14 must-read middle grade books like A Fine Start (My America: Meg's Prairie Diary, #3) by Kate McMullan

Cover of A Fine Start (My America: Meg's Prairie Diary, #3) by Kate McMullan

A Fine Start (My America: Meg's Prairie Diary, #3)

By: Kate McMullan

3.95

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In her third and final diary, by Kate McMullan, Meg continues to face the hardships of life on the …

If you liked the middle grade plot in A Fine Start (My America: Meg's Prairie Diary, #3) by Kate McMullan , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher (Dear America) by Jim  Murphy

1. My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher (Dear America)

By: Jim Murphy

3.75

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

In the late 1870s many young teachers traveled West to earn money and make a new life for themselve… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (Dear America) by Ann Turner

2. Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (Dear America)

By: Ann Turner

3.77

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

In Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, in 1774, thirteen-year-old Prudence keeps a diary of the troubles she… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Five Smooth Stones : Hope's Diary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776 (My America) by Kristiana Gregory

3. Five Smooth Stones : Hope's Diary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776 (My America)

By: Kristiana Gregory

3.82

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Kristiana Gregory's first My America , book one of Hope's Diary, details life in Philadelphia durin… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse

4. A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861

By: Karen Hesse

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Hardcover

Thursday, February 28, 1861 P. Cloudy. Wind N.W. Fresh Mr.Lincoln has arrived at last in Washington… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson

5. The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

By: Bill Watterson

4.35

Format: 26 pages,

Perhaps the most brilliant comic strip ever created, Calvin and Hobbescontinues to entertain with d… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918 by Lois Lowry

6. Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918

By: Lois Lowry

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry brings a brand-new, beautiful diary to the Dear Am… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136 by Kristiana Gregory

7. Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136

By: Kristiana Gregory

4.40

Format: 82 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Eleanor lives in a palace in Poitier, France, with her father, Count William of A… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 by Kristiana Gregory

8. Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779

By: Kristiana Gregory

4.39

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Kristiana Gregory returns with a stunning new sequel to the bestselling Dear America title THE WINT… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

9. The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Ada's clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she's not what her moth… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of My America: We Are Patriots: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary, Book Two by Kristiana Gregory

10. My America: We Are Patriots: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary, Book Two

By: Kristiana Gregory

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Ms. Gregory's sequel to Five Smooth Stones, Hope's brother returns, but she worries about her fa… read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Hablot Knight Browne, Richard Maxwell

11. A Tale of Two Cities

By: Charles Dickens , Hablot Knight Browne , Richard Maxwell

3.87

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"We'll start to forget a place once we left it"

-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

"Tell the Wind and the Fire where to stop; not me."

-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

"A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self."

-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

12. Fatty Legs

By: Christy Jordan-Fenton , Margaret Pokiak-Fenton , None

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The moving memoir of an Inuit girl who emerges from a residential school with her spirit intact. Ei… read more

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13. Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria - France, 1769 (Royal Diaries #4)

By: Kathryn Lasky

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

"I look up now into the oval mirror and see barely a trace of the mud-splattered girl tearing throu… read more

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14. Home at Last: Sofia's Immigrant Diary (My America, #2)

By: Kathryn Lasky

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Kathryn Lasky brings readers the second installment of Sofia's Ellis Island Diary, depicting Sofia'… read more

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15. An American Spring: Sofia's Immigrant Diary (My America, #3)

By: Kathryn Lasky

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In her third and final diary, by Kathryn Lasky, Sofia continues to face the hardship of her new lif… read more

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16. Who Was Milton Hershey?

By: James Buckley Jr. , Ted Hammond

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Discover the man behind the chocolate bar! Milton Hershey's life was filled with invention and inno… read more

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17. Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912

By: Ellen Emerson White

3.51

Format: None pages,

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18. Our Strange New Land (My America: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary, #1)

By: Patricia Hermes

3.84

Format: 255 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In May 1607, three ships sailed up the James River in Virginia. In the riverbank marshes, they made… read more

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19. Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 (Royal Diaries #5)

By: Carolyn Meyer

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Carolyn Meyer introduces readers to the unforgettable Anastasia Romanov whose … read more

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20. The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

By: Bill Watterson

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

They're back: Calvin, the six-year-old dirty tricksmeister and master of indignation and his warm, … read more

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21. Hope In My Heart: Sofia's Immigrant Diary (My America, #1)

By: Kathryn Lasky

2.00

Format: 28 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In Book One of Sofia's Ellis Island Diary, renowned author Kathryn Lasky tells the story of Sofia M… read more

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22. Across The Wide And Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary Of Hattie Campbell

By: Kristiana Gregory

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley the air feels dry and thin. My lips are so chapped … read more

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Cover of Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #16) by Jeff Kinney

23. Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #16)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.21

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 USA Today , Wall Street Journal , and New York Times bestseller! In Big Shot , boo… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #12) by Jeff Kinney

24. The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #12)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.34

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This edition of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Getaway can longer be ordered. Please go to to order this tit… read more

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  • diary
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18) by Jeff Kinney

25. No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #18)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In No Brainer , book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Who Was Queen Elizabeth II? by Megan Stine

26. Who Was Queen Elizabeth II?

By: Megan Stine

4.15

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

How did a little girl who loved horses become the longest reigning monarch in England? Find out in … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of A Fine Start (My America: Meg's Prairie Diary, #3) by Kate McMullan

27. A Fine Start (My America: Meg's Prairie Diary, #3)

By: Kate McMullan

3.95

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In her third and final diary, by Kate McMullan, Meg continues to face the hardships of life on the … read more

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  • childrens
  • diary
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Jim Murphy

3.75

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Ann Turner

3.77

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Five Smooth Stones : Hope's Diary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776 (My America)

Kristiana Gregory

3.82

Transform Your Habits

A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861

Karen Hesse

0.00

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Jim O'Connor , Ted Hammond

3.65

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Dede Putra , Janet B. Pascal

3.91

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Joan Holub , Dede Putra , None

3.34

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Tim Foley , Dina Anastasio

3.67

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