21 must-read middle grade books like Living With Viola by Rosena Fung

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Living With Viola

By: Rosena Fung

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This graphic novel from a debut creator is an exploration of mental health, cultural differences, a…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Living With Viola by Rosena Fung , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

1. Swim Team

By: Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Swim Team book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
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2. Timid

By: Jonathan Todd

3.57

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

A semiautobiographical middle-grade graphic novel about frenemies, fitting in, and finding your voi… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Todd's Timid book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
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3. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

Cover of Freestyle: A Graphic Novel by Gale Galligan

4. Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

By: Gale Galligan

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan, a fun, high-energy graphic novel about friend… read more

Similar categories in Gale Galligan's Freestyle: A Graphic Novel book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
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5. Saving Sunshine

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.06

Format: 224 pages, ebook

It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. … read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's Saving Sunshine book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
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6. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang

7. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
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8. Miss Quinces

By: Kat Fajardo

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anythin… read more

Similar categories in Kat Fajardo's Miss Quinces book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
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9. The Undercover Book List

By: Colleen Nelson

4.29

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

He's known as the class troublemaker. She's known as the bookworm. But when every note they send is… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Nelson's The Undercover Book List book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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10. Isla to Island

By: Alexis Castellanos

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This stunning wordless graphic novel follows a young girl in the 1960s who immigrates from Cuba to … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Castellanos's Isla to Island book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
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11. Buzzing

By: Samuel Sattin

4.18

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A moving middle grade graphic novel about friendship, belonging, and learning to love yourself desp… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Sattin's Buzzing book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
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12. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bowen Cohen's Two Tribes book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
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13. Manu

By: Kelly Fernandez

3.82

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Set at a magical school for girls, a funny and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel adventure ab… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Fernandez's Manu book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Living With Viola by Rosena Fung

14. Living With Viola

By: Rosena Fung

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This graphic novel from a debut creator is an exploration of mental health, cultural differences, a… read more

Similar categories in Rosena Fung's Living With Viola book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Just Roll with It by Lee Durfey-Lavoie

15. Just Roll with It

By: Lee Durfey-Lavoie

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Starting middle school is hard enough when you don't know anyone; it's even harder when you're shy.… read more

Similar categories in Lee Durfey-Lavoie's Just Roll with It book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Art Club by Rashad Doucet

16. Art Club

By: Rashad Doucet

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Drawn from the author’s own childhood like New Kid , this contemporary graphic novel paints a pictu… read more

Similar categories in Rashad Doucet's Art Club book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of The Golden Hour by Niki Smith

17. The Golden Hour

By: Niki Smith

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Deep & Dark Blue comes a tender graphic novel, perfect for our time, that ge… read more

Similar categories in Niki Smith's The Golden Hour book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Stealing Home by J. Torres

18. Stealing Home

By: J. Torres

3.99

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

When a boy struggles after moving to a Japanese internment camp during WWII, baseball shows him ano… read more

Similar categories in J. Torres's Stealing Home book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • family
Cover of Day of the Living Liv (Spirited, #1) by Liv Livingston

19. Day of the Living Liv (Spirited, #1)

By: Liv Livingston

3.68

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The only living girl in a ghost town struggles to find her place in the first book in the Spirited … read more

Similar categories in Liv Livingston's Day of the Living Liv (Spirited, #1) book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Twin Cities by José Pimienta

20. Twin Cities

By: José Pimienta

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Being twins means having a best friend forever . . . But when one twin goes to school in Mexico and… read more

Similar categories in José Pimienta's Twin Cities book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Call Me Iggy by Jorge Aguirre

21. Call Me Iggy

By: Jorge Aguirre

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ignacio "Iggy" Garcia is an Ohio-born Colombian American teen living his best life. After bumping i… read more

Similar categories in Jorge Aguirre's Call Me Iggy book and Rosena Fung's Living With Viola

  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family

20 must-read fiction books like Living With Viola by Rosena Fung

Transform Your Habits

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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Timid

Jonathan Todd

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Frizzy

Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

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Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

Gale Galligan

4.15

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17 best-selling fiction books like Freestyle: A Graphic Novel by Gale Galligan

Transform Your Habits

Speak Up!

Rebecca Burgess

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe

Alyson Noel

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Frizzy

Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

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Break (Click #6)

Kayla Miller

4.21

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