20 best-selling middle grade books like The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1) by Alexandra Overy

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The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

By: Alexandra Overy

3.94

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“A magical tale, brimming with heart." —Anne Ursu, National Book Award–long-listed author of  The T…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1) by Alexandra Overy , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

1. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Weeping Tide (Wilderlore, #2) by Amanda Foody

2. The Weeping Tide (Wilderlore, #2)

By: Amanda Foody

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Barclay and his friends must save an island city from the Legendary Beast of the Sea in this second… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Foody's The Weeping Tide (Wilderlore, #2) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1) by Julie Abe

3. Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

By: Julie Abe

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A young witch must pass a coming-of-age quest or risk losing her magic forever.Sometimes all you ne… read more

Similar categories in Julie Abe's Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
"Sometimes all you need is a pinch of magic...."

-Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

"The afternoon glow danced on the water as the sun slowly dipped below the horizon."

-Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

"The scent of ink and freshly printed paper swirled invitingly in the air as I followed my parents into the bookshop."

-Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

"We remember shooting stars for their shine, not the darkness of the night. Trying to wish away grief extinguishes those memories that glow so bright."

-Julie Abe, Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch (Eva Evergreen, #1)

Cover of The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1) by Zohra Nabi

4. The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1)

By: Zohra Nabi

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Aru Shah meets One Thousand and One Nights in this lavish middle grade adventure following a girl w… read more

Similar categories in Zohra Nabi's The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2) by B.B. Alston

5. Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2)

By: B.B. Alston

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestsel… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1) by Marthe Jocelyn

6. The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

By: Marthe Jocelyn

3.92

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Aggie Morton lives in a small town on the coast of England in 1902. Adventurous and imaginative but… read more

Similar categories in Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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7. The Ever Storms (Wilderlore, #3)

By: Amanda Foody

4.44

Format: None pages, None

Barclay and his friends find new dangers and fresh adventure when they encounter mysterious sandsto… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Foody's The Ever Storms (Wilderlore, #3) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett

8. The Grace of Wild Things

By: Heather Fawcett

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables—with magic and witches!—that explo… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • retellings
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
"And though she'd always liked reading about faraway places, wasn't it also nice, she asked, to have somebody make you see all the beautiful things right under your nose?"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"Eavesdropping is not a virtue in a young lady," Mrs Crumley said. "Is it a virtue in an old lady?" Grace demanded, her temper flaring. "You seem to learn half your gossip that way."

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"The world was a different place once. People didn’t own forests when I was a girl. Forests simply were. We witches could drift from place to place, from wood to wood, weaving cottages from magic and …"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

Cover of Sparrow Rising (Skyborn, #1) by Jessica Khoury

9. Sparrow Rising (Skyborn, #1)

By: Jessica Khoury

4.41

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Un monde où les humains ont des ailes ! Alors qu'elle participe à un concours pour devenir appre… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Khoury's Sparrow Rising (Skyborn, #1) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"When the rules are designed to break you, you have to break the rules"

-Jessica Khoury, Sparrow Rising (Skyborn, #1)

"Wenn die Regeln dazu gemacht sind dich zu brechen, dann musst du die Regeln brechen."

-Jessica Khoury, Sparrow Rising (Skyborn, #1)

Cover of The Bellwoods Game by Celia Krampien

10. The Bellwoods Game

By: Celia Krampien

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Hocus Pocus , this “beautifully creepy” ( Kirkus Reviews ), high… read more

Similar categories in Celia Krampien's The Bellwoods Game book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1) by Kiersten White

11. Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1)

By: Kiersten White

3.75

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

A middle-grade mystery series that's spooky, creepy, and filled with gothic twists! Meet the Sinist… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Greymist Fair by Francesca Zappia

12. Greymist Fair

By: Francesca Zappia

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The people of Greymist Fair know that the woods are a dangerous and magical place, and that they sh… read more

Similar categories in Francesca Zappia's Greymist Fair book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter

13. Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

By: Caela Carter

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An own voices story that shines a light on how one girl's learning differences are neither right no… read more

Similar categories in Caela Carter's Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Dear Mothman by Robin Gow

14. Dear Mothman

By: Robin Gow

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Poet and author Robin Gow’s moving middle-grade novel in verse Dear Mothman is about a young trans … read more

Similar categories in Robin Gow's Dear Mothman book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch (Eva Evergreen, #2) by Julie Abe

15. Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch (Eva Evergreen, #2)

By: Julie Abe

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From this day forward, we will believe in the impossible. Eva Evergreen has fulfilled her dream … read more

Similar categories in Julie Abe's Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch (Eva Evergreen, #2) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
Cover of The Princess Protection Program (The Princess Protection Program #1) by Alex London

16. The Princess Protection Program (The Princess Protection Program #1)

By: Alex London

3.59

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Every fairy tale ends with its characters living happily ever after, right? A valiant prince quests… read more

Similar categories in Alex London's The Princess Protection Program (The Princess Protection Program #1) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • fairy tales
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
"Princess! It is not safe here any longer!" he called. "Are you? Umm... finished with your... umm..." He didn't know how to ask his royal bride-to-be if she was done pooping."

-Alex London, The Princess Protection Program (The Princess Protection Program #1)

Cover of The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) by Christina Soontornvat

17. The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.18

Format: 151 pages, Hardcover

From two-time Newbery honor recipient Christina Soontornvat comes a compelling new young middle gra… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"There is no shortcut to becoming what you already are. Don't try to be powerful, be strong, be magical. You cannot be a Guardian-you cannot be anything -if you can't just be ."

-Christina Soontornvat, The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)

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18. Spell Sweeper

By: Lee Edward Födi

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Most students at Dragonsong Academy spend their days practicing spells and wielding wands, but afte… read more

Similar categories in Lee Edward Födi's Spell Sweeper book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1) by Alexandra Overy

19. The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

By: Alexandra Overy

3.94

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“A magical tale, brimming with heart." —Anne Ursu, National Book Award–long-listed author of  The T… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
Cover of Into the Shadow Mist (Legends of Lotus Island #2) by Christina Soontornvat

20. Into the Shadow Mist (Legends of Lotus Island #2)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.19

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From two-time Newbery honor recipient Christina Soontornvat comes a compelling new young middle gra… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's Into the Shadow Mist (Legends of Lotus Island #2) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Wildseed Witch (Wildseed Witch #1) by Marti Dumas

21. Wildseed Witch (Wildseed Witch #1)

By: Marti Dumas

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Hasani’s post-seventh-grade summer to-do list is pretty simple: get a bigger following for her make… read more

Similar categories in Marti Dumas's Wildseed Witch (Wildseed Witch #1) book and Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy

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4.20

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4.35

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Julie Abe

4.12

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Zohra Nabi

4.13

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The Adventurers Guild (The Adventurers Guild, #1)

Nick Eliopulos , Zack Loran Clark

4.11

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Pari Thomson

4.20

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Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2)

A.F. Steadman

4.39

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Lisa McMann

4.38

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