10 Best juvenile books like The Hope of Elephants by Amanda Rawson Hill

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The Hope of Elephants

By: Amanda Rawson Hill

4.52

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring coming-of-age novel in verse about weathering the uncertainty that comes with family i…

If you liked the juvenile plot in The Hope of Elephants by Amanda Rawson Hill , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4) book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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2. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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3. 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 Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Remember Us

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply in… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's Remember Us book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • sports
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5. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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6. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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7. The Probability of Everything

By: Sarah Everett

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Everett's The Probability of Everything book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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8. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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9. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

Cover of Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate  O'Shaughnessy

10. Lasagna Means I Love You

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Library Binding

What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's Lasagna Means I Love You book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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11. Lines of Courage

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.30

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futu… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Lines of Courage book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Dust by Dusti Bowling

12. Dust

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust. After Avalyn nearly die… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Dust book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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13. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • poetry
  • chapter books
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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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 Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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16. Golden Girl

By: Reem Faruqi

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle grade novel in verse about seventh grader Aafiyah Qamar, a Pakistani America… read more

Similar categories in Reem Faruqi's Golden Girl book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood

17. Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

By: Susan Hood

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her s… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • poetry
  • middle grade
Cover of The Road to After by Rebekah Lowell

18. The Road to After

By: Rebekah Lowell

4.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This poignant debut novel in verse is a portrait of healing, as a young girl rediscovers life and t… read more

Similar categories in Rebekah Lowell's The Road to After book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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19. Roll with It

By: Jamie Sumner

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The story of an irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when she… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Roll with It book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
Cover of A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar

20. A Seed in the Sun

By: Aida Salazar

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A farm working girl with big dreams meets activist Dolores Huerta and joins the 1965 protest for mi… read more

Similar categories in Aida Salazar's A Seed in the Sun book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of The Hope of Elephants by Amanda Rawson Hill

21. The Hope of Elephants

By: Amanda Rawson Hill

4.52

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring coming-of-age novel in verse about weathering the uncertainty that comes with family i… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants book and Amanda Rawson Hill's The Hope of Elephants

  • poetry
  • baseball
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • juvenile

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