19 Top middle grade books like The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz

Cover of The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz

The Dark Lord Clementine

By: Sarah Jean Horwitz

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The new face of big evil is a little . . . small.   Dastardly deeds aren’t exactly the first things…

"Clementine stopped herself from rushing forward to stop him from toppling off the fence rail. Boys seemed to have their own magical powers when it came to posing about in precarious positions."

-Sarah Jean Horwitz, The Dark Lord Clementine

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of The Gathering (Shadow House, #1) by Dan Poblocki

1. The Gathering (Shadow House, #1)

By: Dan Poblocki

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Some houses are more than just haunted... they're hungry. Dash, Dylan, Poppy, Marcus, and Azumi don… read more

Similar categories in Dan Poblocki's The Gathering (Shadow House, #1) book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly

2. The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

By: Adam Gidwitz , Hatem Aly

4.00

Format: None pages,

An exciting and hilarious medieval adventure from the bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm. … read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy

3. Castle Hangnail

By: Ursula Vernon

3.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the creator of Dragonbreath comes a tale of witches, minions, and one fantastic castle, just r… read more

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Cover of Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith

4. Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston

By: Esme Symes-Smith

4.43

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

In a magical medieval world filled with dragons, shape-shifters, and witches, a twelve-year-old her… read more

Similar categories in Esme Symes-Smith's Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Fear is not an excuse for abuse."

-Esme Symes-Smith, Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston

Cover of Gustavo, the Shy Ghost (The World of Gustavo, #1) by Flavia Z. Drago

5. Gustavo, the Shy Ghost (The World of Gustavo, #1)

By: Flavia Z. Drago

4.38

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

This winning debut picture book from Mexican artist Flavia Z. Drago about finding the courage to ma… read more

Similar categories in Flavia Z. Drago's Gustavo, the Shy Ghost (The World of Gustavo, #1) book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • fantasy
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Witchlings (Witchlings, #1) by Claribel A. Ortega

6. Witchlings (Witchlings, #1)

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.15

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

A magical adventure for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers and Nevermoor, about three witchlings … read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Witchlings (Witchlings, #1) book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
Cover of The Monsters of Rookhaven (The Monsters of Rookhaven, #1) by Pádraig Kenny

7. The Monsters of Rookhaven (The Monsters of Rookhaven, #1)

By: Pádraig Kenny

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Mirabelle is part of a very unusual family. Between Uncle Bertram transforming into a ferocious gri… read more

Similar categories in Pádraig Kenny's The Monsters of Rookhaven (The Monsters of Rookhaven, #1) book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1 by Celina Frenn

8. Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1

By: Celina Frenn

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The first book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series is … read more

Similar categories in Celina Frenn's Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1 book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1) by Alyson Gerber

9. The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1)

By: Alyson Gerber

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A USA TODAY bestseller! Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the pr… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Gerber's The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1) book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • adventure
Cover of The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell

10. The Good Thieves

By: Katherine Rundell

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Good Thieves book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"It is difficult to sleep when you are besieged by hope."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"He was not tall or broad, but when he grinned it was so vivid that he appeared to take up most of the street and at least half the sky."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"To throw the knife would be death...She wanted nothing to do with death--nothing to do with finality, with endings, with the dark of it. She hated the man more than she hated any living thing, but he…"

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

Cover of Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

11. Beetle & the Hollowbones

By: Aliza Layne

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An enchanting, riotous, and playfully illustrated debut graphic novel following a young goblin tryi… read more

Similar categories in Aliza Layne's Beetle & the Hollowbones book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1) by Sofiya Pasternack

12. Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1)

By: Sofiya Pasternack

3.88

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

Anya and the Dragon is the story of fantasy and mayhem in tenth century Eastern Europe, where heads… read more

Similar categories in Sofiya Pasternack's Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1) book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"All magic is connected to the magic of fate,"

-Sofiya Pasternack, Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1)

"Fate is proud. It doesn’t like being told what to do."

-Sofiya Pasternack, Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1)

"There are a thousand endings to every story, and only by the telling does the ending become clear."

-Sofiya Pasternack, Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1)

"The unspoken rule of magic in Zmeyreka— and maybe all of Kievan Rus’— was that if you were going to use it, make sure no one saw you."

-Sofiya Pasternack, Anya and the Dragon (Anya, #1)

Cover of Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu

13. Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

4.08

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's Not Quite a Ghost book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Eerie Tales from the School of Screams by Graham  Annable

14. Eerie Tales from the School of Screams

By: Graham Annable

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From the director of the Oscar-nominated movie Boxtrolls comes a middle grade horror anthology that… read more

Similar categories in Graham Annable's Eerie Tales from the School of Screams book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick, #1) by Jessica Khoury

15. The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick, #1)

By: Jessica Khoury

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Humor and heart shine in this middle grade fantasy about a girl who attends a boarding school to le… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Khoury's The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick, #1) book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz

16. The Dark Lord Clementine

By: Sarah Jean Horwitz

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The new face of big evil is a little . . . small.   Dastardly deeds aren’t exactly the first things… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"Clementine stopped herself from rushing forward to stop him from toppling off the fence rail. Boys seemed to have their own magical powers when it came to posing about in precarious positions."

-Sarah Jean Horwitz, The Dark Lord Clementine

Cover of I Know Your Secret (A Secrets & Lies Novel) by Daphne Benedis-Grab

17. I Know Your Secret (A Secrets & Lies Novel)

By: Daphne Benedis-Grab

3.44

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

One of Us is Lying meets Pretty Little Liars for middle-grade readers. The email arrives Sunday … read more

Similar categories in Daphne Benedis-Grab's I Know Your Secret (A Secrets & Lies Novel) book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of All the Greys on Greene Street by Laura   Tucker

18. All the Greys on Greene Street

By: Laura Tucker

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

SoHo, 1981. Twelve-year-old Olympia is an artist—and in her neighborhood, that's normal. Her dad an… read more

Similar categories in Laura Tucker's All the Greys on Greene Street book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I was a cat person, too. At least, I thought I was. But I couldn’t help wondering if it was possible for an independent, curious cat person to be having a please-love-me, don’t-leave-me, desperate, d…"

-Laura Tucker, All the Greys on Greene Street

Cover of Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies by Stacey  Lee

19. Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies

By: Stacey Lee

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling author Stacey Lee's modern reimagining of a … read more

Similar categories in Stacey Lee's Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Momo Arashima Breaks the Mirror of the Sun (Momo Arashima, #2) by Misa Sugiura

20. Momo Arashima Breaks the Mirror of the Sun (Momo Arashima, #2)

By: Misa Sugiura

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the next book in the thrilling fantasy series filled with gods and monsters of Shinto mythology,… read more

Similar categories in Misa Sugiura's Momo Arashima Breaks the Mirror of the Sun (Momo Arashima, #2) book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
Cover of Through the Moon: A Graphic Novel (The Dragon Prince Graphic Novel #1) by Peter Wartman

21. Through the Moon: A Graphic Novel (The Dragon Prince Graphic Novel #1)

By: Peter Wartman

4.21

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Don't miss this exclusive, original story set between seasons 3 and 4 of the hit animated series Th… read more

Similar categories in Peter Wartman's Through the Moon: A Graphic Novel (The Dragon Prince Graphic Novel #1) book and Sarah Jean Horwitz's The Dark Lord Clementine

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy

17 Top fiction books like The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz

Transform Your Habits

The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

Adam Gidwitz , Hatem Aly

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston

Esme Symes-Smith

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Gustavo, the Shy Ghost (The World of Gustavo, #1)

Flavia Z. Drago

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Witchlings (Witchlings, #1)

Claribel A. Ortega

4.15

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La Malédiction (Les Jumeaux Crochemort, #1)

Cassandra O'Donnell

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Willow Moss & the Lost Day (Starfell, #1)

Dominique Valente

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Monsters of Rookhaven (The Monsters of Rookhaven, #1)

Pádraig Kenny

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Les Souvenirs de Ferdinand Taupe (Mémoires de la forêt, #1)

Mickaël Brun-Arnaud

4.53

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