21 Top middle grade books like Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois

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Ode to a Nobody

By: Caroline Brooks DuBois

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A devastating tornado tears apart more than just houses in this striking novel in verse about a gir…

"It's eighth grade - laugh or be laughed at."

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"I'm afraid to want it, but I want to be a writer"

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"Maybe tomorrow, I'll try to turn this into a poem."

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"(Maybe if more homes were concrete they wouldn't be damaged so easily.)"

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

If you liked the middle grade plot in Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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2. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Two Degrees book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

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3. The Switch

By: Roland Smith

3.89

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

What happens when the power goes out? And doesn't come back for days... weeks... even longer? Maste… read more

Similar categories in Roland Smith's The Switch book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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4. Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe

By: Alyson Noel

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Stranger Things meets Sideways Stories from Wayside School in this quirky supernatural middle grade… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Noel's Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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5. Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

By: Gale Galligan

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan, a fun, high-energy graphic novel about friend… read more

Similar categories in Gale Galligan's Freestyle: A Graphic Novel book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. The Midnight Children

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.16

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary story about a family of runaways who take up residence in a small town, and the ou… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"Stories, after all, are about choices."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"And determined is nearly always a very good thing to be."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"I’ll be your creep, Ravani Foster, if you’ll be my freak."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"But the truth, sometimes, can be the cruelest thing of all."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

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7. Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting (Serwa Boateng #1)

By: Roseanne A. Brown

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling YA author Roseanne A. Brown's middle grade d… read more

Similar categories in Roseanne A. Brown's Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting (Serwa Boateng #1) book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) by Dhonielle Clayton

8. The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)

By: Dhonielle Clayton

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Author Dhonielle Clayton makes her middle-grade debut with a fantasy adventure set in a global magi… read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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9. Rain Rising

By: Courtne Comrie

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more

Similar categories in Courtne Comrie's Rain Rising book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois

10. Ode to a Nobody

By: Caroline Brooks DuBois

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A devastating tornado tears apart more than just houses in this striking novel in verse about a gir… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
"It's eighth grade - laugh or be laughed at."

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"I'm afraid to want it, but I want to be a writer"

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"Maybe tomorrow, I'll try to turn this into a poem."

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"(Maybe if more homes were concrete they wouldn't be damaged so easily.)"

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

Cover of Thirst by Varsha Bajaj

11. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

Similar categories in Varsha Bajaj's Thirst book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1) by Kalyn Josephson

12. Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1)

By: Kalyn Josephson

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

One magical inn, two kids with supernatural powers, and an ancient Celtic creature trying to destro… read more

Similar categories in Kalyn Josephson's Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1) book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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13. The Girl in the Lake

By: India Hill Brown

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically ins… read more

Similar categories in India Hill Brown's The Girl in the Lake book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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14. Dinged

By: Tommy Greenwald

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A star football player watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very sa… read more

Similar categories in Tommy Greenwald's Dinged book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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15. Air

By: Monica Roe

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An action-packed, empowering middle grade novel about a girl who has to speak up when her wheelchai… read more

Similar categories in Monica Roe's Air book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Egypt's Fire (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves, #1) by Tom      Phillips

16. Egypt's Fire (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves, #1)

By: Tom Phillips

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Accused of stealing a rare ruby, a down-on-his luck twelve-year-old is swept into the orbit of the … read more

Similar categories in Tom Phillips's Egypt's Fire (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves, #1) book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Problem with Prophecies (The Celia Cleary Series, #1) by Scott Reintgen

17. The Problem with Prophecies (The Celia Cleary Series, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

4.24

Format: 352 pages, ebook

“A sweet yet deeply moving portrait of the highs and lows involved in finding one’s place in a wild… read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's The Problem with Prophecies (The Celia Cleary Series, #1) book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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18. Undercover Latina

By: Aya de León

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Latina teen spy goes undercover as a white girl to stop a white supremacist terrorist plot in a f… read more

Similar categories in Aya de León's Undercover Latina book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
Cover of The Last Hope in Hopetown by Maria Tureaud

19. The Last Hope in Hopetown

By: Maria Tureaud

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about one girl’s dilemma over the decision to save her vampire parents or do what’s r… read more

Similar categories in Maria Tureaud's The Last Hope in Hopetown book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor by Amanda Panitch

20. The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor

By: Amanda Panitch

3.90

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Amanda Panitch's middle-grade novel The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor is an exploration of mixed … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Panitch's The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • contemporary
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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21. The Daredevils

By: Rob Buyea

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Readers on the cusp of adolescence will find much to love in this middle grade novel from the autho… read more

Similar categories in Rob Buyea's The Daredevils book and Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • juvenile

16 Top fiction books like Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois

Transform Your Habits

The Fort

Gordon Korman

4.31

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Two Degrees

Alan Gratz

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe

Alyson Noel

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

Gale Galligan

4.15

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7 must-read fantasy books like The Last Hope in Hopetown by Maria Tureaud

Transform Your Habits

Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting (Serwa Boateng #1)

Roseanne A. Brown

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)

Dhonielle Clayton

4.00

Transform Your Habits

This Appearing House

Ally Malinenko

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1)

Kalyn Josephson

3.92

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