19 Top middle grade books like Tales to Keep You Up at Night by Dan Poblocki

Cover of Tales to Keep You Up at Night by Dan Poblocki

Tales to Keep You Up at Night

By: Dan Poblocki

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits, comes a spectacul…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Tales to Keep You Up at Night by Dan Poblocki , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The Beatryce Prophecy

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A magical medieval tale from two masters, Newbery Medal-winning Kate DiCamillo and Caldecott Medal-… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Beatryce Prophecy book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Once there was a mermaid."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy

"Let her have her dangerous will."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy

"Nothing is more terrifying to evil than joy."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy

"Mark that it is dangerous. Trouble has a very long tail."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy

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2. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

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3. 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 Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett

4. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

By: Mac Barnett

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As seen on The TODAY Show! New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning… read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. Gladys the Magic Chicken

By: Adam Rubin

4.11

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A picture book about a chicken who unexpectedly finds herself on an epic journey during Ancient Tim… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rubin's Gladys the Magic Chicken book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • fantasy
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) by Dhonielle Clayton

6. The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)

By: Dhonielle Clayton

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Author Dhonielle Clayton makes her middle-grade debut with a fantasy adventure set in a global magi… read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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7. New Dragon City

By: Mari Mancusi

4.15

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

No one predicted the dragon apocalypse. The dragons came suddenly and decimated the world as we kne… read more

Similar categories in Mari Mancusi's New Dragon City book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

Similar categories in Varsha Bajaj's Thirst book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Last Beekeeper

By: Pablo Cartaya

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Last Beekeeper follows twelve-year-old Yolanda Cicerón as she fights to the save the last known… read more

Similar categories in Pablo Cartaya's The Last Beekeeper book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1) by Stuart Gibbs

11. Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade series about a peasant boy who wants to be a knight.Tim is just a peasant, but he dr… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1) book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in … read more

Similar categories in Pam Muñoz Ryan's Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure by Megan Wagner Lloyd

13. Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

When her cherished Ma Millie falls ill, a timid housecat ventures into the wild to seek help in thi… read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Leave It to Plum! by Matt Phelan

14. Leave It to Plum!

By: Matt Phelan

3.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

“An instant hit.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books “A splendid hullabaloo at the zoo.”… read more

Similar categories in Matt Phelan's Leave It to Plum! book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) by Christina Soontornvat

15. 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 Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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16. Black Boy Joy

By: Kwame Mbalia

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate the joys of Black boyhood with stories from seventeen bestselling, critically acclaimed B… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Mbalia's Black Boy Joy book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Tales to Keep You Up at Night by Dan Poblocki

17. Tales to Keep You Up at Night

By: Dan Poblocki

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits, comes a spectacul… read more

Similar categories in Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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18. The Cursed Moon

By: Angela Cervantes

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated author Angela Cervantes' brand new novel combines a chilling ghost story with her award-… read more

Similar categories in Angela Cervantes's The Cursed Moon book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Indelible Ann: The Larger-Than-Life Story of Governor Ann Richards by Meghan P. Browne

19. Indelible Ann: The Larger-Than-Life Story of Governor Ann Richards

By: Meghan P. Browne

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A folksy, larger-than-life picture book biography about Ann Richards, the late governor of Texas wh… read more

Similar categories in Meghan P. Browne's Indelible Ann: The Larger-Than-Life Story of Governor Ann Richards book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • childrens
Cover of Daybreak on Raven Island by Fleur T. Bradley

20. Daybreak on Raven Island

By: Fleur T. Bradley

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Midnight at the Barclay Hotel comes a thrilling new middle … read more

Similar categories in Fleur T. Bradley's Daybreak on Raven Island book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of The Polter-Ghost Problem by Betsy Uhrig

21. The Polter-Ghost Problem

By: Betsy Uhrig

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Three best friends discover a haunted orphanage and get swept up in ghoulish shenanigans in this “l… read more

Similar categories in Betsy Uhrig's The Polter-Ghost Problem book and Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night

  • middle grade
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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