20 Best middle grade books like The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1) by Lev Grossman

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The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

By: Lev Grossman

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Dear Uncle Herbert,You've never met me, but I'm your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday tomorr…

"Privately Kate thought that for a guy in a banana-yellow suit he was turning out to be a pretty sharp operator."

-Lev Grossman, The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

"For a certain kind of person there is literally nothing nicer than eating breakfast by yourself on a moving train with a good book."

-Lev Grossman, The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1) by Lev Grossman , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. Just Like Jackie

By: Lindsey Stoddard

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary middle grade debut about an unforgettable heroine and her unconventional family. I… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Stoddard's Just Like Jackie book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

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2. 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 Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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3. The Lion of Mars

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's The Lion of Mars book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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4. Letters from Cuba

By: Ruth Behar

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Behar's Letters from Cuba book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Amelia Six

By: Kristin L. Gray

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Amelia Earhart’s famous aviator goggles go missing and eleven-year-old Millie has to find them befo… read more

Similar categories in Kristin L. Gray's The Amelia Six book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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6. Finding Langston

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome

4.34

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

In a debut historical novel about the Great Migration a boy discovers Chicago's postwar South Side … read more

Similar categories in Lesa Cline-Ransome's Finding Langston book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It's better to read in the library. Sitting at my favorite table by the window reading and listening to the sound of other folks turning pages makes me feel like I'm in a house full of company I don'…"

-Lesa Cline-Ransome, Finding Langston

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7. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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8. Brave Like That

By: Lindsey Stoddard

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Find yourself. Find your place. Find your brave. This uplifting tale, which award-winning author… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Stoddard's Brave Like That book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Stella (Best Friends Dog Tales, #1)

By: McCall Hoyle

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Even dogs deserve a second chance. Ever since she was a puppy, Stella was trained to use her power… read more

Similar categories in McCall Hoyle's Stella (Best Friends Dog Tales, #1) book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1) by Lev Grossman

10. The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

By: Lev Grossman

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Dear Uncle Herbert,You've never met me, but I'm your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday tomorr… read more

Similar categories in Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1) book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"Privately Kate thought that for a guy in a banana-yellow suit he was turning out to be a pretty sharp operator."

-Lev Grossman, The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

"For a certain kind of person there is literally nothing nicer than eating breakfast by yourself on a moving train with a good book."

-Lev Grossman, The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

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11. Five Things About Ava Andrews

By: Margaret Dilloway

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A story about a shy eleven-year-old who learns to manage her anxiety through improv classes—and dis… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Dilloway's Five Things About Ava Andrews book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter (The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, #1) by Aaron Reynolds

12. The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter (The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, #1)

By: Aaron Reynolds

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Rex Dexter is itching to have a dog. He was practically born to have one. His name is Rex, for cryi… read more

Similar categories in Aaron Reynolds's The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter (The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, #1) book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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13. Imaginary: A Novel

By: Lee Bacon

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Lee Bacon’s poignant, humorous, and breathtaking Imaginary is an inventive story of friendship, los… read more

Similar categories in Lee Bacon's Imaginary: A Novel book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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14. Clues to the Universe

By: Christina Li

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is buildi… read more

Similar categories in Christina Li's Clues to the Universe book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Why had I ever thought my dad would be the superhero? Mom had been standing in front of me all along, holding our world up on her shoulders."

-Christina Li, Clues to the Universe

"Those were just successes. But how many failures did the scientists have to see? How many times did their rockets not orbit the planet, or not take off at all? How many times had they dreamed about l…"

-Christina Li, Clues to the Universe

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15. The Million Dollar Race

By: Matthew Ross Smith

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Follow a speedy kid from an unconventional family who will do whatever it takes to win an internati… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Ross Smith's The Million Dollar Race book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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16. Ruby in the Sky

By: Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Ruby Moon Hayes and her mother move to Vermont, Ruby’s goal is to stay as sile… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo's Ruby in the Sky book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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17. Don't Check Out This Book!

By: Kate Klise

4.06

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Is the sweet town of Appleton ripe for scandal? Consider the facts:        Appleton Elementary Sch… read more

Similar categories in Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book! book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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18. Knights vs. Dinosaurs

By: Matt Phelan

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Let me tell you a secret about the Knights of the Round Table: they don’t have much to do. The real… read more

Similar categories in Matt Phelan's Knights vs. Dinosaurs book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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19. A Galaxy of Sea Stars

By: Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo

4.36

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

At a time when everything in her small town of Seaside, Rhode Island, seems like it’s changing, ele… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo's A Galaxy of Sea Stars book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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20. Every Missing Piece

By: Melanie Conklin

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Maddy Gaines sees danger everywhere she looks: at the bus stop, around the roller rink, in the wood… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Conklin's Every Missing Piece book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • juvenile
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21. Starting from Seneca Falls

By: Karen Schwabach

3.80

Format: 240 pages, Library Binding

Celebrate the centennial of the 19th amendment with another historical novel about women's suffrage… read more

Similar categories in Karen Schwabach's Starting from Seneca Falls book and Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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