6 Top juvenile books like Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt

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Pay Attention, Carter Jones

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler hat and al…

"Make good decisions and remember who you are, young Master Jones.’ He put his bowler back on. ‘You think I’m going to forget who I am?’ I said. ‘You are entering middle school now,’ he said. ‘I think it quite likely.’ Then he opened his door, folded his umbrella, and got inside again."

-Gary D. Schmidt, Pay Attention, Carter Jones

"Make good decisions and remember who you are, young Master Jones.’ He put his bowler back on. ‘You think I’m going to forget who I am?’ I said. ‘You are entering middle school now,’ he said. ‘I think it quite likely.’ Then he opened his door, folded his umbrella, and got inside again."

-Gary D. Schmidt, Pay Attention, Carter Jones

If you liked the juvenile plot in Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Our Only May Amelia (May Amelia, #1) by Jennifer L. Holm

1. Our Only May Amelia (May Amelia, #1)

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

Format: 510 pages, Paperback

It isn't easy being a pioneer in the state of Washington in 1899, but it's particularly hard when y… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's Our Only May Amelia (May Amelia, #1) book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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2. Chu Ju's House

By: Gloria Whelan

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

One girl too many . . . When a girl is born to Chu Ju's family, it is quickly determined that the b… read more

Similar categories in Gloria Whelan's Chu Ju's House book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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3. The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

By: Barbara Robinson

4.19

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

The Worst Kids in the History of the World! When anything goes wrong at Woodrow Wilson Elementary S… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2) book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

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

4. The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR (The Story of the World #4)

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Where was the Crystal Palace? Who was the Sick Man of Europe? And how did cow fat start a revolutio… read more

Similar categories in Susan Wise Bauer's The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR (The Story of the World #4) book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • childrens
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5. You Go First

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Funny and poignant, acclaimed author Erin Entrada Kelly's You Go Firstis an engaging exploration of… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's You Go First book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook

6. Snow Treasure

By: Marie McSwigan , None

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

In the bleak winter of 1940, Nazi troops parachuted into Peter Lundstrom's tiny Norwegian village a… read more

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7. The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling Vanderbeeker family finds love and hope in hard times as they face the challenge of… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7) book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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8. Once a Queen (Carrick Hall, #1)

By: Sarah Arthur

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

An American teenager discovers that her estranged English grandmother was once a queen in another w… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Arthur's Once a Queen (Carrick Hall, #1) book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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9. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's Nothing Else But Miracles book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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11. 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 Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

By: Beth Brower

4.31

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

“I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count thi… read more

Similar categories in Beth Brower's The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • fiction
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13. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 2

By: Beth Brower

4.63

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

“I was sitting at my desk reading, with a cup of tea, my windows flung open, when I heard The Tenan… read more

Similar categories in Beth Brower's The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 2 book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • fiction
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14. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5

By: Beth Brower

4.79

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

I took Treasure Island to church with me as a talisman. “What a lovely bible,” Mrs. Tribly said. … read more

Similar categories in Beth Brower's The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5 book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • fiction
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15. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4

By: Beth Brower

4.75

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

"It all began very innocently. Truly." The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her Lon… read more

Similar categories in Beth Brower's The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4 book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • fiction
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16. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

Similar categories in Allie Millington's Olivetti book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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17. Song for a Whale

By: Lynne Kelly

4.23

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the … read more

Similar categories in Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"A sound can move anything if it's strong enough."

-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale

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18. 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 Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6 (The Unselected Journals, #6)

By: Beth Brower

4.79

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

There is bedlam, and there is delightful bedlam.This afternoon touched on the second, much to my pl… read more

Similar categories in Beth Brower's The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6 (The Unselected Journals, #6) book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • fiction
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20. Pay Attention, Carter Jones

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler hat and al… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones book and Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • sports
  • juvenile
"Make good decisions and remember who you are, young Master Jones.’ He put his bowler back on. ‘You think I’m going to forget who I am?’ I said. ‘You are entering middle school now,’ he said. ‘I think…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, Pay Attention, Carter Jones

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21. 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 Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile

18 Top fiction books like Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt

Transform Your Habits

Our Only May Amelia (May Amelia, #1)

Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Chu Ju's House

Gloria Whelan

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

Barbara Robinson

4.19

Transform Your Habits

You Go First

Erin Entrada Kelly

3.78

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17 Top fiction books like Our Only May Amelia (May Amelia, #1) by Jennifer L. Holm

Transform Your Habits

Half a Chance

Cynthia Lord

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Family Under the Bridge

Garth Williams , Natalie Savage Carlson

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

Kirby Larson

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Shakespeare's Secret

Elise Broach

3.88

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