19 must-read middle grade books like One Time by Sharon Creech

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One Time

By: Sharon Creech

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story of a girl who discovers the endless possibilities her future may hold, with h…

If you liked the middle grade plot in One Time by Sharon Creech , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1) by Polly Horvath

1. Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1)

By: Polly Horvath

3.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In the small Canadian town of Coal Harbour, in a quaint restaurant called The Girl on the Red Swing… read more

Similar categories in Polly Horvath's Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1) book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"At heart, we're all violent raging wolves, but in our actions we can be pacifists."

-Polly Horvath, Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1)

"There's something about sports. You can be setting fire to cats and burying them in your backyard, but as long as you're playing team sports, people think you're okay."

-Polly Horvath, Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1)

"I want someone who puts the whole ball of wax at risk. I want the kind of marriage where we would follow each other out into the stormy fatal sea or I'm not marrying at all."

-Polly Horvath, Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1)

"You can be sunk low or as a skunk and still have a joy in your heart. Joy lives like one of those spinning things---a gyroscope in your heart. It doesn't seem to have any connection to circumstance, …"

-Polly Horvath, Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1)

2. Among the Free (Shadow Children, #7)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

2.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

ENOUGH GAMES. Luke Garner is a third-born in a restrictive society that allows only two children pe… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Peterson Haddix's Among the Free (Shadow Children, #7) book and Sharon Creech's One Time

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3. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

Similar categories in Dave Eggers's The Eyes and the Impossible book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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4. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Puppets of Spelhorst book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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5. 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 Sharon Creech's One Time

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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6. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Star That Always Stays

By: Anna Rose Johnson

4.08

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

When bright and spirited Norvia moves from the country to the city, she has to live by one new rule… read more

Similar categories in Anna Rose Johnson's The Star That Always Stays book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Remember Us

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply in… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's Remember Us book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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9. Willodeen

By: Katherine Applegate

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . . Eleven-year-old Willode… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Willodeen book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Mostly I avoided the Faire, with its teeming crowds that made me feel like I was being smothered. So much noise! So much forced merrymaking! Often I would see children there, ones I recognized from m…"

-Katherine Applegate, Willodeen

Cover of Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) by Dan Gemeinhart

10. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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11. 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 Sharon Creech's One Time

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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12. Hoops: A Graphic Novel

By: Matt Tavares

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the histo… read more

Similar categories in Matt Tavares's Hoops: A Graphic Novel book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • school
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13. Louisiana's Way Home

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are — and decidi… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Louisiana's Way Home book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"Perhaps what matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down but who picks us up."

-Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home

"Who was I without the Flying Elefantes? Who was I without Granny? And who was I without a curse upon my head?"

-Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home

"The world was beautiful. It surprised me, how beautiful it kept on insisting on being. In spite of all the lies, it was beautiful."

-Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home

"I can listen to you, Louisiana Elefante," said Reverend Obertask. "That is the only magic I have. Do you want to tell me the rest of your story?"

-Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home

Cover of Billy Miller Makes a Wish (A Miller Family Story) by Kevin Henkes

14. Billy Miller Makes a Wish (A Miller Family Story)

By: Kevin Henkes

3.75

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The stand-alone companion to two-time Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes’s award-winning, acclaimed,… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Henkes's Billy Miller Makes a Wish (A Miller Family Story) book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of One Time by Sharon Creech

15. One Time

By: Sharon Creech

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story of a girl who discovers the endless possibilities her future may hold, with h… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Creech's One Time book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • writing
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla

16. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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17. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bowen Cohen's Two Tribes book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman by Abby  Stein

18. Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman

By: Abby Stein

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The powerful coming-of-age story of an ultra-Orthodox child who was born to become a rabbinic leade… read more

Similar categories in Abby Stein's Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • audiobook
Cover of Singing with Elephants by Margarita Engle

19. Singing with Elephants

By: Margarita Engle

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about the friendship between a young girl and the poet Gabriela Mistral that leads… read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Singing with Elephants book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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20. A Secret Shared

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.53

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Patricia MacLachlan paints a portrait of what it means to be a family, the power of love, and the i… read more

Similar categories in Patricia MacLachlan's A Secret Shared book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"Miss Skylark once said it's heroic to make something beautiful out of a blank page," I say. "With art or words."

-Patricia MacLachlan, A Secret Shared

Cover of A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity by Nicole Valentine

21. A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity

By: Nicole Valentine

4.21

Format: None pages, Hardcover

He believes in science, but only magic can help his mom. Twelve-year-old Finn is used to people … read more

Similar categories in Nicole Valentine's A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity book and Sharon Creech's One Time

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction

12 Top young adult books like One Time by Sharon Creech

Transform Your Habits

Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1)

Polly Horvath

3.71

Transform Your Habits

The Puppets of Spelhorst

Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Star That Always Stays

Anna Rose Johnson

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Remember Us

Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

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21 Top fiction books like Singing with Elephants by Margarita Engle

Transform Your Habits

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

Transform Your Habits

A Rover's Story

Jasmine Warga

4.28

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Wildoak

C.C. Harrington

4.34

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