8 best-selling contemporary books like Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido

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Emmy in the Key of Code

By: Aimee Lucido

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this innovative middle grade novel, coding and music take center stage as new girl Emmy tries to…

"You can wait until you're ready."

-Aimee Lucido, Emmy in the Key of Code

"You can wait until you're ready."

-Aimee Lucido, Emmy in the Key of Code

If you liked the contemporary plot in Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes

1. Garvey's Choice

By: Nikki Grimes

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, sci… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Grimes's Garvey's Choice book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green

2. Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess

By: Shari Green

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Sixth grade is coming to an end, and so is life as Macy McMillan knows it. Already a For Sale sign … read more

Similar categories in Shari Green's Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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3. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Slugfest book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

4. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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5. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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6. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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7. Closer to Nowhere

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about coming to terms with indelible truths of family and belonging. For the mo… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Closer to Nowhere book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Every kid deserves a friend."

-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere

"Comprehension means more than word count."

-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere

"Still, what can it hurt to maybe have a little extra luck on your side?"

-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere

"That home in the distance, the one I could never reach? Today, I’m much closer to it than I am to nowhere."

-Ellen Hopkins, Closer to Nowhere

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8. Squished: A Graphic Novel

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

From the Eisner-nominated duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a fun new graphic novel … read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Squished: A Graphic Novel book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Saving Sunshine

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.06

Format: 224 pages, ebook

It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. … read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's Saving Sunshine book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) by Kwame Alexander

12. 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

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"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)

Cover of Elf Dog and Owl Head by M.T. Anderson

13. Elf Dog and Owl Head

By: M.T. Anderson

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Anderson's Elf Dog and Owl Head book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

Cover of Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) by A.F. Steadman

15. Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.55

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island always wins… Skandar and his sister Kenna are finally both at the Eyrie, but tensions… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood

16. Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

By: Susan Hood

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her s… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • music
  • poetry
  • middle grade
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17. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bowen Cohen's Two Tribes book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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18. Stitch

By: Pádraig Kenny

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

A compelling, atmospheric and gothic Frankenstein -inspired adventure by an award-winning Irish aut… read more

Similar categories in Pádraig Kenny's Stitch book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido

19. Emmy in the Key of Code

By: Aimee Lucido

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this innovative middle grade novel, coding and music take center stage as new girl Emmy tries to… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • music
  • poetry
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • coding
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"You can wait until you're ready."

-Aimee Lucido, Emmy in the Key of Code

Cover of The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City by Katya Balen

20. The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City

By: Katya Balen

3.63

Format: 87 pages, Kindle Edition

An exciting new adventure series for young readers from Carnegie Medal winner Katya Balen, author o… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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21. The Island at the Edge of Night

By: Lucy Strange

4.40

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

  A twisty-turny shadowy mystery from highly-acclaimed and Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author Luc… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night book and Aimee Lucido's Emmy in the Key of Code

  • middle grade

18 Top fiction books like Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido

Transform Your Habits

Garvey's Choice

Nikki Grimes

4.11

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Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess

Shari Green

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Slugfest

Gordon Korman

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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10 must-read fiction books like Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) by A.F. Steadman

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1)

Siobhan McDermott

3.91

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The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2)

Pari Thomson

4.38

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The Ever Storms (Wilderlore, #3)

Amanda Foody

4.44

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