18 Top middle grade books like August and Jones by Pip Harry

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August and Jones

By: Pip Harry

4.33

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She'…

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1. Sister Heart

By: Sally Morgan

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A young Aboriginal girl is taken from the north of Australia and sent to an institution in the dist… read more

Similar categories in Sally Morgan's Sister Heart book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade

2. Two Wolves

By: Tristan Bancks

3.40

Format: None pages,

One afternoon, police officers show up at Ben Silver's front door. Minutes after they leave, his pa… read more

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3. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Runt book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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4. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Scar Town book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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5. Cop and Robber

By: Tristan Bancks

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

If your mum was a cop and your dad was a crim who needed your help to commit a crime, would you do … read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
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6. Sick Bay

By: Nova Weetman

4.28

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's Sick Bay book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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7. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

Similar categories in Karen Comer's Grace Notes book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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8. We Are Wolves

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's We Are Wolves book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Books are treasure."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

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9. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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10. Silver Linings

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad Nettie… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Silver Linings book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"How can anyone eat now that Billy is gone? How can we even breathe?"

-Katrina Nannestad, Silver Linings

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11. The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart

By: Samera Kamaleddine

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Friendship, family and feelings collide in this sparkling middle-grade debut from Matilda Prize win… read more

Similar categories in Samera Kamaleddine's The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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12. Exit Through the Gift Shop

By: Maryam Master

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is disc… read more

Similar categories in Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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13. Waiting for the Storks

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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14. No Words

By: Maryam Master

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Hero doesn't feel like a hero, but sometimes she feels as if the universe is asking her to be one. … read more

Similar categories in Maryam Master's No Words book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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15. Aster's Good, Right Things (Aster, #1)

By: Kate Gordon

4.28

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

"I can’t let go of them – the good, right things—because if I do I’ll turn into a cloud and I’ll fl… read more

Similar categories in Kate Gordon's Aster's Good, Right Things (Aster, #1) book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • contemporary
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • health
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16. August and Jones

By: Pip Harry

4.33

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She'… read more

Similar categories in Pip Harry's August and Jones book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • contemporary
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • health
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17. The Way of Dog

By: Zana Fraillon

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A fiercely original verse novel from the ABIA and CBCA award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. … read more

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Way of Dog book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens
" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "

-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog

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18. The Raven's Song

By: Zana Fraillon

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A wonderful children's novel by two stellar writers featuring Shelby and Phoenix, living 100 years … read more

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Raven's Song book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
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19. Xavier in the Meantime

By: Kate Gordon

4.15

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Sometimes Xavier wakes up feeling hopeless. Every new doctor … this will fix it. Removing hi… read more

Similar categories in Kate Gordon's Xavier in the Meantime book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • contemporary
  • middle grade
  • health
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20. The Thing About Oliver

By: Deborah Kelly

4.34

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Sometimes I feel just like the glass in my fish tank— people look right through me. Twelve-year… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Kelly's The Thing About Oliver book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • childrens
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21. Evie and Rhino

By: Neridah McMullin

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When Evie finds a fully-grown rhinoceros washed up on a beach, she feels an immediate connection an… read more

Similar categories in Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino book and Pip Harry's August and Jones

  • middle grade
  • childrens

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