31 Top middle grade books like The Plot to Kill a Queen by Deborah Hopkinson

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The Plot to Kill a Queen

By: Deborah Hopkinson

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson comes a mystery about a young girl's quest to foil a pl…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Plot to Kill a Queen by Deborah Hopkinson , here is a list of 31 books like this:

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1. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Slugfest book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Puppets of Spelhorst book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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4. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"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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6. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

Similar categories in Charles Waters's Mascot book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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9. Remember Us

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply in… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's Remember Us book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

By: Lisa Yee

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"

-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

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11. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • 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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12. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • 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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13. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"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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15. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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16. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Alebrijes

By: Donna Barba Higuera

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning T… read more

Similar categories in Donna Barba Higuera's Alebrijes book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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19. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

4.08

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's Not Quite a Ghost book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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22. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

23. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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24. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

By: Adam Gidwitz

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II by Candace Fleming

25. Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II

By: Candace Fleming

4.15

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave an… read more

Similar categories in Candace Fleming's Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • childrens
  • british literature
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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26. Hope in the Valley

By: Mitali Perkins

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Can Pandita weave hope from the past into the present to heal herself, her family, and the future o… read more

Similar categories in Mitali Perkins's Hope in the Valley book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

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

27. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • 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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28. Light and Air

By: Mindy Nichols Wendell

4.34

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1935, and tuberculosis is ravaging the nation. Everyone is afraid of this deadly respiratory i… read more

Similar categories in Mindy Nichols Wendell's Light and Air book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Plot to Kill a Queen by Deborah Hopkinson

29. The Plot to Kill a Queen

By: Deborah Hopkinson

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson comes a mystery about a young girl's quest to foil a pl… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen book and Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • british literature
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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30. 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 Deborah Hopkinson's The Plot to Kill a Queen

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel by Christopher Lincoln

31. The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel

By: Christopher Lincoln

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel adventure in which two siblings, a mysterious Night Librarian, and a motley cast of… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

29 must-read fiction books like The Plot to Kill a Queen by Deborah Hopkinson

Transform Your Habits

Slugfest

Gordon Korman

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Nothing Else But Miracles

Kate Albus

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Puppets of Spelhorst

Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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20 Top fiction books like The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

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