20 Top middle grade books like The Boys in the Back Row by Mike Jung

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The Boys in the Back Row

By: Mike Jung

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Best friends Matt and Eric are hatching a plan for one big final adventure together before Eric mov…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Boys in the Back Row by Mike Jung , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. Powerless (Supers of Noble's Green, #1)

By: Matthew Cody

4.61

Format: 313 pages,

Superheroes soar in this promising debut--and they're kids! Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Cody's Powerless (Supers of Noble's Green, #1) book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

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2. The Insiders

By: Mark Oshiro

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Three kids who don’t belong. A room that shouldn’t exist. A year that will change everything. Pe… read more

Similar categories in Mark Oshiro's The Insiders book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Be yourself. Be over the top. Outlast them. Show them that no amount of fear will ever make you chance who you are."

-Mark Oshiro, The Insiders

"Be yourself. Be over the top. Outlast them. Show them that no amount of fear will ever make you change who you are."

-Mark Oshiro, The Insiders

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3. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. 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 Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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5. Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles)

By: Matthew Swanson

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Meet Ben, a literal-minded kid with a big heart and an even bigger sweet-tooth, who cracks open a f… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Swanson's Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles) book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (Cece Rios #1)

By: Kaela Rivera

4.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Living in the remote town of Tierra del Sol is dangerous, especially in the criatura months, when p… read more

Similar categories in Kaela Rivera's Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (Cece Rios #1) book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I was wandering through the cerros - the hills of the desert beyond town - at night, barely avoiding low heads of cactus. In the dark, their spines looked more menacing than they did under the sun. B…"

-Kaela Rivera, Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (Cece Rios #1)

"Because if I was doing the right thing, if I was following all the goodness I believed in, that was good enough. I didn't care how much Little Lion yelled at me or hated me, or how much I reminded hi…"

-Kaela Rivera, Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (Cece Rios #1)

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7. Wink

By: Rob Harrell

4.27

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

A wrenching and hilarious story about embracing life's weirdness and surviving an unthinkable diagn… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harrell's Wink book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Maya and the Robot

By: Eve L. Ewing

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated middle grade novel about a forgotten homemade robot who comes to life just when aspi… read more

Similar categories in Eve L. Ewing's Maya and the Robot book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Boys in the Back Row by Mike Jung

9. The Boys in the Back Row

By: Mike Jung

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Best friends Matt and Eric are hatching a plan for one big final adventure together before Eric mov… read more

Similar categories in Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • music
  • childrens
  • school
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Partly Cloudy

By: Tanita S. Davis

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of the microaggressions of middle school and a young Black girl named Madalyn who le… read more

Similar categories in Tanita S. Davis's Partly Cloudy book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf

11. The Girl and the Ghost

By: Hanna Alkaf

4.14

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

I am a dark spirit, the ghost announced grandly. I am your inheritance, your grandmother’s legacy. … read more

Similar categories in Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You think you're better than us just because you're older than us? Because you're 'wiser' than us? All that means is that you're an insult to your old age, because nothing I've seen from you so far m…"

-Hanna Alkaf, The Girl and the Ghost

Cover of Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1) by Alda P. Dobbs

12. Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1)

By: Alda P. Dobbs

4.26

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Be… read more

Similar categories in Alda P. Dobbs's Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1) book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Focused

By: Alyson Gerber

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Clea can't control her thoughts. She knows she has to do her homework . . . but she gets distracted… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Gerber's Focused book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold) by Varian Johnson

14. Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold)

By: Varian Johnson

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Literary powerhouse and Coretta Scott King Honor- and Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor-winning author… read more

Similar categories in Varian Johnson's Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold) book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

15. Concealed

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ivette Joanna And now: Katrina Whatever her name is, it won't last long. Katrina doesn't k… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Concealed book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. A High Five for Glenn Burke

By: Phil Bildner

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt and relatable novel from Phil Bildner, weaving the real history of Los Angeles Dodger a… read more

Similar categories in Phil Bildner's A High Five for Glenn Burke book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi

17. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui

18. Barakah Beats

By: Maleeha Siddiqui

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The First Rule of Punk and Save Me a Seat, Barakah Beats is a sweet, powerful, and joyo… read more

Similar categories in Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • music
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1) by John David  Anderson

19. Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1)

By: John David Anderson

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The first book in a coming-of-age sci-fi duology about Leo, a kid trying to navigate the galaxy in … read more

Similar categories in John David Anderson's Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1) book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera

20. Lupe Wong Won't Dance

By: Donna Barba Higuera

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed cause… read more

Similar categories in Donna Barba Higuera's Lupe Wong Won't Dance book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Candidly Cline by Kathryn Ormsbee

21. Candidly Cline

By: Kathryn Ormsbee

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A must-read for fans of Julie Murphy and Ashley Herring Blake, this queer coming-of-age story from … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Ormsbee's Candidly Cline book and Mike Jung's The Boys in the Back Row

  • music
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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