29 best-selling middle grade books like What We Saw: A Thriller by Mary Downing Hahn

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What We Saw: A Thriller

By: Mary Downing Hahn

3.53

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A chilling murder mystery lies at the heart of this page-turning thriller about a missing teacher,…

If you liked the middle grade plot in What We Saw: A Thriller by Mary Downing Hahn , here is a list of 29 books like this:

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1. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's Attack of the Black Rectangles book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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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 Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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3. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

By: Lisa Yee

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"

-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

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4. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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5. Darkroom

By: K.R. Alexander

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In the latest chiller from million-copy-seller K.R. Alexander, author of THE COLLECTOR and THE FEAR… read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's Darkroom book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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7. The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1)

By: Alyson Gerber

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A USA TODAY bestseller! Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the pr… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Gerber's The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1) book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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9. The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Colin and Nevaeh, whose parents own rival junk-removal businesses, uncover mysteries hidden in atti… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1) book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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10. What Lives in the Woods

By: Lindsay Currie

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the decrepit Woodmoor Manor…where something in the woods is always watching. From the au… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's What Lives in the Woods book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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11. Camp Scare

By: Delilah S. Dawson

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An eerie, twisty ghost story about twelve-year-old Parker, who only wanted a summer of fun and new … read more

Similar categories in Delilah S. Dawson's Camp Scare book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • horror
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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13. Ablaze

By: Christopher Krovatin

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Christopher Krovatin is on fire with his latest horror thriller for Scholastic. Aly Theland doesn't… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Krovatin's Ablaze book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
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14. What Stays Buried

By: Suzanne Young

4.09

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Calista Wynn will lose her ability to speak with the dead on her thirteenth birthda… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Young's What Stays Buried book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • horror
  • mystery
  • juvenile
"The same love that bound people together could sometimes be a barrier when it turned to grief."

-Suzanne Young, What Stays Buried

"All the love you’ve been holding in—the kind that’s mixed with grief and hurt, you let it out and set us free."

-Suzanne Young, What Stays Buried

"Sometimes, Calista could feel the grief as if it seeped down from the previous generation — sadness as a hereditary condition."

-Suzanne Young, What Stays Buried

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15. It Found Us

By: Lindsay Currie

3.97

Format: 274 pages, None

From the author of Scritch Scratch and The Girl in White comes a new spooky mystery about a girl de… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's It Found Us book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • horror
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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16. Deep Water

By: Jamie Sumner

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An impactful, gripping middle grade novel in verse from acclaimed author Jamie Sumner that spans on… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Deep Water book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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17. Gravebooks (Nightbooks, #2)

By: J.A. White

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Return to the world of Nightbooks . . . if you dare. Dead stories—and dead witches—are back to haun… read more

Similar categories in J.A. White's Gravebooks (Nightbooks, #2) book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
Cover of What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski

18. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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19. 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 Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
"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

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20. The Undrowned

By: K.R. Alexander

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In too deadly.In too deep.Samantha and Rachel used to be friends. But then Rachel betrayed Samantha… read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's The Undrowned book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Follow Me by K.R.  Alexander

21. Follow Me

By: K.R. Alexander

3.96

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A new house brings new horrors and new ghosts in this spine tingler from K.R. Alexander. It's st… read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's Follow Me book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
  • thriller
Cover of Wait Till Helen Comes: A Graphic Novel by Scott Peterson

22. Wait Till Helen Comes: A Graphic Novel

By: Scott Peterson

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In this graphic novel adaptation of master horror storyteller Mary Downing Hahn's spookiest and mos… read more

Similar categories in Scott Peterson's Wait Till Helen Comes: A Graphic Novel book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • horror
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23. Concealed

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ivette Joanna And now: Katrina Whatever her name is, it won't last long. Katrina doesn't k… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Concealed book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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24. Hands

By: Torrey Maldonado

4.06

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The author of What Lane? and Tight delivers a fast-paced read that packs a punch about a boy figuri… read more

Similar categories in Torrey Maldonado's Hands book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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25. Speak For Me (Saddleback Classics)

By: K.R. Alexander

3.85

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

From kid horror master K.R. Alexander, the story of a virtual friend that puts the fright into stag… read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's Speak For Me (Saddleback Classics) book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • horror
Cover of What We Saw: A Thriller by Mary Downing Hahn

26. What We Saw: A Thriller

By: Mary Downing Hahn

3.53

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A chilling murder mystery lies at the heart of this page-turning thriller about a missing teacher,… read more

Similar categories in Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • juvenile
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27. Extra Normal

By: Kate Alice Marshall

4.25

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

It's hard to fight the supernatural when you're naturally "un-super." This chilling middle grade is… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's Extra Normal book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • horror
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Cursed Cruise (Horror Hotel, #2) by Victoria Fulton

28. Cursed Cruise (Horror Hotel, #2)

By: Victoria Fulton

3.53

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

From the authors of Horror Hotel , called "fast-paced and freaky" by #1 NYT bestselling author Kend… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Fulton's Cursed Cruise (Horror Hotel, #2) book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Sunrise Nights by Jeff Zentner

29. Sunrise Nights

By: Jeff Zentner

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in v… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's Sunrise Nights book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Love seems to die around me."

-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights

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30. The Frindle Files

By: Andrew Clements

4.55

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

One last gift to teachers and readers from Andrew Clements: A sequel to his most beloved, landmark … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Clements's The Frindle Files book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • audiobook
Cover of A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga

31. A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

By: Jasmine Warga

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Ho… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall book and Mary Downing Hahn's What We Saw: A Thriller

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • juvenile

24 best-selling audiobook books like What We Saw: A Thriller by Mary Downing Hahn

Transform Your Habits

Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Transform Your Habits

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

Alan Gratz

4.24

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17 must-read fiction books like Camp Scare by Delilah S. Dawson

Transform Your Habits

Darkroom

K.R. Alexander

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Thirteens (Thirteens, #1)

Kate Alice Marshall

3.97

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Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5)

Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

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The Mystery of Locked Rooms

Lindsay Currie

4.03

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