15 must-read middle grade books like The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1) by Maria Kuzniar

Cover of The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1) by Maria Kuzniar

The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

By: Maria Kuzniar

4.16

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Aleja whiles away her days in her family's dusty tavern in Seville, dreaming of distant lands and b…

"These stories fed her dreams."

-Maria Kuzniar, The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1) by Maria Kuzniar , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

1. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Unfamiliar, Vol. 2 (Unfamiliar, #2) by Haley Newsome

2. Unfamiliar, Vol. 2 (Unfamiliar, #2)

By: Haley Newsome

4.09

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Based on the hit webcomic, Unfamiliar Volume 2  continues the exciting witchy adventures of Planche… read more

Similar categories in Haley Newsome's Unfamiliar, Vol. 2 (Unfamiliar, #2) book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
Cover of Willow Moss & the Lost Day (Starfell, #1) by Dominique Valente

3. Willow Moss & the Lost Day (Starfell, #1)

By: Dominique Valente

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Misfit witch Willow Moss holds the fate of the magical world of Starfell in her rather unremarkable… read more

Similar categories in Dominique Valente's Willow Moss & the Lost Day (Starfell, #1) book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Geleende zorgen. Zo noemde haar vader dat. Hij zei altijd dat de god Wol elke dag voor voldoende problemen zorgde om je mee bezig te houden en dat het geen zin had om ook de zorgen van morgen te lene…"

-Dominique Valente, Willow Moss & the Lost Day (Starfell, #1)

Cover of Willow Moss & the Forgotten Tale (Starfell, #2) by Dominique Valente

4. Willow Moss & the Forgotten Tale (Starfell, #2)

By: Dominique Valente

4.17

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Willow Moss, the youngest and least powerful sister in a family of witches, recently saved the worl… read more

Similar categories in Dominique Valente's Willow Moss & the Forgotten Tale (Starfell, #2) book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup by Andy Sagar

5. Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup

By: Andy Sagar

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Yesterday Crumb is no ordinary girl. She was born with fox ears that have cursed her to a lonely li… read more

Similar categories in Andy Sagar's Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of Midnight in Everwood by M.A. Kuzniar

6. Midnight in Everwood

By: M.A. Kuzniar

3.56

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

There’s nothing Marietta Stelle loves more than ballet, but after Christmas, her dreams will be ove… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Kuzniar's Midnight in Everwood book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Magic is without reason."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Midnight in Everwood

"It is in the stars that we shall meet again."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Midnight in Everwood

"Ballet resides in your bones; it courses through your blood. For a dancer, it is the very essence of our identity, stripped down to its rawest, most intrinsic parts; you cannot leave it behind no mor…"

-M.A. Kuzniar, Midnight in Everwood

Cover of Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2) by B.B. Alston

7. Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2)

By: B.B. Alston

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestsel… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2) book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • paranormal
Cover of The Tower at the End of Time by Amy Sparkes

8. The Tower at the End of Time

By: Amy Sparkes

4.00

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

Adventurous, magical and brilliantly funny sequel to The House at the Edge of Magic. Nine and he… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sparkes's The Tower at the End of Time book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Thief Who Sang Storms by Sophie   Anderson

9. The Thief Who Sang Storms

By: Sophie Anderson

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The Island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. The humans live on one side of the island, and… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The Thief Who Sang Storms book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Sabotage on the Solar Express (Adventures on Trains, #5) by M.G. Leonard

10. Sabotage on the Solar Express (Adventures on Trains, #5)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.45

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Miljardären och tågentusiasten August Reza har bjudit in Hal och Nat på invigningen av det prisvinn… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Sabotage on the Solar Express (Adventures on Trains, #5) book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Book of Stolen Dreams by David Farr

11. The Book of Stolen Dreams

By: David Farr

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, awe-inspiring debut from a master storyteller writing for children for the first t… read more

Similar categories in David Farr's The Book of Stolen Dreams book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Upon a Frosted Star by M.A. Kuzniar

12. Upon a Frosted Star

By: M.A. Kuzniar

3.58

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When the snow falls, she will be free… The invitations always arrive the same way – without warn… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Kuzniar's Upon a Frosted Star book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"...magic does not belong solely to the young."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"...all I want, all I could ever need, is you."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"A life was so fragile, spun from magic impossible to understand..."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"For their was no finer family than the one you had chosen yourself."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

Cover of The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes

13. The House at the Edge of Magic

By: Amy Sparkes

3.72

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Nine is an orphan pickpocket determined to escape her life in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures. Whe… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sparkes's The House at the Edge of Magic book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1) by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

14. The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

By: Jack Meggitt-Phillips

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Beauty comes at a price. And no one knows that better than Ebenezer Tweezer, who has stayed beautif… read more

Similar categories in Jack Meggitt-Phillips's The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1) book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"ren’t you going to say ‘Whoa!’ or ‘Gosh!’?"

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

"It can be rather a nasty shock when you realize that you’ve been behaving badly."

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

"Yes, I am a handsome devil, and yes, I can do it! After all, what’s three days in the life of a 511-year-old anyway?"

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

"A good night’s sleep can do wonders for the brain. It can help sharpen your thinking, and if you are lucky, it can bring you answers to the most troublesome questions."

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

Cover of The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1) by Maria Kuzniar

15. The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

By: Maria Kuzniar

4.16

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Aleja whiles away her days in her family's dusty tavern in Seville, dreaming of distant lands and b… read more

Similar categories in Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1) book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • pirates
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"These stories fed her dreams."

-Maria Kuzniar, The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

Cover of Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5) by Robin Stevens

16. Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5)

By: Robin Stevens

4.17

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new short story collection in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unl… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's Once Upon a Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #6.5, 8.5) book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons (Adenashire, #2) by J. Penner

17. A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons (Adenashire, #2)

By: J. Penner

4.03

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Spilling the tea has never been so cozy…In the quaint town of Adenashire, Doli Butterbuckle, a peop… read more

Similar categories in J. Penner's A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons (Adenashire, #2) book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Willow Moss and the Magic Thief (Starfell, #4) by Dominique Valente

18. Willow Moss and the Magic Thief (Starfell, #4)

By: Dominique Valente

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The fourth book in the magical Starfell series, starring misfit witch Willow Moss. Starfell is o… read more

Similar categories in Dominique Valente's Willow Moss and the Magic Thief (Starfell, #4) book and Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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 Maria Kuzniar's The Ship of Shadows (The Ship of Shadows #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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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