21 best-selling middle grade books like The Sea in Winter by Christine Day

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The Sea in Winter

By: Christine Day

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The story of a Native American girl struggling to find her joy again. It’s been a hard year for …

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Sea in Winter by Christine Day , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers

1. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

Similar categories in Dave Eggers's The Eyes and the Impossible book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

Cover of A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner

2. A Work in Progress

By: Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” ( Publishers Weekly , starr… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett Lerner's A Work in Progress book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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4. 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

Similar categories in Joseph Bruchac's Rez Dogs book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."

-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs

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5. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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7. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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8. Red, White, and Whole

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Red, White, and Whole book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

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9. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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10. Too Bright to See

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.13

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

A haunting ghost story about navigating grief, growing up, and growing into a new gender identity … read more

Similar categories in Kyle Lukoff's Too Bright to See book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I've only known what that truth is for a morning, but can't imagine waiting another second to start the rest of my life as myself."

-Kyle Lukoff, Too Bright to See

Cover of Wildoak by C.C. Harrington

11. 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 Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

By: Cynthia Leitich Smith

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A collection of intersecting stories set at a powwow that bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the st… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Leitich Smith's Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Returning the phone, she said, “You’re an artist."

-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

"Four kids in T-shirts and jeans jam on a powwow stage. They’re grinning, bouncing, fully engaged with their music, each other, and the relaxed crowd. I’m splitting fry bread with a cousin as we cheer…"

-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

Cover of Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate  O'Shaughnessy

13. 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

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's Lasagna Means I Love You book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young

14. Healer of the Water Monster

By: Brian Young

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, h… read more

Similar categories in Brian Young's Healer of the Water Monster book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • middle grade
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) by Kelly Yang

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 Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

16. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango

17. 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 Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • 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 What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski

18. 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 Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sea in Winter by Christine  Day

19. The Sea in Winter

By: Christine Day

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The story of a Native American girl struggling to find her joy again. It’s been a hard year for … read more

Similar categories in Christine Day's The Sea in Winter book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • native american
  • mental health
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of The Turtle of Michigan by Naomi Shihab Nye

20. The Turtle of Michigan

By: Naomi Shihab Nye

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

None read more

Similar categories in Naomi Shihab Nye's The Turtle of Michigan book and Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros

21. 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 Christine Day's The Sea in Winter

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

17 Best audiobook books like The Sea in Winter by Christine Day

Transform Your Habits

The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Rez Dogs

Joseph Bruchac

4.05

Transform Your Habits

A Rover's Story

Jasmine Warga

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Red, White, and Whole

Rajani LaRocca

4.43

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15 best-selling childrens books like Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

Transform Your Habits

The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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