16 Best middle grade books like A Slip of a Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff

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A Slip of a Girl

By: Patricia Reilly Giff

3.98

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching novel in verse about a poor girl surviving the Irish Land Wars, by a two-time New…

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1. The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase (The Candymakers, #2)

By: Wendy Mass

4.25

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The highly-anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Candymakers by beloved au… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase (The Candymakers, #2) book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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2. Thimble Summer

By: Elizabeth Enright

3.75

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

When Garnet finds a silver thimble in the sand by the river, she is sure it’s magical. But is it ma… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Enright's Thimble Summer book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"Garnet was very happy. She was so happy, for no especial reason, that she felt as if she must move carefully so she wouldn’t jar or shake the feeling of happiness. She descended from the roof cautiou…"

-Elizabeth Enright, Thimble Summer

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3. Magic for Marigold

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.69

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in L.M. Montgomery's Magic for Marigold book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. By the Great Horn Spoon!

By: Sid Fleischman

4.48

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

For fans of theI Survivedseries--a rollicking adventure from the California Gold Rush! When Jack's … read more

Similar categories in Sid Fleischman's By the Great Horn Spoon! book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Listening for Lions

By: Gloria Whelan , Brett Helquist

3.00

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

"If you are among evil people, you must be like the lion, gathering strength and awaiting your time… read more

Similar categories in Gloria Whelan's Listening for Lions book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Breaking Stalin's Nose

By: Eugene Yelchin

3.84

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

One of Horn Book's Best Fiction Books of 2011 Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet You… read more

Similar categories in Eugene Yelchin's Breaking Stalin's Nose book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile

7. Illegal: A graphic novel telling one boy's epic journey to Europe

By: Eoin Colfer , Andrew Donkin , Giovanni Rigano

4.25

Format: 432 pages,

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8. The Good Master

By: Kate Seredy

4.14

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Jancsi is overjoyed to hear that his cousin from Budapest is coming to spend the summer on his fath… read more

Similar categories in Kate Seredy's The Good Master book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
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9. Understood Betsy

By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to he… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Canfield Fisher's Understood Betsy book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face. "Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-gr…"

-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy

10. Navigating Early

By: Clare Vanderpool

3.67

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

At the end of World War II, Jack Baker, a landlocked Kansas boy, is suddenly uprooted after his mot… read more

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11. A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

By: Richard Peck

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influen… read more

Similar categories in Richard Peck's A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1) book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

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12. 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 Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
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13. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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14. Nowhere Boy

By: Katherine Marsh

4.34

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brus… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's Nowhere Boy book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
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15. Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II

By: Sonia Purnell

3.82

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A young readers adaptation of Sonia Purnell's New York Times bestselling book A Woman of No Importa… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Purnell's Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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16. Finding Junie Kim

By: Ellen Oh

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A story of family, hope, and survival, inspired by the author's mother’s real-life experiences duri… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's Finding Junie Kim book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
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17. Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1)

By: Janet Sumner Johnson

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee in a last-ditch effort to save their f… read more

Similar categories in Janet Sumner Johnson's Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1) book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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18. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1)

By: Rey Terciero

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Little Women with a twist: four sisters from a blended family experience the challenges and triumph… read more

Similar categories in Rey Terciero's Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Beth, you have such great potential. Please accept this gift and foster your voice."

-Rey Terciero, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1)

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19. A Slip of a Girl

By: Patricia Reilly Giff

3.98

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching novel in verse about a poor girl surviving the Irish Land Wars, by a two-time New… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • ireland
  • juvenile
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20. The Opt-Out Family: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can't

By: Erin Loechner

4.41

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Discover a new and hopeful path forward as you consider your family's approach to social media, scr… read more

Similar categories in Erin Loechner's The Opt-Out Family: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can't book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

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21. It Wasn't Me

By: Dana Alison Levy

3.87

Format: None pages, ebook

The Breakfast Club meets middle school mystery in this story of six very different seventh graders … read more

Similar categories in Dana Alison Levy's It Wasn't Me book and Patricia Reilly Giff's A Slip of a Girl

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

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The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase (The Candymakers, #2)

Wendy Mass

4.25

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Elizabeth Enright

3.75

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Magic for Marigold

L.M. Montgomery

3.69

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Sid Fleischman

4.48

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Transform Your Habits

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Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Transform Your Habits

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Arley Nopra

4.16

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Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

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