14 must-read realistic fiction books like The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart

Cover of The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart

The Midnight Children

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.16

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary story about a family of runaways who take up residence in a small town, and the ou…

"Stories, after all, are about choices."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"And determined is nearly always a very good thing to be."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"I’ll be your creep, Ravani Foster, if you’ll be my freak."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"But the truth, sometimes, can be the cruelest thing of all."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Odder by Katherine Applegate

1. 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 Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Switch

By: Roland Smith

3.89

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

What happens when the power goes out? And doesn't come back for days... weeks... even longer? Maste… read more

Similar categories in Roland Smith's The Switch book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe by Alyson Noel

4. Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe

By: Alyson Noel

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Stranger Things meets Sideways Stories from Wayside School in this quirky supernatural middle grade… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Noel's Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Freestyle: A Graphic Novel by Gale Galligan

6. Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

By: Gale Galligan

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan, a fun, high-energy graphic novel about friend… read more

Similar categories in Gale Galligan's Freestyle: A Graphic Novel book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate  O'Shaughnessy

7. Lasagna Means I Love You

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Library Binding

What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's Lasagna Means I Love You book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart

8. The Midnight Children

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.16

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary story about a family of runaways who take up residence in a small town, and the ou… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Stories, after all, are about choices."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"And determined is nearly always a very good thing to be."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"I’ll be your creep, Ravani Foster, if you’ll be my freak."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"But the truth, sometimes, can be the cruelest thing of all."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

Cover of Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting (Serwa Boateng #1) by Roseanne A. Brown

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

By: Roseanne A. Brown

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling YA author Roseanne A. Brown's middle grade d… read more

Similar categories in Roseanne A. Brown's Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting (Serwa Boateng #1) book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • adventure
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10. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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11. 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 Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) by Kelly Yang

12. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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14. The Girl in the Lake

By: India Hill Brown

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically ins… read more

Similar categories in India Hill Brown's The Girl in the Lake book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Air by Monica Roe

16. Air

By: Monica Roe

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An action-packed, empowering middle grade novel about a girl who has to speak up when her wheelchai… read more

Similar categories in Monica Roe's Air book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Egypt's Fire (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves, #1) by Tom      Phillips

17. Egypt's Fire (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves, #1)

By: Tom Phillips

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Accused of stealing a rare ruby, a down-on-his luck twelve-year-old is swept into the orbit of the … read more

Similar categories in Tom Phillips's Egypt's Fire (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves, #1) book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord

18. Home Away From Home

By: Cynthia Lord

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From Newbery Honor Winner Cynthia Lord, a brilliant story about how to find home when everything ar… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Lord's Home Away From Home book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Wayward Creatures by Dayna Lorentz

19. Wayward Creatures

By: Dayna Lorentz

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this animal friendship story, a troubled young boy befriends a wayward coyote after a forest fir… read more

Similar categories in Dayna Lorentz's Wayward Creatures book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor by Amanda Panitch

20. The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor

By: Amanda Panitch

3.90

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Amanda Panitch's middle-grade novel The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor is an exploration of mixed … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Panitch's The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • middle grade
  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • audiobook
Cover of The Daredevils by Rob Buyea

21. The Daredevils

By: Rob Buyea

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Readers on the cusp of adolescence will find much to love in this middle grade novel from the autho… read more

Similar categories in Rob Buyea's The Daredevils book and Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • audiobook

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4.16

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