22 must-read middle grade books like The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife by Maz Evans

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The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

By: Maz Evans

4.32

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Scarlett Fife has BIG feelings. And she's about to get into BIG trouble. From the bestselling Maz E…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife by Maz Evans , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. The Worst Thing About My Sister

By: Jacqueline Wilson , Nick Sharratt

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Being a sister isn't always easy . . . but what's the very worst thing about your sister? Marty … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's The Worst Thing About My Sister book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. Best Friends

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Gemma and Alice, born on the same day, have been devoted best friends ever since. Despite Gemma's l… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Best Friends book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. Sleepovers

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.69

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily are friends at school and have their own Alphabet Club (just loo… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Sleepovers book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Daisy and the Trouble with Life by Nick Sharratt, Kes Gray

4. Daisy and the Trouble with Life

By: Nick Sharratt , Kes Gray

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

You absolutely can't go anywhere at all when you're grounded, so Daisy has plenty of time to think … read more

Similar categories in Nick Sharratt's Daisy and the Trouble with Life book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen (Dork Diaries, #9) by Rachel Renée Russell

5. Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen (Dork Diaries, #9)

By: Rachel Renée Russell

4.15

Format: None pages, Audio

Nikki Maxwell's worst nightmare comes true in book nine of the #1 New York Timesbestselling Dork Di… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Renée Russell's Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen (Dork Diaries, #9) book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. The Explorer

By: Katherine Rundell

4.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Parents' Choice Recommended From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exc… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Explorer book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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7. Vicky Angel

By: Jacqueline Wilson

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Every time a new Jacqueline Wilson book arrives, there is always a small part of every reviewer tha… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Wilson's Vicky Angel book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

8. Boy: Tales of Childhood

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

In Boy, Roald Dahl recounts his days as a child growing up in England. From his years as a prankste… read more

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9. The Christmasaurus

By: None , Tom Fletcher

4.20

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The Christmasaurus is a story about a boy named William Trundle, and a dinosaur, the Christmasaurus… read more

Similar categories in None's The Christmasaurus book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Music is a magic like no other, which can do incredible, unexplainable things."

-None, The Christmasaurus

"Belief is the most powerful magic there is. Believing is the only magic that makes the utterly impossible completely possible, and the undoubtedly undoable undeniable doable!"

-None, The Christmasaurus

"Feeling rottten is much worse than feeling just bad or sad. Feeling rotten is when it seems like no one else in the world understands how you're feeling. When you're feeling rotten everything seems r…"

-None, The Christmasaurus

10. The World's Worst Children 2

By: Tony Ross , David Walliams

3.93

Format: 265 pages,

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11. The Night Raven (The Moonwind Mysteries #1)

By: Johan Rundberg

4.13

Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition

Mika is not your average orphan—and she’s about to prove it.It’s 1880, and in the frigid city of St… read more

Similar categories in Johan Rundberg's The Night Raven (The Moonwind Mysteries #1) book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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12. The World’s Worst Parents

By: David Walliams

4.09

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Millions of young readers have loved the World’s Worst Children tales and revelled in the World’s W… read more

Similar categories in David Walliams's The World’s Worst Parents book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben     Miller

13. The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale

By: Ben Miller

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Following the breakout successes of The Night I Met Father Christmas and The Boy Who Made the World… read more

Similar categories in Ben Miller's The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. Friends Like These

By: Meg Rosoff

3.31

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From bestselling, award-winning author Meg Rosoff comes a gritty, intoxicating novel about a summer… read more

Similar categories in Meg Rosoff's Friends Like These book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • fiction
"Occasionally, she wondered if it might be she who was wrong. She who, by virtue of her wrongness would never inspire the right sort of love."

-Meg Rosoff, Friends Like These

"By the time they reached West Street, they were soaked through and laughing, and Beth felt nostalgia for the friendship that, for awhile, had always felt like this."

-Meg Rosoff, Friends Like These

"It seemed odd how incredibly intense every encounter had felt, every personal and professional event etched on the surface of her brain. But only on her brain. Not theirs."

-Meg Rosoff, Friends Like These

"What had begun as treachery had morphed into something else. She had been through fire and was stronger for it. Forged in the flame of a New York summer. And what have I learned? she asked herself. T…"

-Meg Rosoff, Friends Like These

Cover of Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell

15. Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good

By: Louie Stowell

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Packed with doodles and cartoons, here is the diary of Loki as he’s trapped on earth as a petulant … read more

Similar categories in Louie Stowell's Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #1) by Katie  Kirby

16. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #1)

By: Katie Kirby

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first book in the hilarious new series for children by the bestselling creator of Hurrah For Gi… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #1) book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #2) by Katie  Kirby

17. The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #2)

By: Katie Kirby

4.52

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

The hilarious new sequel to The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by the bestselling cre… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #2) book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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18. The Great (Food) Bank Heist

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.43

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Written with great empathy and Rauf’s trademark humour, The Great (Food) Bank Heist is a moving sto… read more

Similar categories in Onjali Q. Raúf's The Great (Food) Bank Heist book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Boy Who Got Accidentally Famous by David Baddiel

19. The Boy Who Got Accidentally Famous

By: David Baddiel

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From million-copy bestselling author David Baddiel comes a laugh-out-loud story for readers of 8 an… read more

Similar categories in David Baddiel's The Boy Who Got Accidentally Famous book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Taking the Blame by Louie Stowell

20. Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Taking the Blame

By: Louie Stowell

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Odin has given Loki another chance to prove himself worthy of Asgard. But earning everyone's trust … read more

Similar categories in Louie Stowell's Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Taking the Blame book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Grimwood: Let the Fur Fly! by Nadia Shireen

21. Grimwood: Let the Fur Fly!

By: Nadia Shireen

4.39

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Laugh your head off in this second adventure in the bestselling, highly acclaimed Grimwood series. … read more

Similar categories in Nadia Shireen's Grimwood: Let the Fur Fly! book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Ruling the World (Loki: A Bad God’s Guide #3) by Louie Stowell

22. Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Ruling the World (Loki: A Bad God’s Guide #3)

By: Louie Stowell

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Loki's third doodle-packed diary in the number one best-selling series.When Heimdall and Hyrrokkin … read more

Similar categories in Louie Stowell's Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Ruling the World (Loki: A Bad God’s Guide #3) book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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23. Me and Mister P

By: Maria Farrer

4.18

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

There are times when only a polar bear will do . . . "All I want is a normal family but no, I've en… read more

Similar categories in Maria Farrer's Me and Mister P book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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24. Seven Ghosts

By: Chris Priestley

3.95

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Jake and the other finalists in a writing competition have been invited to a stately house for a to… read more

Similar categories in Chris Priestley's Seven Ghosts book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife by Maz Evans

25. The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

By: Maz Evans

4.32

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Scarlett Fife has BIG feelings. And she's about to get into BIG trouble. From the bestselling Maz E… read more

Similar categories in Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of My Parents Cancelled My Birthday by Jo Simmons

26. My Parents Cancelled My Birthday

By: Jo Simmons

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and David Baddiel's Birthday Boy – a hilarious tale of wish ful… read more

Similar categories in Jo Simmons's My Parents Cancelled My Birthday book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • humor
  • childrens
Cover of Life Of Riley: Beginner's Luck by Simon James Green

27. Life Of Riley: Beginner's Luck

By: Simon James Green

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Riley is cursed. No, really! After a fairground incident - TOTALLY not his fault - bad luck follows… read more

Similar categories in Simon James Green's Life Of Riley: Beginner's Luck book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of DAISY AND THE TROUBLE WITH CHOCOLATE by Kes Gray

28. DAISY AND THE TROUBLE WITH CHOCOLATE

By: Kes Gray

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Daisy and the Trouble with Chocolate read more

Similar categories in Kes Gray's DAISY AND THE TROUBLE WITH CHOCOLATE book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • humor
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

29. 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 Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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)

Cover of Sigurd drakedreperen (Vikingserien, #3) by Torill Thorstad Hauger

30. Sigurd drakedreperen (Vikingserien, #3)

By: Torill Thorstad Hauger

3.87

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

Tredje bok i serien om de irske barna Tir og Reim om ble røvet av vikingene. Her er jarlesønnen Sig… read more

Similar categories in Torill Thorstad Hauger's Sigurd drakedreperen (Vikingserien, #3) book and Maz Evans's The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife

  • childrens
Cover of Super-Secret Diary Of Holly Hopkinson by Charlie P. Brooks

31. Super-Secret Diary Of Holly Hopkinson

By: Charlie P. Brooks

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A charming domestic comedy, with a dash of magic, and the occasional moment of mayhem! These are th… read more

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24 Best fiction books like The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife by Maz Evans

Transform Your Habits

The Worst Thing About My Sister

Jacqueline Wilson , Nick Sharratt

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Best Friends

Jacqueline Wilson

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Sleepovers

Jacqueline Wilson

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Daisy and the Trouble with Life

Nick Sharratt , Kes Gray

4.12

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15 must-read fiction books like Grimwood: Let the Fur Fly! by Nadia Shireen

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The Christmasaurus

None , Tom Fletcher

4.20

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The Danger Gang

Tom Fletcher

4.23

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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Lightfall: The Dark Times (Lightfall, #3)

Tim Probert

4.38

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