11 Best middle grade books like The Island at the Edge of Night by Lucy Strange

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The Island at the Edge of Night

By: Lucy Strange

4.40

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

  A twisty-turny shadowy mystery from highly-acclaimed and Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author Luc…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Island at the Edge of Night by Lucy Strange , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • middle grade
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2. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

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3. The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates)

By: Sam Sedgman

4.30

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockw… read more

Similar categories in Sam Sedgman's The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates) book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • mystery
  • middle grade
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4. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • middle grade
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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5. Yours from the Tower

By: Sally Nicholls

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Bridgerton fans rejoice! This epistolary confection—told in letters among three school friends—is p… read more

Similar categories in Sally Nicholls's Yours from the Tower book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • historical fiction
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6. In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1)

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.07

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling, award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave comes an epic new fantasy about the … read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • middle grade
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7. Little House

By: Katya Balen

4.25

Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition

The importance and meaning of home is explored in this thought-provoking new novella from Carnegie … read more

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8. Angel of Grasmere: A gripping new wartime tale from multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer

By: Tom Palmer

4.34

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

None read more

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9. Secrets of the Snakestone

By: Piu DasGupta

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Zélie is often accused of being a witch, but she doesn’t believe in magic. Until Jules climbs up fr… read more

Similar categories in Piu DasGupta's Secrets of the Snakestone book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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10. Feather

By: M.G. Leonard

4.61

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

The Twitchers have one last mystery to solve – and this time it's a heist! The final unputdownable … read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Feather book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • mystery
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11. The Wrong Shoes: The vital new novel from the bestselling creator of Big Bright Feelings

By: Tom Percival

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful and sensitive exploration of the experience of child poverty from leading author/illust… read more

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12. Bird Boy

By: Catherine Bruton

4.61

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Can you heal a broken wing? What about a broken heart? After the tragic death of his mother, ele… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Bruton's Bird Boy book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • middle grade
Cover of The Island at the Edge of Night by Lucy Strange

13. The Island at the Edge of Night

By: Lucy Strange

4.40

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

  A twisty-turny shadowy mystery from highly-acclaimed and Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author Luc… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • gothic
  • boarding school
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of North and the Only One: a surprising, action-packed adventure with powerful themes of humanity, technology and family by Vashti Hardy

14. North and the Only One: a surprising, action-packed adventure with powerful themes of humanity, technology and family

By: Vashti Hardy

4.14

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From the award-winning author of The Brightstorm Chroncles, Vashti Hardy, comes a powerful new stor… read more

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15. Puppet

By: David Almond

4.12

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Writing in the tradition of Pinocchio, Hans Christian Anderson Award winner David Almond brings his… read more

Similar categories in David Almond's Puppet book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • middle grade
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16. I Am Rebel

By: Montgomery Ross

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

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17. Fallout

By: Lesley Parr

4.59

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

Can Marcus escape the future his parents expect him to have? Or is his fate decided by his family? … read more

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18. Black Hole Cinema Club

By: Christopher Edge

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Lucas meets his friends at the local cinema – nicknamed ‘The Black Hole’ – they’re excited abo… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Edge's Black Hole Cinema Club book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • middle grade
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19. Twice Upon a Time

By: Michelle Harrison

4.21

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

Can stopping time solve a murder . . .? A delicious mystery adventure for fans of Robin Stevens and… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Harrison's Twice Upon a Time book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • mystery
  • middle grade
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20. When the Wild Calls (Where the World Turns Wild, #2)

By: Nicola Penfold

4.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

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21. The Houdini Inheritance

By: Emma Carroll

4.07

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

The English seaside, 1920sA world famous escape artist . . . A suitcase full of secrets . . . And a… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's The Houdini Inheritance book and Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night

  • mystery
  • middle grade

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Sam Sedgman

4.30

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Piu DasGupta

4.29

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4.61

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4.20

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4.38

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4.55

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