12 must-read young adult books like Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4) by Gennifer Choldenko

Cover of Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4) by Gennifer Choldenko

Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4)

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Return to Al Capone's Alcatraz with Newbery Honor-winning author Gennifer Choldenko in this charmin…

If you liked the young adult plot in Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4) by Gennifer Choldenko , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Ashes (Seeds of America, #3) by Laurie Halse Anderson

1. Ashes (Seeds of America, #3)

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

4.35

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Freedom for one, freedom for all? That’s the question that burns in Isabel’s mind as she and Cur… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Halse Anderson's Ashes (Seeds of America, #3) book and Gennifer Choldenko's Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4)

  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Spy Ski School (Spy School #4) by Stuart Gibbs

2. Spy Ski School (Spy School #4)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Ben Ripley enrolls in ski school, where the slopes, and the stakes, get really steep in this follow… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Just clip the red one," Cyrus told her. "They're all red," Erica informed him. "They are?" Cyrus asked. "Curse those Soviets! Everything always has to be red with them."

-Stuart Gibbs, Spy Ski School (Spy School #4)

Cover of Big Game (FunJungle #3) by Stuart Gibbs

3. Big Game (FunJungle #3)

By: Stuart Gibbs

1.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When someone takes aim at Rhonda Rhino, FunJungle's pregnant (and endangered) Asian greater one-hor… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Big Game (FunJungle #3) book and Gennifer Choldenko's Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Forge (Seeds of America, #2) by Laurie Halse Anderson

4. Forge (Seeds of America, #2)

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

4.08

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling sequel to Chains, a National Book Award Finalist and winner of the Scott O'Dell … read more

Similar categories in Laurie Halse Anderson's Forge (Seeds of America, #2) book and Gennifer Choldenko's Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4)

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Spaced Out (Moon Base Alpha #2) by Stuart Gibbs

5. Spaced Out (Moon Base Alpha #2)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The moon base commander has gone missing and Dash Gibson is on the case in the second mind-boggling… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #1) by Sheila Turnage

6. Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #1)

By: Sheila Turnage

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Newbery honor winner, New York Times bestseller, Edgar Award Finalist, and E.B. White Read-Aloud Ho… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"Some people look like they were born on a clothes hanger. Not me. I look more like I was born in a dryer."

-Sheila Turnage, Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #1)

"They found Mr. Jesse in a boat?" I asked. "I'm wondering if maybe he just up and died. Maybe there ain't no murder. Like the fish weren't biting and he died of boredom. It happens. Boredom kills. I'v…"

-Sheila Turnage, Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #1)

"Yes ma'am," I said, "Anna Celeste's party is Saturday, but I don't need a ride.... No ma'am. It's because Anna Celeste is my Sworn Enemy for Life and I'd rather go face-down in a plate of raw chicken…"

-Sheila Turnage, Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #1)

"Is it true, then, Mayor?" Grandmother Miss Lacy Thornton warbled from the end of the counter. "Is Jesse Tatum officially dead?" "Dead is such an unflattering term," he said, sliding onto his stool. "…"

-Sheila Turnage, Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #1)

Cover of The Fall of the Readers (The Forbidden Library, #4) by Django Wexler

7. The Fall of the Readers (The Forbidden Library, #4)

By: Django Wexler

4.44

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The final book in the exciting fantasy adventure series featuring a strong heroine who grows from r… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of Brian's Hunt (Brian's Saga, #5) by Gary Paulsen

8. Brian's Hunt (Brian's Saga, #5)

By: Gary Paulsen

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Millions of readers of" Hatchet, The River, Brian's Winter," and "Brian's Return" know that Brian R… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived, #11) by Lauren Tarshis

9. I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived, #11)

By: Lauren Tarshis

3.95

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Could an entire city really burn to the ground? Oscar Starling never wanted to come to Chicago. But… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm, Tad Carpenter

10. The Fourteenth Goldfish

By: Jennifer L. Holm , Tad Carpenter

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleve… read more

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

11. Spy Camp (Spy School #2)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Hardcover

School may be out for summer, but top-secret training continues for aspiring spy Ben Ripley--and so… read more

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12. Yours Truly (Pumpkin Falls Mystery, #2)

By: Heather Vogel Frederick

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

Another wild mystery needs to be solved and it's up to the Pumpkin Falls Private Eyes to solve it i… read more

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13. The Mad Apprentice (The Forbidden Library, #2)

By: Django Wexler

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

When Alice's mysterious Uncle Geryon sends her to help capture a rogue apprentice--a boy who has th… read more

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14. Small Steps (Holes, #2)

By: Louis Sachar

4.15

Format: 384 pages,

Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in Austin, Texas, trying to tur… read more

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15. Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5)

By: Stuart Gibbs

3.50

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

Ben goes undercover in the White House to take on a SPYDER operative determined to assassinate the … read more

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16. The Wednesday Wars

By: Gary D. Schmidt

2.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero.The Wednesday… read more

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17. Poached (FunJungle #2)

By: Stuart Gibbs

2.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Teddy Fitzroy's back for another zoo mystery--this time it's a koala caper--in this action-packed f… read more

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18. Save Me a Seat

By: Sarah Weeks , Gita Varadarajan

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL.… read more

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19. Paperboy

By: Vince Vawter

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

An 11-year-old boy living in Memphis in 1959 throws the meanest fastball in town, but talking is a … read more

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20. The Palace of Glass (The Forbidden Library, #3)

By: Django Wexler

3.94

Format: 128 pages,

read more

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21. Braced

By: Alyson Gerber

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first contemporary novel about a disorder that bends the lives of ten percent of all teenagers:… read more

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22. The Forbidden Library (The Forbidden Library, #1)

By: Django Wexler

3.86

Format: 138 pages, Hardcover

The Forbidden Librarykicks off an action-packed fantasy series with classic appeal, a resourceful h… read more

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23. Wringer

By: Jerry Spinelli

3.96

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

Sometimes he wished it would come after him, chase him, this thing he did not want to be. But the t… read more

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Cover of Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus (Volume 2) by Dusti Bowling

24. Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus (Volume 2)

By: Dusti Bowling

4.32

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

“High School. Two words that struck fear into the heart of every armless middle schooler I knew. Wh… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus (Volume 2) book and Gennifer Choldenko's Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Top Story (Front Desk, #5) by Kelly Yang

25. Top Story (Front Desk, #5)

By: Kelly Yang

4.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Front Desk series continues! Mia Tang is at the top of her game! … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Top Story (Front Desk, #5) book and Gennifer Choldenko's Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones by Dolly Parton

26. Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

By: Dolly Parton

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful celebration of Dolly Parton’s iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stori… read more

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  • audiobook
"I wake up with new dreams everyday."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"I got dreams so big they'd scare some people."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"I just wanted to be different. I wanted to be seen."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose, with purpose."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

Cover of Key Player (Front Desk, #4) by Kelly Yang

27. 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

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Charlie Thorne and the Royal Society (Charlie Thorn, #4) by Stuart Gibbs

28. Charlie Thorne and the Royal Society (Charlie Thorn, #4)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.44

Format: None pages, Audiobook

In the fourth installment of the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne series—which #1 New York… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Goodbye, Mr. Terupt  (Mr. Terupt, #4) by Rob Buyea

29. Goodbye, Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #4)

By: Rob Buyea

4.50

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The seven kids who bonded in Mr. Terupt's fifth-grade class are in eighth grade now and reunited wi… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4) by Gennifer Choldenko

30. Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4)

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Return to Al Capone's Alcatraz with Newbery Honor-winning author Gennifer Choldenko in this charmin… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4) book and Gennifer Choldenko's Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Tales from Alcatraz, #4)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller

31. Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

By: Chanel Miller

4.48

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and artist Chanel Miller tells a fun, funny, and poignant story o… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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Laurie Halse Anderson

4.35

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Stuart Gibbs

4.55

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Big Game (FunJungle #3)

Stuart Gibbs

1.50

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Forge (Seeds of America, #2)

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4.08

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Andrea Wang

3.88

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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Allie Millington

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