26 Best middle grade books like Sorry For Your Loss by Joanne Levy

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Sorry For Your Loss

By: Joanne Levy

4.11

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Evie Walman is not obsessed with death. She does think about it a lot, though, but only because her…

"Someone else’s grief is not for you to solve."

-Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

"Someone else’s grief is not for you to solve."

-Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

"But even though I didn’t think he liked me very much, at least he hadn’t called me any names or told me I smelled like death. So that was an improvement."

-Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

"But even though I didn’t think he liked me very much, at least he hadn’t called me any names or told me I smelled like death. So that was an improvement."

-Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

If you liked the middle grade plot in Sorry For Your Loss by Joanne Levy , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner

1. A Work in Progress

By: Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” ( Publishers Weekly , starr… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett Lerner's A Work in Progress book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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3. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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4. 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 Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"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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5. Break (Click #6)

By: Kayla Miller

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Olive is less-than-excited to be spending Spring Break stuck with her dad...will she be able to mak… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Miller's Break (Click #6) book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Beatrice and Croc Harry

By: Lawrence Hill

3.80

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

One of Canada's most celebrated author's debut novel for young readers Beatrice, a young girl of u… read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Hill's Beatrice and Croc Harry book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • canada
"Friends are like books. You carry them with you forever, regardless of mundane impediments like geography."

-Lawrence Hill, Beatrice and Croc Harry

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7. Seekers of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #2)

By: Kevin Sands

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dying friend, a terrible bargain, an underwater quest, and dangerous magic . . . this adventure p… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Seekers of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #2) book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
  • young adult
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8. The Undercover Book List

By: Colleen Nelson

4.29

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

He's known as the class troublemaker. She's known as the bookworm. But when every note they send is… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Nelson's The Undercover Book List book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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9. The King of Jam Sandwiches

By: Eric Walters

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

★ “Tug at the heartstrings and tickle the funny bone…This warm tale is definitely one for the keepe… read more

Similar categories in Eric Walters's The King of Jam Sandwiches book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. 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 Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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11. Champions of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #3)

By: Kevin Sands

4.53

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this conclusion to the thrilling Thieves of Shadow series, bestselling author Kevin Sands delive… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Champions of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #3) book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
  • young adult
Cover of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call by E.K. Johnston

12. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

By: E.K. Johnston

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Discover Doric’s powerful druid origins in this thrilling young adult prequel to the film Dungeons … read more

Similar categories in E.K. Johnston's Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • fiction
  • young adult
"It pulled her along through curiosity and compulsion, and even though she didn't know the question, she longed to find out the answers"

-E.K. Johnston, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

"She had thought that power was a ladder to the loft, the rope on which the bread basket came up, the ability to look at a daughter and poison her drink. She learned now that power could be other thin…"

-E.K. Johnston, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

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13. The Other Side of Perfect

By: Melanie Florence

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Two kids from two different worlds form an unexpected friendship in this lens into the interworking… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Florence's The Other Side of Perfect book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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14. Crunch (Click #5)

By: Kayla Miller

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Kayla Miller, the  New York Times  bestselling author-illustrator of  Click ,  Camp , Act , and Cla… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Miller's Crunch (Click #5) book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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15. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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16. Walking in Two Worlds (The Floraverse)

By: Wab Kinew

3.51

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

An Indigenous teen girl is caught between two worlds, both real and virtual, in the YA fantasy debu… read more

Similar categories in Wab Kinew's Walking in Two Worlds (The Floraverse) book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
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17. 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 Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • jewish
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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18. Eight Days

By: Teresa Toten

3.85

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

Governor General's award-winning author Teresa Toten's story about one girl's transformative eight-… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Toten's Eight Days book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Unstuck

By: Barbara Dee

4.07

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

From critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a middle grade novel about a girl whose struggle… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Unstuck book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Remember, you don't write to win a trophy. You write because you love to, and because there's a story you want to tell. That's the prize you give yourself, and it's the only one that matters."

-Barbara Dee, Unstuck

"I thought your writing was going better lately. So why are you forcing yourself to write something different? I mean besides your story, which is what you really want to write. What you need to write…"

-Barbara Dee, Unstuck

"I guess if you're a superstar like Dahlia, people expect you to win every contest, get perfect grades, go to a fancy college, even if that's not who you really are. Maybe if you're Journey, people ex…"

-Barbara Dee, Unstuck

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20. Let the Monster Out: A Novel

By: Chad Lucas

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An equal parts heart-pounding and heartfelt middle-grade mystery about facing––and accepting––your … read more

Similar categories in Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
  • young adult
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21. Batter Royale: A Graphic Novel

By: Leisl Adams

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In Leisl Adams’s fun debut graphic novel, Batter Royale , a talented young chef is selected to part… read more

Similar categories in Leisl Adams's Batter Royale: A Graphic Novel book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Stealing Home by J. Torres

22. Stealing Home

By: J. Torres

3.99

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

When a boy struggles after moving to a Japanese internment camp during WWII, baseball shows him ano… read more

Similar categories in J. Torres's Stealing Home book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • family
  • middle grade
  • canada
Cover of Sorry For Your Loss by Joanne Levy

23. Sorry For Your Loss

By: Joanne Levy

4.11

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Evie Walman is not obsessed with death. She does think about it a lot, though, but only because her… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • canada
  • jewish
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Someone else’s grief is not for you to solve."

-Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

"But even though I didn’t think he liked me very much, at least he hadn’t called me any names or told me I smelled like death. So that was an improvement."

-Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

"I took some comfort in thinking about how when I grew up and became a funeral director like my parents, I wouldn’t have to worry about my clients being mean to me. Because they’d already be dead."

-Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

"Part of being a good funeral director— and even a good friend—is knowing that someone may not want to be consoled. They may not welcome your words of support, and you need to respect that. Someone el…"

-Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

Cover of The Ribbon Leaf by Lori Weber

24. The Ribbon Leaf

By: Lori Weber

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Would you risk your life to help a friend? In Nazi Germany, friendship between an Aryan German girl… read more

Similar categories in Lori Weber's The Ribbon Leaf book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • young adult
Cover of A Bucket of Stars by Suri Rosen

25. A Bucket of Stars

By: Suri Rosen

3.70

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

A story of two kids trying to save the world they know and heal the families they have. It’s the s… read more

Similar categories in Suri Rosen's A Bucket of Stars book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

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26. Under the Iron Bridge (The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers 2021, 19)

By: Kathy Kacer

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

It's 1938 in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Paul is feeling pressured to join the Hitler Youth. The last … read more

Similar categories in Kathy Kacer's Under the Iron Bridge (The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers 2021, 19) book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • young adult
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27. Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words

By: Lindsay Herriot

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

What does it mean to be young and transgender today? Growing Up Trans  shares stories, essays, art … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Herriot's Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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28. The Bear House

By: Meaghan McIsaac

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In a gritty medieval world where the ruling houses are based on the constellations, betrayal, intri… read more

Similar categories in Meaghan McIsaac's The Bear House book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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29. 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 Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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30. Butt Sandwich & Tree

By: Wesley King

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Wesley King comes a tender and grounded mi… read more

Similar categories in Wesley King's Butt Sandwich & Tree book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
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31. On the Line

By: Paul Coccia

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Thirteen-year-old basketball star Jordan Ryker feels like his life is falling apart . All Jordie wa… read more

Similar categories in Paul Coccia's On the Line book and Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss

  • middle grade
  • canada
  • young adult

24 Top fiction books like Sorry For Your Loss by Joanne Levy

Transform Your Habits

A Work in Progress

Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

Transform Your Habits

The Fort

Gordon Korman

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Simon Sort of Says

Erin Bow

4.31

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7 best-selling historical books like Under the Iron Bridge (The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers 2021, 19) by Kathy Kacer

Transform Your Habits

Squire

Nadia Shammas

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Into the Bright Open

Cherie Dimaline

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Stealing Home

J. Torres

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Ribbon Leaf

Lori Weber

4.01

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