27 best-selling middle grade books like No Vacancy by Tziporah Cohen

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No Vacancy

By: Tziporah Cohen

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn’t eleven-year-old Miri…

If you liked the middle grade plot in No Vacancy by Tziporah Cohen , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. On Mexican Time: A New Life In San Miguel

By: Tony Cohan

3.43

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

When Tony Cohan and his wife visited central Mexico in 1985, they fell under the spell of an irresi… read more

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2. Brave (Awkward, #2)

By: Svetlana Chmakova

4.20

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a d… read more

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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 Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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4. The Shape of Thunder

By: Jasmine Warga

4.17

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

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5. Efrén Divided

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Pura Belpré Award! “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel … read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Efrén Divided book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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6. Swim Team

By: Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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7. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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8. New from Here

By: Kelly Yang

4.30

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial … read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"We're all connected to each other. We all breathe the same air into our lungs. None of us are immune to each other's problems, that's why we have to care about each other."

-Kelly Yang, New from Here

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9. Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

By: Michael Bennett

3.94

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori det… read more

Similar categories in Michael Bennett's Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2) book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

By: David Alexander Robertson

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brough… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Stories always lead people somewhere, To a place, to a memory."

-David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

"Humans...The land provides everything that anybody would need. If you take only what you need, the land renews itself so that it can provide more. Medicines, water, plants, meat. In exchange, because…"

-David Alexander Robertson, The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)

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11. Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

By: Leslie Gentile

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

It’s the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleve… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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12. The King of Jam Sandwiches

By: Eric Walters

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

★ “Tug at the heartstrings and tickle the funny bone…This warm tale is definitely one for the keepe… read more

Similar categories in Eric Walters's The King of Jam Sandwiches book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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13. The Fabulous Zed Watson!

By: Basil Sylvester

4.24

Format: 304 pages, ebook

FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FINALIST FOR THE OLA SILVER BIRCH AWARD The lite… read more

Similar categories in Basil Sylvester's The Fabulous Zed Watson! book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. Operation Do-Over

By: Gordon Korman

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unteachables, Gordon Korman, comes a hilarious ne… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Operation Do-Over book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"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!

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16. You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's You Are Here: Connecting Flights book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"

-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights

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17. Three Strike Summer

By: Skyler Schrempp

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Four starred reviews! A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Selection A Horn Book Magazine Be… read more

Similar categories in Skyler Schrempp's Three Strike Summer book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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18. Honestly Elliott

By: Gillian McDunn

4.33

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes finding yourself can be a little messy. Elliott has been struggling since starting mid… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
"The goal isn't perfection- the goal is making something new. (pg. 18)"

-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott

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19. The Language of Ghosts

By: Heather Fawcett

3.91

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Forced into exile on an enchanted, moving island, ex-princess Noa Marchena has two missions: reclai… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's The Language of Ghosts book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Unstuck

By: Barbara Dee

4.07

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

From critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a middle grade novel about a girl whose struggle… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Remember, you don't write to win a trophy. You write because you love to, and because there's a story you want to tell. That's the prize you give yourself, and it's the only one that matters."

-Barbara Dee, Unstuck

"I thought your writing was going better lately. So why are you forcing yourself to write something different? I mean besides your story, which is what you really want to write. What you need to write…"

-Barbara Dee, Unstuck

"I guess if you're a superstar like Dahlia, people expect you to win every contest, get perfect grades, go to a fancy college, even if that's not who you really are. Maybe if you're Journey, people ex…"

-Barbara Dee, Unstuck

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21. Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster

By: Rachelle Delaney

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

When Alice agreed to appear in a reality cooking show with her father, she had no idea she'd find h… read more

Similar categories in Rachelle Delaney's Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America by Gigi Georges

22. Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America

By: Gigi Georges

3.58

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this captivating and empathetic book, Gigi Georges follows five girls as they come of age in one… read more

Similar categories in Gigi Georges's Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • family
  • audiobook
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23. Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

By: Jessica Kim

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Kim's Stand Up, Yumi Chung! book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of No Vacancy by Tziporah Cohen

24. No Vacancy

By: Tziporah Cohen

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn’t eleven-year-old Miri… read more

Similar categories in Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • jewish
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • religion
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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25. Deadman's Castle

By: Iain Lawrence

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

For most of his life, Igor and his family have been on the run. Danger lurks around every corner--o… read more

Similar categories in Iain Lawrence's Deadman's Castle book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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26. Jude Saves the World

By: Ronnie Riley

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Jude struggles with some things: focusing at school, feeling like everything rests … read more

Similar categories in Ronnie Riley's Jude Saves the World book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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27. Apartment 713

By: Kevin Sylvester

4.26

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends—welcome to the Regency, where even time moves… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sylvester's Apartment 713 book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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28. Faker

By: Gordon Korman

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey know… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Faker book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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29. Operation Sisterhood

By: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fans of the Netflix reboot of The Babysitters Club will delight as four new sisters band together i… read more

Similar categories in Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich's Operation Sisterhood book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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30. Salsa Magic

By: Letisha Marrero

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A magical debut middle-grade novel filled with loud but loving family members, santería, and powerf… read more

Similar categories in Letisha Marrero's Salsa Magic book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
  • juvenile
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31. On the Line

By: Paul Coccia

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Thirteen-year-old basketball star Jordan Ryker feels like his life is falling apart . All Jordie wa… read more

Similar categories in Paul Coccia's On the Line book and Tziporah Cohen's No Vacancy

  • middle grade
  • young adult

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Slugfest

Gordon Korman

4.24

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Jasmine Warga

4.17

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Efrén Divided

Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

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Johnnie Christmas

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A.J. Sass

4.37

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Erin Bow

4.31

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Phil Stamper

4.15

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