30 Top middle grade books like Flor and Miranda Steal the Show by Jennifer Torres

Cover of Flor and Miranda Steal the Show by Jennifer    Torres

Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

By: Jennifer Torres

3.76

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Enjoy carnival rides and deep fried pickles in this warm, funny middle grade novel about family and…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Flor and Miranda Steal the Show by Jennifer Torres , here is a list of 30 books like this:

Cover of The Trouble With Chickens (J.J. Tully Mystery #1) by Doreen Cronin, Kevin Cornell

1. The Trouble With Chickens (J.J. Tully Mystery #1)

By: Doreen Cronin , Kevin Cornell

3.82

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

J.J. Tully is a former search-and-rescue dog who is trying to enjoy his retirement after years of p… read more

Similar categories in Doreen Cronin's The Trouble With Chickens (J.J. Tully Mystery #1) book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"The truth was somewhere between her brain and her beak. I wasn’t sure it would survive the trip."

-Doreen Cronin, The Trouble With Chickens (J.J. Tully Mystery #1)

Cover of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

2. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

By: E.L. Konigsburg

3.76

Format: None pages,

When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from some… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Konigsburg's From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, #1) by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams, Craig Phillips

3. Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, #1)

By: Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams , Craig Phillips

2.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

After pulling a magical thunderbolt from a stone, ten-year-old Zeus goes on the adventure of a life… read more

Similar categories in Joan Holub's Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, #1) book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

4. A True Home (Heartwood Hotel, #1)

By: Kallie George , Stephanie Graegin

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

When Mona the Mouse stumbles across the wondrous world of the Heartwood Hotel in the middle of a st… read more

Similar categories in Kallie George's A True Home (Heartwood Hotel, #1) book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Name of This Book Is Secret (Secret, #1) by Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford

5. The Name of This Book Is Secret (Secret, #1)

By: Pseudonymous Bosch , Gilbert Ford

4.30

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Warning: this description has not been authorized by Pseudonymous Bosch. As much as he'd love to si… read more

Similar categories in Pseudonymous Bosch's The Name of This Book Is Secret (Secret, #1) book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

6. The Jumbies (The Jumbies #1)

By: Tracey Baptiste

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

A spine-tingling tale rooted in Caribbean folklore that will have readers holding their breath as t… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Baptiste's The Jumbies (The Jumbies #1) book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

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7. Swim Team

By: Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Swim Team book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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8. 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 Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
"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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9. Allergic

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to… read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Allergic book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
"Your heart’s expanded enough, Mom! Let’s go!"

-Megan Wagner Lloyd, Allergic

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10. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

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11. When You Trap a Tiger

By: Tae Keller

4.15

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medal Winner (2021) Some stories refuse to stay bottled up... When Lily and her famil… read more

Similar categories in Tae Keller's When You Trap a Tiger book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
"I am a girl who sees invisible things, but I am not invisible."

-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger

"Does it get easier? Does the sadness go away? The sadness fades, yeah. Eventually. But the missing ... I don't know if that ever does."

-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger

"If you put things off for later, you'll never do them. They'll become harder and scarier, and one day you'll realize you've run out of time."

-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger

"It's hard to breathe. I know now: The moment when everything really falls apart--it's not during the big explosion. It's in the quiet after. And the feeling is not a shattering. Not quite"

-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger

Cover of Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

12. Before the Ever After

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson's novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's Before the Ever After book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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13. New from Here

By: Kelly Yang

4.30

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's New from Here book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
"We're all connected to each other. We all breathe the same air into our lungs. None of us are immune to each other's problems, that's why we have to care about each other."

-Kelly Yang, New from Here

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14. The List of Things That Will Not Change

By: Rebecca Stead

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

After her parents' divorce, Bea's life became different in many ways. But she can always look back … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The List of Things That Will Not Change book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"...life is like a trip. A very long one. And what matters most is the people you travel with."

-Rebecca Stead, The List of Things That Will Not Change

"The thing about making butter is that it feels like it'll never be done, almost right up to the moment when it is done. If what you want is butter, you have to keep going, even if you only half belie…"

-Rebecca Stead, The List of Things That Will Not Change

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15. The Midnight Children

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.16

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary story about a family of runaways who take up residence in a small town, and the ou… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
"Stories, after all, are about choices."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"And determined is nearly always a very good thing to be."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"I’ll be your creep, Ravani Foster, if you’ll be my freak."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"But the truth, sometimes, can be the cruelest thing of all."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

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16. The Lion of Mars

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's The Lion of Mars book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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17. Marshmallow & Jordan

By: Alina Chau

4.22

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Jordan’s days as star player for her school’s basketball team ended when an accident left her paral… read more

Similar categories in Alina Chau's Marshmallow & Jordan book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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18. Twins

By: Varian Johnson

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Coretta Scott King Honor author Varian Johnson teams up with rising cartoonist Shannon Wright for a… read more

Similar categories in Varian Johnson's Twins book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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19. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

Similar categories in Varsha Bajaj's Thirst book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Molly and the Twin Towers: A 9/11 Survival Story (Girls Survive) by Jessika Fleck

20. Molly and the Twin Towers: A 9/11 Survival Story (Girls Survive)

By: Jessika Fleck

3.81

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Life in lower Manhattan is normal for Molly, her dads, and younger sister. But on September 11, 200… read more

Similar categories in Jessika Fleck's Molly and the Twin Towers: A 9/11 Survival Story (Girls Survive) book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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21. 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 Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1) by Renée  Watson

22. Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1)

By: Renée Watson

3.97

Format: 177 pages, Hardcover

Ryan Hart loves to spend time with her friends, loves to invent recipes, and has a lot on her mind—… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1) book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Flor and Miranda Steal the Show by Jennifer    Torres

23. Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

By: Jennifer Torres

3.76

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Enjoy carnival rides and deep fried pickles in this warm, funny middle grade novel about family and… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • kids
  • juvenile
Cover of Partly Cloudy by Tanita S. Davis

24. 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 Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

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

25. 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 Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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

26. 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 Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Focused by Alyson Gerber

27. 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 Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick, #1) by Jessica Khoury

28. The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick, #1)

By: Jessica Khoury

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Humor and heart shine in this middle grade fantasy about a girl who attends a boarding school to le… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Khoury's The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick, #1) book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

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

29. 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 Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter

30. Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

By: Caela Carter

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An own voices story that shines a light on how one girl's learning differences are neither right no… read more

Similar categories in Caela Carter's Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs by Pam Muñoz Ryan

31. Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in … read more

Similar categories in Pam Muñoz Ryan's Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs book and Jennifer Torres's Flor and Miranda Steal the Show

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile

30 Best fiction books like Flor and Miranda Steal the Show by Jennifer Torres

Transform Your Habits

The Trouble With Chickens (J.J. Tully Mystery #1)

Doreen Cronin , Kevin Cornell

3.82

Transform Your Habits

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

E.L. Konigsburg

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, #1)

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams , Craig Phillips

2.00

A True Home (Heartwood Hotel, #1)

Kallie George , Stephanie Graegin

4.12

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20 Top fiction books like Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1) by Renée Watson

Transform Your Habits

The Trouble With Chickens (J.J. Tully Mystery #1)

Doreen Cronin , Kevin Cornell

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, #1)

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams , Craig Phillips

2.00

Transform Your Habits

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Rez Dogs

Joseph Bruchac

4.05

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