21 best-selling middle grade books like A Sky Full of Song by Susan Lynn Meyer

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A Sky Full of Song

By: Susan Lynn Meyer

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

 North Dakota, 1905   After fleeing persecution in the Russian Empire, eleven-year-old Shoshana a…

If you liked the middle grade plot in A Sky Full of Song by Susan Lynn Meyer , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's Nothing Else But Miracles book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
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2. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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3. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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4. 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 Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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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5. 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 Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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6. Uprising

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Lidia is outside her grandfather's house when planes fly overhead, bearing the Nazi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Uprising book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. 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 Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"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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8. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. 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 Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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10. 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 Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Amil and the After

By: Veera Hiranandani

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A hopeful and heartwarming story about finding joy after hardship, Amil and the After is a companio… read more

Similar categories in Veera Hiranandani's Amil and the After book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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12. Across So Many Seas

By: Ruth Behar

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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13. 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 Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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14. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bowen Cohen's Two Tribes book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • jewish
Cover of The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman by Mari Lowe

15. The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman

By: Mari Lowe

3.86

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

SHAINDY is a twelve-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl who struggles in school and has no good friends. … read more

Similar categories in Mari Lowe's The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • middle grade
  • religion
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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16. The Jake Show

By: Joshua S. Levy

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In Joshua S. Levy's middle grade novel, a Jewish seventh grade boy is caught between the worlds of … read more

Similar categories in Joshua S. Levy's The Jake Show book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of A Sky Full of Song by Susan Lynn Meyer

17. A Sky Full of Song

By: Susan Lynn Meyer

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

 North Dakota, 1905   After fleeing persecution in the Russian Empire, eleven-year-old Shoshana a… read more

Similar categories in Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • cats
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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18. 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 Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko

19. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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20. Faker

By: Gordon Korman

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey know… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Faker book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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21. Not So Shy

By: Noa Nimrodi

4.55

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Shai hates everything about moving to America from Israel. She's determined to come… read more

Similar categories in Noa Nimrodi's Not So Shy book and Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • jewish

20 must-read fiction books like A Sky Full of Song by Susan Lynn Meyer

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Nothing Else But Miracles

Kate Albus

4.11

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Good Different

Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

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Iceberg

Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

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The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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Slugfest

Gordon Korman

4.24

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Ellen Outside the Lines

A.J. Sass

4.37

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Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

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4.52

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