19 must-read middle grade books like Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2) by Ali Stroker

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Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

By: Ali Stroker

4.35

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

The showstopping sequel to The Chance to Fly, which New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer …

If you liked the middle grade plot in Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2) by Ali Stroker , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Slugfest book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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2. The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

By: Jake Maia Arlow

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilariously honest book about surviving middle school while navigating a chronic illness from the… read more

Similar categories in Jake Maia Arlow's The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • disability
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3. Rescue

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.31

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

A World War II story of espionage and intrigue, as one girl races to save her father and aid the Fr… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Rescue book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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4. Summer at Squee

By: Andrea Wang

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Newbery Honor–winning author Andrea Wang, a new middle grade novel about a Chinese American tw… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Wang's Summer at Squee book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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5. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4) book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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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 Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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7. Iceberg

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Iceberg book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg

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8. 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 Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • 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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9. Top Story (Front Desk, #5)

By: Kelly Yang

4.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Front Desk series continues! Mia Tang is at the top of her game! … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Top Story (Front Desk, #5) book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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11. Breathe and Count Back from Ten

By: Natalia Sylvester

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeously written and authentic novel, Verónica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplas… read more

Similar categories in Natalia Sylvester's Breathe and Count Back from Ten book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • disability
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"You are so a physical person...You're taking up space. You're made of all this matter. What more proof do you need than that?"

-Natalia Sylvester, Breathe and Count Back from Ten

"Like maybe the "magic" isn't just about believing in mermaids; it's about believing peope like me don't exist, Like maybe admitting I've needed crutched dispels the myths we want to believe about peo…"

-Natalia Sylvester, Breathe and Count Back from Ten

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12. The Troublemakers (Cordelia Hatmaker, #3)

By: Tamzin Merchant

4.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Return to the spellbinding magical world of the Hatmakers in this sweeping, epic and exciting new a… read more

Similar categories in Tamzin Merchant's The Troublemakers (Cordelia Hatmaker, #3) book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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13. Maid for It

By: Jamie Sumner

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Roll with It comes a relatable and deeply moving middle grade novel ab… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Maid for It book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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14. Just Shy of Ordinary

By: A.J. Sass

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A thirteen-year-old nonbinary kid discovers that life doesn't always go according to plan, especial… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Sass's Just Shy of Ordinary book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
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15. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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16. Iveliz Explains It All

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Library Binding

How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Iveliz Explains It All book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

Cover of Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2) by Ali Stroker

17. Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

By: Ali Stroker

4.35

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

The showstopping sequel to The Chance to Fly, which New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer … read more

Similar categories in Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2) book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • music
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • disability
  • audiobook
Cover of Finally Heard (Finally Seen #2) by Kelly Yang

18. Finally Heard (Finally Seen #2)

By: Kelly Yang

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes the sequel to Finally Seen in which … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Heard (Finally Seen #2) book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Winnie Nash is Not Your Sunshine by Nicole Melleby

19. Winnie Nash is Not Your Sunshine

By: Nicole Melleby

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this powerful new novel by award-winning author Nicole Melleby, 12-year-old Winnie Nash is force… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Melleby's Winnie Nash is Not Your Sunshine book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
Cover of On Air with Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #2) by Janae Marks

20. On Air with Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #2)

By: Janae Marks

4.25

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Two years ago, Zoe Washington helped clear Marcus' name for a crime he didn't commit. Now her birth… read more

Similar categories in Janae Marks's On Air with Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #2) book and Ali Stroker's Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook

15 Top audiobook books like Cut Loose! (The Chance to Fly #2) by Ali Stroker

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