10 must-read middle grade books like Wonder (Wonder #1) by R.J. Palacio

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Wonder (Wonder #1)

By: R.J. Palacio

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August (Auggie) P…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Wonder (Wonder #1) by R.J. Palacio , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Ghosts

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Ma… read more

Similar categories in Raina Telgemeier's Ghosts book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Smile (Smile, #1) by Raina Telgemeier

2. Smile (Smile, #1)

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.23

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, … read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Why don't you bang it against the wall a few times? That way, when you stop banging, it'll hurt less!"

-Raina Telgemeier, Smile (Smile, #1)

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3. Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Dork Diaries, #1)

By: Rachel Renée Russell

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

It's Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel! Meet Nikki Maxwell! She's starting eig… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Renée Russell's Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Dork Diaries, #1) book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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4. Number the Stars

By: Lois Lowry

4.00

Format: None pages,

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war.… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Number the Stars book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Wonder (Wonder #1) by R.J. Palacio

5. Wonder (Wonder #1)

By: R.J. Palacio

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August (Auggie) P… read more

Similar categories in R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1) book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan

6. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)

By: Rick Riordan

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition can be found . Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on … read more

Similar categories in Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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7. To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

By: Jenny Han

4.04

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crus… read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"It was over before I even had a chance."

-Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

"I hate change more than almost anything."

-Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

"It was the promise of maybe, maybe one day."

-Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

"Firsts are best because they are beginnings."

-Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

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8. Matilda

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“The Trunchbull” is no match for Matilda! Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be tru… read more

Similar categories in Roald Dahl's Matilda book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"If you are good life is good."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda

"You chose books. I chose looks."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda

"Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous..."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda

"She resented being told constantly that she was stupid, when she knew she wasn't."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda

9. The One and Only Ivan

By: Katherine Applegate , Patricia Castelao

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accu… read more

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10. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

By: Becky Albertalli

3.88

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical… read more

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11. Mere Christianity

By: C.S. Lewis

4.36

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explor… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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12. The Outsiders

By: S.E. Hinton

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Pon… read more

Similar categories in S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"We saw the same sunset."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Nothing sparkly can stay."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Things are rough all over."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Okay greasers, you've had it."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

Cover of The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) by Angie Thomas

13. The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

By: Angie Thomas

4.47

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062498533 can be found here. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carte… read more

Similar categories in Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Hoedom is universal."

-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

"But I'm tired of them just assuming."

-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

"A’ight, so what do you think it means?"

-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

"You need Saturday to recover and Sunday to repent."

-Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

14. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Boys don't keep diaries--or do they? The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new ser… read more

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15. The Fault in Our Stars

By: John Green

4.13

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been a… read more

Similar categories in John Green's The Fault in Our Stars book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"The marks humans leave are too often scars."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"I've gotten really hot since you went blind."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

16. Holes (Holes, #1)

By: Louis Sachar

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishmen… read more

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17. The Giver (The Giver, #1)

By: Lois Lowry

4.12

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's The Giver (The Giver, #1) book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Memories are forever."

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"Thnks fr th mmrs- Gabe"

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"Didn't life consist of the things you did each day?"

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"It's just that...without the memories, it's all meaningless."

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

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18. Everything, Everything

By: Nicola Yoon , None

3.97

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

My disease is as rare as it is famous. It’s a form of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, but basical… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"A photograph is a kind of time machine."

-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

"My guilt is an ocean for me to drown in."

-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

"Life is a gift. Don't forget to live it."

-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

"You're not living if you're not regretting."

-Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

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19. Charlotte’s Web

By: E.B. White , Garth Williams , Rosemary Wells

4.20

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic… read more

Similar categories in E.B. White's Charlotte’s Web book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Don't write about Man; write about a man."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"We take to the breeze, we go as we please."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"With the right words you can change the world."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

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20. The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity

By: William Paul Young

3.83

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and e… read more

Similar categories in William Paul Young's The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity book and R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1)

  • fiction
"Did I hear God call me an idiot? "

-William Paul Young, The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity

"Love is not the limitation; love is the flying."

-William Paul Young, The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity

"Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship."

-William Paul Young, The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity

"Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive."

-William Paul Young, The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity

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