27 must-read fiction books like The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas

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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 …

If you liked the fiction plot in The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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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 Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
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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 Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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3. Linked

By: Gordon Korman

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Linked book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."

-Gordon Korman, Linked

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4. Efrén Divided

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Pura Belpré Award! “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel … read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Efrén Divided book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Best at It

By: Maulik Pancholy

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From actor Maulik Pancholy comes an incredibly charming, heartfelt middle grade debut about Rahul K… read more

Similar categories in Maulik Pancholy's The Best at It book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Being different is what makes us fun, remember?"

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

"Even when he's doing nothing, personality spills out of his every pore."

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

"I pick up my pencil. Shoot. My hand is shaking. How is it possible to still be this nervous? I've felt this way for over eight hours now."

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

"I feel like I could do anything. The world is my oyster. If I ate oysters, which I don't. My family's vegetarian. But you know what I mean."

-Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It

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6. Black Brother, Black Brother

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age stor… read more

Similar categories in Jewell Parker Rhodes's Black Brother, Black Brother book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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8. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)

By: B.B. Alston

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full schol… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. The Very, Very Far North

By: Dan Bar-el

4.19

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

An inquisitive polar bear named Duane befriends an array of animals as he discovers where he belong… read more

Similar categories in Dan Bar-el's The Very, Very Far North book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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11. Chester Keene Cracks the Code

By: Kekla Magoon

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Cracking the code isn't all it's cracked up to be in this scavenger hunt adventure from a Coretta S… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's Chester Keene Cracks the Code book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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12. Root Magic

By: Eden Royce

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"A poignant, necessary entry into the children's literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the hist… read more

Similar categories in Eden Royce's Root Magic book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. 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

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"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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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

Similar categories in Holly Goldberg Sloan's The Elephant in the Room book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Scritch Scratch

By: Lindsay Currie

3.92

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A ghost story about a malevolent spirit, an unlucky girl, and a haunting mystery that will tie the … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's Scritch Scratch book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1) by Colleen A.F. Venable

17. Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1)

By: Colleen A.F. Venable

4.19

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

A new middle-grade graphic novel series about growing up, friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cat… read more

Similar categories in Colleen A.F. Venable's Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1) book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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18. 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 Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. 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 Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

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

20. 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 Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • animals
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. A High Five for Glenn Burke

By: Phil Bildner

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt and relatable novel from Phil Bildner, weaving the real history of Los Angeles Dodger a… read more

Similar categories in Phil Bildner's A High Five for Glenn Burke book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros

22. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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23. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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24. 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 Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

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

-Rebecca Balcárcel, Shine On, Luz Véliz!

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25. A Thousand Questions

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s middle grade novel tells the story o… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's A Thousand Questions book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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26. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

By: Pablo Cartaya

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like… read more

Similar categories in Pablo Cartaya's Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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27. We're Not from Here

By: Geoff Rodkey

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Imagine being forced to move to a new planet where YOU are the alien! From the creator of the Tappe… read more

Similar categories in Geoff Rodkey's We're Not from Here book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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28. Chirp

By: Kate Messner

4.14

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author Kate Messner comes the powerful story of a young girl with the courage to mak… read more

Similar categories in Kate Messner's Chirp book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

29. This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias

By: Tanya Lloyd Kyi

4.29

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

An essential overview of the science behind stereotypes: from why our brains form them to how recog… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Lloyd Kyi's This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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30. The Only Black Girls in Town

By: Brandy Colbert

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Award-winning YA author Brandy Colbert's debut middle-grade novel about the only two black girls in… read more

Similar categories in Brandy Colbert's The Only Black Girls in Town book and Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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4.38

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4.20

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