19 must-read childrens books like Much Ado About Baseball by Rajani LaRocca

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Much Ado About Baseball

By: Rajani LaRocca

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this companion novel to Midsummer's Mayhem, math and baseball combine with savory snacks to caus…

If you liked the childrens plot in Much Ado About Baseball by Rajani LaRocca , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

1. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

By: Winifred Watson

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Miss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly Englis… read more

Similar categories in Winifred Watson's Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • fiction

2. The Unbreakable Code (Book Scavenger, #2)

By: Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Mr. Quisling is definitely up to something mysterious, and Emily and James are on high alert. First… read more

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3. 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 Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • audiobook
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4. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's Attack of the Black Rectangles book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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5. Prairie Lotus

By: Linda Sue Park

4.29

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an educat… read more

Similar categories in Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

7. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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8. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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9. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Lunar New Year Love Story book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library)

By: Chris Grabenstein

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Library Binding

Before Mr. Lemoncello became everyone's favorite game maker, he was a kid who liked to roll the dic… read more

Similar categories in Chris Grabenstein's Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library) book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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12. Witchlings (Witchlings, #1)

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.15

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

A magical adventure for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers and Nevermoor, about three witchlings … read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Witchlings (Witchlings, #1) book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. Millionaires for the Month

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"After seventh graders Benji and Felix "borrow" $20 from a lost wallet, the billionaire owner chall… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's Millionaires for the Month book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1)

By: Rex Ogle

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and findi… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1) book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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15. Daughters of Olympus

By: Hannah M. Lynn

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A daughter pulled between two worlds and a mother willing destroy both to protect her... Gods an… read more

Similar categories in Hannah M. Lynn's Daughters of Olympus book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. The Lion of Mars

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's The Lion of Mars book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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17. The Dangerous Ones

By: Lauren Blackwood

3.43

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A romantic historical fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blackwood, set in the A… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Blackwood's The Dangerous Ones book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Much Ado About Baseball

By: Rajani LaRocca

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this companion novel to Midsummer's Mayhem, math and baseball combine with savory snacks to caus… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • retellings
  • baseball
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. 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 Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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20. Once Upon a K-Prom

By: Kat Cho

3.77

Format: 338 pages, ebook

What would you do if the world's biggest K-pop star asked you to prom? Perfect for fans of Jenny Ha… read more

Similar categories in Kat Cho's Once Upon a K-Prom book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. The Last Beekeeper

By: Pablo Cartaya

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Last Beekeeper follows twelve-year-old Yolanda Cicerón as she fights to the save the last known… read more

Similar categories in Pablo Cartaya's The Last Beekeeper book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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22. Out of Left Field (The Gordon Family Saga)

By: Ellen Klages

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A story about the fight for equal rights in America's favorite arena: the baseball field! Every… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Klages's Out of Left Field (The Gordon Family Saga) book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • baseball
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • sports
"The status quo doesn't stand a chance."

-Ellen Klages, Out of Left Field (The Gordon Family Saga)

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23. Six of Sorrow

By: Amanda Linsmeier

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen years ago, six girls were born on the same day—and now, on their birthday, one of them is m… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Linsmeier's Six of Sorrow book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Revenant Games (The Revenant Games, #1) by Margie Fuston

24. The Revenant Games (The Revenant Games, #1)

By: Margie Fuston

3.72

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Blood is survival in Bly's world – any human can compete in the Revenant Games, an annual fight to … read more

Similar categories in Margie Fuston's The Revenant Games (The Revenant Games, #1) book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty

25. The World Ends in April

By: Stacy McAnulty

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Is middle school drama scarier than an asteroid heading for Earth? Find out in this smart and funny… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's The World Ends in April book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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26. More to the Story

By: Hena Khan

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Amina’s Voice comes a new story inspired by Louisa May Alco… read more

Similar categories in Hena Khan's More to the Story book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • retellings
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Coop Knows the Scoop by Taryn Souders

27. Coop Knows the Scoop

By: Taryn Souders

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The whole town is talking about what's buried beneath the playground... Windy Bottom, Georgia is… read more

Similar categories in Taryn Souders's Coop Knows the Scoop book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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28. The Murders in Great Diddling

By: Katarina Bivald

3.52

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The best stories are the ones we didn't know needed to be told The small, rundown village of Gre… read more

Similar categories in Katarina Bivald's The Murders in Great Diddling book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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29. In the Lonely Hours

By: Shannon Morgan

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In a bewitchingly melancholy, thrillingly modern ghost story for readers of Eve Chase, Megan Shephe… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Morgan's In the Lonely Hours book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • fiction
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30. The Girl with No Reflection

By: Keshe Chow

3.44

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman chosen as the crown prince’s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new hu… read more

Similar categories in Keshe Chow's The Girl with No Reflection book and Rajani LaRocca's Much Ado About Baseball

  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • fiction

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The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

4.15

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Gene Luen Yang

4.41

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Claribel A. Ortega

4.15

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4.25

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4.30

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