20 Best middle grade books like The Lost Whale by Hannah Gold

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The Lost Whale

By: Hannah Gold

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously written standalone from the acclaimed author of The Last Bear, Hannah Gold's second no…

"A patchwork of blue, emerald and turquoise, with white horses dancing like diamonds on the surface. The water stretched out forever until it melted into the sky."

-Hannah Gold, The Lost Whale

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Lost Whale by Hannah Gold , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Last Firefox (The Last Firefox #1)

By: Lee Newbery

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story about family, friendship and finding your inner fire.Between bullies at school… read more

Similar categories in Lee Newbery's The Last Firefox (The Last Firefox #1) book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
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2. De spin en de sleutel

By: Anna Woltz

4.07

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Elena (13) is op de vlucht. Niemand anders wil haar hebben, dus ze moet een maand lang logeren bij … read more

Similar categories in Anna Woltz's De spin en de sleutel book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. We moeten je iets vertellen

By: Marlies Slegers

4.45

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

De ouders van de 13-jarige Hazel gaan scheiden en Hazel wordt naar haar oma gestuurd. Daar heeft ze… read more

Similar categories in Marlies Slegers's We moeten je iets vertellen book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
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4. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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6. Het ministerie van oplossingen en het spook van de Haviksburcht (Het ministerie van oplossingen, #5)

By: Sanne Rooseboom

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Het Ministerie van Oplossingen gaat op reis! Al vijfendertig jaar staat de Haviksburcht leeg. Volge… read more

Similar categories in Sanne Rooseboom's Het ministerie van oplossingen en het spook van de Haviksburcht (Het ministerie van oplossingen, #5) book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • middle grade
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7. Het pad van de Roverkoning (De Zeven Sleutels, #1)

By: Tom Rijpert

4.09

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Een avontuurlijk en fantasierijk debuut over een mysterieus reisgezelschap! Kobold de dwerg is i… read more

Similar categories in Tom Rijpert's Het pad van de Roverkoning (De Zeven Sleutels, #1) book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
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8. The Snow Girl

By: Sophie Anderson

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning and critically acclaimed Sophie Anderson, comes a fairy-tale story of friendship… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The Snow Girl book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • nature
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9. The Thief Who Sang Storms

By: Sophie Anderson

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The Island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. The humans live on one side of the island, and… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The Thief Who Sang Storms book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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10. Julia and the Shark

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.33

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfat… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's Julia and the Shark book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • nature
"...which is still not a plot twist I saw coming."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Panic poured into the space where my certainty had been, hot and sharp."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"I like how everything echoes with everything else if you listen hard enough"

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Dad's listening became loud, you know how that happens when someone is really concentrating and you can feel the white noise of their attention."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

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11. Leila and the Blue Fox

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.29

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

She was very tired. She lay down, her soft head on her soft paws. The sunset licked her face.… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's Leila and the Blue Fox book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • nature
"Foxes do dream. Here is Fox's. The sky dusty with stars. The wind strong and blowing. Her belly full and she is running. Above her the sky lights dance, but they are only good for hunting by. She doe…"

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Leila and the Blue Fox

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12. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

Similar categories in Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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13. The Lost Whale

By: Hannah Gold

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously written standalone from the acclaimed author of The Last Bear, Hannah Gold's second no… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • nature
"A patchwork of blue, emerald and turquoise, with white horses dancing like diamonds on the surface. The water stretched out forever until it melted into the sky."

-Hannah Gold, The Lost Whale

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14. I Spy

By: Rhian Tracey

3.74

Format: None pages, None

Twelve-year-old Robyn has grown up in Bletchley Park, where her father works as a driver. When she'… read more

Similar categories in Rhian Tracey's I Spy book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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15. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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16. The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of October, October, shortlisted for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, comes a life-af… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's The Light in Everything book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • nature
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17. Salto

By: Arndís Þórarinsdóttir

4.25

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

De twaalfjarige Álfur is een heel gewoon kind uit Kópavogur in IJsland. Hij woont samen met zijn va… read more

Similar categories in Arndís Þórarinsdóttir's Salto book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
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18. De trein van vier over twaalf

By: Conny Palmkvist

4.42

Format: 83 pages, Kindle Edition

Waarom gaan ouders dood? Hoe kan het dat dat is toegestaan? -Nicolaus is nog maar een kind en ouder… read more

Similar categories in Conny Palmkvist's De trein van vier over twaalf book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

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19. Mus en kapitein Kwaadbaard en De 5 slangen (Mus en kapitein Kwaadbaard, #1)

By: Kevin Hassing

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Duik in de fantastische wereld van Mus & kapitein Kwaadbaard in dit debuut van (stem)acteur Kevin H… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hassing's Mus en kapitein Kwaadbaard en De 5 slangen (Mus en kapitein Kwaadbaard, #1) book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • fantasy
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20. Rugzwemmen

By: Marc ter Horst

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

'Rugzwemmen' is het fictiedebuut van Zilveren Griffel-winnaar Marc ter Horst, een meeslepend en fri… read more

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21. Like a Curse

By: Elle McNicoll

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Stuck in Loch Ness while Edinburgh falls under the control of a terrifyingly powerful Siren, Ramya … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Curse book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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22. Like a Charm

By: Elle McNicoll

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Edinburgh is a city filled with magical creatures. No one can see them... until Ramya Knox. As … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Charm book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
"Exactly. These stories about fairies and giants and vampires and trolls... they may have written them completely wrong. But you're still more likely to find a magical monster in a story than someone …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Ramya, your brain...it's why you can see through Glamour. It's why you're immune to Sirens. It's...it's incredible. I wish I were like you. I've never met anyone that can do what you do. I swear. It …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Books are like little pockets of time. Little artifacts from other cultures and other periods of history. You can go to a museum where they put everything behind glass and won't let you touch things.…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Maybe you don't need the whole world. Maybe you don't need a fridge full of gold stars. You don't need to fit the mold. You just need one person who believes you're right, just as you are. That the g…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

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23. Until The Road Ends

By: Phil Earle

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky T… read more

Similar categories in Phil Earle's Until The Road Ends book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
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24. Foxlight

By: Katya Balen

4.06

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of October, October , winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, comes a heartbreaking and … read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's Foxlight book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • nature
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25. The Shelterlings

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.12

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A group of magical misfit animals learns to appreciate their seemingly useless powers—and themselve… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's The Shelterlings book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fantasy
Cover of The Boy Who Saved a Bear by Nizrana Farook

26. The Boy Who Saved a Bear

By: Nizrana Farook

4.26

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A boy and a bear meet, become friends and have the adventure of their lives! From the author of The… read more

Similar categories in Nizrana Farook's The Boy Who Saved a Bear book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • middle grade
  • animals
  • childrens
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27. De boom die een wereld was

By: Yorick Goldewijk

4.27

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

De boom is oud en stil. Aan een tak hangt een luiaard de hele dag roerloos voor zich uit te staren.… read more

Similar categories in Yorick Goldewijk's De boom die een wereld was book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
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28. Kermiskind

By: Jacques Vriens

3.93

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

De nieuwe Vriens over een reizend theater Rosa reist samen met haar familie het land door om op … read more

Similar categories in Jacques Vriens's Kermiskind book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

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29. Clutch (The Twitchers, #3)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.46

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

Can The Twitchers catch a thief? There's a thief in Aves Wood! M.G. Leonard, internationally bes… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Clutch (The Twitchers, #3) book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • nature
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30. Zoef!

By: Janneke Schotveld

4.37

Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition

Een grappig en ontroerend verhaal over liefde en afscheid nemen Amir is vreselijk verdrietig. D… read more

Similar categories in Janneke Schotveld's Zoef! book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

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31. I Am Rebel

By: Montgomery Ross

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

Similar categories in Montgomery Ross's I Am Rebel book and Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale

  • childrens

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