5 must-read juvenile books like The Someday Suitcase by Corey Ann Haydu

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The Someday Suitcase

By: Corey Ann Haydu

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Clover and Danny are the kind of best friends who make each other even better. They’re so important…

If you liked the juvenile plot in The Someday Suitcase by Corey Ann Haydu , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Truth About Twinkie Pie

By: Kat Yeh

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

There's something about asking for Impossible Things. For one little second, they feel Possible. T… read more

Similar categories in Kat Yeh's The Truth About Twinkie Pie book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. If the Shoe Fits (Whatever After, #2)

By: Sarah Mlynowski

4.21

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time my brother and I found a magic mirror... Tonight the mirror swept us into Cinde… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Mlynowski's If the Shoe Fits (Whatever After, #2) book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. 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 Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. Halfway Normal

By: Barbara Dee

4.26

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

A cancer survivor must readjust to "normal" middle school life in this hopeful novel from the autho… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Halfway Normal book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • illness

5. Scar Island

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.20

Format: 488 pages, Kindle Edition

Jonathan Grisby is the newest arrival at the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys -- an a… read more

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6. Orphan Island

By: Laurel Snyder

3.91

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

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7. The Honest Truth

By: Dan Gemeinhart

5.00

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

In all the ways that matter, Mark is a normal kid. He's got a dog named Beau and a best friend, Jes… read more

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8. Stolen Girl

By: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Nadia is haunted by World War II. Her memories of the war are messy, coming back to her in pieces a… read more

Similar categories in Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Stolen Girl book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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9. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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10. We Dream of Space

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It's January 1986. The launch of the Challenger is just weeks away, and Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelso… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's We Dream of Space book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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11. Song for a Whale

By: Lynne Kelly

4.23

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the … read more

Similar categories in Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"A sound can move anything if it's strong enough."

-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale

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12. Wink

By: Rob Harrell

4.27

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

A wrenching and hilarious story about embracing life's weirdness and surviving an unthinkable diagn… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harrell's Wink book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • illness
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13. No Matter the Distance

By: Cindy Baldwin

4.39

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An unexpected animal companion helps a girl with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story in th… read more

Similar categories in Cindy Baldwin's No Matter the Distance book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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15. The Blackbird Girls

By: Anne Blankman

4.43

Format: None pages, None

On a spring morning in 1986, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry re… read more

Similar categories in Anne Blankman's The Blackbird Girls book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"La distanza tra i veri amici non conta, quando l'amicizia continua nei loro cuori."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Distance between true friends doesn't matter when their friendship lives in their hearts"

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Siamo su questa terra per essere gentili gli uni con gli altri. Gli esseri umani sono la lingua di Dio."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

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16. Every Line of You

By: Naomi Gibson

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the face of overwhelming grief and bullying, tech-savvy Lydia pours all of herself into creating… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Gibson's Every Line of You book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I’m fine, honestly."

-Naomi Gibson, Every Line of You

"I nod and smile again, although inside I feel completely different. I would like to scream loudly and beat everything to pieces"

-Naomi Gibson, Every Line of You

"People just don't get it. You think, funeral, okay, maybe a little grief counseling, but then that's okay. We should kindly finish this and move on. But it's not over and it will never be over and ho…"

-Naomi Gibson, Every Line of You

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17. Just Roll with It

By: Lee Durfey-Lavoie

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Starting middle school is hard enough when you don't know anyone; it's even harder when you're shy.… read more

Similar categories in Lee Durfey-Lavoie's Just Roll with It book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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18. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Someday Suitcase by Corey Ann Haydu

19. The Someday Suitcase

By: Corey Ann Haydu

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Clover and Danny are the kind of best friends who make each other even better. They’re so important… read more

Similar categories in Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • kids
  • illness
  • juvenile
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20. Gut Reaction

By: Kirby Larson

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Author Kirby Larson, and her daughter, debut author, Quinn Wyatt, pen this story that explores wha… read more

Similar categories in Kirby Larson's Gut Reaction book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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21. When Impossible Happens

By: Jane De Suza

3.67

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A poignant story of life in India during the pandemic that mixes loss, hope, and even a mystery sol… read more

Similar categories in Jane De Suza's When Impossible Happens book and Corey Ann Haydu's The Someday Suitcase

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • juvenile

17 must-read fiction books like The Someday Suitcase by Corey Ann Haydu

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The Truth About Twinkie Pie

Kat Yeh

4.08

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If the Shoe Fits (Whatever After, #2)

Sarah Mlynowski

4.21

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Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess

Shari Green

3.98

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Halfway Normal

Barbara Dee

4.26

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The Lost Library

Rebecca Stead

4.14

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Linked

Gordon Korman

4.18

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Katherine Marsh

4.50

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Rajani LaRocca

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