21 must-read middle grade books like Valentine Crow and Mr Death by Jenni Spangler

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Valentine Crow and Mr Death

By: Jenni Spangler

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It’s not always easy being Death: a witty and gloriously gothic tale of friendship and discovery fr…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Valentine Crow and Mr Death by Jenni Spangler , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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 Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

2. 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 Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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4. City of Stolen Magic

By: Nazneen Ahmed Pathak

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

An action-packed, inclusive and breathtakingly magical middle-grade adventure, for fans of THE UNAD… read more

Similar categories in Nazneen Ahmed Pathak's City of Stolen Magic book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

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

5. 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 Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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7. Festergrimm (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #4)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Herbie and Violet's arch-enemy Sebastian Eels turns up in Eerie-on-Sea, seemingly back from th… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Taylor's Festergrimm (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #4) book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1)

By: Angie Thomas

4.19

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the lau… read more

Similar categories in Angie Thomas's The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1) book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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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

Similar categories in Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of The Frost Fair (The Miraculous Sweetmakers #1) by Natasha Hastings

10. The Frost Fair (The Miraculous Sweetmakers #1)

By: Natasha Hastings

4.00

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Serafina and the Black Cloak and The Night Gardener, this middle grade historic… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Hastings's The Frost Fair (The Miraculous Sweetmakers #1) book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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11. The Ice Children

By: M.G. Leonard

3.95

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The Week Junior Book Awards: Children’s Audiobook of the Year – Highly Commended. At the stroke … read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Ice Children book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1) by Jennifer Killick

12. 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 Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Dead Good Detectives (Dead Good Detectives, #1) by Jenny McLachlan

13. Dead Good Detectives (Dead Good Detectives, #1)

By: Jenny McLachlan

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sid Jones loves hanging out in the graveyard with her best friend Zen - they are desperate to see a… read more

Similar categories in Jenny McLachlan's Dead Good Detectives (Dead Good Detectives, #1) book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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14. Bite Risk

By: S.J. Wills

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Last Kids on Earth gets a lupine twist by way of Margaret Peterson Haddix in this eerie middle … read more

Similar categories in S.J. Wills's Bite Risk book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

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

15. 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 Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Vanishing of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #3) by Phil Hickes

16. The Vanishing of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #3)

By: Phil Hickes

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones! Aveline is determined to discover the truth behind … read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's The Vanishing of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #3) book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
Cover of Battle for the Skies (Rainbow Grey #3) by Laura Ellen Anderson

17. Battle for the Skies (Rainbow Grey #3)

By: Laura Ellen Anderson

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The third book in this magical series from best-selling author and illustrator, Laura Ellen Anderso… read more

Similar categories in Laura Ellen Anderson's Battle for the Skies (Rainbow Grey #3) book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1) by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

18. The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

By: Jack Meggitt-Phillips

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Beauty comes at a price. And no one knows that better than Ebenezer Tweezer, who has stayed beautif… read more

Similar categories in Jack Meggitt-Phillips's The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1) book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"ren’t you going to say ‘Whoa!’ or ‘Gosh!’?"

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

"It can be rather a nasty shock when you realize that you’ve been behaving badly."

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

"Yes, I am a handsome devil, and yes, I can do it! After all, what’s three days in the life of a 511-year-old anyway?"

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

"A good night’s sleep can do wonders for the brain. It can help sharpen your thinking, and if you are lucky, it can bring you answers to the most troublesome questions."

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

Cover of Valentine Crow and Mr Death by Jenni Spangler

19. Valentine Crow and Mr Death

By: Jenni Spangler

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It’s not always easy being Death: a witty and gloriously gothic tale of friendship and discovery fr… read more

Similar categories in Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • death
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Woodwitch (Hedgewitch, #2) by Skye McKenna

20. Woodwitch (Hedgewitch, #2)

By: Skye McKenna

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Step into the magical world of Hedgewitch, where the land of Faerie lies just beyond our own . . . … read more

Similar categories in Skye McKenna's Woodwitch (Hedgewitch, #2) book and Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

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

21. 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 Jenni Spangler's Valentine Crow and Mr Death

  • middle grade
  • childrens

18 Best fantasy books like Valentine Crow and Mr Death by Jenni Spangler

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2)

A.F. Steadman

4.39

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City of Stolen Magic

Nazneen Ahmed Pathak

3.78

Transform Your Habits

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

Zohra Nabi

4.13

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25 must-read fiction books like Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic by A.M. Howell

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Transform Your Habits

Tyger

S.F. Said

4.17

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

Zohra Nabi

4.13

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