30 best-selling middle grade books like The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1) by M.A. Bennett

Cover of The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1) by M.A. Bennett

The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

By: M.A. Bennett

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Greenwich, London, 15th February 1894. Luna thinks that an evening at her aunt's butterfly club …

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1) by M.A. Bennett , here is a list of 30 books like this:

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1. The Wolf Wilder

By: Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Feodora and her mother live in the snowbound woods of Russia, in a house full of food and fireplace… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Wolf Wilder book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"Stories can start revolutions."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Hard work always hurts somewhere."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Wolves are the witches of the animal world."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Wolves, and stars, and snow: Those things made sense."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

2. Letters from the Lighthouse

By: Emma Carroll

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

We weren't supposed to be going to the pictures that night. We weren't even meant to be outside, no… read more

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3. The Christmasaurus

By: None , Tom Fletcher

4.20

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The Christmasaurus is a story about a boy named William Trundle, and a dinosaur, the Christmasaurus… read more

Similar categories in None's The Christmasaurus book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
"Music is a magic like no other, which can do incredible, unexplainable things."

-None, The Christmasaurus

"Belief is the most powerful magic there is. Believing is the only magic that makes the utterly impossible completely possible, and the undoubtedly undoable undeniable doable!"

-None, The Christmasaurus

"Feeling rottten is much worse than feeling just bad or sad. Feeling rotten is when it seems like no one else in the world understands how you're feeling. When you're feeling rotten everything seems r…"

-None, The Christmasaurus

Cover of The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

4. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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5. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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6. Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island shall have its revenge . . . Skandar Smith has achieved his dream to train as a unicorn … read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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7. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Frostheart (Frostheart, #1) by Jamie Littler

8. Frostheart (Frostheart, #1)

By: Jamie Littler

4.07

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

Way out in the furthest part of the known world, a tiny stronghold exists all on its own, cut off f… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Littler's Frostheart (Frostheart, #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1) by Zohra Nabi

9. The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1)

By: Zohra Nabi

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Aru Shah meets One Thousand and One Nights in this lavish middle grade adventure following a girl w… read more

Similar categories in Zohra Nabi's The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates) by Sam Sedgman

10. The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates)

By: Sam Sedgman

4.30

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockw… read more

Similar categories in Sam Sedgman's The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • adventure
Cover of The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, #1) by M.G. Leonard

11. The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, #1)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1, a middle-grade series starter from MG Leonar… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • adventure
"It's hard to have an adventure with a smart phone in your pocket. It stops you from reading real maps and talking to people."

-M.G. Leonard, The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, #1)

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12. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, ebook

Britain is at war and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Acti… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Last Chance Hotel (Seth Seppi Mystery, #1) by Nicki Thornton

13. The Last Chance Hotel (Seth Seppi Mystery, #1)

By: Nicki Thornton

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Seth is a kitchen boy at the remote Last Chance Hotel. His father has long ago left, leaving him im… read more

Similar categories in Nicki Thornton's The Last Chance Hotel (Seth Seppi Mystery, #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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14. Escape Room

By: Christopher Edge

3.65

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

When twelve-year-old Ami arrives at The Escape, she thinks it’s just a game – the ultimate escape r… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Edge's Escape Room book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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15. 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 M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • 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 Twitch (The Twitchers, #1) by M.G. Leonard

16. Twitch (The Twitchers, #1)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.34

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Can a birdwatcher outwit an escaped convict? Twitch has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallo… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Twitch (The Twitchers, #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • adventure
Cover of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) by A.F. Steadman

17. Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fant… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
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18. I Spy

By: Rhian Tracey

3.74

Format: None pages, None

Twelve-year-old Robyn has grown up in Bletchley Park, where her father works as a driver. When she'… read more

Similar categories in Rhian Tracey's I Spy book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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19. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz

By: Robin Stevens

4.38

Format: 441 pages, Paperback

The second thrilling and unputdownable mystery starring a new generation of the Detective Society, … read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1) by Jennifer Killick

20. Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1)

By: Jennifer Killick

4.06

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spooky Crater Lake. Perfect for… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1) by Michelle Harrison

21. A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.07

Format: 368 pages, ebook

A spellbinding middle grade fantasy about three sisters--adventurous Betty, curious Charlie, and pr… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Harrison's A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1) by J.J. Arcanjo

22. The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

By: J.J. Arcanjo

4.28

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

"So this is really a school for criminals." It was meant as a question, though it came out more as … read more

Similar categories in J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1) by M.A. Bennett

23. The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

By: M.A. Bennett

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Greenwich, London, 15th February 1894. Luna thinks that an evening at her aunt's butterfly club … read more

Similar categories in M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • time travel
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes

24. The House at the Edge of Magic

By: Amy Sparkes

3.72

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Nine is an orphan pickpocket determined to escape her life in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures. Whe… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sparkes's The House at the Edge of Magic book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of A Case of Grave Danger (The Violet Veil Mysteries, #1) by Sophie Cleverly

25. A Case of Grave Danger (The Violet Veil Mysteries, #1)

By: Sophie Cleverly

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A breakout new detective series, from the author of the spine-tingling SCARLET AND IVY series, beau… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cleverly's A Case of Grave Danger (The Violet Veil Mysteries, #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"No matter how long and how dark and how cold the winter, the spring always comes."

-Sophie Cleverly, A Case of Grave Danger (The Violet Veil Mysteries, #1)

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26. Wished

By: Lissa Evans

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Ed and his sister Roo are faced with the most boring half-term holiday in history: five days spent … read more

Similar categories in Lissa Evans's Wished book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls by Phil Hickes

27. Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls

By: Phil Hickes

4.29

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Shadowhall Academy, where spirits haunt the school halls. A brilliantly spooky new serie… read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic by A.M. Howell

28. Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic

By: A.M. Howell

4.16

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

A twisty and heart-pounding mystery at sea, from award-winning A.M. Howell. July, 1936. As the Q… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Howell's Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Spark (The Twitchers, #2) by M.G. Leonard

29. Spark (The Twitchers, #2)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Can Jack and Twitch Foil a Murder Plot? When Jack rescues a wounded cat, he quickly suspects fou… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Spark (The Twitchers, #2) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • adventure
Cover of Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire!: A Recipe for Trouble (Alice Éclair, #1) by Sarah Todd Taylor

30. Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire!: A Recipe for Trouble (Alice Éclair, #1)

By: Sarah Todd Taylor

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Baker by day, spy by night – Alice Éclair leads an exciting double life! A mysterious message se… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Todd Taylor's Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire!: A Recipe for Trouble (Alice Éclair, #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

31. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and M.A. Bennett's The Ship of Doom (The Butterfly Club, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

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None , Tom Fletcher

4.20

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2)

A.F. Steadman

4.39

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Katherine Woodfine

4.01

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Katherine Woodfine

4.16

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Anna James

4.25

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M.G. Leonard

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