26 Top childrens books like The In-Between by Rebecca Ansari

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The In-Between

By: Rebecca Ansari

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Cooper is lost. Ever since his father left their family three years ago, he has become distant from…

If you liked the childrens plot in The In-Between by Rebecca Ansari , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. The Shape of Thunder

By: Jasmine Warga

4.17

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's The Shape of Thunder book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

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2. 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 Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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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3. Alone

By: Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. Freeman's Alone book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. Millionaires for the Month

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"After seventh graders Benji and Felix "borrow" $20 from a lost wallet, the billionaire owner chall… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's Millionaires for the Month book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. Letters from Cuba

By: Ruth Behar

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Behar's Letters from Cuba book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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7. The Bellwoods Game

By: Celia Krampien

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Hocus Pocus , this “beautifully creepy” ( Kirkus Reviews ), high… read more

Similar categories in Celia Krampien's The Bellwoods Game book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • paranormal
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8. Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (Cece Rios #1)

By: Kaela Rivera

4.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Living in the remote town of Tierra del Sol is dangerous, especially in the criatura months, when p… read more

Similar categories in Kaela Rivera's Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (Cece Rios #1) book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"I was wandering through the cerros - the hills of the desert beyond town - at night, barely avoiding low heads of cactus. In the dark, their spines looked more menacing than they did under the sun. B…"

-Kaela Rivera, Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (Cece Rios #1)

"Because if I was doing the right thing, if I was following all the goodness I believed in, that was good enough. I didn't care how much Little Lion yelled at me or hated me, or how much I reminded hi…"

-Kaela Rivera, Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (Cece Rios #1)

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9. Glitch

By: Laura Martin

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel. Regan Fi… read more

Similar categories in Laura Martin's Glitch book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Albert Einstein one said that everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it would spend its whole life believing it's stupid."

-Laura Martin, Glitch

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10. 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 Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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11. Violets Are Blue

By: Barbara Dee

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a movin… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Violets Are Blue book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • divorce
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12. 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 Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • paranormal
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13. Hold Back the Tide

By: Melinda Salisbury

3.95

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Everyone in this quiet lakeside community knows that Alva's father killed her mother all those year… read more

Similar categories in Melinda Salisbury's Hold Back the Tide book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
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14. Rain Rising

By: Courtne Comrie

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more

Similar categories in Courtne Comrie's Rain Rising book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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15. Turtle Boy

By: M. Evan Wolkenstein

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Seventh grade is not going well for Will Levine. Kids at school bully him because of his funny-look… read more

Similar categories in M. Evan Wolkenstein's Turtle Boy book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of The Memory Thief (Thirteen Witches, #1) by Jodi Lynn Anderson

16. The Memory Thief (Thirteen Witches, #1)

By: Jodi Lynn Anderson

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Rosie Oaks’s mom is missing whatever it is that makes mothers love their daughters.… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Lynn Anderson's The Memory Thief (Thirteen Witches, #1) book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • paranormal
Cover of The Sea of Always (Thirteen Witches, #2) by Jodi Lynn Anderson

17. The Sea of Always (Thirteen Witches, #2)

By: Jodi Lynn Anderson

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Follow Rosie as she hunts the remaining witches.After twelve-year-old Rosie Oaks’s triumph over a p… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Lynn Anderson's The Sea of Always (Thirteen Witches, #2) book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
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18. Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1)

By: Katherine Marsh

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award finalist Katherine Percy Jackson meets The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Aca… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1) book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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19. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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20. Tune It Out

By: Jamie Sumner

4.31

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

A 2020 BookExpo Book Buzz Pick From the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving nove… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Tune It Out book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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21. The In-Between

By: Rebecca Ansari

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Cooper is lost. Ever since his father left their family three years ago, he has become distant from… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • mystery thriller
  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • divorce
  • paranormal
Cover of Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon

22. Hide and Seeker

By: Daka Hermon

3.98

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

One of our most iconic childhood games receives a creepy twist as it becomes the gateway to a night… read more

Similar categories in Daka Hermon's Hide and Seeker book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of Archimancy (Shadow School, #1) by J.A. White

23. Archimancy (Shadow School, #1)

By: J.A. White

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The first book in a middle grade series that introduces three friends and their quest to unravel th… read more

Similar categories in J.A. White's Archimancy (Shadow School, #1) book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • paranormal
Cover of Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera

24. Lupe Wong Won't Dance

By: Donna Barba Higuera

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed cause… read more

Similar categories in Donna Barba Higuera's Lupe Wong Won't Dance book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Whispering Pines (Whispering Pines, #1) by Heidi Lang

25. Whispering Pines (Whispering Pines, #1)

By: Heidi Lang

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young boy and girl who must protect their small town from otherworldly forces threatening to dest… read more

Similar categories in Heidi Lang's Whispering Pines (Whispering Pines, #1) book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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26. The Brave

By: James Bird

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Brave is about a boy with an OCD issue and his move to a reservation to live with his biologica… read more

Similar categories in James Bird's The Brave book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • middle grade
  • magical realism
  • family
  • fiction
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27. The Thirteenth Cat

By: Mary Downing Hahn

3.63

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

From master of middle grade horror Mary Downing Hahn, a new thriller about bravery, unexpected frie… read more

Similar categories in Mary Downing Hahn's The Thirteenth Cat book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963 by Shelia P. Moses

28. We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963

By: Shelia P. Moses

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The powerful story of an eleven-year-old Black boy determined to stand up for his rights, who's pul… read more

Similar categories in Shelia P. Moses's We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963 book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom (Kiki Kallira, #1) by Sangu Mandanna

29. Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom (Kiki Kallira, #1)

By: Sangu Mandanna

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Kiki Kallira has always been a worrier. Did she lock the front door? Is there a terrible reason her… read more

Similar categories in Sangu Mandanna's Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom (Kiki Kallira, #1) book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Little girls are always more powerful than people think we are. People think we’re sweet, precious things, all sugar and spice and everything nice, but we’ve got iron and steel in us, too."

-Sangu Mandanna, Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom (Kiki Kallira, #1)

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30. Knights vs. Dinosaurs

By: Matt Phelan

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Let me tell you a secret about the Knights of the Round Table: they don’t have much to do. The real… read more

Similar categories in Matt Phelan's Knights vs. Dinosaurs book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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31. Bump

By: Matt Wallace

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A moving and triumphant middle grade contemporary debut from award-winning author Matt Wallace abou… read more

Similar categories in Matt Wallace's Bump book and Rebecca Ansari's The In-Between

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

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Jasmine Warga

4.17

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Gordon Korman

4.18

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4.14

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4.28

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James Ponti

4.31

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