9 Best family books like Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold) by Carolyn Mackler

Cover of Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold) by Carolyn Mackler

Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

By: Carolyn Mackler

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Willa likes certain things to be certain ways. Her socks have to be soft . . . and definitely can't…

If you liked the family plot in Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold) by Carolyn Mackler , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Walls Within Walls by Maureen Sherry, Adam Stower

1. Walls Within Walls

By: Maureen Sherry , Adam Stower

3.97

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

"Three siblings adjusting to a new family situation find themselves in the midst of their very own … read more

Similar categories in Maureen Sherry's Walls Within Walls book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend by Sharon Robinson

2. The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend

By: Sharon Robinson

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Satlow is an eight-year-old boy living in Brooklyn, New York, which means he only cares abo… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Robinson's The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories by Elise Gravel

3. Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories

By: Elise Gravel

4.46

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and timely tool to help kids learn how to tell what news is true and what isn't Can … read more

Similar categories in Elise Gravel's Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

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

4. 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 Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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5. Marshmallow & Jordan

By: Alina Chau

4.22

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Jordan’s days as star player for her school’s basketball team ended when an accident left her paral… read more

Similar categories in Alina Chau's Marshmallow & Jordan book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • disability
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan

6. 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

Similar categories in Holly Goldberg Sloan's The Elephant in the Room book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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7. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
Cover of Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1) by Kiersten White

8. Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1)

By: Kiersten White

3.75

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

A middle-grade mystery series that's spooky, creepy, and filled with gothic twists! Meet the Sinist… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1) book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold) by Carolyn Mackler

9. Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

By: Carolyn Mackler

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Willa likes certain things to be certain ways. Her socks have to be soft . . . and definitely can't… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold) book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
  • juvenile
Cover of Wildfire (The Wilds, #1) by Rodman Philbrick

10. Wildfire (The Wilds, #1)

By: Rodman Philbrick

3.90

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick sends readers straight into the nightmare of a raging wildfir… read more

Similar categories in Rodman Philbrick's Wildfire (The Wilds, #1) book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas

11. The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

By: Adrianna Cuevas

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his … read more

Similar categories in Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Girl in the Lake by India Hill Brown

12. The Girl in the Lake

By: India Hill Brown

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically ins… read more

Similar categories in India Hill Brown's The Girl in the Lake book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Shine On, Luz Véliz! by Rebecca Balcárcel

13. Shine On, Luz Véliz!

By: Rebecca Balcárcel

4.28

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful coming-of-age story for fans of Front Desk and Merci Suárez Changes Gears , this book c… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Balcárcel's Shine On, Luz Véliz! book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"The self is not discovered, but created."

-Rebecca Balcárcel, Shine On, Luz Véliz!

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14. Air

By: Monica Roe

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An action-packed, empowering middle grade novel about a girl who has to speak up when her wheelchai… read more

Similar categories in Monica Roe's Air book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
  • juvenile
Cover of King of the Ice (Miles Lewis #1) by Kelly Starling Lyons

15. King of the Ice (Miles Lewis #1)

By: Kelly Starling Lyons

3.77

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of the Jada Jones chapter books comes an illustrated spinoff series p… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Starling Lyons's King of the Ice (Miles Lewis #1) book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Just Right Jillian by Nicole D. Collier

16. Just Right Jillian

By: Nicole D. Collier

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this heartfelt middle grade novel from debut author Nicole D. Collier, fifth grader Jillian must… read more

Similar categories in Nicole D. Collier's Just Right Jillian book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter (The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, #1) by Aaron Reynolds

17. The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter (The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, #1)

By: Aaron Reynolds

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Rex Dexter is itching to have a dog. He was practically born to have one. His name is Rex, for cryi… read more

Similar categories in Aaron Reynolds's The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter (The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, #1) book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Weird Kid by Greg Van Eekhout

18. Weird Kid

By: Greg Van Eekhout

3.73

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Jake Wind is trying to stay under the radar. Whose radar? Anyone who might be too interested in the… read more

Similar categories in Greg Van Eekhout's Weird Kid book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Boardwalk Babies by Marissa Moss

19. Boardwalk Babies

By: Marissa Moss

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In the late 19th century, there wasn't much hope for premature babies―until Dr. Couney developed th… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Moss's Boardwalk Babies book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
Cover of Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist

20. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero

By: Kelly J. Baptist

4.33

Format: 208 pages, ebook

A coming-of-age tale about a boy who discovers a love of poetry after finding his late father's jou… read more

Similar categories in Kelly J. Baptist's Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero book and Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile

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