13 must-read juvenile books like The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold

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The Year I Flew Away

By: Marie Arnold

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this magical middle-grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isn’t the perfect…

If you liked the juvenile plot in The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass

1. Ellen Outside the Lines

By: A.J. Sass

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a neurodivergent thirteen-year-old navigating changing friendships, a school trip, an… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Sass's Ellen Outside the Lines book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Not every person fits neatly into categories. Life doesn't always stick to a planned itinerary."

-A.J. Sass, Ellen Outside the Lines

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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 Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Timid

By: Jonathan Todd

3.57

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

A semiautobiographical middle-grade graphic novel about frenemies, fitting in, and finding your voi… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Todd's Timid book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) by Shawn  Peters

4. The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

By: Shawn Peters

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Packed with superheroes, supervillains, and epic showdowns between good and evil, The Unforgettable… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Peters's The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. Willodeen

By: Katherine Applegate

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . . Eleven-year-old Willode… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Willodeen book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"Mostly I avoided the Faire, with its teeming crowds that made me feel like I was being smothered. So much noise! So much forced merrymaking! Often I would see children there, ones I recognized from m…"

-Katherine Applegate, Willodeen

Cover of Top Story (Front Desk, #5) by Kelly Yang

6. Top Story (Front Desk, #5)

By: Kelly Yang

4.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Front Desk series continues! Mia Tang is at the top of her game! … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Top Story (Front Desk, #5) book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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7. Unsettled

By: Reem Faruqi

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, hopeful immigration story of Nurah and her family, who move from Karachi, Pakistan, to … read more

Similar categories in Reem Faruqi's Unsettled book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Elf Dog and Owl Head

By: M.T. Anderson

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Anderson's Elf Dog and Owl Head book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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9. Root Magic

By: Eden Royce

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"A poignant, necessary entry into the children's literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the hist… read more

Similar categories in Eden Royce's Root Magic book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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11. The One Thing You'd Save

By: Linda Sue Park

3.94

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores… read more

Similar categories in Linda Sue Park's The One Thing You'd Save book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Ages ago my gran knitted a sweater for my dad. He wore it and wore it and wore it right out. Then my other gran, who lives with us, unraveled it and knitted a new sweater for me. So I'd save that swe…"

-Linda Sue Park, The One Thing You'd Save

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12. Maya and the Robot

By: Eve L. Ewing

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated middle grade novel about a forgotten homemade robot who comes to life just when aspi… read more

Similar categories in Eve L. Ewing's Maya and the Robot book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) by Kelly Yang

14. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Finally Heard (Finally Seen #2)

By: Kelly Yang

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes the sequel to Finally Seen in which … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Heard (Finally Seen #2) book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1) by John David  Anderson

16. Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1)

By: John David Anderson

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The first book in a coming-of-age sci-fi duology about Leo, a kid trying to navigate the galaxy in … read more

Similar categories in John David Anderson's Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1) book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of You Only Live Once, David Bravo by Mark Oshiro

17. You Only Live Once, David Bravo

By: Mark Oshiro

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Middle school is the worst, especially for David Bravo. He doesn’t have a single class with his bes… read more

Similar categories in Mark Oshiro's You Only Live Once, David Bravo book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold

18. The Year I Flew Away

By: Marie Arnold

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this magical middle-grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isn’t the perfect… read more

Similar categories in Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • audiobook
  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Violet and Jobie in the Wild by Lynne Rae Perkins

19. Violet and Jobie in the Wild

By: Lynne Rae Perkins

3.89

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medal winner Lynne Rae Perkins introduces Violet and Jobie, two house mice relocated to the… read more

Similar categories in Lynne Rae Perkins's Violet and Jobie in the Wild book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of The Wrong Way Home by Kate  O'Shaughnessy

20. The Wrong Way Home

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Library Binding

Twelve-year-old Fern believes she's living a noble life--but what if everything she's been told is … read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's The Wrong Way Home book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Shark Summer

By: Ira Marcks

3.76

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

When a Hollywood film crew arrives on Martha's Vineyard with a mechanical shark and a youth film co… read more

Similar categories in Ira Marcks's Shark Summer book and Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile

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