Ten Thousand Tries
By: Amy Makechnie
4.36
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A middle school soccer whiz’s determination to keep things from changing is tested when his father’…
Want to Read $ 8.99"I'm not gonna be most people. -Golden"-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
"Slow makes smooth and smooth is fast."-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
"I'm not gonna be most people. -Golden"-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
"Slow makes smooth and smooth is fast."-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
If you liked the middle grade plot in Ten Thousand Tries by Amy Makechnie , here is a list of 21 books like this:
1. The Shape of Thunder
By: Jasmine Warga
4.17
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
2. Alone
By: Megan E. Freeman
4.14
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
3. Rez Dogs
By: Joseph Bruchac
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs
4. 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
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"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
5. The Probability of Everything
By: Sarah Everett
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
6. Millionaires for the Month
By: Stacy McAnulty
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
"After seventh graders Benji and Felix "borrow" $20 from a lost wallet, the billionaire owner chall… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
7. Across the Desert
By: Dusti Bowling
4.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot strand… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
8. Lasagna Means I Love You
By: Kate O'Shaughnessy
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Library Binding
What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
9. Letters from Cuba
By: Ruth Behar
4.27
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to … read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
10. And Then, Boom!
By: Lisa Fipps
4.69
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!
11. When the World Was Ours
By: Liz Kessler
4.51
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a poign… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
12. Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown
By: Steve Sheinkin
4.34
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
Author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build--and S… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- audiobook
13. 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
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
14. Ten Thousand Tries
By: Amy Makechnie
4.36
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A middle school soccer whiz’s determination to keep things from changing is tested when his father’… read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Amy Makechnie's Ten Thousand Tries book and Amy Makechnie's Ten Thousand Tries
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- soccer
- fiction
- family
- sports
- disability
- audiobook
"I'm not gonna be most people. -Golden"-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
"Slow makes smooth and smooth is fast."-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
"The world is short on finishers. FINISH."-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
"The harder you work, the luckier you get!"-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
15. 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
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
16. Six Feet Below Zero
By: Ena Jones
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A dead body. A missing will. An evil relative. The good news is, Great Grammy has a plan. The bad n… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
17. Imaginary: A Novel
By: Lee Bacon
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Lee Bacon’s poignant, humorous, and breathtaking Imaginary is an inventive story of friendship, los… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
18. What Comes Next
By: Rob Buyea
4.15
Format: 192 pages, Library Binding
A stand-alone middle-grade novel about a girl who is dealing with the tragic loss of her best frien… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
19. Paradise on Fire
By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age survival tale exploring issues of race, class, and climate change. Addy is haunted … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
20. Time Villains (Time Villains, 1)
By: Victor Pineiro
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Adventure, bloodthirsty pirates, and about the worst dinner guest of all time. Javi Santiago is… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
21. One Small Hop
By: Madelyn Rosenberg
3.76
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Carl Hiaasen's classic Hoot, this humorous adventure story set in a not-so-dist… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
