5 Top realistic fiction books like The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody by Matthew Landis

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The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

By: Matthew Landis

4.16

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

A trio of seventh graders become one another's first friends as they discover the secrets of a Civi…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody by Matthew Landis , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. George and the Big Bang (George, #3)

By: Stephen Hawking , Garry Parsons , Lucy Hawking

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Going back to the beginning of time . . . Discover the final chapter in this out-of-this-world adve… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Hawking's George and the Big Bang (George, #3) book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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2. Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

By: Kirby Larson

4.02

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, 16-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travel… read more

Similar categories in Kirby Larson's Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1) book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Home is not a building, but a feeling of belonging."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"Sometimes it takes a big dream to wake up a small town."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"I will have to rely on that painful teacher, experience."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"Sometimes the biggest battles we face are within ourselves."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

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3. Silent Thunder

By: Andrea Davis Pinkney

3.74

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

As plantation slaves, siblings Rosco and Summer have no rights and fear that they may be sold on a … read more

Similar categories in Andrea Davis Pinkney's Silent Thunder book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • childrens
  • civil war
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Losers Club

By: Andrew Clements

4.16

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

The beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Frindle celebrates books and th… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Clements's The Losers Club book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1)

By: James Ponti

3.70

Format: 640 pages, Kindle Edition

Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1) book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery

6. The Underground Abductor (An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman) (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, #5)

By: Nathan Hale

5.00

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Hale's The Underground Abductor (An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman) (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, #5) book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • middle grade
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7. Elijah of Buxton

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis's debut middle-grade/young-YA novel f… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Paul Curtis's Elijah of Buxton book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion

By: Steve Sheinkin , Tim Robinson

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

History--with the good bits put back. Discover the drama, discoveries, dirty deeds and derring-do t… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • middle grade
  • childrens

9. Chasing Secrets

By: Gennifer Choldenko

3.14

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Honor-winning author Gennifer Choldenko deftly combines humor, tragedy, fascinating histori… read more

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10. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse

By: Joseph M. Marshall III , Jim Yellowhawk

3.50

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Jimmy McClean is a Lakota boy--though you would not guess it by his name: his father is a white man… read more

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11. March Toward the Thunder

By: Joseph Bruchac

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A unique perspective on the Civil War as only Joseph Bruchac could tell it. Louis Nolette is a fift… read more

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12. The Harlem Charade

By: Natasha Anastasia Tarpley

3.57

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

WATCHER. SHADOW. FUGITIVE. Harlem is home to all kinds of kids. Jin sees life passing her by from t… read more

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13. Sugar

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From Jewell Parker Rhodes, the author of Towers Falling and Ninth Ward (a Coretta Scott King Honor … read more

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14. Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War

By: Steve Sheinkin , Tim Robinson

4.00

Format: None pages,

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15. Prairie Lotus

By: Linda Sue Park

4.29

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an educat… read more

Similar categories in Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The House with Chicken Legs

By: Sophie Anderson

4.10

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sur… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The House with Chicken Legs book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"But it’s our duty as Yaga, living in this Yaga house, to talk to them and give them one last wonderful evening reliving their memories and celebrating their lives, before they pass through The Gate a…"

-Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs

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17. 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 Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

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

-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale

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18. The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

By: Daniel Nayeri

3.96

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri This is the tale of an exciti… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Nayeri's The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"He had betrayed God and wanted to hide from him, the way children hide, sitting in the open and covering their eyes."

-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

"To everyone we love we give a knife. The knife is shaped to pass through the bones of our chests like a key in a lock. Nothing else can cut our hearts so deeply."

-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

"Wouldn't it be nice if love was always around us like life and death? Wouldn't it be nice if love was inevitable like the other two? That you could be sure you'd find someone to love and love you in …"

-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

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19. Midsummer's Mayhem

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Can Mimi undo the mayhem caused by her baking in this contemporary-fantasy retelling of Shakespeare… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Midsummer's Mayhem book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"The sun-dried tomatoes were robust and sweet and played well with the salty Parmesan. The oregano added a floral note, and the fennel made it energizing and playful."

-Rajani LaRocca, Midsummer's Mayhem

"If he were a baked treat, he'd be a seven-layer bar- the perfect combination of sweet and salty, exotic coconut and homey caramel, and supported by a good, strong, buttery shortbread crust."

-Rajani LaRocca, Midsummer's Mayhem

"Kiera reached into the paper bag and held out one of Vik's cupcakes. Even in the dim and musty hangout, it practically glowed with beauty, and the roses smelled intoxicating. Roses, for love of all t…"

-Rajani LaRocca, Midsummer's Mayhem

"A lime tart with pomegranate glaze." I put the tart on the counter. The crust was the perfect shade of golden brown, and as I cut into it, the bright red glaze contrasted beautifully with the pale gr…"

-Rajani LaRocca, Midsummer's Mayhem

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20. Turtle Boy

By: M. Evan Wolkenstein

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Seventh grade is not going well for Will Levine. Kids at school bully him because of his funny-look… read more

Similar categories in M. Evan Wolkenstein's Turtle Boy book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody by Matthew Landis

21. The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

By: Matthew Landis

4.16

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

A trio of seventh graders become one another's first friends as they discover the secrets of a Civi… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody book and Matthew Landis's The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

  • romance
  • childrens
  • civil war
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • war
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction

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Kirby Larson

4.02

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Andrea Davis Pinkney

3.74

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The Losers Club

Andrew Clements

4.16

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Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1)

James Ponti

3.70

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Kirby Larson

4.02

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K. Ritz

4.33

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Kate Albus

4.11

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Linda Sue Park

4.29

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