30 must-read childrens books like The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas by Kimberly Willis Holt

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The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas

By: Kimberly Willis Holt

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Kimberly Willis Holt's The Ambassador of Nowhere, Texas is a stunning post-9/11 companion to the Na…

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1. 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

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • 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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2. Willodeen

By: Katherine Applegate

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . . Eleven-year-old Willode… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Mostly I avoided the Faire, with its teeming crowds that made me feel like I was being smothered. So much noise! So much forced merrymaking! Often I would see children there, ones I recognized from m…"

-Katherine Applegate, Willodeen

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3. Iceberg

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg

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4. Across the Desert

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot strand… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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5. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

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6. 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

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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7. 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

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"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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8. 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

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  • audiobook
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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9. 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

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Colin and Nevaeh, whose parents own rival junk-removal businesses, uncover mysteries hidden in atti… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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11. 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

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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12. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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13. 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

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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14. The Elephant in the Room

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

It's been almost a year since Sila's mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to … read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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15. Better with Butter

By: Victoria Piontek

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A girl with anxiety disorder finds an unlikely friend -- and emotional support animal -- in the for… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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16. 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

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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17. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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18. The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas

By: Kimberly Willis Holt

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Kimberly Willis Holt's The Ambassador of Nowhere, Texas is a stunning post-9/11 companion to the Na… read more

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  • audiobook
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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19. 365 Days to Alaska

By: Cathy Carr

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful middle-grade debut about a girl from off-the-grid Alaska adjusting to suburban life  … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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20. 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

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade series about a peasant boy who wants to be a knight.Tim is just a peasant, but he dr… read more

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  • audiobook
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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22. Dear Student

By: Elly Swartz

4.00

Format: None pages, None

When Autumn becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper she is fac… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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23. Just Harriet

By: Elana K. Arnold

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of A Boy Called Bat comes a new young middle grade series in the trad… read more

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  • audiobook
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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24. A Soft Place to Land

By: Janae Marks

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Follow a young girl reshaping her meaning of home. Joy Taylor has always believed home is the ho… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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25. 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

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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26. When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (The Great Peach Experiment #1)

By: Erin Soderberg Downing

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a family searching for a way to reconnect as a family after the loss of the kids' mot… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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27. Home Away From Home

By: Cynthia Lord

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From Newbery Honor Winner Cynthia Lord, a brilliant story about how to find home when everything ar… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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28. Clarice the Brave

By: Lisa McMann

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The only good cat is a fed cat. Clarice, a young ship mouse, knows this to be true. She and her … read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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29. The Comeback

By: E.L. Shen

4.10

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An #OwnVoices middle-grade debut about a young girl trying to be a champ--in figure skating and in … read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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30. Where We Used to Roam

By: Jenn Bishop

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When Emma starts sixth grade, things finally begin to change. She may still be in the shadow of her… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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31. Sunshine

By: Marion Dane Bauer

3.64

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Set in the northern Minnesota wilderness, a timeless novel about a boy and his imaginary dog explor… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile

31 Best fiction books like The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas by Kimberly Willis Holt

Transform Your Habits

Rez Dogs

Joseph Bruchac

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Willodeen

Katherine Applegate

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Iceberg

Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Across the Desert

Dusti Bowling

4.23

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The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

Shawn Peters

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Allergic

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

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New from Here

Kelly Yang

4.30

Transform Your Habits

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Rebecca Stead

4.22

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