19 must-read middle grade books like Mim and the Baffling Bully (The Travelling Bookshop, #1) by Katrina Nannestad

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Mim and the Baffling Bully (The Travelling Bookshop, #1)

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Cbca's Notable Younger Reader's Book 2022 The right book might just change your life ... Mim…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Mim and the Baffling Bully (The Travelling Bookshop, #1) by Katrina Nannestad , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1)

By: Jaclyn Moriarty

4.29

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Bronte Mettlestone is ten years old when her parents are killed by pirates.This does not bother her… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • adventure
"All books have magical properties."

-Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1)

"I was still seeing pirates in my old way, as almost-imaginary, adventure-story people with parrots on their shoulders, rather than the kind who shoot cannons at parents."

-Jaclyn Moriarty, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Kingdoms & Empires, #1)

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2. The Secrets We Keep (The Secrets We Keep #1)

By: Nova Weetman

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

I don't know if you've ever seen a house burn, but it's not like anything else ... Clem Timmins has… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens

3. Girl Detective (Friday Barnes #1)

By: Phil Gosier , R.A. Spratt

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery, she uses the reward money to send herself to Highcrest Ac… read more

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4. Big Trouble (Friday Barnes #3)

By: R.A. Spratt

4.14

Format: None pages,

Friday Barnes has a new case, and this time it's personal! When Friday's father turns up out of the… read more

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5. Newt's Emerald

By: Garth Nix

3.88

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

On her eighteenth birthday, Lady Truthful, nicknamed "Newt," will inherit her family's treasure: th… read more

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6. Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)

By: John Marsden

4.28

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Ellie and her friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they find things hide… read more

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7. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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8. Last Shot

By: Jock Zonfrillo

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age memoir of addiction, ambition and redemption in the high-stakes world of Michelin s… read more

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9. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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10. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

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11. Toffee

By: Sarah Crossan

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing new novel from the incomparable, multi-award-winning and Laureate, Sarah Crossan. … read more

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"I miss you, she says. I miss you and you're right here"

-Sarah Crossan, Toffee

"I miss you", she says. "I miss you and you're right here"

-Sarah Crossan, Toffee

"It will rain by noon. And then it will be fine again. It will."

-Sarah Crossan, Toffee

"No goodbye is forever unless you can erase everything you ever knew about a person and everything you once felt."

-Sarah Crossan, Toffee

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12. At the Foot of the Cherry Tree

By: Alli Parker

4.28

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese… read more

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13. The Year I Met My Brain: A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD

By: Matilda Boseley

4.45

Format: 433 pages, ebook

Matilda Boseley’s adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a presc… read more

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14. The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1)

By: Amelia Mellor

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole’s Book Arcade in … read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
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15. Friday Barnes 12: Collision Course: The bestselling detective series

By: R.A. Spratt

4.27

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Friday’s Mum, the Nobel Prize winning physicist, has been accused of espionage. The police think sh… read more

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16. The Tryout (The Tryout #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

STAND TALL. BE LOUD. GAME FACE ON. When cheerleading tryouts are announced, Christina and … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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17. His Name Was Walter

By: Emily Rodda

4.32

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

FROM AUSTRALIA'S FAVOURITE STORYTELLER COMES A STORY, WITHIN A STORY, THAT SHOWS US THE EXTRAORDINA… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • adventure
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18. A Glasshouse of Stars

By: Shirley Marr

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Meixing Lim and her family have arrived at the New House in the New Land, inherited from First Uncl… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
"It is then you understand that Kevin isn't angry at the world; he's angry at himself."

-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars

"The promise touches your face softly and wraps itself gently around you, planting a seed of hope in your heart."

-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars

"Are you scared of the darkness?" Kevin asks you. "No," you say. With your answer, the black sky is at once filled with a million galaxies. It is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen. "No," you…"

-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars

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19. Mim and the Baffling Bully (The Travelling Bookshop, #1)

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Cbca's Notable Younger Reader's Book 2022 The right book might just change your life ... Mim… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • adventure
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20. The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

By: Deborah Abela

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Arlo Goodman lives with his Uncle Avery in a run-down flat above their bookshop. He has no friends,… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • adventure
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21. August and Jones

By: Pip Harry

4.33

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She'… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Eliza Vanda's Button Box: Cbca Notable Book 2022 by Emily Rodda

22. Eliza Vanda's Button Box: Cbca Notable Book 2022

By: Emily Rodda

4.15

Format: 288 pages, ebook

From the author of the award-winning His Name was Walter comes another magical mystery story that w… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of Guardians (Wylah the Koorie Warrior #1) by Jordan Gould

23. Guardians (Wylah the Koorie Warrior #1)

By: Jordan Gould

3.87

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Meet Wylah: warrior, hero and friend. Her adventures have been 40,000 years in the making! Wylah… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • adventure
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24. The Raven's Song

By: Zana Fraillon

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A wonderful children's novel by two stellar writers featuring Shelby and Phoenix, living 100 years … read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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25. Elsewhere Girls

By: Emily Gale

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It’s midnight and I’m alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop. Coach O'Call would say som… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
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26. Barefoot Kids

By: Scott Pape

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Unknown Binding

The new book from author of The Barefoot Investor, the #1 all-time Australian bestseller If you… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of The Secret of Lillian Velvet (Kingdoms and Empires) by Jaclyn Moriarty

27. The Secret of Lillian Velvet (Kingdoms and Empires)

By: Jaclyn Moriarty

4.42

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

Here are only a few of the wonderful, strange, and mysterious elements in this breathtaking visit t… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • adventure
"I gave that "shove" a chapter all to itself, as I was annoyed with it."

-Jaclyn Moriarty, The Secret of Lillian Velvet (Kingdoms and Empires)

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28. Huda Was Here

By: H. Hayek

3.74

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Huda hatches a bold plan to help her dad get a job - which lands her and her brother in all kinds o… read more

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  • middle grade
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29. The Thing About Oliver

By: Deborah Kelly

4.34

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Sometimes I feel just like the glass in my fish tank— people look right through me. Twelve-year… read more

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  • childrens
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30. Scout and the Rescue Dogs

By: Dianne Wolfer

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A celebration of community, adventure, kindness and, above all, dogs! The summer holidays have fin… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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31. Evie and Rhino

By: Neridah McMullin

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When Evie finds a fully-grown rhinoceros washed up on a beach, she feels an immediate connection an… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens

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