16 Top middle grade books like Breathing Underwater by Sarah Allen

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Breathing Underwater

By: Sarah Allen

3.92

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Breathing Underwater is a middle grade novel exploration of sisterhood, dreams, and what it means t…

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1. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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2. Go with the Flow

By: Lily Williams

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Good friends help you go with the flow. Best friends help you start a revolution. Sophomores Ab… read more

Similar categories in Lily Williams's Go with the Flow book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Line Tender

By: Kate Allen

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Line Tender is the story of Lucy, the daughter of a marine biologist and a rescue diver, and th… read more

Similar categories in Kate Allen's The Line Tender book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"My grief for her was like a circle. I always came around to missing her again."

-Kate Allen, The Line Tender

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4. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

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5. Wren Martin Ruins It All

By: Amanda DeWitt

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s goin… read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Wren Martin Ruins It All book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I think I might have a crush. Shit ."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"Halloween would be . . . okay," she says, with all the deliberation of a somewhat uncertain judge delivering a verdict. "But no sexy catgirls. Or boys. No catpeople."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"You might have saved the Dance," I say loftily, "but I saved this school from Cats ." "Not all heroes wear capes," Ryan says, pushing open the classroom door. "You know, I kind of like Cats ." "You l…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

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6. Fighting Words

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Ten-year-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had … read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's Fighting Words book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Broken bones take a long time to heal. Why shouldn't brains?"

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Fighting Words

"Sometimes you've got a story you need to find the courage to tell."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Fighting Words

"This is to remind me of the best day of my life." She looks down at me. For a wonder, she smiles back. "When was that?" she asks. "Tomorrow," I say."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Fighting Words

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7. Tumble

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more

Similar categories in Celia C. Pérez's Tumble book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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8. Just Like That

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.37

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene'… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's Just Like That book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"It’s hard to figure out how a friendship begins, she thought. Maybe sometimes it’s because someone you thought you knew - and that you didn’t really - turns out to be a whole lot more like a friend t…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That

"And Meryl Lee thought, I wonder how this happens. You live side by side for a while, and suddenly you realize you like living side by side, and you can’t imagine not living side by side because you’v…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, Just Like That

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9. Amanda Black: El reino perdido (Amanda Black, #8)

By: Juan Gómez-Jurado

4.07

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

¡No dejes escapar la nueva aventura de Amanda Black! El octavo volumen de la serie regresa con más … read more

Similar categories in Juan Gómez-Jurado's Amanda Black: El reino perdido (Amanda Black, #8) book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

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10. Rain Rising

By: Courtne Comrie

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more

Similar categories in Courtne Comrie's Rain Rising book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

Similar categories in Varsha Bajaj's Thirst book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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12. Iveliz Explains It All

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Library Binding

How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Iveliz Explains It All book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

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13. Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1)

By: Alda P. Dobbs

4.26

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Be… read more

Similar categories in Alda P. Dobbs's Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1) book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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14. Todo lo que no me deja olvidarte

By: Alberto Villarreal

3.99

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

Para Édgar, las cicatrices del pasado siguen latiendo con fuerza. A pesar de los años y de que ahor… read more

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15. Breathing Underwater

By: Sarah Allen

3.92

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Breathing Underwater is a middle grade novel exploration of sisterhood, dreams, and what it means t… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • travel
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • road trip
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16. Can You See Me?

By: Libby Scott

4.28

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

A coming-of-age story about learning to celebrate yourself -- and teaching the world to recognize y… read more

Similar categories in Libby Scott's Can You See Me? book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Actually, the more I think about it, the more I figure that a lot of the cons of autism are not really caused by autism, but by how other people react to it."

-Libby Scott, Can You See Me?

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17. Roll with It

By: Jamie Sumner

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The story of an irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when she… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Roll with It book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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18. Recuérdame por qué he muerto

By: Chiki Fabregat

3.51

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Naim se resiste a admitir que está enamorado de Claudia. Ha pasado los últimos dieciséis años obser… read more

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19. Eres el amor de mi otra vida

By: Gilraen Eärfalas

4.09

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Porque a veces el amor de tu vida no es tu alma gemela. Emilia es una joven odontóloga que está… read more

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20. One Year at Ellsmere

By: Faith Erin Hicks

3.67

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

With revamped art and now in full color, One Year at Ellsmere is a middle grade friendship story fr… read more

Similar categories in Faith Erin Hicks's One Year at Ellsmere book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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21. Gamerville

By: Johnnie Christmas

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A video gamer’s championship aspirations are dashed when his parents send him to Camp Refresh, wher… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Gamerville book and Sarah Allen's Breathing Underwater

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary

17 Best fiction books like Breathing Underwater by Sarah Allen

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Go with the Flow

Lily Williams

4.36

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The Line Tender

Kate Allen

4.22

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The Labors of Hercules Beal

Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

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Transform Your Habits

You Go First

Erin Entrada Kelly

3.78

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

Transform Your Habits

From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

Janae Marks

4.29

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Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

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