30 Best middle grade books like The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1) by Larry Schwarz

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The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

By: Larry Schwarz

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When a mysterious book by the legendary writer Jules Verne falls into the hands of three unlikely f…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1) by Larry Schwarz , here is a list of 30 books like this:

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1. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The Lost Library book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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2. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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3. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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4. A Work in Progress

By: Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” ( Publishers Weekly , starr… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett Lerner's A Work in Progress book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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5. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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7. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

Similar categories in Charles Waters's Mascot book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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8. 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 Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • 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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9. Lifeboat 12

By: Susan Hood

4.19

Format: 337 pages, Unknown Binding

With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects h… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hood's Lifeboat 12 book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • adventure
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10. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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11. 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 Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) by Dan Gemeinhart

12. 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 Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • 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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13. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

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14. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang

15. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1) by Alyson Gerber

16. The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1)

By: Alyson Gerber

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A USA TODAY bestseller! Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the pr… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Gerber's The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1) book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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17. Dust

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust. After Avalyn nearly die… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Dust book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Charlie Thorne and the Royal Society (Charlie Thorn, #4) by Stuart Gibbs

18. Charlie Thorne and the Royal Society (Charlie Thorn, #4)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.44

Format: None pages, Audiobook

In the fourth installment of the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne series—which #1 New York… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Charlie Thorne and the Royal Society (Charlie Thorn, #4) book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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19. Wrecker

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Wrecker needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas—just as soon as he finishe… read more

Similar categories in Carl Hiaasen's Wrecker book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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20. It Found Us

By: Lindsay Currie

3.97

Format: 274 pages, None

From the author of Scritch Scratch and The Girl in White comes a new spooky mystery about a girl de… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's It Found Us book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of You Are Here: Connecting Flights by Ellen Oh

21. You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's You Are Here: Connecting Flights book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"

-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights

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22. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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23. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1) by Janet Sumner Johnson

24. Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1)

By: Janet Sumner Johnson

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee in a last-ditch effort to save their f… read more

Similar categories in Janet Sumner Johnson's Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1) book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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25. Nightmare Island

By: Shakirah Bourne

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From rising star Shakirah Bourne, author of Josephine Against the Sea, comes a mysterious adventure… read more

Similar categories in Shakirah Bourne's Nightmare Island book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • science fiction
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26. The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry

By: Chad Morris

4.29

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Juniper Berry knows how to handle bobcats, bears, and mountain lions, but can she survive the tough… read more

Similar categories in Chad Morris's The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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27. Hands

By: Torrey Maldonado

4.06

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The author of What Lane? and Tight delivers a fast-paced read that packs a punch about a boy figuri… read more

Similar categories in Torrey Maldonado's Hands book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1) by Larry Schwarz

28. The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

By: Larry Schwarz

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When a mysterious book by the legendary writer Jules Verne falls into the hands of three unlikely f… read more

Similar categories in Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1) book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • france
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • science fiction
Cover of The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko

29. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto by Adrianna Cuevas

30. The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto

By: Adrianna Cuevas

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Rafa would rather live in the world of The Forgotten Age, his favorite role-playing game, than face… read more

Similar categories in Adrianna Cuevas's The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto book and Larry Schwarz's The Jules Verne Prophecy (Jules Verne Prophecy, 1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
"Do librarians let you check out as many comics and graphic novels as you want and quit calling them dessert books?"

-Adrianna Cuevas, The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto

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Rebecca Stead

4.14

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The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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4.06

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4.40

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4.31

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4.40

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