8 must-read 2nd grade books like The Secret Valley (Trophy Chapter Book) by Clyde Robert Bulla

Cover of The Secret Valley (Trophy Chapter Book) by Clyde Robert Bulla

The Secret Valley (Trophy Chapter Book)

By: Clyde Robert Bulla

3.87

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A family that moves to California to look for gold fails to find it, but instead discovers a beauti…

If you liked the 2nd grade plot in The Secret Valley (Trophy Chapter Book) by Clyde Robert Bulla , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry, Middy Thomas

1. Gooney Bird Greene

By: Lois Lowry , Middy Thomas

3.99

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of a… read more

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  • chapter books
  • 2nd grade
  • childrens
  • school
  • fiction
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2. Jake Drake, Bully Buster (1)

By: Andrew Clements , Amanda Harvey

3.76

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Meet Jake Drake. He's not the toughest kid in fourth grade or the fastest kid or the funniest. But … read more

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  • chapter books
  • 2nd grade
  • childrens
  • school
  • fiction
Cover of Red Sails to Capri (Puffin Newberry Library) by Ann Weil

3. Red Sails to Capri (Puffin Newberry Library)

By: Ann Weil

4.00

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The minute he saw the boat with the red sails moving into the harbor, Michele knew that something e… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction
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4. The Long Way Westward

By: Joan Sandin

4.23

Format: 510 pages, Paperback

This lively sequel to The Long Way to a New Land follows the fortunes of Carl Erik's family from Ne… read more

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  • american history
  • 2nd grade
  • childrens
  • school
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5. With God in Russia

By: Walter J. Ciszek , Daniel L. Flaherty

3.60

Format: 316 pages,

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6. The Door in the Wall

By: Marguerite de Angeli

4.88

Format: 242 pages,

The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Connie Roop, Peter Roop, Peter E. Hanson

7. Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie

By: Connie Roop , Peter Roop , Peter E. Hanson

4.01

Format: 511 pages, Library Binding

In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of … read more

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  • 2nd grade
  • childrens
  • school
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1) by Garth Williams, George Selden

8. The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

By: Garth Williams , George Selden

4.04

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

One night, the sounds of New York City--the rumbling of subway trains, thrumming of automobile tire… read more

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  • fiction
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • school
"Harry had been down to Washington Square to hear an open-air concert of chamber music. How you could play chamber music outdoors Chester didn't understand—but it was New York and anything could happe…"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

"I guess I'm just feeling Septemberish," sighed Chester. "It's getting towards autumn now. And it's so pretty up in Connecticut. All the trees change color. The days get very clear―with a little smoke…"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

"Just this once, in the very heart of the busiest of cities, everyone was perfectly content not to move and hardly to breathe. And for those few minutes, while the song lasted, Times Square was still …"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

"Chester's playing filled the station. Like ripples around a stone dropped into still water, the circles of silence spread out from the newsstand. And as people listened, a change came over their face…"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

9. A True Home (Heartwood Hotel, #1)

By: Kallie George , Stephanie Graegin

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

When Mona the Mouse stumbles across the wondrous world of the Heartwood Hotel in the middle of a st… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat, Robert Frankenberg

10. Owls in the Family

By: Farley Mowat , Robert Frankenberg

4.00

Format: 10 pages, Paperback

Farley Mowat's funniest book tells the adventures of Wol and Weeps, two owls from Saskatchewan who … read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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11. Sticks Across the Chimney: A Story of Denmark

By: Nora Burglon

3.67

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

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  • chapter books
  • 2nd grade
  • childrens
  • school
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. The Last Little Cat

By: Meindert DeJong , Jim McMullan

3.91

Format: 163 pages,

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  • chapter books
  • 2nd grade
  • childrens
  • school
  • fiction
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13. The Children's Book of Virtues

By: William J. Bennett , Michael Hague

4.24

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The perfect companion to William J. Bennett's number-one bestseller; The Book of Virtues, The Child… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey

4.09

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more

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  • fiction
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • school
"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

15. Detectives in Togas

By: Richard Winston , Clara Winston , Henry Winterfeld , Charlotte Kleinert

3.33

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . th… read more

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16. The House on Walenska Street

By: Charlotte Herman

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in 1913 in Russia, this is a touching family portrait. Ever since Papa died, Mama counts on Lea… read more

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17. The Clue Of The Left-Handed Envelope: Ready-for-chapters

By: Salvatore Murdocca , George E. Stanley

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

WHO SENT AMBER LEE AN ANONYMOUS LETTER? Everyone loves the new teacher, Mr. Merlin. Mr. Merlin used… read more

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18. Understood Betsy

By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to he… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction
"What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face. "Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-gr…"

-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy

Cover of All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1) by Sydney Taylor

19. All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1)

By: Sydney Taylor

4.24

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

It's the turn of the century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement … read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

20. All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown (All-of-a-Kind Family, #4)

By: Sydney Taylor

3.93

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Based on the author's family and childhood, these charming books capture the everyday life of a hom… read more

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21. The Littles

By: John Lawrence Peterson , Roberta Carter Clark

3.43

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

The Littles is a timeless favorite that's been enjoyed for decades. Ready to grab the attention of … read more

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Cover of Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) by Patricia MacLachlan

22. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • school
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

23. More Stories from Grandma's Attic (Grandma's Attic, #2)

By: Arleta Richardson , None

4.10

Format: None pages,

Stories to Love, Laugh, and Live By If you are young enough to love a story;and just about everyone… read more

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Cover of Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1) by Carol Ryrie Brink

24. Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

By: Carol Ryrie Brink

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to b… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction
"Life is just a lot of everyday adventures."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

"But every redhead's temper has its limitations."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

25. Henry Huggins (Henry Huggins, #1)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the first novel from Newbery Award-winning author Beverly Cleary, boys and girls alike will inst… read more

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26. Tales of Robin Hood

By: Felicity Brooks , Tony Allan

4.10

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

-- Filled with adventure, excitement and suspense-- Action-packed illustrations help bring the stor… read more

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27. The Corn Grows Ripe

By: None

4.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Newbery Honor Book Can Tigre find the strength and courage to support his family? When Tigre's fa… read more

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28. Little Pear

By: Eleanor Frances Lattimore

3.66

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Little Pear is a young boy who lives in a small village in China. Although his story takes place lo… read more

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29. The Secret Valley (Trophy Chapter Book)

By: Clyde Robert Bulla

3.87

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A family that moves to California to look for gold fails to find it, but instead discovers a beauti… read more

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  • american history
  • chapter books
  • 2nd grade
  • childrens
  • school
  • westerns
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Cora Frear by Susan E. Goodman

30. Cora Frear

By: Susan E. Goodman

4.01

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

FIRE! Cora loves riding through the wild prairie with her doctor father on his house calls. One day… read more

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  • american history
  • chapter books
  • 2nd grade
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of A Papa Like Everyone Else by Sydney Taylor

31. A Papa Like Everyone Else

By: Sydney Taylor

3.76

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

From the author of the beloved All-Of-A-Kind Family books comes a timeless story of a family's stru… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

18 Best fiction books like The Secret Valley (Trophy Chapter Book) by Clyde Robert Bulla

Transform Your Habits

Gooney Bird Greene

Lois Lowry , Middy Thomas

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Jake Drake, Bully Buster (1)

Andrew Clements , Amanda Harvey

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Red Sails to Capri (Puffin Newberry Library)

Ann Weil

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Door in the Wall

Marguerite de Angeli

4.88

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22 Top fiction books like The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

Transform Your Habits

Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)

Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Thimble Summer

Elizabeth Enright

3.75

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A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32

Joan W. Blos

3.54

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