12 best-selling middle grade books like Mystery on Church Hill (The Virginia Mysteries #2) by Steven K. Smith

Cover of Mystery on Church Hill (The Virginia Mysteries #2) by Steven K.  Smith

Mystery on Church Hill (The Virginia Mysteries #2)

By: Steven K. Smith

4.35

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00H2QHKDA. Magic Tree House meets Hardy Boys …

If you liked the middle grade plot in Mystery on Church Hill (The Virginia Mysteries #2) by Steven K. Smith , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Who Was Steve Irwin?

By: Jim Eldridge , Dina Anastasio

4.38

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

By popular demand, the 100th Who Was...? subject is Steve Irwin! Steve Irwin did not have a typica… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Stay Out of the Basement  (Goosebumps, #2) by R.L. Stine

2. Stay Out of the Basement (Goosebumps, #2)

By: R.L. Stine

3.69

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant-testing in his basement. Nothing to worry about. Harmless, he sa… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1) by Kirby Larson

3. Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

By: Kirby Larson

4.02

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, 16-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travel… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"Home is not a building, but a feeling of belonging."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"Sometimes it takes a big dream to wake up a small town."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"I will have to rely on that painful teacher, experience."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

"Sometimes the biggest battles we face are within ourselves."

-Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)

Cover of Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race (Mr. Lemoncello's Library #3) by Chris Grabenstein

4. Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race (Mr. Lemoncello's Library #3)

By: Chris Grabenstein

3.39

Format: 440 pages,

#1 New York Timesbestselling author Chris Grabenstein is back with the third fantastically fun, puz… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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5. Blood on the River: James Town 1607

By: Elisa Carbone

3.84

Format: 135 pages,

Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London. So when he becomes the… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #2)

By: Chris Grabenstein

3.40

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! Kyle and his team… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1) by Jacqueline Davies

7. The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1)

By: Jacqueline Davies

3.67

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

For a full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile

8. The Terrible Two (The Terrible Two, #1)

By: Mac Barnett , Jory John , Kevin Cornell

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Miles Murphy is not happy to be moving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that's famous for one thing … read more

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9. Agatha's First Case

By: M.C. Beaton

3.67

Format: 350 pages,

At age twenty six, Agatha Raisin has already come a long way. She has clawed her way up since leavi… read more

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10. The Shadows (The Books of Elsewhere, #1)

By: Jacqueline West

3.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Quan l'Olivia es trasllada amb els seus pares a una vella mansio del carrer Linden, de seguida s'ad… read more

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11. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Newbery Honor-winning American classic, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 , celebrates 20 year… read more

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12. Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917

By: Sally M. Walker

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

On December 6, 1917 two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. One ship was loaded top to bottom with m… read more

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Cover of Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1) by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

13. Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

By: Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

3.99

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

"Dad had enough gall to be divided into three parts." Dad was Frank B. Gilbreth, to the world a dis… read more

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  • childrens
"Some simpleton with pimples in his voice wants to speak to Ernestine," he grumbled to Mother when he answered the phone."

-Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

"Ernestine used to remark, in a tone tinged with envy, that Lill was probably New Jersey's youngest gold digger, and that few adult gold diggers ever had received more, in return for less."

-Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

"But it was Mother who spun the stories that made the things we studied really unforgettable. If Dad saw motion study and teamwork in an ant hill, Mother saw a highly complex civilization governed, pe…"

-Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

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14. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #4) by Chris Grabenstein

15. Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #4)

By: Chris Grabenstein

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mr. Lemoncello is going LIVE ACROSS THE NATION with his brand new television BREAKOUT! After mon… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Return to the Secret Lake: A children's mystery adventure (Secret Lake Mystery Adventures Book 2) by Karen Inglis

16. Return to the Secret Lake: A children's mystery adventure (Secret Lake Mystery Adventures Book 2)

By: Karen Inglis

4.48

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

Another page-turning time travel adventure for ages 8-12 set between 1900s and present-day London.T… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Raven Thief (Secret Staircase Mystery, #2) by Gigi Pandian

17. The Raven Thief (Secret Staircase Mystery, #2)

By: Gigi Pandian

3.80

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Multiple award-winning author Gigi Pandian is one of the best locked room mystery writers working t… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Property of the Rebel Librarian

By: Allison Varnes

4.11

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old June Harper's parents discover what they deem an inappropriate library book, t… read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"So much has changed that I wonder if it will feel different when I read it again. If you're one person when you read a book, and then you change, does the book become different? Do the words stretch …"

-Allison Varnes, Property of the Rebel Librarian

Cover of It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds

19. It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit

By: Justin A. Reynolds

3.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway has concocted his most genius plan ever to avoid chores... es… read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Dude, I haven't even picked the sleep outta my eyeball crevices yet. Like this can't be life."

-Justin A. Reynolds, It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit

"Mom made me watch this boring documentary where this kid my age - twelve, if it matters to you - is hand-scrubbing clothes against a block of wood for hours, which, ugh, brutal. And you wanna know ho…"

-Justin A. Reynolds, It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit

Cover of Mystery on Church Hill (The Virginia Mysteries #2) by Steven K.  Smith

20. Mystery on Church Hill (The Virginia Mysteries #2)

By: Steven K. Smith

4.35

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00H2QHKDA. Magic Tree House meets Hardy Boys … read more

Similar categories in Steven K. Smith's Mystery on Church Hill (The Virginia Mysteries #2) book and Steven K. Smith's Mystery on Church Hill (The Virginia Mysteries #2)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • juvenile
Cover of Shakedown in Savannah: A Made in Savannah Cozy Mystery Novel (Made in Savannah Mystery Series Book 23) by Hope Callaghan

21. Shakedown in Savannah: A Made in Savannah Cozy Mystery Novel (Made in Savannah Mystery Series Book 23)

By: Hope Callaghan

4.76

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Carlita is up in arms after two men claiming to be members of the Sicilian “family” show up to coll… read more

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  • mystery

12 must-read fiction books like Mystery on Church Hill (The Virginia Mysteries #2) by Steven K. Smith

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Stay Out of the Basement (Goosebumps, #2)

R.L. Stine

3.69

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Kirby Larson

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race (Mr. Lemoncello's Library #3)

Chris Grabenstein

3.39

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Blood on the River: James Town 1607

Elisa Carbone

3.84

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13 Best fiction books like The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1) by Jacqueline Davies

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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)

Chris Grabenstein

4.12

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No Talking

Andrew Clements

3.97

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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1)

Judy Blume

4.11

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Lunch Money

Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.92

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