20 Top middle grade books like My Life as a Potato by Arianne Costner

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My Life as a Potato

By: Arianne Costner

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ben Hardy believes he's cursed by potatoes. And now he's moved to Idaho, where the school's mascot …

If you liked the middle grade plot in My Life as a Potato by Arianne Costner , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Clean Getaway

By: Nic Stone

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a middle grade road-trip story through Ameri… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Clean Getaway book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. Efrén Divided

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Pura Belpré Award! “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel … read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Efrén Divided book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's City Spies (City Spies #1) book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

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4. Black Brother, Black Brother

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age stor… read more

Similar categories in Jewell Parker Rhodes's Black Brother, Black Brother book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • audiobook
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5. Iceberg

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Iceberg book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg

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6. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3) book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. 96 Miles

By: J.L. Esplin

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Dad always said if things get desperate, it’s okay to drink the water in the toilet. I never though… read more

Similar categories in J.L. Esplin's 96 Miles book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"But the thing is, if you do survive, when it's all said and done, you still have to live with yourself."

-J.L. Esplin, 96 Miles

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8. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

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9. The Canyon's Edge

By: Dusti Bowling

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father g… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's The Canyon's Edge book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

By: Lora Senf

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces , this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A. Craig, New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Lora Senf's The Clackity (Blight Harbor) book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Time made the missing different, but it didn't make it go away."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

"I'd gotten so close, so close to being the hero of my own story..."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

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11. 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 Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Lines of Courage

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.30

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futu… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Lines of Courage book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Hoops: A Graphic Novel

By: Matt Tavares

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the histo… read more

Similar categories in Matt Tavares's Hoops: A Graphic Novel book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • basketball
  • fiction
  • sports
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14. Glitch

By: Laura Martin

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel. Regan Fi… read more

Similar categories in Laura Martin's Glitch book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Albert Einstein one said that everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it would spend its whole life believing it's stupid."

-Laura Martin, Glitch

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15. Bloom

By: Kenneth Oppel

3.96

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

The invasion begins--but not as you'd expect. It begins with rain. Rain that carries seeds. Seeds t… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth Oppel's Bloom book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon

16. The Season of Styx Malone

By: Kekla Magoon

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene are excited to have adventures in the woods behind th… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's The Season of Styx Malone book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Sometimes you don't ever find out what someone else is thinking."

-Kekla Magoon, The Season of Styx Malone

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17. History Smashers: The Mayflower

By: Kate Messner

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Myths! Lies! Secrets! Smash the stories behind famous moments in history and expose the hidden trut… read more

Similar categories in Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Mayflower book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Whispering Pines (Whispering Pines, #1) by Heidi Lang

18. Whispering Pines (Whispering Pines, #1)

By: Heidi Lang

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young boy and girl who must protect their small town from otherworldly forces threatening to dest… read more

Similar categories in Heidi Lang's Whispering Pines (Whispering Pines, #1) book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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19. My Life as a Potato

By: Arianne Costner

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ben Hardy believes he's cursed by potatoes. And now he's moved to Idaho, where the school's mascot … read more

Similar categories in Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • basketball
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Out of My Dreams (The Out of My Mind Series) by Sharon M. Draper

20. Out of My Dreams (The Out of My Mind Series)

By: Sharon M. Draper

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Melody flies to London to speak at a convention about differently abled kids in this stunning seque… read more

Similar categories in Sharon M. Draper's Out of My Dreams (The Out of My Mind Series) book and Arianne Costner's My Life as a Potato

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

18 Best fiction books like My Life as a Potato by Arianne Costner

Transform Your Habits

Clean Getaway

Nic Stone

3.98

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Efrén Divided

Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

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City Spies (City Spies #1)

James Ponti

4.31

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Black Brother, Black Brother

Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.18

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Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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City Spies (City Spies #1)

James Ponti

4.31

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Penny Draws a Best Friend (Penny Draws #1)

Sara Shepard

4.27

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Darcy Miller

3.75

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