20 best-selling fiction books like Bloom by Kenneth Oppel

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Bloom

By: Kenneth Oppel

3.96

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

The invasion begins--but not as you'd expect. It begins with rain. Rain that carries seeds. Seeds t…

If you liked the fiction plot in Bloom by Kenneth Oppel , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Paper Things

By: Jennifer Richard Jacobson

3.10

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

When forced to choose between staying with her guardian and being with her big brother, Ari chose h… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Richard Jacobson's Paper Things book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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2. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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3. 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 Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"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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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 Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • adventure
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5. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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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 Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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7. The Canyon's Edge

By: Dusti Bowling

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father g… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's The Canyon's Edge book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • survival
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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8. Tumble

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more

Similar categories in Celia C. Pérez's Tumble book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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9. Cookies & Milk

By: Shawn Amos

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It’s a summer of family, friendship, and fun fiascos in this semi-autobiographical novel that’s as … read more

Similar categories in Shawn Amos's Cookies & Milk book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • middle grade
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10. Maybe He Just Likes You

By: Barbara Dee

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A 2020 ALA Notable Children’s Book A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019 Barbara Dee e… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Maybe He Just Likes You book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"First rule of self-defense is: Don't ask your attacker for validation."

-Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You

"I just meant this stuff with me is different . And I definitely wouldn't call it regular bullying." "So what would you call it, then?" I opened my mouth to answer. But I didn't have any words. Becaus…"

-Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You

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11. Starfish

By: Lisa Fipps

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's Starfish book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

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12. The Bridge Home

By: Padma Venkatraman

4.27

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Viji and her sister, Rukku, whose developmental disability makes her overly trusting and vulne… read more

Similar categories in Padma Venkatraman's The Bridge Home book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"If I wanted a better future, I needed to change the life we had .Now."

-Padma Venkatraman, The Bridge Home

Cover of Ashlords (Ashlords, #1) by Scott Reintgen

13. Ashlords (Ashlords, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Red Rising meets The Scorpio Races in this epic fantasy following three phoenix horse riders--skill… read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's Ashlords (Ashlords, #1) book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • adventure
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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14. King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)

By: Kacen Callender

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid … read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold) book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Burst and swirl and fly around, their wings shining with all the colors of the universe."

-Kacen Callender, King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)

Cover of Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango

15. Iveliz Explains It All

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Library Binding

How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Iveliz Explains It All book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

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16. African Town

By: Irene Latham

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a… read more

Similar categories in Irene Latham's African Town book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Call me Cudjo." It's a strong name that means "born on Monday." Doesn't change who I am in de insde. I will always be Kossola, no matter what de white men call me."

-Irene Latham, African Town

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17. Bloom

By: Kenneth Oppel

3.96

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

The invasion begins--but not as you'd expect. It begins with rain. Rain that carries seeds. Seeds t… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth Oppel's Bloom book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • survival
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • fantasy
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18. Obie Is Man Enough

By: Schuyler Bailar

4.41

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story about transgender tween Obie, who didn't think being himself would cause such… read more

Similar categories in Schuyler Bailar's Obie Is Man Enough book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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19. Wayward Creatures

By: Dayna Lorentz

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this animal friendship story, a troubled young boy befriends a wayward coyote after a forest fir… read more

Similar categories in Dayna Lorentz's Wayward Creatures book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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20. Troublemaker

By: John Cho

4.03

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestselller!An Indiebound bestseller!Troublemaker follows the events of t… read more

Similar categories in John Cho's Troublemaker book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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21. Me and Banksy

By: Tanya Lloyd Kyi

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Dominica's private school is covered in cameras, and someone is hacking into them and posting embar… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Me and Banksy book and Kenneth Oppel's Bloom

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult

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Jennifer Richard Jacobson

3.10

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Katherine Marsh

4.50

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Maulik Pancholy

4.17

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Gordon Korman

4.31

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Nicole Melleby

4.25

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Katherine Marsh

4.50

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4.31

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Alan Gratz

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