21 Best middle grade books like The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother) by David Levithan

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The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

By: David Levithan

3.58

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author David Levithan takes young readers on a twisting journey through …

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother) by David Levithan , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The Black Circle (The 39 Clues, #5)

By: Patrick Carman

3.69

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

A game of cat and mouse... A strange telegram lures fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger br… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Carman's The Black Circle (The 39 Clues, #5) book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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2. Beyond the Grave (The 39 Clues, #4)

By: Jude Watson

3.93

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

Betrayed by their cousins, abandoned by their uncle, and with only the slimmest hint to guide them,… read more

Similar categories in Jude Watson's Beyond the Grave (The 39 Clues, #4) book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Fate has no scruples."

-Jude Watson, Beyond the Grave (The 39 Clues, #4)

"You must understand something. Money is not a sign of achievement."

-Jude Watson, Beyond the Grave (The 39 Clues, #4)

"She knew now that the trick to being brave was not thinking of the worst thing that could happen. It was a weird thing — if you acted brave, you could almost feel brave."

-Jude Watson, Beyond the Grave (The 39 Clues, #4)

"Never regret trusting someone. It proves you have a heart. But if he turns out to be a lying worm ... I'm not going to waste my time crying. Because I am way too fabulous for that."

-Jude Watson, Beyond the Grave (The 39 Clues, #4)

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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 David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's City Spies (City Spies #1) book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

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5. Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

By: Ibi Zoboi

4.09

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse a… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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6. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

Similar categories in Charles Waters's Mascot book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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7. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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8. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. What Lives in the Woods

By: Lindsay Currie

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the decrepit Woodmoor Manor…where something in the woods is always watching. From the au… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's What Lives in the Woods book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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10. 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 David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • family
  • middle grade
  • 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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11. Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo

By: Zora Neale Hurston

4.35

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the first middle grade offering from Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, young readers are in… read more

Similar categories in Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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12. All He Knew

By: Helen Frost

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

"A novel in verse about a young deaf boy during World War II, the sister who loves him, and the con… read more

Similar categories in Helen Frost's All He Knew book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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13. The Magical Imperfect

By: Chris Baron

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake in a town of refugees who came to Ame… read more

Similar categories in Chris Baron's The Magical Imperfect book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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14. Race to the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica

By: Rebecca E.F. Barone

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A nonfiction book for young readers chronicling two treacherous, groundbreaking expeditions to the … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca E.F. Barone's Race to the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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15. The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

By: David Levithan

3.58

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author David Levithan takes young readers on a twisting journey through … read more

Similar categories in David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother) book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. Grounded

By: Aisha Saeed

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Four kids meet at an airport for one unforgettable night in this middle-grade novel by four bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Aisha Saeed's Grounded book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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17. Coop Knows the Scoop

By: Taryn Souders

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The whole town is talking about what's buried beneath the playground... Windy Bottom, Georgia is… read more

Similar categories in Taryn Souders's Coop Knows the Scoop book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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18. Flight of the Puffin

By: Ann Braden

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

One small act of kindness ripples out to connect four kids in this stirring novel by the author of … read more

Similar categories in Ann Braden's Flight of the Puffin book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"I eye that lady's shiny car through the window -- there's no way she knows what we need better than we do."

-Ann Braden, Flight of the Puffin

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19. What Comes Next

By: Rob Buyea

4.15

Format: 192 pages, Library Binding

A stand-alone middle-grade novel about a girl who is dealing with the tragic loss of her best frien… read more

Similar categories in Rob Buyea's What Comes Next book and David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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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 David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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21. 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 David Levithan's The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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3.69

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