5 Best middle grade books like Apple in the Middle by Dawn Quigley

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Apple in the Middle

By: Dawn Quigley

3.66

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

Apple Starkington turned her back on her Native American heritage the moment she was called a racia…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Apple in the Middle by Dawn Quigley , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Scumble (Savvy, #2) by Ingrid Law

1. Scumble (Savvy, #2)

By: Ingrid Law

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Nine years after Mibs's Savvy journey, her cousin Ledge has just turned thirteen . . . But Ledger K… read more

Similar categories in Ingrid Law's Scumble (Savvy, #2) book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • coming of age
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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2. Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

By: Kirby Larson

4.02

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, 16-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travel… read more

Similar categories in Kirby Larson's Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1) book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • teen
  • coming of age
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Home is not a building, but a feeling of belonging."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"Sometimes it takes a big dream to wake up a small town."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"I will have to rely on that painful teacher, experience."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"Sometimes the biggest battles we face are within ourselves."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

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3. The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites

By: Dr. Seuss

3.61

Format: 160 pages,

A toe-tapper babies will love--the classic Seussian book about opposites: "Wet foot, dry foot. Low … read more

Similar categories in Dr. Seuss's The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • fiction

4. My Name is Not Easy

By: Debby Dahl Edwardson

4.67

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

Luke knows his I'nupiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. He knows he'll have to leave… read more

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5. Savvy (Savvy, #1)

By: Ingrid Law

0.00

Format: 126 pages,

For generations, the Beaumont family has harbored a magical secret. They each possess a "savvy" -a … read more

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6. Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1)

By: Jennifer Donnelly

3.83

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Serafina, daughter of Isabella, Queen of Miromara, has been raised with the expectation - and burde… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Donnelly's Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1) book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Serafina, Ava, Ling, and Becca swam inside. Neela followed them, but at the very last second, shield. “I can’t,"

-Jennifer Donnelly, Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1)

"You fear you will fail at the very thing you were born for. And your fear torments you...instead of shunning your fear, you must let it speak and listen carefully to what it's trying to tell you. It …"

-Jennifer Donnelly, Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1)

"I know why this place creeps me out," Neela suddenly said. "There aren't any children here." "Of course there aren't," Josephine said. "Rorrim Drol hates children." "Why?" Neela asked. "Because they'…"

-Jennifer Donnelly, Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1)

"Daughter of Merrow, leave your sleep, The ways of childhood no more to keep. The dream will die, a nightmare rise, Sleep no more, child, open your eyes... Daughter of Merrow, chosen one, The end begi…"

-Jennifer Donnelly, Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1)

Cover of Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2) by Marcie R. Rendon

7. Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2)

By: Marcie R. Rendon

3.98

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Nothing in Renee Blackbear’s world had prepared her for college or for the hurt that happens in the… read more

Similar categories in Marcie R. Rendon's Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2) book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • fiction
"But this is the country I know. This Valley. This river. This flat land that goes on forever. The dang wind chill every winter. The wind blowing across this prairie we bend over and walk into. We get…"

-Marcie R. Rendon, Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2)

"Happens more than we want to know. There are Indian kids, just like your brother, heck just like me, all over this Valley. Fostered out, adopted out, working their fingers to the bone--heck, many of …"

-Marcie R. Rendon, Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2)

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8. Flamer

By: Mike Curato

4.32

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graph… read more

Similar categories in Mike Curato's Flamer book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
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9. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

By: James Patterson

3.92

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more

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"Different books speak to us at different times."

-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

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10. The Canyon's Edge

By: Dusti Bowling

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father g… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's The Canyon's Edge book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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11. Warrior Girl Unearthed

By: Angeline Boulley

4.34

Format: 396 pages, Hardcover

Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that wa… read more

Similar categories in Angeline Boulley's Warrior Girl Unearthed book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • native american
  • young adult
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Some friendships can endure anything."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"Sometimes you need to protect your heart from the pain."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"Everything is connected. The past. The future. The beginning and ending."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"You jump, and I'll catch you. Every time. I'm your ride or die, niijiikwe."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

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12. All That We Have Lost

By: Suzanne Fortin

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Papa always told us that to be brave doesn't mean you have no fear. It just means you can move for… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Fortin's All That We Have Lost book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • fiction
Cover of Rez Ball by Byron Graves

13. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • native american
  • young adult
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice by Bryan Stevenson

14. Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice

By: Bryan Stevenson

4.50

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy--soon to be a … read more

Similar categories in Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • middle grade
"The power of just mercy is that it belongs to the undeserving. It's when mercy is least expected that it's most powerful."

-Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice

"My work has taught me a vital lesson. Each of us is more than the worse thing we've done. I am persuaded that the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice."

-Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice

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15. The Black Kids

By: Christina Hammonds Reed

4.03

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. It’s the end of senior year and they’re… read more

Similar categories in Christina Hammonds Reed's The Black Kids book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Nobody calls boys sluts."

-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids

"It's not just about Rodney. It's about all of us."

-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids

"They don't fucking see us even when they're looking right at us."

-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids

"Sometimes when you want to disappear, it's easiest to hide in music."

-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids

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16. Walking in Two Worlds (The Floraverse)

By: Wab Kinew

3.51

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

An Indigenous teen girl is caught between two worlds, both real and virtual, in the YA fantasy debu… read more

Similar categories in Wab Kinew's Walking in Two Worlds (The Floraverse) book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
  • indigenous
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17. The Backbone of the World

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.93

Format: 54 pages, Kindle Edition

An American Indian woman’s past and future collide in unthinkable ways in this richly imagined shor… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Backbone of the World book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • fiction
  • indigenous
Cover of The Rule of One (The Rule of One, #1) by Ashley Saunders

18. The Rule of One (The Rule of One, #1)

By: Ashley Saunders

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

In their world, telling the truth has become the most dangerous crime of all. In the near-future… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Saunders's The Rule of One (The Rule of One, #1) book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
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19. Looking for Smoke

By: K.A. Cobell

4.27

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Since moving to the Blackfeet Reservation with her parents, Mara Racette has felt like an outsider,… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Cobell's Looking for Smoke book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • indigenous
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20. Apple in the Middle

By: Dawn Quigley

3.66

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

Apple Starkington turned her back on her Native American heritage the moment she was called a racia… read more

Similar categories in Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • native american
  • young adult
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Dear William: A Father's Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love, and Loss by David  Magee

21. Dear William: A Father's Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love, and Loss

By: David Magee

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLERFEATURED ON CBS MORNINGS WITH GAYLE KINGA BEST BOOK OF THE SOUTH (recko… read more

Similar categories in David Magee's Dear William: A Father's Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love, and Loss book and Dawn Quigley's Apple in the Middle

  • family

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Ingrid Law

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Kirby Larson

4.02

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Dr. Seuss

3.61

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Jennifer Donnelly

3.83

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Elizabeth Passarella

3.98

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Did I Ever Tell You?

Genevieve Kingston

4.34

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The Fortunate Ones

Ed Tarkington

3.83

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David Magee

4.49

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