14 Best middle grade books like The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf

Cover of The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf

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. …

"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 makes you seem very wise at all."

-Hanna Alkaf, The Girl and the Ghost

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf , here is a list of 14 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

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2. 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

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3. 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 Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Not Here to Stay by N.F. Afrina

4. Not Here to Stay

By: N.F. Afrina

3.92

Format: 585 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author of Inkling, a painstaking journey of a broken woman determined to heal set … read more

Similar categories in N.F. Afrina's Not Here to Stay book and Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. Once Upon an Eid

By: S.K. Ali

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Once Upon an Eid is a collection of short stories that showcases the most brilliant Muslim voices w… read more

Similar categories in S.K. Ali's Once Upon an Eid book and Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"It's hard to see the beauty in things when you can't see past your insecurities."

-S.K. Ali, Once Upon an Eid

"If we can be strong enough to resist the stuff Allah has allowed, it makes it easier to resist the stuff that's forbidden."

-S.K. Ali, Once Upon an Eid

Cover of Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1) by Colleen A.F. Venable

6. Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1)

By: Colleen A.F. Venable

4.19

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

A new middle-grade graphic novel series about growing up, friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cat… read more

Similar categories in Colleen A.F. Venable's Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1) book and Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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7. 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 Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

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

9. 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 Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • mythology
  • 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 The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

10. The Blackbird Girls

By: Anne Blankman

4.43

Format: None pages, None

On a spring morning in 1986, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry re… read more

Similar categories in Anne Blankman's The Blackbird Girls book and Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"La distanza tra i veri amici non conta, quando l'amicizia continua nei loro cuori."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Distance between true friends doesn't matter when their friendship lives in their hearts"

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Siamo su questa terra per essere gentili gli uni con gli altri. Gli esseri umani sono la lingua di Dio."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

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

11. 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 Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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13. 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 Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. 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 Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

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

15. 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 Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

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

16. 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 Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Bane of Widuri

By: Nadiah Zakaria

4.34

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Melur’s world has always been limited to the gates of Widuri, an 18th century manor in Kedah that h… read more

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18. Inkling: A Short Story Compilation

By: N.F. Afrina

4.33

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

A hot chocolate maker travels to a town with no money. A girl sins and expects a thunder to strike … read more

Similar categories in N.F. Afrina's Inkling: A Short Story Compilation book and Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • fiction
Cover of Revenge in Violent Hues by Nadiah Zakaria

19. Revenge in Violent Hues

By: Nadiah Zakaria

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Headmaster has been killed. Welcome to Citra Buana, an academy built to weaponise the dead. … read more

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20. School of Thieves

By: Sabrina Ismail

3.91

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Amra DeSilva left school when she was young and became the sole bread winner of her family. When li… read more

Similar categories in Sabrina Ismail's School of Thieves book and Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • fantasy
  • childrens
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21. The Mirrorwood

By: Deva Fagan

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of the Twisted Tales series and Doll Bones , this thrilling, “cleverly original” (… read more

Similar categories in Deva Fagan's The Mirrorwood book and Hanna Alkaf's The Girl and the Ghost

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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