24 must-read middle grade books like Can You See Me? by Libby Scott

Cover of Can You See Me? by Libby Scott

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…

"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?

"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?

If you liked the middle grade plot in Can You See Me? by Libby Scott , here is a list of 24 books like this:

Cover of M is for Autism by None, Vicky Martin, Robert Pritchett, The Students of Limpsfield Grange of Limpsfield Grange School

1. M is for Autism

By: None , Vicky Martin , Robert Pritchett , The Students of Limpsfield Grange of Limpsfield Grange School

4.29

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

M. That's what I'd like you to call me please. I'll tell you why later.Welcome to M's world. It's t… read more

Similar categories in None's M is for Autism book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
Cover of Being Miss Nobody by Tamsin Winter

2. Being Miss Nobody

By: Tamsin Winter

3.83

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

...I am Miss Nobody. Rosalind hates her new secondary school. She's the weird girl who doesn't talk… read more

Similar categories in Tamsin Winter's Being Miss Nobody book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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3. The State of Grace

By: Rachael Lucas

3.72

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

Sometimes I feel like everyone else was handed a copy of the rules for life and mine got lost. Grac… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lucas's The State of Grace book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability

4. The Goldfish Boy

By: Lisa Thompson

4.03

Format: 606 pages, Kindle Edition

Matthew Corbin suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. He hasn't been to school in weeks… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Thompson's The Goldfish Boy book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

5. M in the Middle: Secret Crushes, Mega-Colossal Anxiety and the People’s Republic of Autism

By: None , Vicky Martin

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

I'll never have a Card Emporium series of life events: a boyfriend, a fiance, a husband and a futur… read more

Similar categories in None's M in the Middle: Secret Crushes, Mega-Colossal Anxiety and the People’s Republic of Autism book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

6. Dandelion Clocks

By: Rebecca Westcott

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Dandelion Clocks by Rebecca Westcott Smith will be loved by fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Cathy Cassid… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Westcott's Dandelion Clocks book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

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7. The Boy at the Back of the Class

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.39

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Told with humor and heart, 'THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS' offers a child's perspective on the r… read more

Similar categories in Onjali Q. Raúf's The Boy at the Back of the Class book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Sometimes all you really need is somewhere to cry without anyone ever knowing."

-Onjali Q. Raúf, The Boy at the Back of the Class

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8. 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

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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9. 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 Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
"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

Cover of Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it by Pete Wharmby

10. Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it

By: Pete Wharmby

4.35

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

It’s time to remake the world – the ground-breaking book on what steps we should all be taking for … read more

Similar categories in Pete Wharmby's Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • disability
  • mental health
"By the time I entered education in the late 1980s, schools were about as well adapted for my neurotype as a set of stairs is adapted for the use by a Dalek."

-Pete Wharmby, Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it

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11. When I See Blue

By: Lily Bailey

4.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

New town, new school, but the bully is in Ben's head ... There are 4 things you should know abou… read more

Similar categories in Lily Bailey's When I See Blue book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton

12. No Ballet Shoes in Syria

By: Catherine Bruton

4.42

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Aya is eleven years old and has just arrived in Britain with her mum and baby brother, seeking asyl… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Bruton's No Ballet Shoes in Syria book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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13. Sick Bay

By: Nova Weetman

4.28

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's Sick Bay book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
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14. A Kind of Spark

By: Elle McNicoll

4.52

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

Cover of The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Raúf

15. The Star Outside My Window

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.32

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

My mum is up there somewhere. She's waiting -- I can feel it. I just have to find her in time, that… read more

Similar categories in Onjali Q. Raúf's The Star Outside My Window book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of The Night Bus Hero by Onjali Q. Raúf

16. The Night Bus Hero

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.15

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

From Onjali Q. Rauf, the award-winning and best-selling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class … read more

Similar categories in Onjali Q. Raúf's The Night Bus Hero book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2) by Hannah  Gold

17. Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2)

By: Hannah Gold

4.54

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unmissable follow-up to the award-winning  The Last Bear— perfect for fans of Rosanne Parry and… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2) book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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18. 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

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"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

Cover of Like a Curse by Elle McNicoll

19. Like a Curse

By: Elle McNicoll

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Stuck in Loch Ness while Edinburgh falls under the control of a terrifyingly powerful Siren, Ramya … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Curse book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • disability
Cover of The Other Edie Trimmer by Jacqueline Wilson

20. The Other Edie Trimmer

By: Jacqueline Wilson

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant new middle-grade novel from the bestselling Jacqueline Wilson!"I seemed to be seeing do… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's The Other Edie Trimmer book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Can You See Me? by Libby Scott

21. 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 Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
"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?

Cover of Where The World Turns Wild by Nicola Penfold

22. Where The World Turns Wild

By: Nicola Penfold

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Juniper Greene lives in a walled city from which nature has been banished, following the outbreak o… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Penfold's Where The World Turns Wild book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicoll

23. Show Us Who You Are

By: Elle McNicoll

4.41

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

The second book from the author of A Kind Of Spark, with Neurodivergent characters you'll root for … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
"There are no useless facts, Cora."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

"Grief is just love asking for more time."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

"As soon as I gave up caring, everything got easier."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

"People's minds are all so different. All capable of different things."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

Cover of Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life by Emily Katy

24. Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life

By: Emily Katy

4.72

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

'Emily's moving book is a powerful testimony that shines a light on the continued failure of health… read more

Similar categories in Emily Katy's Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
Cover of Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide

25. Orange for the Sunsets

By: Tina Athaide

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A soaring tale of empathy, hope, and resilience, Tina Athaide’s unforgettable middle grade debut fo… read more

Similar categories in Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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26. A Different Sort of Normal

By: Abigail Balfe

4.39

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

*The beautiful true story of one girl's journey growing up autistic - and the challenges she faced … read more

Similar categories in Abigail Balfe's A Different Sort of Normal book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • disability
  • mental health
"Because if someone had told me when I was younger that it was OK to not be like everybody else, that it was not my job to try to be "normal" and to "fit in," that my way of seeing the world was just …"

-Abigail Balfe, A Different Sort of Normal

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27. Splash

By: Charli Howard

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Molly is in her final year of primary school, with secret dreams of becoming an Olympic swimmer. Ha… read more

Similar categories in Charli Howard's Splash book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Nothing Ever Happens Here by Sarah Hagger-Holt

28. Nothing Ever Happens Here

By: Sarah Hagger-Holt

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

"This is Littlehaven. Nothing ever happens here. Until the spotlight hits my family." Izzy's fam… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Hagger-Holt's Nothing Ever Happens Here book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Day I Was Erased by Lisa   Thompson

29. The Day I Was Erased

By: Lisa Thompson

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The brand new read-in-one-sitting mystery from the author of unforgettable bestseller The Goldfish … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Thompson's The Day I Was Erased book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Helping You to Identify and Understand Autism Masking: The Truth Behind the Mask by Emma Kendall

30. Helping You to Identify and Understand Autism Masking: The Truth Behind the Mask

By: Emma Kendall

4.21

Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition

You’ve heard of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) but have you ever heard of autism masking? If so, … read more

Similar categories in Emma Kendall's Helping You to Identify and Understand Autism Masking: The Truth Behind the Mask book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • autistic spectrum disorder
Cover of The Asparagus Bunch by Jessica Scott-Whyte

31. The Asparagus Bunch

By: Jessica Scott-Whyte

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A fresh and funny novel for readers aged 10+, perfect for fans of The Curious Incident of the Dog i… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Scott-Whyte's The Asparagus Bunch book and Libby Scott's Can You See Me?

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

24 Top fiction books like Can You See Me? by Libby Scott

Transform Your Habits

M is for Autism

None , Vicky Martin , Robert Pritchett , The Students of Limpsfield Grange of Limpsfield Grange School

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Being Miss Nobody

Tamsin Winter

3.83

Transform Your Habits

The State of Grace

Rachael Lucas

3.72

Transform Your Habits

The Boy at the Back of the Class

Onjali Q. Raúf

4.39

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The Last Bookwanderer (Pages & Co., #6)

Anna James

4.25

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The Snow Girl

Sophie Anderson

4.22

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Leila and the Blue Fox

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.29

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M.G. Leonard

3.95

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