16 Top childrens books like Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1) by Katryn Bury

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Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

By: Katryn Bury

4.09

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

In this modern take on Harriet the Spy , twelve-year-old Drew uses her true crime expertise to catc…

If you liked the childrens plot in Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1) by Katryn Bury , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Ellen Outside the Lines

By: A.J. Sass

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a neurodivergent thirteen-year-old navigating changing friendships, a school trip, an… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Sass's Ellen Outside the Lines book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Not every person fits neatly into categories. Life doesn't always stick to a planned itinerary."

-A.J. Sass, Ellen Outside the Lines

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2. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's Attack of the Black Rectangles book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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3. The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

By: Shawn Peters

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Packed with superheroes, supervillains, and epic showdowns between good and evil, The Unforgettable… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Peters's The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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5. 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 Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Tumble

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more

Similar categories in Celia C. Pérez's Tumble book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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8. 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 Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

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

-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott

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9. Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

By: Susan Hood

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her s… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • middle grade
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10. Those Kids from Fawn Creek

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same--until Orchid Mason arrives. This contempor… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller

13. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

By: Tae Keller

4.17

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A story about a girl who is alienated by her friends . . . for believing in aliens. Sometimes m… read more

Similar categories in Tae Keller's Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"I had to make her understand that this mattered--what people thought had everything to do with who she was. Because how do we know who we are without knowing our place in the world?"

-Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

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14. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. Air

By: Monica Roe

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An action-packed, empowering middle grade novel about a girl who has to speak up when her wheelchai… read more

Similar categories in Monica Roe's Air book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Ellie Engle Saves Herself

By: Leah Johnson

4.13

Format: 288 pages, None

Ellie Engle doesn’t stand out. Not at home, where she’s alone with her pet fish since her dad moved… read more

Similar categories in Leah Johnson's Ellie Engle Saves Herself book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Egypt's Fire (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves, #1) by Tom      Phillips

17. Egypt's Fire (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves, #1)

By: Tom Phillips

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Accused of stealing a rare ruby, a down-on-his luck twelve-year-old is swept into the orbit of the … read more

Similar categories in Tom Phillips's Egypt's Fire (The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves, #1) book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us by Katherine  Locke

18. This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us

By: Katherine Locke

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

The first LGBTQIA+ anthology for middle-graders featuring stories for every letter of the acronym, … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Locke's This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • lgbt
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1) by Katryn Bury

19. Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

By: Katryn Bury

4.09

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

In this modern take on Harriet the Spy , twelve-year-old Drew uses her true crime expertise to catc… read more

Similar categories in Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1) book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet by Barbara Dee

20. Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet

By: Barbara Dee

4.17

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Haven Jacobs can’t stop thinking about the climate crisis. In fact, her anxiety abo… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. Undercover Latina

By: Aya de León

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Latina teen spy goes undercover as a white girl to stop a white supremacist terrorist plot in a f… read more

Similar categories in Aya de León's Undercover Latina book and Katryn Bury's Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook

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A.J. Sass

4.37

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Amy Sarig King

4.21

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Shawn Peters

4.03

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Rebecca Burgess

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Alyson Noel

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Claribel A. Ortega

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Kayla Miller

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