15 must-read middle grade books like Anisha, Accidental Detective by Serena Patel

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Anisha, Accidental Detective

By: Serena Patel

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Anisha is all set to be a (reluctant) bridesmaid at Aunty Bindi’s wedding...until a secret ransom n…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Anisha, Accidental Detective by Serena Patel , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure (Mr Penguin, #1) by Alex T. Smith

1. Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure (Mr Penguin, #1)

By: Alex T. Smith

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the international bestselling creator of Claude, comes a brand new hero - Mr Penguin, adventur… read more

Similar categories in Alex T. Smith's Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure (Mr Penguin, #1) book and Serena Patel's Anisha, Accidental Detective

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Daisy and the Trouble with Life by Nick Sharratt, Kes Gray

2. Daisy and the Trouble with Life

By: Nick Sharratt , Kes Gray

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

You absolutely can't go anywhere at all when you're grounded, so Daisy has plenty of time to think … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of The Whispers in the Walls (Scarlet and Ivy, #2) by Sophie Cleverly

3. The Whispers in the Walls (Scarlet and Ivy, #2)

By: Sophie Cleverly

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Scarlet and Ivy return to Rookwood School - in their second spine-tingling mystery adventure! The t… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Mr Stink by Quentin Blake, David Walliams

4. Mr Stink

By: Quentin Blake , David Walliams

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children from David Wal… read more

Similar categories in Quentin Blake's Mr Stink book and Serena Patel's Anisha, Accidental Detective

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • school
"The Duchess looked at Chloe with a look that said, You had the chance to tell him, but you chose to carry on the lie. How do I know that the Duchess's look said this? Because there is an excellent bo…"

-Quentin Blake, Mr Stink

"In Britain, a cup of tea is the answer to every problem. Fallen off your bicycle? Nice cup of tea. Your house has been destroyed by a meteorite? Nice cup of tea and a biscuit. Your entire family has …"

-Quentin Blake, Mr Stink

5. Awful Auntie

By: David Walliams

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A page-turning, rollicking romp of a read, sparkling with Walliams' most eccentric characters yet a… read more

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6. Rooftoppers

By: Katherine Rundell

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from … read more

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7. The Lost Twin (Scarlet and Ivy #1)

By: Sophie Cleverly , None

3.50

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Ivy, I pray that it's you reading this. And if you are, well, I suppose you're the new me... When s… read more

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8. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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

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9. The Danger Gang

By: Tom Fletcher

4.23

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

The electrifying new adventure from bestselling author of The Christmasaurus and The Creakers, Tom … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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10. The Boy at the Back of the Class

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.39

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Told with humor and heart, 'THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS' offers a child's perspective on the r… read more

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  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • school
"Sometimes all you really need is somewhere to cry without anyone ever knowing."

-Onjali Q. Raúf, The Boy at the Back of the Class

Cover of Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2) by A.F. Steadman

11. 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

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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12. 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

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  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of Die Wellen der Zeit (Alea Aquarius, #8) by Tanya Stewner

13. Die Wellen der Zeit (Alea Aquarius, #8)

By: Tanya Stewner

4.12

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Alea hat ihre magischen Fähigkeiten zurückerlangt und ist wieder ein Meermädchen – doch die Sorge u… read more

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  • childrens
"Nichts ist unverzeihlich."

-Tanya Stewner, Die Wellen der Zeit (Alea Aquarius, #8)

"Du wirst mich niemals verlieren."

-Tanya Stewner, Die Wellen der Zeit (Alea Aquarius, #8)

"In Zeiten wie diesen geht es nicht um grösstmögliche Sicherheit. Es geht darum, sich mit ganzem Herzen für das einzusetzen, woran man glaubt, damit der Weltenlauf sich zum Guten wenden kann. Zu viel …"

-Tanya Stewner, Die Wellen der Zeit (Alea Aquarius, #8)

Cover of The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #1) by Katie  Kirby

14. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #1)

By: Katie Kirby

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first book in the hilarious new series for children by the bestselling creator of Hurrah For Gi… read more

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

15. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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16. A Kind of Spark

By: Elle McNicoll

4.52

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

Cover of Keedie by Elle McNicoll

17. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

Cover of The Other Edie Trimmer by Jacqueline Wilson

18. The Other Edie Trimmer

By: Jacqueline Wilson

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant new middle-grade novel from the bestselling Jacqueline Wilson!"I seemed to be seeing do… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Anisha, Accidental Detective by Serena Patel

19. Anisha, Accidental Detective

By: Serena Patel

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Anisha is all set to be a (reluctant) bridesmaid at Aunty Bindi’s wedding...until a secret ransom n… read more

Similar categories in Serena Patel's Anisha, Accidental Detective book and Serena Patel's Anisha, Accidental Detective

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • family
  • mystery
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

20. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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)

Cover of Daisy and the Trouble with Coconuts (Daisy series) by Kes Gray

21. Daisy and the Trouble with Coconuts (Daisy series)

By: Kes Gray

4.31

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Daisy's back, and running into trouble again . . . this time at the funfair The trouble with coconu… read more

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  • childrens

18 Top childrens books like Anisha, Accidental Detective by Serena Patel

Transform Your Habits

Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure (Mr Penguin, #1)

Alex T. Smith

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Daisy and the Trouble with Life

Nick Sharratt , Kes Gray

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Whispers in the Walls (Scarlet and Ivy, #2)

Sophie Cleverly

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Mr Stink

Quentin Blake , David Walliams

4.17

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19 best-selling fiction books like The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #1) by Katie Kirby

Transform Your Habits

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (Tom Gates, #1)

Liz Pichon

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Worst Thing About My Sister

Jacqueline Wilson , Nick Sharratt

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Best Friends

Jacqueline Wilson

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Sleepovers

Jacqueline Wilson

3.69

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