21 best-selling middle grade books like Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar

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Across So Many Seas

By: Ruth Behar

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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2. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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3. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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4. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Secret Language of Birds

By: Lynne Kelly

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Library Binding

From the award-winning author of Song for a Whale comes a poignant and heartwarming tale about a gi… read more

Similar categories in Lynne Kelly's The Secret Language of Birds book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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7. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

Cover of Amil and the After by Veera Hiranandani

8. Amil and the After

By: Veera Hiranandani

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A hopeful and heartwarming story about finding joy after hardship, Amil and the After is a companio… read more

Similar categories in Veera Hiranandani's Amil and the After book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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9. Across So Many Seas

By: Ruth Behar

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • jewish
  • historical
  • spain
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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10. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry

By: Anna Rose Johnson

3.87

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a… read more

Similar categories in Anna Rose Johnson's The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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12. Deep Water

By: Jamie Sumner

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An impactful, gripping middle grade novel in verse from acclaimed author Jamie Sumner that spans on… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Deep Water book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Shark Teeth

By: Sherri Winston

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award longlisted author Sherri Winston comes an important middle grade novel abo… read more

Similar categories in Sherri Winston's Shark Teeth book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

By: Adam Gidwitz

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II by Candace Fleming

15. Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II

By: Candace Fleming

4.15

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave an… read more

Similar categories in Candace Fleming's Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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16. The Secret Library

By: Kekla Magoon

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a page-turning fantasy advent… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's The Secret Library book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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17. The Partition Project

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging and moving middle grade novel, Saadia Faruqi writes about a contemporary Pakistani… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's The Partition Project book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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18. Telephone of the Tree

By: Alison McGhee

4.18

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable story of grief and the support of community as a young girl, faced with aching los… read more

Similar categories in Alison McGhee's Telephone of the Tree book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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19. The Wrong Way Home

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Library Binding

Twelve-year-old Fern believes she's living a noble life--but what if everything she's been told is … read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's The Wrong Way Home book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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20. Mid-Air

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's Mid-Air book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko

21. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile

19 Top fiction books like Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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The Mystery of Locked Rooms

Lindsay Currie

4.03

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Tree. Table. Book.

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4.39

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Transform Your Habits

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

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The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

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