21 Best middle grade books like The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders

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The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

By: Taryn Souders

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Grady and his dad learn that the town oddball, Eudora "Kooky" Klinch left something for them i…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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 Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. The Superteacher Project

By: Gordon Korman

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart and The Unteachables, comes a hilarious new s… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Superteacher Project book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"I understand," he announces finally. "It's because I'm‒different." Paul is amazed. "You learned that from the internet?" "Not directly Mr. Aidact explains. "But I accessed a database of books and mov…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

"Your jokes aren't even funny. What is this thing, anyway?' 'That's the beauty of it!' Oliver crows. 'It's nothing‒just some piece of junk from he supply closet. But you're freaking out because it cou…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

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4. 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 Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
"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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5. New Dragon City

By: Mari Mancusi

4.15

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

No one predicted the dragon apocalypse. The dragons came suddenly and decimated the world as we kne… read more

Similar categories in Mari Mancusi's New Dragon City book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The International House of Dereliction

By: Jacqueline Davies

4.04

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

In this not-so-scary ghost story from Jacqueline Davies, bestselling author of the Lemonade War ser… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Davies's The International House of Dereliction book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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7. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1)

By: Janet Sumner Johnson

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee in a last-ditch effort to save their f… read more

Similar categories in Janet Sumner Johnson's Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1) book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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9. The Girl in White

By: Lindsay Currie

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sweet Molly once lived in Eastport Sweet Molly once loved the sea Sweet Molly lost Liam to the sh… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Girl in White book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Life doesn't always give us the choices we want. All we can do is make the best of things."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

"Speaking up for people who don’t have a voice is important...It's the right thing to do, even if it's hard."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

Cover of Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros

10. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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11. Hear Me

By: Kerry O'Malley Cerra

4.30

Format: None pages, None

This #ownvoices contemporary middle-grade novel follows twelve-year-old Rayne who, at odds with her… read more

Similar categories in Kerry O'Malley Cerra's Hear Me book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Do you ever wish you could hear?" "I can hear. I just listen differently than you." hardcover page 270"

-Kerry O'Malley Cerra, Hear Me

"Mr. Lazar says, "Hearing loss is just that, a loss. It can be just as traumatic as losing a loved one or a pet, and it takes time to move on. So I wonder, have you all really given yourselves, and es…"

-Kerry O'Malley Cerra, Hear Me

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12. Fake

By: Ele Fountain

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A thrillingly paced, timely novel about identity and our digital lives from the award-winning autho… read more

Similar categories in Ele Fountain's Fake book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • family
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13. Over and Out

By: Jenni L. Walsh

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The story of a young girl from Cold War East Berlin forced to spy for the secret police... but who … read more

Similar categories in Jenni L. Walsh's Over and Out book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts (Kelcie Murphy, #1) by Erika  Lewis

14. Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts (Kelcie Murphy, #1)

By: Erika Lewis

4.06

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Brimming with Celtic mythology, action, and danger, Erika Lewis's Kelcie Murphy and The Academy for… read more

Similar categories in Erika Lewis's Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts (Kelcie Murphy, #1) book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders

15. The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

By: Taryn Souders

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Grady and his dad learn that the town oddball, Eudora "Kooky" Klinch left something for them i… read more

Similar categories in Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • death
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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16. The Ruby Code

By: Jessica Khoury

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Jessica Khoury comes a high-action sci-fi adventure about a video game AI come to life. Warcro… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Khoury's The Ruby Code book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • juvenile
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Every enemy can be beaten. All you need is the right team at your back."

-Jessica Khoury, The Ruby Code

"VR addictions take it to a new level. People are found dead everyday in their beds or couches, with their VR helmets still on, their games still running. They die of starvation, thirst, heart attacks…"

-Jessica Khoury, The Ruby Code

Cover of It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds

17. It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit

By: Justin A. Reynolds

3.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway has concocted his most genius plan ever to avoid chores... es… read more

Similar categories in Justin A. Reynolds's It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Dude, I haven't even picked the sleep outta my eyeball crevices yet. Like this can't be life."

-Justin A. Reynolds, It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit

"Mom made me watch this boring documentary where this kid my age - twelve, if it matters to you - is hand-scrubbing clothes against a block of wood for hours, which, ugh, brutal. And you wanna know ho…"

-Justin A. Reynolds, It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit

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18. Roll for Initiative

By: Jaime Formato

4.32

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Dungeons & Dragons, Raina Telgemeier, and Jessica Kim, a heartfelt coming-of-ag… read more

Similar categories in Jaime Formato's Roll for Initiative book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of How to Stay Invisible by Maggie C. Rudd

19. How to Stay Invisible

By: Maggie C. Rudd

4.39

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

My Side of the Mountain meets How to Steal a Dog in this high-stakes and heartfelt middle-grade sto… read more

Similar categories in Maggie C. Rudd's How to Stay Invisible book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of To Catch a Thief by Martha Brockenbrough

20. To Catch a Thief

By: Martha Brockenbrough

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Urchin Beach isn’t the sort of place where bad things happen. The little seaside town is too lucky … read more

Similar categories in Martha Brockenbrough's To Catch a Thief book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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21. Adrift

By: Tanya Guerrero

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of All You Knead Is Love and How to Make Friends with the Sea, an upper middle grad… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Guerrero's Adrift book and Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile

20 Top fiction books like The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders

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Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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A Work in Progress

Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Transform Your Habits

The Superteacher Project

Gordon Korman

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Good Different

Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

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7 best-selling school books like Fake by Ele Fountain

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Away With Words

Sophie Cameron

3.89

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A Work in Progress

Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Transform Your Habits

The Superteacher Project

Gordon Korman

4.25

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Falling Short

Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

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