9 Best juvenile books like Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold) by Ann E. Burg

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Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

By: Ann E. Burg

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ann E. Burg explores the deep class divides and social injustice behind one of America's greatest t…

If you liked the juvenile plot in Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold) by Ann E. Burg , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The Lost Library book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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2. Linked

By: Gordon Korman

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Linked book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."

-Gordon Korman, Linked

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3. 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

Similar categories in Megan E. Freeman's Alone book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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4. Orris and Timble: The Beginning

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.37

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

From beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes the first book in a warm and funny early-reader trilo… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Orris and Timble: The Beginning book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

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

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

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

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

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

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

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

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

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

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6. 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 Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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7. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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8. 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 Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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9. 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 Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
"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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10. Black Brother, Black Brother

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age stor… read more

Similar categories in Jewell Parker Rhodes's Black Brother, Black Brother book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

11. 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 Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • 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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12. 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 Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"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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13. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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14. Closer to Nowhere

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about coming to terms with indelible truths of family and belonging. For the mo… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Closer to Nowhere book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"Every kid deserves a friend."

-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere

"Comprehension means more than word count."

-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere

"Still, what can it hurt to maybe have a little extra luck on your side?"

-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere

"That home in the distance, the one I could never reach? Today, I’m much closer to it than I am to nowhere."

-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere

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15. Born Behind Bars

By: Padma Venkatraman

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Set in Chennai, India, this is the story of a boy who's unexpectedly released into the world after … read more

Similar categories in Padma Venkatraman's Born Behind Bars book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"Kabir, let me tell you something I learned the hard way. Hoping for small stuff you can control is okay. But pinning your hopes on an other person is usually a waste of time. Especially if that perso…"

-Padma Venkatraman, Born Behind Bars

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16. Unsettled

By: Reem Faruqi

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, hopeful immigration story of Nurah and her family, who move from Karachi, Pakistan, to … read more

Similar categories in Reem Faruqi's Unsettled book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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17. The Canyon's Edge

By: Dusti Bowling

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father g… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's The Canyon's Edge book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Key Player (Front Desk, #4) by Kelly Yang

18. Key Player (Front Desk, #4)

By: Kelly Yang

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Key Player (Front Desk, #4) book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate  O'Shaughnessy

19. 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 Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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20. Lines of Courage

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.30

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futu… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Lines of Courage book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. School Trip (New Kid, #3)

By: Jerry Craft

4.20

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, L… read more

Similar categories in Jerry Craft's School Trip (New Kid, #3) book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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22. Hoops: A Graphic Novel

By: Matt Tavares

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the histo… read more

Similar categories in Matt Tavares's Hoops: A Graphic Novel book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) by Kwame Alexander

23. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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24. What Lives in the Woods

By: Lindsay Currie

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the decrepit Woodmoor Manor…where something in the woods is always watching. From the au… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's What Lives in the Woods book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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25. You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's You Are Here: Connecting Flights book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"

-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights

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26. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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27. Mirror to Mirror

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Rajani LaRocca’s breathtaking follow-up to the Newbery Honor– and Walter Award–winning Red, Whit… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Mirror to Mirror book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood

28. Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

By: Susan Hood

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her s… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • poetry
  • historical
  • middle grade
Cover of Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold) by Ann E. Burg

29. Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

By: Ann E. Burg

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ann E. Burg explores the deep class divides and social injustice behind one of America's greatest t… read more

Similar categories in Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold) book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • poetry
  • american history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of What About Will by Ellen Hopkins

30. What About Will

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkin's comes a new heartbreakingly tender middle … read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's What About Will book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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31. Next Stop

By: Debbie Fong

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Stand-alone debut Next Stop is a heartfelt graphic-novel from award-winning illustrator Debbie Fong… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Fong's Next Stop book and Ann E. Burg's Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile

28 Top fiction books like Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold) by Ann E. Burg

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Library

Rebecca Stead

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Linked

Gordon Korman

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Alone

Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Orris and Timble: The Beginning

Kate DiCamillo

4.37

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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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