10 Top contemporary books like Don't Check Out This Book! by Kate Klise

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Don't Check Out This Book!

By: Kate Klise

4.06

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Is the sweet town of Appleton ripe for scandal? Consider the facts:        Appleton Elementary Sch…

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Cover of The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1) by Jacqueline Davies

1. 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

Similar categories in Jacqueline Davies's The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1) book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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2. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Slugfest book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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3. 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 Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • books about books
  • juvenile
"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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4. Swim Team

By: Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Swim Team book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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5. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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6. 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 Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • school
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
"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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7. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

Similar categories in Vera Brosgol's Plain Jane and the Mermaid book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles)

By: Matthew Swanson

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Meet Ben, a literal-minded kid with a big heart and an even bigger sweet-tooth, who cracks open a f… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Swanson's Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles) book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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11. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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12. 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 Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
"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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13. 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 Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The International House of Dereliction by Jacqueline Davies

14. The International House of Dereliction

By: Jacqueline Davies

4.04

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

In this not-so-scary ghost story from Jacqueline Davies, bestselling author of the Lemonade War ser… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Davies's The International House of Dereliction book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • juvenile
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

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 Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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16. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • juvenile
Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

17. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more

Similar categories in Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
Cover of The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1) by Lev Grossman

18. The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

By: Lev Grossman

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Dear Uncle Herbert,You've never met me, but I'm your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday tomorr… read more

Similar categories in Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1) book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Privately Kate thought that for a guy in a banana-yellow suit he was turning out to be a pretty sharp operator."

-Lev Grossman, The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

"For a certain kind of person there is literally nothing nicer than eating breakfast by yourself on a moving train with a good book."

-Lev Grossman, The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

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19. Ruby in the Sky

By: Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Ruby Moon Hayes and her mother move to Vermont, Ruby’s goal is to stay as sile… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo's Ruby in the Sky book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
Cover of Don't Check Out This Book! by Kate Klise

20. Don't Check Out This Book!

By: Kate Klise

4.06

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Is the sweet town of Appleton ripe for scandal? Consider the facts:        Appleton Elementary Sch… read more

Similar categories in Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book! book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • books about books
  • juvenile
Cover of Faker by Gordon Korman

21. Faker

By: Gordon Korman

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey know… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Faker book and Kate Klise's Don't Check Out This Book!

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile

20 Top fiction books like Don't Check Out This Book! by Kate Klise

Transform Your Habits

The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1)

Jacqueline Davies

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Slugfest

Gordon Korman

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Library

Rebecca Stead

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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

Transform Your Habits

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

Chris Grabenstein

4.12

Transform Your Habits

No Talking

Andrew Clements

3.97

Transform Your Habits

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

Judy Blume

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Lunch Money

Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.92

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