16 best-selling middle grade books like The Wall Between Us by Dan Smith

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The Wall Between Us

By: Dan Smith

4.23

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

Berlin, 1961. Anja and Monika are best friends – they even share a cat called Otto. When a huge bar…

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1. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • middle grade
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2. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

Similar categories in Hiba Noor Khan's Safiyyah's War book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
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3. A Work in Progress

By: Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” ( Publishers Weekly , starr… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett Lerner's A Work in Progress book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • middle grade
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4. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

Similar categories in Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • middle grade
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5. Spellstone

By: Ross Montgomery

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Evie is used to not being noticed. But when she meets the mysterious Wainwright, she discovers that… read more

Similar categories in Ross Montgomery's Spellstone book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • middle grade
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6. Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2)

By: Hannah Gold

4.54

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unmissable follow-up to the award-winning  The Last Bear— perfect for fans of Rosanne Parry and… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2) book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • middle grade
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7. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • middle grade
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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8. Northern Soul

By: Phil Earle

4.10

Format: 102 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning author Phil Earle comes the hilariously agonising account of one teenage boy’s d… read more

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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 Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • middle grade
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10. Until The Road Ends

By: Phil Earle

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky T… read more

Similar categories in Phil Earle's Until The Road Ends book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
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11. The Little Match Girl Strikes Back

By: Emma Carroll

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

It only takes one strike! A powerful feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, fro… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's The Little Match Girl Strikes Back book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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12. Code Name Kingfisher

By: Liz Kessler

4.58

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time… read more

Similar categories in Liz Kessler's Code Name Kingfisher book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
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13. Where the Heart Should Be

By: Sarah Crossan

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It is 1846 and Ireland is starving. The potatoes are black, people are dying and in the midst of… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crossan's Where the Heart Should Be book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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14. Fight Back

By: A.M. Dassu

4.20

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An empowering story about finding your identity and the courage to fight for it. Aaliyah is an o… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Dassu's Fight Back book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • middle grade
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15. Last One to Die

By: Cynthia Murphy

3.36

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

A supernatural thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end. Packed with voice-driven wh… read more

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16. The Wall Between Us

By: Dan Smith

4.23

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

Berlin, 1961. Anja and Monika are best friends – they even share a cat called Otto. When a huge bar… read more

Similar categories in Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
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17. The Wrong Shoes: The vital new novel from the bestselling creator of Big Bright Feelings

By: Tom Percival

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful and sensitive exploration of the experience of child poverty from leading author/illust… read more

Similar categories in Tom Percival's The Wrong Shoes: The vital new novel from the bestselling creator of Big Bright Feelings book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

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18. How To Be More Hedgehog

By: Anne-Marie Conway

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lily has a stammer. The signal between her brain and her mouth is all messed up - and it's getting … read more

Similar categories in Anne-Marie Conway's How To Be More Hedgehog book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • middle grade
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19. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • middle grade
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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20. Race to the Death (Circus Maximus, #1)

By: Annelise Gray

4.25

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and c… read more

Similar categories in Annelise Gray's Race to the Death (Circus Maximus, #1) book and Dan Smith's The Wall Between Us

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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21. When the Wild Calls (Where the World Turns Wild, #2)

By: Nicola Penfold

4.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

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