15 must-read middle grade books like The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1) by J.J. Arcanjo

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The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

By: J.J. Arcanjo

4.28

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

"So this is really a school for criminals." It was meant as a question, though it came out more as …

If you liked the middle grade plot in The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1) by J.J. Arcanjo , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

2. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of La Malédiction (Les Jumeaux Crochemort, #1) by Cassandra O'Donnell

3. La Malédiction (Les Jumeaux Crochemort, #1)

By: Cassandra O'Donnell

4.08

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

S'il est des lieux obscurs, dévorés par les ténèbres, des demeures où les vivants n'ont pas leur pl… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra O'Donnell's La Malédiction (Les Jumeaux Crochemort, #1) book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1) by Siobhan McDermott

4. The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1)

By: Siobhan McDermott

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A 12-year-old girl wins an invitation to train as an apprentice to immortals in the first book of t… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan McDermott's The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1) book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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5. Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island shall have its revenge . . . Skandar Smith has achieved his dream to train as a unicorn … read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2) book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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6. Zeno

By: Dess Terentjeva

3.67

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

”Eikö ole muita keinoja kuin heiluttaa lippua?” Sateenkaariaiheista kirjoittavan Dess Terentjeva… read more

Similar categories in Dess Terentjeva's Zeno book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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7. The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates)

By: Sam Sedgman

4.30

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockw… read more

Similar categories in Sam Sedgman's The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates) book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • adventure
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8. The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall

By: Ali Standish

3.93

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

What if young Arthur Conan Doyle really went to a secret school for extraordinarily gifted children… read more

Similar categories in Ali Standish's The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) by A.F. Steadman

9. Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.55

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island always wins… Skandar and his sister Kenna are finally both at the Eyrie, but tensions… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book of Stolen Dreams by David Farr

10. The Book of Stolen Dreams

By: David Farr

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, awe-inspiring debut from a master storyteller writing for children for the first t… read more

Similar categories in David Farr's The Book of Stolen Dreams book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Ice Children by M.G. Leonard

11. The Ice Children

By: M.G. Leonard

3.95

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The Week Junior Book Awards: Children’s Audiobook of the Year – Highly Commended. At the stroke … read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Ice Children book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Bienvenue à Saint-Fouettard (Magic Charly, #2) by Audrey Alwett

12. Bienvenue à Saint-Fouettard (Magic Charly, #2)

By: Audrey Alwett

4.37

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Charly est envoyé à Saint-Fouettard, la sinistre institution pour jeunes magiciers indisciplinés. S… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Alwett's Bienvenue à Saint-Fouettard (Magic Charly, #2) book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Mała draka w fińskiej dzielnicy by Marta Kisiel

13. Mała draka w fińskiej dzielnicy

By: Marta Kisiel

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Uwaga na babcie! Czasem skrywają przed światem wiele tajemnic! Sława Żmijan powraca do rodzinneg… read more

Similar categories in Marta Kisiel's Mała draka w fińskiej dzielnicy book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1) by J.J. Arcanjo

14. The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

By: J.J. Arcanjo

4.28

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

"So this is really a school for criminals." It was meant as a question, though it came out more as … read more

Similar categories in J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1) book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • boarding school
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. Times New Romans

By: Julia Biel

3.24

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

Theo Hardy jest młody, przystojny, utalentowany i nigdy nie przegrywa. Ellie Golding jest ambitna,… read more

Similar categories in Julia Biel's Times New Romans book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • audiobook
Cover of Where the River Takes Us by Lesley Parr

16. Where the River Takes Us

By: Lesley Parr

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It's February 1974 and working class families have been hit hard by the three-day week. The reduced… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Parr's Where the River Takes Us book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Pod dachem z mordercą

By: Klaudia Muniak

3.49

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Nowe życie zaczyna się o krok od śmierci. Olga Soboń od pięciu lat zastanawia się, gdzie i dlacz… read more

Similar categories in Klaudia Muniak's Pod dachem z mordercą book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • audiobook
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18. Worst Week Ever: Monday

By: Eva Amores

4.12

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Have you ever had a bad week? Justin Chase sure has, and this is it! His mum has just married a… read more

Similar categories in Eva Amores's Worst Week Ever: Monday book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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19. Welesówna

By: Mika Modrzyńska

3.23

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Co łączy zaginioną przyjaciółkę, demoniczne siły i martwą nauczycielkę matematyki? Tosia, dla pr… read more

Similar categories in Mika Modrzyńska's Welesówna book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Helähdys (Varjot, #1) by Timo Parvela

20. Helähdys (Varjot, #1)

By: Timo Parvela

3.78

Format: 171 pages, Hardcover

Tontut liikkuvat vain pimeässä. Pete tekee kohtalokkaan vaihtokaupan pelastaakseen ystävänsä. Mi… read more

Similar categories in Timo Parvela's Helähdys (Varjot, #1) book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic by A.M. Howell

21. Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic

By: A.M. Howell

4.16

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

A twisty and heart-pounding mystery at sea, from award-winning A.M. Howell. July, 1936. As the Q… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Howell's Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic book and J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

14 Top fiction books like The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1) by J.J. Arcanjo

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The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Beth Lincoln

4.06

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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La Malédiction (Les Jumeaux Crochemort, #1)

Cassandra O'Donnell

4.08

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The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1)

Siobhan McDermott

3.91

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10 must-read fiction books like Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) by A.F. Steadman

Transform Your Habits

Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1)

Siobhan McDermott

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2)

Pari Thomson

4.38

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The Ever Storms (Wilderlore, #3)

Amanda Foody

4.44

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