21 best-selling middle grade books like The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Colin and Nevaeh, whose parents own rival junk-removal businesses, uncover mysteries hidden in atti…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Slugfest book and Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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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 Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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5. 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 Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • 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

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6. Lines of Courage

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.30

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futu… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Lines of Courage book and Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

7. The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Colin and Nevaeh, whose parents own rival junk-removal businesses, uncover mysteries hidden in atti… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1) book and Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • family
  • juvenile
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8. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

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

10. 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 Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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11. Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1)

By: Janet Sumner Johnson

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee in a last-ditch effort to save their f… read more

Similar categories in Janet Sumner Johnson's Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1) book and Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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12. The Patron Thief of Bread

By: Lindsay Eagar

4.20

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully crafted middle-grade novel spiced with magic—and gargoyles!—from the acclaimed author… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Eagar's The Patron Thief of Bread book and Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical 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 Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

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

14. 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 Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros

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 Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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16. Over and Out

By: Jenni L. Walsh

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The story of a young girl from Cold War East Berlin forced to spy for the secret police... but who … read more

Similar categories in Jenni L. Walsh's Over and Out book and Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of On Air with Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #2) by Janae Marks

17. On Air with Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #2)

By: Janae Marks

4.25

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Two years ago, Zoe Washington helped clear Marcus' name for a crime he didn't commit. Now her birth… read more

Similar categories in Janae Marks's On Air with Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #2) book and Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Singing with Elephants by Margarita Engle

18. Singing with Elephants

By: Margarita Engle

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about the friendship between a young girl and the poet Gabriela Mistral that leads… read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Singing with Elephants book and Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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19. 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 Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Playing Through the Turnaround by Mylisa Larsen

20. Playing Through the Turnaround

By: Mylisa Larsen

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In a timely, insightful story told with sparkling wit and heart, young musicians protesting plans f… read more

Similar categories in Mylisa Larsen's Playing Through the Turnaround book and Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hurricanes of Weakerville by Chris Rylander

21. The Hurricanes of Weakerville

By: Chris Rylander

4.15

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Middle grade star author Chris Rylander brings his signature sense of humor, a compelling and origi… read more

Similar categories in Chris Rylander's The Hurricanes of Weakerville book and Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction

21 best-selling fiction books like The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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Slugfest

Gordon Korman

4.24

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A Rover's Story

Jasmine Warga

4.28

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Wildoak

C.C. Harrington

4.34

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Lasagna Means I Love You

Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

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Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

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A Rover's Story

Jasmine Warga

4.28

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Wildoak

C.C. Harrington

4.34

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