8 Top middle grade books like Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1) by Patrick Carman

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Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

By: Patrick Carman

4.04

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

Strange things are happening in Skeleton Creek . . . and Ryan and Sarah are trying to get to the he…

"Physically, mentally, emotionally -- it seems like every part of me is broken in one way or another."

-Patrick Carman, Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

"Physically, mentally, emotionally -- it seems like every part of me is broken in one way or another."

-Patrick Carman, Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

"It all scares me, and it's all like clothes in a dryer that just keep rolling around in my head from one day to the next."

-Patrick Carman, Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

"It all scares me, and it's all like clothes in a dryer that just keep rolling around in my head from one day to the next."

-Patrick Carman, Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

If you liked the middle grade plot in Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1) by Patrick Carman , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Crossover

By: Kwame Alexander

4.24

Format: 245 pages, ebook

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Crossover book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Silence doesn’t mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

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2. Refugee

By: Alan Gratz

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming,… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Refugee book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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3. The Vanishing Season

By: Jodi Lynn Anderson

2.78

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Girls started vanishing in the fall, and now winter's come to lay a white sheet over the horror. Do… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Lynn Anderson's The Vanishing Season book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • young adult
  • ghosts

4. The Eleventh Plague

By: Jeff Hirsch

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

In an America devastated by war and plague, the only way to survive is to keep moving. In the after… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Hirsch's The Eleventh Plague book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult

5. Day of Tears

By: Julius Lester

3.40

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

On March 2 and 3, 1859, the largest auction of slaves in American history took place in Savannah, G… read more

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6. Left Out

By: Tim Green

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica, New York Timesbestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green t… read more

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7. NewsPrints

By: Ru Xu

3.99

Format: 512 pages,

Blue is an orphan who disguises herself as a newsboy. There's a war going on, and girls are expecte… read more

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8. A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray

By: Ann M. Martin

3.81

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

Newbery Honor author Ann Martin's "heartwrenching and heartwarming" (Kirkus) dog story, now in pape… read more

Similar categories in Ann M. Martin's A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

9. Max the Mighty (Freak The Mighty #2)

By: Rodman Philbrick , W.R. Philbrick

5.00

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

This is the dramatic, heartwrenching tale of Max and Worm, two outsiders who turn to each other for… read more

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Cover of Flying Lessons & Other Stories by Matt de la Peña, Sherman Alexie, Soman Chainani, Walter Dean Myers, Grace Lin, Ellen Oh, Jacqueline Woodson, Kwame Alexander, Tim Federle, Tim Tingle, Meg Medina, Kelly J. Baptist

10. Flying Lessons & Other Stories

By: Matt de la Peña , Sherman Alexie , Soman Chainani , Walter Dean Myers , Grace Lin , Ellen Oh , Jacqueline Woodson , Kwame Alexander , Tim Federle , Tim Tingle , Meg Medina , Kelly J. Baptist

4.04

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

For the hardback, see ISBN13: 9781101934593. Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, fi… read more

Similar categories in Matt de la Peña's Flying Lessons & Other Stories book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult

11. At the Bottom of the World (Jack and the Geniuses, #1)

By: Gregory Mone , Bill Nye , Nicholas Iluzada

3.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling authors Bill Nye the Science Guy and Gregory Mone take middle-grade reade… read more

Similar categories in Gregory Mone's At the Bottom of the World (Jack and the Geniuses, #1) book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

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12. When Stars Are Scattered

By: Victoria Jamieson

4.62

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee c… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Jamieson's When Stars Are Scattered book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • middle grade
"Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now."

-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered

Cover of Class Act (New Kid, #2) by Jerry Craft

13. Class Act (New Kid, #2)

By: Jerry Craft

4.28

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

In this companion book to New Kid this time it’s Jordan’s friend Drew who takes center stage in a s… read more

Similar categories in Jerry Craft's Class Act (New Kid, #2) book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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14. Too Scared to Sleep

By: Andrew Duplessie

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Andrew Duplessie, a terrifying collection of teen short horror stories--and accom… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Duplessie's Too Scared to Sleep book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • horror
Cover of Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1) by Patrick Carman

15. Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

By: Patrick Carman

4.04

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

Strange things are happening in Skeleton Creek . . . and Ryan and Sarah are trying to get to the he… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1) book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • teen
  • ghosts
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
"Physically, mentally, emotionally -- it seems like every part of me is broken in one way or another."

-Patrick Carman, Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

"It all scares me, and it's all like clothes in a dryer that just keep rolling around in my head from one day to the next."

-Patrick Carman, Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

"Lo que más odio de escribir en la era digital es que todo acaba por desaparecer. Es como escribir cartas que se evaporan en el aire después de que uno las lea. Por eso hago copias. El papel dura siem…"

-Patrick Carman, Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

"Creo que mis escritores favoritos son los que reconocieron que no podían vivir sin escribir. (...), tipos para los que escribir era tan esencial como el aire y el agua. Escribir o morir intentándolo.…"

-Patrick Carman, Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

Cover of All the Lovely Bad Ones: A Ghost Story. Graphic Novel by Mary Downing Hahn

16. All the Lovely Bad Ones: A Ghost Story. Graphic Novel

By: Mary Downing Hahn

3.80

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

In this eerie full-color graphic novel adaptation of one of award-winning author Mary Downing Hahn'… read more

Similar categories in Mary Downing Hahn's All the Lovely Bad Ones: A Ghost Story. Graphic Novel book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
Cover of All Summer Long (Eagle Rock, #1) by Hope Larson

17. All Summer Long (Eagle Rock, #1)

By: Hope Larson

3.86

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel about summer and friendships, written and illustrated by… read more

Similar categories in Hope Larson's All Summer Long (Eagle Rock, #1) book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith

18. Hearts Unbroken

By: Cynthia Leitich Smith

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith turns to realistic fiction with the though… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Leitich Smith's Hearts Unbroken book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"Do you believe in God?' 'I believe in kissing you."

-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Hearts Unbroken

"Damn it, Lou!' Two hours later, Cam pounded at the steering wheel of his SUV, which was parked in my driveway. 'Stop being so dramatic. I can't second-guess every fucking word that flies out of my fu…"

-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Hearts Unbroken

Cover of Perennial Girl: Ugly Me Book 2 by J.E. Stamper

19. Perennial Girl: Ugly Me Book 2

By: J.E. Stamper

4.49

Format: 83 pages, Kindle Edition

She's scared. She's hungry. She's exhausted. How much longer can she hold on? Randi Lewis is a mo… read more

Similar categories in J.E. Stamper's Perennial Girl: Ugly Me Book 2 book and Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek, #1)

  • young adult
Cover of Monster by Cynthia Havendean

20. Monster

By: Cynthia Havendean

4.06

Format: 508 pages, Kindle Edition

AVERTISSEMENT Pour un public averti 18 ans et + Les pages abondent en violence gratuite, de m… read more

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Cover of [V]ivre (Tabou, #12) by Sophie Laroche

21. [V]ivre (Tabou, #12)

By: Sophie Laroche

3.65

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Depuis cette fameuse soirée chez John, Félix en parle sans arrêt à Nathan, son meilleur ami. Il ne … read more

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4.48

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