17 best-selling middle grade books like No Place for Monsters by Kory Merritt

Cover of No Place for Monsters by Kory Merritt

No Place for Monsters

By: Kory Merritt

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this spellbinding, lavishly illustrated story that Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney calls…

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Cover of Willodeen by Katherine Applegate

1. Willodeen

By: Katherine Applegate

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . . Eleven-year-old Willode… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Willodeen book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"Mostly I avoided the Faire, with its teeming crowds that made me feel like I was being smothered. So much noise! So much forced merrymaking! Often I would see children there, ones I recognized from m…"

-Katherine Applegate, Willodeen

Cover of Long Lost by Jacqueline  West

2. Long Lost

By: Jacqueline West

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Fiona has just read a book that doesn’t exist. When Fiona’s family moves to be … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline West's Long Lost book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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3. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.48

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. The… read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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4. The Lion of Mars

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's The Lion of Mars book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters by Suzanne Slade

5. Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters

By: Suzanne Slade

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The true story of the high-flying Harlem Globetrotters -- the team that changed basketball forever.… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Slade's Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
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6. Twins

By: Varian Johnson

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Coretta Scott King Honor author Varian Johnson teams up with rising cartoonist Shannon Wright for a… read more

Similar categories in Varian Johnson's Twins book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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7. The One Thing You'd Save

By: Linda Sue Park

3.94

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores… read more

Similar categories in Linda Sue Park's The One Thing You'd Save book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Ages ago my gran knitted a sweater for my dad. He wore it and wore it and wore it right out. Then my other gran, who lives with us, unraveled it and knitted a new sweater for me. So I'd save that swe…"

-Linda Sue Park, The One Thing You'd Save

Cover of Billy Miller Makes a Wish (A Miller Family Story) by Kevin Henkes

8. Billy Miller Makes a Wish (A Miller Family Story)

By: Kevin Henkes

3.75

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The stand-alone companion to two-time Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes’s award-winning, acclaimed,… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Henkes's Billy Miller Makes a Wish (A Miller Family Story) book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of J.D. and the Great Barber Battle (J.D. the Kid Barber) by J. Dillard

9. J.D. and the Great Barber Battle (J.D. the Kid Barber)

By: J. Dillard

3.86

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious n… read more

Similar categories in J. Dillard's J.D. and the Great Barber Battle (J.D. the Kid Barber) book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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10. Memoirs of a Tortoise

By: Devin Scillian

4.40

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Oliver the tortoise has had his human, Ike, for a very, very long time now. In fact, they're the sa… read more

Similar categories in Devin Scillian's Memoirs of a Tortoise book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1) by Alda P. Dobbs

11. Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1)

By: Alda P. Dobbs

4.26

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Be… read more

Similar categories in Alda P. Dobbs's Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Petra Luna, #1) book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Stella (Best Friends Dog Tales, #1) by McCall Hoyle

12. Stella (Best Friends Dog Tales, #1)

By: McCall Hoyle

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Even dogs deserve a second chance. Ever since she was a puppy, Stella was trained to use her power… read more

Similar categories in McCall Hoyle's Stella (Best Friends Dog Tales, #1) book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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13. Becoming Muhammad Ali

By: James Patterson

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two heavy-hitters in children's literature comes a critically acclaimed biographical novel of … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Becoming Muhammad Ali book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Once Upon a Camel by Kathi Appelt

14. Once Upon a Camel

By: Kathi Appelt

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An old camel is out to save two baby kestrel chicks during a massive storm in the Texas desert.Zada… read more

Similar categories in Kathi Appelt's Once Upon a Camel book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"...the worst thing you can do to a cat is embarrass it."

-Kathi Appelt, Once Upon a Camel

"By the time we grow very old, all our wishes have either been granted, or they haven't. Some stay with us so long that they simply become part of who we are; they grow old with us, and might even tur…"

-Kathi Appelt, Once Upon a Camel

Cover of Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1) by Stuart Gibbs

15. 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 Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand by Jennifer Bradbury

16. Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand

By: Jennifer Bradbury

4.34

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

This luminous picture book tells the fascinating true story of artist Nek Chand and how his secret … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Bradbury's Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
Cover of No Place for Monsters by Kory Merritt

17. No Place for Monsters

By: Kory Merritt

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this spellbinding, lavishly illustrated story that Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney calls… read more

Similar categories in Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • juvenile
Cover of Tales to Keep You Up at Night by Dan Poblocki

18. Tales to Keep You Up at Night

By: Dan Poblocki

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits, comes a spectacul… read more

Similar categories in Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of Nightingale by Deva Fagan

19. Nightingale

By: Deva Fagan

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A plucky orphan girl stumbles into a conflict centuries in the making in this middle grade fantasy … read more

Similar categories in Deva Fagan's Nightingale book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • juvenile
Cover of Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero by Megan Hoyt

20. Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero

By: Megan Hoyt

4.53

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The true story of Gino Bartali, an Italian cyclist and secret champion in the fight for Jewish live… read more

Similar categories in Megan Hoyt's Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • childrens
Cover of The Hungry Place by Jessie Haas

21. The Hungry Place

By: Jessie Haas

4.25

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

In this horse adventure perfect for fans of Black Beauty , a Connemara pony is pampered and beloved… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Haas's The Hungry Place book and Kory Merritt's No Place for Monsters

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

16 Best fiction books like No Place for Monsters by Kory Merritt

Transform Your Habits

Willodeen

Katherine Applegate

4.19

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Long Lost

Jacqueline West

4.14

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The Lion of Mars

Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

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Twins

Varian Johnson

4.09

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18 Best fiction books like Once Upon a Camel by Kathi Appelt

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Linked

Gordon Korman

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe

Alyson Noel

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Pony

R.J. Palacio

4.25

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The Lion of Mars

Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

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