11 must-read middle grade books like Where the River Runs Gold by Sita Brahmachari

Cover of Where the River Runs Gold by Sita Brahmachari

Where the River Runs Gold

By: Sita Brahmachari

3.80

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

Shifa and her brother, Themba, live in Kairos City with their father, Nabil. The few live in luxury…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Where the River Runs Gold by Sita Brahmachari , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Terror Kid

By: Benjamin Zephaniah

3.46

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Rico knows trouble. He knows the look of it and the sound of it. He also knows to stay away from it… read more

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2. The Girl of Ink and Stars

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.68

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, and the British Book Awards' Children's Book… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Girl of Ink and Stars book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
"India is a place where colour is doubly bright. Pinks that scald your eyes, blues you could drown in."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Girl of Ink and Stars

Cover of Moonlocket (The Cogheart Adventures, #2) by Becca Stadtlander, Peter Bunzl

3. Moonlocket (The Cogheart Adventures, #2)

By: Becca Stadtlander , Peter Bunzl

3.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's hard to escape the secrets from the past. Storm clouds gather over Lily and Robert's summer wh… read more

Similar categories in Becca Stadtlander's Moonlocket (The Cogheart Adventures, #2) book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

4. Who Let the Gods Out? (Who Let the Gods Out?, #1)

By: Maz Evans , Mary Evans

3.44

Format: 96 pages,

Elliot's mum is ill and his home is under threat, but a shooting star crashes to earth and changes … read more

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5. Kensuke's Kingdom

By: Michael Morpurgo , Michael Foreman

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Michael is washed up on an island in the Pacific after falling from his parent's yacht, the Pe… read more

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6. Journey to the River Sea

By: Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, En… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hawkes's Journey to the River Sea book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
"They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, 'Was it books in the trunk?' 'It was books, admitted Miss Minton. And Maia said, 'Good."

-Kevin Hawkes, Journey to the River Sea

7. Who Could That Be at This Hour? (All the Wrong Questions, #1)

By: Lemony Snicket , Seth

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The adventure began in a fading town. Far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket st… read more

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8. A Place Called Perfect

By: Karl James Mountford , Helena Duggan

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Violet never wanted to move to Perfect. Who wants to live in a town where everyone has to wear glas… read more

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9. Cogheart (The Cogheart Adventures, #1)

By: Peter Bunzl

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Paperback

Some secrets change the world in a heartbeat. . . . Lily's life is in mortal peril. Her father is m… read more

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10. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

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11. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cameron's Away With Words book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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12. HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

By: Josh Silver

4.04

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, 2024 Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2024 An Ama… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
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13. The House with Chicken Legs

By: Sophie Anderson

4.10

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sur… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The House with Chicken Legs book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"But it’s our duty as Yaga, living in this Yaga house, to talk to them and give them one last wonderful evening reliving their memories and celebrating their lives, before they pass through The Gate a…"

-Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs

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14. The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1)

By: Hannah Gold

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An instant classic with a bear-sized heart, Hannah Gold’s debut novel is a touching story of kindne… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1) book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • environment
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • nature
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15. High-rise Mystery

By: Sharna Jackson

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The detective duo everyone is dying to meet! Summer in London is hot, the hottest on record, an… read more

Similar categories in Sharna Jackson's High-rise Mystery book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2) by Josh  Silver

17. Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2)

By: Josh Silver

4.44

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Friends. Welcome to Elmhallow. Seb, along with a select group of participants, finds himself washed… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2) book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
Cover of Where the River Runs Gold by Sita Brahmachari

18. Where the River Runs Gold

By: Sita Brahmachari

3.80

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

Shifa and her brother, Themba, live in Kairos City with their father, Nabil. The few live in luxury… read more

Similar categories in Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • dystopia
  • environment
  • fiction
  • family
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • nature
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

19. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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20. Never Forget You

By: Jamila Gavin

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A stunning and heartbreaking new novel from Jamila Gavin, the bestselling ana award-winning author … read more

Similar categories in Jamila Gavin's Never Forget You book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • childrens
Cover of Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake

21. Nowhere on Earth

By: Nick Lake

3.61

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

It starts with a plane crash. There are survivors: a teenage girl and her little brother. They a… read more

Similar categories in Nick Lake's Nowhere on Earth book and Sita Brahmachari's Where the River Runs Gold

  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"her fury at being trapped, confined in so much huge emptiness"

-Nick Lake, Nowhere on Earth

"Because she of all people knew that fire had two faces: the one that said home, and the one that burned things down."

-Nick Lake, Nowhere on Earth

13 must-read fiction books like Where the River Runs Gold by Sita Brahmachari

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The Girl of Ink and Stars

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.68

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Moonlocket (The Cogheart Adventures, #2)

Becca Stadtlander , Peter Bunzl

3.45

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Journey to the River Sea

Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson

4.20

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Away With Words

Sophie Cameron

3.89

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Steady For This

Nathanael Lessore

3.90

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Safiyyah's War

Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

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Boy Like Me

Simon James Green

4.55

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How to Die Famous

Benjamin Dean

3.65

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