14 Top middle grade books like Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer by Jeffrey Boakye

Cover of Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer by Jeffrey Boakye

Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer

By: Jeffrey Boakye

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Hilarious and full of heart. - A. M. DassuWill inspire a whole generation of music-lovers. - Rashmi…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer by Jeffrey Boakye , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. 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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  • middle grade
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2. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

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3. Steady For This

By: Nathanael Lessore

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

MEET MC GROWLS, WANNABE RAPPER AND STAR OF THE SHOW IN THIS HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING TEEN DEBUT. … read more

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4. The Boy Lost in the Maze

By: Joseph Coelho

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st century quest. In … read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan

5. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

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  • middle grade
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6. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

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  • middle grade
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7. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

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  • middle grade
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8. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

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  • middle grade
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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9. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

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  • middle grade
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10. 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
"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

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11. Where the Light Goes

By: Sara Barnard

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A heart-wrenching exploration of grief, set in a landscape corrupted by fame and the scrutiny that … read more

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12. The Little Match Girl Strikes Back

By: Emma Carroll

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

It only takes one strike! A powerful feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, fro… read more

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  • middle grade
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13. Where the Heart Should Be

By: Sarah Crossan

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It is 1846 and Ireland is starving. The potatoes are black, people are dying and in the midst of… read more

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Cover of Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer by Jeffrey Boakye

14. Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer

By: Jeffrey Boakye

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Hilarious and full of heart. - A. M. DassuWill inspire a whole generation of music-lovers. - Rashmi… read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of Deadly Deep (Dread Wood, #4) by Jennifer Killick

15. Deadly Deep (Dread Wood, #4)

By: Jennifer Killick

4.30

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s summer term and time for a school trip with a difference! Year 8 are on a boat off the coast o… read more

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  • middle grade
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16. Kicked Out

By: A.M. Dassu

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this companion novel to the acclaimed Boy, Everywhere , A.M. Dassu returns to extend the story o… read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of Reek: A Times Children’s Book of the Week (Dyslexia-friendly) by Alastair Chisholm

17. Reek: A Times Children’s Book of the Week (Dyslexia-friendly)

By: Alastair Chisholm

4.29

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

Climate catastrophe leaves the people of Earth fighting for oxygen in this gripping dystopian thril… read more

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18. 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
"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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19. Fallout

By: Lesley Parr

4.59

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

Can Marcus escape the future his parents expect him to have? Or is his fate decided by his family? … read more

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20. Quiet Storm

By: Kimberly Whittam

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

No matter how quiet it is, you've got a voice, Storm. You should use it to speak up for yourself. … read more

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  • middle grade
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21. Handle With Care

By: Louisa Reid

4.70

Format: None pages, None

A stunningly powerful YA novel from a master storyteller told in both prose and verse. No one kn… read more

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16 Top fiction books like Steady For This by Nathanael Lessore

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Steady For This

Nathanael Lessore

3.90

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Safiyyah's War

Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

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Away With Words

Sophie Cameron

3.89

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