30 best-selling middle grade books like Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion by K. Tempest Bradford

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Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

By: K. Tempest Bradford

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A backyard adventure-mystery. Eleven-year-old Ruby is a Black girl who loves studying insects an…

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1. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

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3. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

Similar categories in Dave Eggers's The Eyes and the Impossible book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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4. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

By: Lisa Yee

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"

-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

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5. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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6. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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8. Answers in the Pages

By: David Levithan

4.32

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from t… read more

Similar categories in David Levithan's Answers in the Pages book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"We are who we are, and we'll be who we'll be. A book can make us feel that, but it can't invent that. It's already inside us."

-David Levithan, Answers in the Pages

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9. Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

By: Muhammad Najem

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A teenage boy risks his life to tell the truth in this gripping graphic memoir by youth activist Mu… read more

Similar categories in Muhammad Najem's Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • middle grade
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10. Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

By: Leslie Gentile

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

It’s the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleve… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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11. Elf Dog and Owl Head

By: M.T. Anderson

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Anderson's Elf Dog and Owl Head book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) by Dhonielle Clayton

12. The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)

By: Dhonielle Clayton

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Author Dhonielle Clayton makes her middle-grade debut with a fantasy adventure set in a global magi… read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. This Appearing House

By: Ally Malinenko

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks a… read more

Similar categories in Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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14. Honestly Elliott

By: Gillian McDunn

4.33

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes finding yourself can be a little messy. Elliott has been struggling since starting mid… read more

Similar categories in Gillian McDunn's Honestly Elliott book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"The goal isn't perfection- the goal is making something new. (pg. 18)"

-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott

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15. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

By: Adam Gidwitz

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. Shine On, Luz Véliz!

By: Rebecca Balcárcel

4.28

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful coming-of-age story for fans of Front Desk and Merci Suárez Changes Gears , this book c… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Balcárcel's Shine On, Luz Véliz! book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The self is not discovered, but created."

-Rebecca Balcárcel, Shine On, Luz Véliz!

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19. The Great Pet Heist (The Great Pet Heist #1)

By: Emily Ecton

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ocean’s Eleven meets The Secret Life of Pets in this hilarious and delightfully illustrated novel f… read more

Similar categories in Emily Ecton's The Great Pet Heist (The Great Pet Heist #1) book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. Orca Rescue!: The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer

By: Donna Sandstrom

4.54

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A captivating account of the only successful orca rescue and reunion in history told in first perso… read more

Similar categories in Donna Sandstrom's Orca Rescue!: The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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21. Notorious

By: Gordon Korman

4.12

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Keenan has lived all over the world but nowhere quite as strange as Centerlight Island, which is sp… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Notorious book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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22. Mihi Ever After (Mihi Ever After #1)

By: Tae Keller

3.72

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medalist Tae Keller delivers a middle grade fantasy adventure in Mihi Ever After about thre… read more

Similar categories in Tae Keller's Mihi Ever After (Mihi Ever After #1) book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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23. King of the Ice (Miles Lewis #1)

By: Kelly Starling Lyons

3.77

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of the Jada Jones chapter books comes an illustrated spinoff series p… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Starling Lyons's King of the Ice (Miles Lewis #1) book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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24. The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One

By: Adam Rex

4.10

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

Meet Gumluck the Wizard, the star of a new chapter book series by the inimitable Adam Rex! This is… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rex's The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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25. The Lock-Eater

By: Zack Loran Clark

3.97

Format: None pages, None

For fans of Nevermoor and Howl's Moving Castle comes an epic middle grade fantasy about a girl with… read more

Similar categories in Zack Loran Clark's The Lock-Eater book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1) by Julie C. Dao

26. Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

By: Julie C. Dao

3.96

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A rollicking, action-packed adventure of laser tag and fierce sibling rivalries, Team Chu and the B… read more

Similar categories in Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1) book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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27. Gertie, The Darling Duck of WWII

By: Shari Swanson

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In 1945, the attention of the United States, along with the rest of the world, was focused on World… read more

Similar categories in Shari Swanson's Gertie, The Darling Duck of WWII book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
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28. Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

By: K. Tempest Bradford

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A backyard adventure-mystery. Eleven-year-old Ruby is a Black girl who loves studying insects an… read more

Similar categories in K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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29. The Last Hope in Hopetown

By: Maria Tureaud

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about one girl’s dilemma over the decision to save her vampire parents or do what’s r… read more

Similar categories in Maria Tureaud's The Last Hope in Hopetown book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga

30. A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

By: Jasmine Warga

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Ho… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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31. Dogs: A History of Our Best Friends

By: Lita Judge

4.50

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

This illustrated history of dogs, from award-winning author-illustrator Lita Judge, explores how hu… read more

Similar categories in Lita Judge's Dogs: A History of Our Best Friends book and K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

  • middle grade
  • childrens

26 best-selling fiction books like Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion by K. Tempest Bradford

Transform Your Habits

The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

Jon Klassen

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

4.15

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

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A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

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The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

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