11 best-selling juvenile books like Dream, Annie, Dream by Waka T. Brown

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Dream, Annie, Dream

By: Waka T. Brown

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese Ameri…

If you liked the juvenile plot in Dream, Annie, Dream by Waka T. Brown , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. 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 Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"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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2. 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 Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"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

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3. Wildoak

By: C.C. Harrington

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more

Similar categories in C.C. Harrington's Wildoak book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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5. Manatee Summer

By: Evan Griffith

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Peter and his best friend, Tommy, have a goal for their last summer before middle school: finish th… read more

Similar categories in Evan Griffith's Manatee Summer book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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6. Different Kinds of Fruit

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.08

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

In this funny and hugely heartfelt novel from a Stonewall Award winner, a sixth-grader’s life is tu… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Lukoff's Different Kinds of Fruit book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
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7. 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 Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of Dream, Annie, Dream by Waka T. Brown

8. Dream, Annie, Dream

By: Waka T. Brown

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese Ameri… read more

Similar categories in Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Honestly Elliott by Gillian McDunn

9. Honestly Elliott

By: Gillian McDunn

4.33

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes finding yourself can be a little messy. Elliott has been struggling since starting mid… read more

Similar categories in Gillian McDunn's Honestly Elliott book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
"The goal isn't perfection- the goal is making something new. (pg. 18)"

-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott

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10. Those Kids from Fawn Creek

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same--until Orchid Mason arrives. This contempor… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski

11. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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12. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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13. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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14. Yonder

By: Ali Standish

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Danny Timmons has looked up to Jack Bailey ever since the older boy saved two small children from d… read more

Similar categories in Ali Standish's Yonder book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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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 Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Language of Seabirds by Will  Taylor

16. The Language of Seabirds

By: Will Taylor

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweet, tender middle-grade story of two boys finding first love with each other over a seaside su… read more

Similar categories in Will Taylor's The Language of Seabirds book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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17. The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck

By: Matt Phelan

3.64

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Intoxicating . . . it will be hard for young readers to put down.” — New York Times Book Review “A… read more

Similar categories in Matt Phelan's The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. A Song Called Home

By: Sara Zarr

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Sara Zarr comes a story of the small moments that show us who we are, and… read more

Similar categories in Sara Zarr's A Song Called Home book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack

19. Black Bird, Blue Road

By: Sofiya Pasternack

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award fin… read more

Similar categories in Sofiya Pasternack's Black Bird, Blue Road book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Wreck at Ada's Reef (The Swallowtail Legacy #1) by Michael D. Beil

20. Wreck at Ada's Reef (The Swallowtail Legacy #1)

By: Michael D. Beil

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Punctuated with transcripts, letters, maps, black-and-white illustrations and more, Wreck at Ada's … read more

Similar categories in Michael D. Beil's Wreck at Ada's Reef (The Swallowtail Legacy #1) book and Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Undercover Latina by Aya de León

21. 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 Waka T. Brown's Dream, Annie, Dream

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile

21 must-read fiction books like Dream, Annie, Dream by Waka T. Brown

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Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

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The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

4.15

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Wildoak

C.C. Harrington

4.34

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Maizy Chen's Last Chance

Lisa Yee

4.29

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Strangeville School Is Totally Normal

Darcy Miller

3.75

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Chester Keene Cracks the Code

Kekla Magoon

3.86

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Maizy Chen's Last Chance

Lisa Yee

4.29

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Manatee Summer

Evan Griffith

4.23

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