20 Best middle grade books like Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1) by Julie C. Dao

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Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

By: Julie C. Dao

3.96

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A rollicking, action-packed adventure of laser tag and fierce sibling rivalries, Team Chu and the B…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1) by Julie C. Dao , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. A Dash of Trouble (Love Sugar Magic, #1)

By: Anna Meriano

3.41

Format: 549 pages, Hardcover

The novel follows a girl who discovers that she comes from a long and distinguished line of brujas … read more

Similar categories in Anna Meriano's A Dash of Trouble (Love Sugar Magic, #1) book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction

2. The Great Shelby Holmes (The Great Shelby Holmes, #1)

By: Elizabeth Eulberg

4.07

Format: None pages,

Meet spunky sleuth Shelby and her sports-loving sidekick Watson as they take on a dog-napper in thi… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Eulberg's The Great Shelby Holmes (The Great Shelby Holmes, #1) book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

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3. Speak Up!

By: Rebecca Burgess

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

For fans of Click and Brave, this touching coming-of-age middle grade graphic novel debut follows … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Burgess's Speak Up! book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Insiders

By: Mark Oshiro

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Three kids who don’t belong. A room that shouldn’t exist. A year that will change everything. Pe… read more

Similar categories in Mark Oshiro's The Insiders book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Be yourself. Be over the top. Outlast them. Show them that no amount of fear will ever make you chance who you are."

-Mark Oshiro, The Insiders

"Be yourself. Be over the top. Outlast them. Show them that no amount of fear will ever make you change who you are."

-Mark Oshiro, The Insiders

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5. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Answers in the Pages

By: David Levithan

4.32

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from t… read more

Similar categories in David Levithan's Answers in the Pages book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We are who we are, and we'll be who we'll be. A book can make us feel that, but it can't invent that. It's already inside us."

-David Levithan, Answers in the Pages

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7. Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

By: Muhammad Najem

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A teenage boy risks his life to tell the truth in this gripping graphic memoir by youth activist Mu… read more

Similar categories in Muhammad Najem's Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • middle grade
  • family
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8. Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

By: Leslie Gentile

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

It’s the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleve… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Wingbearer (Wingbearer, #1) by Marjorie M. Liu

9. Wingbearer (Wingbearer, #1)

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A young girl must stop a threat to her magical world in this epic graphic novel from New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Marjorie M. Liu's Wingbearer (Wingbearer, #1) book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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10. This Appearing House

By: Ally Malinenko

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks a… read more

Similar categories in Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. Three Strike Summer

By: Skyler Schrempp

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Four starred reviews! A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Selection A Horn Book Magazine Be… read more

Similar categories in Skyler Schrempp's Three Strike Summer book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Honestly Elliott

By: Gillian McDunn

4.33

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes finding yourself can be a little messy. Elliott has been struggling since starting mid… read more

Similar categories in Gillian McDunn's Honestly Elliott book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
"The goal isn't perfection- the goal is making something new. (pg. 18)"

-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott

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13. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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14. If You Read This

By: Kereen Getten

3.80

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Brie was younger, her mama would surprise her with treasure hunts around their town. After she… read more

Similar categories in Kereen Getten's If You Read This book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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15. Shine On, Luz Véliz!

By: Rebecca Balcárcel

4.28

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful coming-of-age story for fans of Front Desk and Merci Suárez Changes Gears , this book c… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Balcárcel's Shine On, Luz Véliz! book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The self is not discovered, but created."

-Rebecca Balcárcel, Shine On, Luz Véliz!

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16. Orca Rescue!: The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer

By: Donna Sandstrom

4.54

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A captivating account of the only successful orca rescue and reunion in history told in first perso… read more

Similar categories in Donna Sandstrom's Orca Rescue!: The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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17. The Lock-Eater

By: Zack Loran Clark

3.97

Format: None pages, None

For fans of Nevermoor and Howl's Moving Castle comes an epic middle grade fantasy about a girl with… read more

Similar categories in Zack Loran Clark's The Lock-Eater book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1) by Julie C. Dao

18. Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

By: Julie C. Dao

3.96

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A rollicking, action-packed adventure of laser tag and fierce sibling rivalries, Team Chu and the B… read more

Similar categories in Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1) book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

By: K. Tempest Bradford

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A backyard adventure-mystery. Eleven-year-old Ruby is a Black girl who loves studying insects an… read more

Similar categories in K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. We Are Family

By: LeBron James

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Kids have big dreams. And when those dreams are on the line, how far are they willing to go to achi… read more

Similar categories in LeBron James's We Are Family book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Hope in Hopetown by Maria Tureaud

21. The Last Hope in Hopetown

By: Maria Tureaud

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about one girl’s dilemma over the decision to save her vampire parents or do what’s r… read more

Similar categories in Maria Tureaud's The Last Hope in Hopetown book and Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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