BIRCH AWARD The lite… read more

Similar categories in Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson! book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • childrens
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • canada
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • genderfluid
  • queer
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16. Wink

By: Rob Harrell

4.27

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

A wrenching and hilarious story about embracing life's weirdness and surviving an unthinkable diagn… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harrell's Wink book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • 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 Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Peter Lee's Notes From the Field by Angela Ahn

18. 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 Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • canada
Cover of Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26) by Kate Ellis

19. Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26)

By: Kate Ellis

4.27

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times__________________Serpent's Point in… read more

Similar categories in Kate Ellis's Serpent's Point (DI Wesley Peterson #26) book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • mystery
  • fiction
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20. Living With Viola

By: Rosena Fung

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This graphic novel from a debut creator is an exploration of mental health, cultural differences, a… read more

Similar categories in Rosena Fung's Living With Viola book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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21. The Language of Ghosts

By: Heather Fawcett

3.91

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Forced into exile on an enchanted, moving island, ex-princess Noa Marchena has two missions: reclai… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's The Language of Ghosts book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • childrens
  • canada
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster by Rachelle Delaney

22. Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster

By: Rachelle Delaney

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

When Alice agreed to appear in a reality cooking show with her father, she had no idea she'd find h… read more

Similar categories in Rachelle Delaney's Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • childrens
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
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23. ParaNorthern and the Chaos Bunny A-hop-calypse

By: Stephanie Cooke

3.70

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A witch named Abby and her three friends—a wolf-girl, a ghost, and a pumpkinhead—band together to t… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Cooke's ParaNorthern and the Chaos Bunny A-hop-calypse book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • lgbt
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24. No Vacancy

By: Tziporah Cohen

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn’t eleven-year-old Miri… read more

Similar categories in Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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25. Deadman's Castle

By: Iain Lawrence

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

For most of his life, Igor and his family have been on the run. Danger lurks around every corner--o… read more

Similar categories in Iain Lawrence's Deadman's Castle book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • childrens
  • canada
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau by Stephen Maher

26. The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau

By: Stephen Maher

3.85

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

“…this is a compelling examination of Justin’s time in office.” -Hello! Canada "The Prince is a … read more

Similar categories in Stephen Maher's The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • canada
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 Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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28. The Great Bear (The Misewa Saga, #2)

By: David Alexander Robertson

4.16

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Eli and Morgan journey once more to Misewa, travelling back in time. Back at home after their fi… read more

Similar categories in David Alexander Robertson's The Great Bear (The Misewa Saga, #2) book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • childrens
  • canada
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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29. Firefly

By: Philippa Dowding

4.01

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award 2021 | Winner of the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Childre… read more

Similar categories in Philippa Dowding's Firefly book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • canada
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30. Faker

By: Gordon Korman

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey know… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Faker book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Amari and the Despicable Wonders (Supernatural Investigations, #3) by B.B. Alston

31. Amari and the Despicable Wonders (Supernatural Investigations, #3)

By: B.B. Alston

4.37

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The highly anticipated third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Supernatural Investigations … read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Despicable Wonders (Supernatural Investigations, #3) book and Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson!

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

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