31 best-selling middle grade books like Twin Cities by José Pimienta

Cover of Twin Cities by José Pimienta

Twin Cities

By: José Pimienta

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Being twins means having a best friend forever . . . But when one twin goes to school in Mexico and…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Twin Cities by José Pimienta , here is a list of 31 books like this:

Cover of Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

1. Swim Team

By: Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Swim Team book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

2. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

3. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

Cover of Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

4. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

Cover of Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5) by Jennifer L. Holm

5. Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5)

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling SUNNY series continues as Sunny finds herself in the spotlight in a … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5) book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Squished: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd

6. Squished: A Graphic Novel

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

From the Eisner-nominated duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a fun new graphic novel … read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Squished: A Graphic Novel book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Freestyle: A Graphic Novel by Gale Galligan

7. Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

By: Gale Galligan

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan, a fun, high-energy graphic novel about friend… read more

Similar categories in Gale Galligan's Freestyle: A Graphic Novel book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • school
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
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8. 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 José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • school
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Curlfriends: New in Town (Curlfriends, #1) by Sharee Miller

9. Curlfriends: New in Town (Curlfriends, #1)

By: Sharee Miller

4.26

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

New Kid meets The Baby-sitters Club in this graphic novel series opener about the Curlfriends, four… read more

Similar categories in Sharee Miller's Curlfriends: New in Town (Curlfriends, #1) book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • school
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
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10. Duel

By: Jessixa Bagley

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rivalry between sisters culminates in a fencing duel in this funny and emotional debut graphic no… read more

Similar categories in Jessixa Bagley's Duel book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • school
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee

11. Growing Pangs

By: Kathryn Ormsbee

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

New grade. New friends. New worries? Introducing a graphic novel about friendship, anxiety, and gro… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Ormsbee's Growing Pangs book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1) by Rex Ogle

12. Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1)

By: Rex Ogle

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and findi… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1) book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
Cover of Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang

13. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo

14. Miss Quinces

By: Kat Fajardo

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anythin… read more

Similar categories in Kat Fajardo's Miss Quinces book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
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15. Ride On

By: Faith Erin Hicks

4.04

Format: 224 pages, None

In Ride On, this middle grade graphic novel from Faith Erin Hicks, twelve-year-old Victoria is burn… read more

Similar categories in Faith Erin Hicks's Ride On book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of School Trip (New Kid, #3) by Jerry Craft

16. School Trip (New Kid, #3)

By: Jerry Craft

4.20

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, L… read more

Similar categories in Jerry Craft's School Trip (New Kid, #3) book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Hoops: A Graphic Novel by Matt Tavares

17. 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 José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • school
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of The Cool Code (The Cool Code, 1) by Deirdre Langeland

18. The Cool Code (The Cool Code, 1)

By: Deirdre Langeland

4.06

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In this funny and heartfelt slice-of-life graphic novel for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Kayla Mill… read more

Similar categories in Deirdre Langeland's The Cool Code (The Cool Code, 1) book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
"In real life, there are no do-overs."

-Deirdre Langeland, The Cool Code (The Cool Code, 1)

Cover of Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1) by Wendy Mass

19. Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1)

By: Wendy Mass

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Can a virtual reality headset help change the way twelve-year-old Addie looks at things? Introd… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1) book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
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20. Play Like a Girl

By: Misty Wilson

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Debut author Misty Wilson chronicles her seventh-grade experience as the only girl on her town’s fo… read more

Similar categories in Misty Wilson's Play Like a Girl book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
"There was no way the boys were gonna keep me on the sidelines. If they could play football, so could I. I was just gonna have to sign up, too."

-Misty Wilson, Play Like a Girl

Cover of Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos

21. Isla to Island

By: Alexis Castellanos

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This stunning wordless graphic novel follows a young girl in the 1960s who immigrates from Cuba to … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Castellanos's Isla to Island book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Smaller Sister by Maggie Edkins Willis

22. Smaller Sister

By: Maggie Edkins Willis

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Maggie Edkins Willis's Smaller Sister is a debut middle grade graphic novel about body image, confi… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Edkins Willis's Smaller Sister book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Buzzing by Samuel Sattin

23. Buzzing

By: Samuel Sattin

4.18

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A moving middle grade graphic novel about friendship, belonging, and learning to love yourself desp… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Sattin's Buzzing book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Sunshine: A Graphic Novel by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

24. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Sunshine: A Graphic Novel book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • family
Cover of Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1) by Sarah Sax

25. Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1)

By: Sarah Sax

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Library Binding

Everyone knows the most stressful day of middle school is picture day ! And that's exactly where th… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sax's Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1) book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • school
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen

26. 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 José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
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27. Mabuhay!

By: Zachary Sterling

3.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From rising star Zachary Sterling comes a humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel that… read more

Similar categories in Zachary Sterling's Mabuhay! book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of The Tryout (The Tryout #1) by Christina Soontornvat

28. The Tryout (The Tryout #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

STAND TALL. BE LOUD. GAME FACE ON. When cheerleading tryouts are announced, Christina and … read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Tryout (The Tryout #1) book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
Cover of Enlighten Me (A Graphic Novel) by Minh Lê

29. Enlighten Me (A Graphic Novel)

By: Minh Lê

4.01

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Minh Lê and New York Times bestselling illustrator Chan Chau team up for a fun… read more

Similar categories in Minh Lê's Enlighten Me (A Graphic Novel) book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Next Stop by Debbie Fong

30. Next Stop

By: Debbie Fong

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Stand-alone debut Next Stop is a heartfelt graphic-novel from award-winning illustrator Debbie Fong… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Fong's Next Stop book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Twin Cities by José Pimienta

31. Twin Cities

By: José Pimienta

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Being twins means having a best friend forever . . . But when one twin goes to school in Mexico and… read more

Similar categories in José Pimienta's Twin Cities book and José Pimienta's Twin Cities

  • childrens
  • school
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family

25 must-read fiction books like Twin Cities by José Pimienta

Transform Your Habits

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Frizzy

Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5)

Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Squished: A Graphic Novel

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

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16 must-read fiction books like Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

Transform Your Habits

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Allergic

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Frizzy

Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Squished: A Graphic Novel

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

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