20 must-read middle grade books like Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte

Cover of Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte

Measuring Up

By: Lily LaMotte

4.30

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle, and the only thing she wants more than …

"Waste of money. Only need cleaver."

-Lily LaMotte, Measuring Up

"Waste of money. Only need cleaver."

-Lily LaMotte, Measuring Up

"Waste of money. Only need cleaver."

-Lily LaMotte, Measuring Up

If you liked the middle grade plot in Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Surfside Girls, Book One: The Secret of Danger Point by Kim Dwinell

1. Surfside Girls, Book One: The Secret of Danger Point

By: Kim Dwinell

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Things are getting weird in Surfside. Lately, Samantha's best friend Jade explodes into fits of gig… read more

Similar categories in Kim Dwinell's Surfside Girls, Book One: The Secret of Danger Point book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
Cover of Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

2. 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 Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Turtle Bread: A Graphic Novel About Baking, Fitting In, and the Power of Friendship by Kim-Joy

3. Turtle Bread: A Graphic Novel About Baking, Fitting In, and the Power of Friendship

By: Kim-Joy

4.19

Format: 132 pages, Kindle & Comixology Edition

Yan is looking for a place to belong. She struggles with social anxiety and low self-esteem, making… read more

Similar categories in Kim-Joy's Turtle Bread: A Graphic Novel About Baking, Fitting In, and the Power of Friendship book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • food
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd

4. Allergic

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to… read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Allergic book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Your heart’s expanded enough, Mom! Let’s go!"

-Megan Wagner Lloyd, Allergic

Cover of Camp (Click #2) by Kayla Miller

5. Camp (Click #2)

By: Kayla Miller

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Olive and Willow are happy campers!Or are they?   Olive is sure she’ll have the best time at summer… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Miller's Camp (Click #2) book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

Cover of Break (Click #6) by Kayla Miller

7. Break (Click #6)

By: Kayla Miller

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Olive is less-than-excited to be spending Spring Break stuck with her dad...will she be able to mak… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Miller's Break (Click #6) book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Squished: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd

8. Squished: A Graphic Novel

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

From the Eisner-nominated duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a fun new graphic novel … read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Squished: A Graphic Novel book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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9. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Click (Click #1) by Kayla Miller

10. Click (Click #1)

By: Kayla Miller

4.07

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Olive wants to get in on the act . . . . . . Any act! Olive “clicks” with everyone in the fifth… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Miller's Click (Click #1) book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee

11. Growing Pangs

By: Kathryn Ormsbee

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

New grade. New friends. New worries? Introducing a graphic novel about friendship, anxiety, and gro… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Ormsbee's Growing Pangs book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley

12. Stepping Stones

By: Lucy Knisley

4.03

Format: 224 pages, None

Jen is used to not getting what she wants. So suddenly moving to the country and getting new stepsi… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Knisley's Stepping Stones book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Mindy Makes Some Space (PAWS #2) by Nathan Fairbairn

13. Mindy Makes Some Space (PAWS #2)

By: Nathan Fairbairn

4.30

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Best friends Mindy Kim, Gabby Jordan, and Priya Gupta are back in business! After a few ups and dow… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Fairbairn's Mindy Makes Some Space (PAWS #2) book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • contemporary
Cover of The Cool Code (The Cool Code, 1) by Deirdre Langeland

14. The Cool Code (The Cool Code, 1)

By: Deirdre Langeland

4.06

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In this funny and heartfelt slice-of-life graphic novel for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Kayla Mill… read more

Similar categories in Deirdre Langeland's The Cool Code (The Cool Code, 1) book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
"In real life, there are no do-overs."

-Deirdre Langeland, The Cool Code (The Cool Code, 1)

Cover of Shirley & Jamila Save Their Summer by Gillian Goerz

15. Shirley & Jamila Save Their Summer

By: Gillian Goerz

4.08

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Meet Jamila and Shirley, two unlikely friends who save each other's summers while solving their nei… read more

Similar categories in Gillian Goerz's Shirley & Jamila Save Their Summer book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte

16. Measuring Up

By: Lily LaMotte

4.30

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle, and the only thing she wants more than … read more

Similar categories in Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • cooking
  • comics
  • food
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Waste of money. Only need cleaver."

-Lily LaMotte, Measuring Up

Cover of Twins by Varian Johnson

17. Twins

By: Varian Johnson

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Coretta Scott King Honor author Varian Johnson teams up with rising cartoonist Shannon Wright for a… read more

Similar categories in Varian Johnson's Twins book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Crunch (Click #5) by Kayla Miller

18. Crunch (Click #5)

By: Kayla Miller

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Kayla Miller, the  New York Times  bestselling author-illustrator of  Click ,  Camp , Act , and Cla… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Miller's Crunch (Click #5) book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Besties: Work It Out (World of Click #1) by Kayla Miller

19. Besties: Work It Out (World of Click #1)

By: Kayla Miller

4.08

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

A graphic-novel series spin-off of the Click books, featuring aspiring entrepreneurs Beth and Chand… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Miller's Besties: Work It Out (World of Click #1) book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1) by Colleen A.F. Venable

20. Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1)

By: Colleen A.F. Venable

4.19

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

A new middle-grade graphic novel series about growing up, friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cat… read more

Similar categories in Colleen A.F. Venable's Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1) book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of The Mystery at the Old Rancho (Surfside Girls #2) by Kim Dwinell

21. The Mystery at the Old Rancho (Surfside Girls #2)

By: Kim Dwinell

4.03

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Sam and Jade are back! Get ready for more ancient mysteries, beautiful beaches, cute boys, and wild… read more

Similar categories in Kim Dwinell's The Mystery at the Old Rancho (Surfside Girls #2) book and Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens

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Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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4.19

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Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

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Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

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Lucy Knisley

4.06

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Jennifer L. Holm

4.25

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4.16

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