9 must-read middle grade books like Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family by Marisabina Russo

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Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

By: Marisabina Russo

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

This graphic-novel debut is a memoir of the author's experiences with family, religion, and coming …

If you liked the middle grade plot in Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family by Marisabina Russo , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Almost American Girl

By: Robin Ha

4.22

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

A teen graphic novel memoir about a Korean-born, non-English-speaking girl who is abruptly transpla… read more

Similar categories in Robin Ha's Almost American Girl book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • family
"But now that I am finally leaving, I see everything through rose-colored glasses"

-Robin Ha, Almost American Girl

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2. Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting

By: Kindra Neely

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This searing graphic memoir portrays gun violence through a fresh lens, giving it urgency, humanity… read more

Similar categories in Kindra Neely's Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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3. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

By: Thien Pham

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more

Similar categories in Thien Pham's Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • family
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4. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Lunar New Year Love Story book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • teen
  • family
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5. Girl on Fire

By: Alicia Keys

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author and 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Alicia Keys comes a… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Keys's Girl on Fire book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • family
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6. The Well

By: Jake Wyatt

4.09

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A fantasy graphic novel about Lizzy, a girl who gets cursed by a wishing well, and her adventure to… read more

Similar categories in Jake Wyatt's The Well book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • graphic novels
  • comics
"You don't become wealthy unless you care about money. And you don't stop caring about money just because you're rich."

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

"People like to say that hard work makes you rich. That isn't true. But if you like the work, and it keeps you and yours fed and warm, it can make you happy."

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

"Did you think a wishing well would be full of noble feelings? A wish is pure desire, Lizzy. You're old enough to know that people seldom want what's good for them. Or anyone else, for that matter."

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

"Courage is doing what is right and necessary, regardless of peril. Your parents were brave. Your grandmother was brave. Endangering yourself or others for the sake of wealth? Risking lives for a chan…"

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

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7. Huda F Cares?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more

Similar categories in Huda Fahmy's Huda F Cares? book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • family
"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

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8. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

Similar categories in Vera Brosgol's Plain Jane and the Mermaid book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
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9. Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American

By: Laura Gao

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, La… read more

Similar categories in Laura Gao's Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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10. Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood

By: Lonnie Mann

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

A coming-of-age graphic novel memoir about a young man who, growing up in an Orthodox Jewish commun… read more

Similar categories in Lonnie Mann's Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • memoir
  • jewish
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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11. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Sunshine: A Graphic Novel book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • biography
  • memoir
  • teen
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • family
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12. Passport

By: Sophia Glock

3.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An unforgettable graphic memoir by debut talent Sophia Glock reveals her discovery as a teenager th… read more

Similar categories in Sophia Glock's Passport book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • biography
  • memoir
  • teen
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • family
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13. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bowen Cohen's Two Tribes book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • jewish
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
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14. Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story

By: Sarah Myer

4.40

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Eisner Award Nomination: Best Publication for Teens "A beautiful, courageous book.” Gene Luen Y… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Myer's Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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15. Button Pusher

By: Tyler Page

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A memoir-driven realistic graphic novel about Tyler, a child who is diagnosed with ADHD and has to … read more

Similar categories in Tyler Page's Button Pusher book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • family
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16. Freshman Year

By: Sarah Mai

3.76

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A stylish graphic novel about the unique angst, humor, and self-doubt universal to the experience o… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Mai's Freshman Year book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • teen
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17. King Cheer (Arden High, #2)

By: Molly Horton Booth

3.32

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Heartstopper meets Bring It On in this contemporary graphic novel that reimagines Shakespeare’s Kin… read more

Similar categories in Molly Horton Booth's King Cheer (Arden High, #2) book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family by Marisabina Russo

18. Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

By: Marisabina Russo

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

This graphic-novel debut is a memoir of the author's experiences with family, religion, and coming … read more

Similar categories in Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • teen
  • jewish
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • family
Cover of Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair by Lucy Knisley

19. Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair

By: Lucy Knisley

4.43

Format: 208 pages, Library Binding

WOE! SCREAM! MEOW! ...PURR? Join the hilarious and of course dramatic world of Linney the House Cat… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Knisley's Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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20. Continental Drifter

By: Kathy MacLeod

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A graphic memoir from debut author Kathy Macleod. With a Thai mother and an American father, Kat… read more

Similar categories in Kathy MacLeod's Continental Drifter book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • family
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21. One in a Million: A Graphic Memoir

By: Claire Lordon

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Debut graphic novelist Claire Lordon’s medical misfortunes may be one in a million in this relatabl… read more

Similar categories in Claire Lordon's One in a Million: A Graphic Memoir book and Marisabina Russo's Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction

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Robin Ha

4.22

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Kindra Neely

3.99

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4.29

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4.24

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Neal Shusterman

4.14

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Jarrett Lerner

4.40

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Dan Santat

4.39

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