19 Best middle grade books like The Green Children of Woolpit by J. Anderson Coats

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The Green Children of Woolpit

By: J. Anderson Coats

3.61

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Coraline, this eerie, spine-tingling fantasy follows a girl who …

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1. The List

By: Patricia Forde

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the city of Ark, speech is constrained to five hundred sanctioned words. Speak outside the appro… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Forde's The List book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"There's always truth in dreams. Don't you know that? We have to learn what they mean, that's all."

-Patricia Forde, The List

"The here and now is only the smallest part of who we are, each of us is all that we have been, all our stories, all that we could be."

-Patricia Forde, The List

Cover of First Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #1) by Enid Blyton

2. First Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #1)

By: Enid Blyton

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Darrell Rivers begins her happy life at Malory Towers two terms later than the other girls, but she… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Inkspell (Inkworld, #2) by Cornelia Funke, Anthea Bell

3. Inkspell (Inkworld, #2)

By: Cornelia Funke , Anthea Bell

3.95

Format: 635 pages, Hardcover

The captivating sequel to INKHEART, the critically acclaimed, international bestseller by Cornelia … read more

Similar categories in Cornelia Funke's Inkspell (Inkworld, #2) book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"So what? All writers are lunatics!"

-Cornelia Funke, Inkspell (Inkworld, #2)

"- E allora? Tutti gli scrittori sono svitati!"

-Cornelia Funke, Inkspell (Inkworld, #2)

"What are stories for if we don't learn from them?"

-Cornelia Funke, Inkspell (Inkworld, #2)

"La sete di storie diminuiva se si poteva viverne una?"

-Cornelia Funke, Inkspell (Inkworld, #2)

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4. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1)

By: Joan Aiken , Pat Marriott

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leav… read more

Similar categories in Joan Aiken's The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1) book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

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

5. 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

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Iron Hearted Violet

By: Iacopo Bruno , Kelly Barnhill

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

In most fairy tales, princesses are beautiful, dragons are terrifying, and stories are harmless. Th… read more

Similar categories in Iacopo Bruno's Iron Hearted Violet book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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7. The Thunderbolt Pony

By: Stacy Gregg

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A dramatic and emotional story about one girl's determination to stand by her beloved animals - and… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Gregg's The Thunderbolt Pony book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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8. Second Form at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #2)

By: Enid Blyton

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

Darrell, Sally, Gwendoline, Mary-Lou and all the other girls from the First Term at Malory Towers a… read more

Similar categories in Enid Blyton's Second Form at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #2) book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

9. What Katy Did (Carr Family, #1)

By: Susan Coolidge

2.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Grade 5-8-Twelve-year-old Katy is constantly making and quickly breaking resolutions about how she … read more

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10. Comet in Moominland (The Moomins, #2)

By: Tove Jansson , Elizabeth Portch

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

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11. The Land of Forgotten Girls

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.75

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

NAIBA Book of the Year finalist, Parents Choice Foundation Gold Fiction Award, and Winner of the AP… read more

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12. Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood, #1)

By: Juliet Marillier

4.34

Format: 132 pages,

High in the Transylvanian woods, at the castle Piscul Draculi, live five daughters and their doting… read more

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13. Third Year at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #3)

By: Enid Blyton

3.85

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

The girls return for another term to find several new faces in their form. There is Zerelda, the Am… read more

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14. The Witch's Boy

By: Kelly Barnhill

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Hardcover

"A lightning bolt erupted from the cloud and aimed directly at Ned's heart. He couldn't cry out. He… read more

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15. Thornhedge

By: T. Kingfisher

4.00

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Thornhedge book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

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16. A Place at the Table

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a white, Jewish girl meet when they take a… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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17. 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 J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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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18. Alone

By: Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. Freeman's Alone book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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19. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Puppets of Spelhorst book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

Cover of The Weeping Tide (Wilderlore, #2) by Amanda Foody

20. The Weeping Tide (Wilderlore, #2)

By: Amanda Foody

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Barclay and his friends must save an island city from the Legendary Beast of the Sea in this second… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Foody's The Weeping Tide (Wilderlore, #2) book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

21. The Spear Cuts Through Water

By: Simon Jimenez

4.19

Format: 525 pages, Hardcover

Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal fa… read more

Similar categories in Simon Jimenez's The Spear Cuts Through Water book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"There is no correct way to shake hands with pain."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"They fought because it was the easiest language they spoke."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"I have lived a long time," she said. "And the longer I live, the more it surprises me, and saddens me, how wise the young must become to live in this world."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"But the truth of the matter was they fought because Jun was grieving and Keema was terrified and Jun was exhilarated and Keema was joyful and Jun was exhausted and Keema was repulsed."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

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22. Huda F Are You?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From the creator of Yes, I'm Hot In This, this cheeky, hilarious, and honest graphic novel asks the… read more

Similar categories in Huda Fahmy's Huda F Are You? book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Use your hijab, woman! Cover that forehead!"

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?

"I swear if we end up getting joint weddings, we're running away."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?

Cover of Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert

23. Our Crooked Hearts

By: Melissa Albert

3.75

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Secrets. Lies. Bad choices. Dangerous magic. . . . This is Our Crooked Hearts, a contemporary fanta… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Albert's Our Crooked Hearts book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult
"Magic was a thing with teeth and a history as old as the world."

-Melissa Albert, Our Crooked Hearts

"Rage and time were the only currencies left to her, and she used them."

-Melissa Albert, Our Crooked Hearts

"The memories blossomed and withered, and now they belonged only to me."

-Melissa Albert, Our Crooked Hearts

"The air shimmered with the ghosts of our younger selves, our secrets, our heads side by side on the wooden floor."

-Melissa Albert, Our Crooked Hearts

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24. What Big Teeth

By: Rose Szabo

3.37

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

Rose Szabo's thrilling debut is a dark and thrilling novel about a teen girl who returns home to he… read more

Similar categories in Rose Szabo's What Big Teeth book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"My younger self can't see it from here, but I can; how charity can be just another form of spite."

-Rose Szabo, What Big Teeth

"It is madness to love someone: there is no greater feeling of estrangement that the ways in which they are different from you."

-Rose Szabo, What Big Teeth

"Somewhere, two stories up, was my childhood bedroom, and maybe if I could make it in there, I would be transformed back into someone who belonged here."

-Rose Szabo, What Big Teeth

Cover of Elf Dog and Owl Head by M.T. Anderson

25. 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 J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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26. Echo Mountain

By: Lauren Wolk

4.26

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A young heroine in Depression-era Maine is navigating the rocky terrain of her new life on Echo Mou… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You want to know?"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"Blame comes from the Greek for “curse"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"The things we need to learn to do, we learn to do by doing."

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"Maybe she’ll wake up soon and come back to what she used to be...or what she’ll be next"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

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27. The School for Whatnots

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From master of suspense author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes another page-turning stand-alone adve… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Peterson Haddix's The School for Whatnots book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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28. Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories

By: GennaRose Nethercott

3.76

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

From the author of the breakout fantasy novel Thistlefoot : a collection of dark fairytales and fra… read more

Similar categories in GennaRose Nethercott's Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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29. After the Forest

By: Kell Woods

3.81

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. A drop of blood to bind its power. 1650: The Black Forest, Wurt… read more

Similar categories in Kell Woods's After the Forest book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"And old enough to know that womenfolk have little enough power of their own. That is why they must have their charms and their tricks. Their books and their ink and blood. Their eyes, their smiles, t…"

-Kell Woods, After the Forest

Cover of The Green Children of Woolpit by J. Anderson Coats

30. The Green Children of Woolpit

By: J. Anderson Coats

3.61

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Coraline, this eerie, spine-tingling fantasy follows a girl who … read more

Similar categories in J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit book and J. Anderson Coats's The Green Children of Woolpit

  • childrens
  • historical
  • science fiction fantasy
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • fae

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4.13

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Cornelia Funke , Anthea Bell

3.95

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4.11

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Pari Thomson

4.20

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A.F. Steadman

4.39

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Lisa McMann

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