26 Best fiction books like The Double Life of Danny Day by Mike Thayer

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The Double Life of Danny Day

By: Mike Thayer

4.11

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

A boy who lives every day twice uses his ability to bring down bullies at his new school. My nam…

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1. Vanished! (Framed, #2)

By: James Ponti

4.49

Format: 289 pages,

Florian Bates—the only kid on the FBI Director’s speed dial and several international criminals’ mo… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's Vanished! (Framed, #2) book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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2. Eleven

By: Tom Rogers

4.34

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Alex Douglas always wanted to be a hero. But nothing heroic ever happened to Alex. Nothing, that is… read more

Similar categories in Tom Rogers's Eleven book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. 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 Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook

4. Posted

By: John David Anderson

4.08

Format: 432 pages, ebook

In middle school, words aren't just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words … read more

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5. 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 Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • school
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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6. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The Lost Library book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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7. Linked

By: Gordon Korman

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Linked book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."

-Gordon Korman, Linked

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8. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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9. 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 Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • 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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10. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)

By: Peter Brown

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The action-packed third installment in Peter Brown's internationally bestselling The Wild Robot ser… read more

Similar categories in Peter Brown's The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3) book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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12. Trapped! (Framed, #3)

By: James Ponti

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“A top-shelf test of courage, friendship, and ingenuity.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Floria… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's Trapped! (Framed, #3) book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1)

By: Kevin Sands

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Five kids with unusual talents are brought together to commit an impossible crime. A magic-infus… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1) book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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14. Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1)

By: Wendy Mass

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Can a virtual reality headset help change the way twelve-year-old Addie looks at things? Introd… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1) book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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15. Bhai for Now

By: Maleeha Siddiqui

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A fresh and fun new spin on the Parent-Trap story, by Indies Introduce author Maleeha Siddiqui A… read more

Similar categories in Maleeha Siddiqui's Bhai for Now book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Besides, what was the point of a home if the people who should care about you didn't show up for you?"

-Maleeha Siddiqui, Bhai for Now

"...he wished he could take his words back. But words were like arrows. Once you let them go and they hit their target, you couldn't take the arrow back without leaving a hole behind."

-Maleeha Siddiqui, Bhai for Now

"Shaheer realized that sometimes confidence wasn't always about making the big bold decisions or mouthing off to people. Sometimes confidence looked like the quiet strength it took to tell someone how…"

-Maleeha Siddiqui, Bhai for Now

"...Shaheer realized that sometimes confidence wasn't always about making the big bold decisions or mouthing off to people. Sometimes confidence looked like the quiet strength it took to tell someone …"

-Maleeha Siddiqui, Bhai for Now

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16. Glitch

By: Laura Martin

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel. Regan Fi… read more

Similar categories in Laura Martin's Glitch book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • childrens
  • time travel
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Albert Einstein one said that everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it would spend its whole life believing it's stupid."

-Laura Martin, Glitch

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17. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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18. Chomp

By: Carl Hiaasen

3.98

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here. Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an … read more

Similar categories in Carl Hiaasen's Chomp book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"In his own mind, it was never a matter of courage. But courage it was."

-Carl Hiaasen, Chomp

"Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head."

-Carl Hiaasen, Chomp

"Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get for sitting under a tree during a thunderstorm."

-Carl Hiaasen, Chomp

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19. The Nebula Secret (Explorer Academy, #1)

By: Trudi Trueit

4.30

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Adventure, danger, and a thrilling global mission await 12-year-old Cruz Coronado as he joins an el… read more

Similar categories in Trudi Trueit's The Nebula Secret (Explorer Academy, #1) book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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20. Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade series about a peasant boy who wants to be a knight.Tim is just a peasant, but he dr… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1) book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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21. We're Not from Here

By: Geoff Rodkey

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Imagine being forced to move to a new planet where YOU are the alien! From the creator of the Tappe… read more

Similar categories in Geoff Rodkey's We're Not from Here book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • juvenile
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22. The Last Kids on Earth and the Monster Dimension (Last Kids on Earth, #9)

By: Max Brallier

4.47

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

The highly-anticipated ninth book in the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best… read more

Similar categories in Max Brallier's The Last Kids on Earth and the Monster Dimension (Last Kids on Earth, #9) book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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23. The Double Life of Danny Day

By: Mike Thayer

4.11

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

A boy who lives every day twice uses his ability to bring down bullies at his new school. My nam… read more

Similar categories in Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • school
  • time travel
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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24. Property of the Rebel Librarian

By: Allison Varnes

4.11

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old June Harper's parents discover what they deem an inappropriate library book, t… read more

Similar categories in Allison Varnes's Property of the Rebel Librarian book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"So much has changed that I wonder if it will feel different when I read it again. If you're one person when you read a book, and then you change, does the book become different? Do the words stretch …"

-Allison Varnes, Property of the Rebel Librarian

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25. Free Period

By: Ali Terese

4.20

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

*National Book Award Longlist Title *School Library Journal Starred Review *Audiofile Earphones A… read more

Similar categories in Ali Terese's Free Period book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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26. The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family

By: Sarah Kapit

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Fans of the Penderwicks and the Vanderbeekers, meet the Finkel family in this middle grade novel ab… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Kapit's The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Pretty please? It will be fun,"

-Sarah Kapit, The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family

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27. 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 Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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28. Puzzleheart

By: Jenn Reese

3.84

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Get ready to solve the mystery at the heart of this middle grade adventure about family—and a house… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Reese's Puzzleheart book and Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day

  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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