5 Best classics books like The Mystery of the Midnight Dog (The Boxcar Children, #81) by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Cover of The Mystery of the Midnight Dog (The Boxcar Children, #81) by Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Mystery of the Midnight Dog (The Boxcar Children, #81)

By: Gertrude Chandler Warner

3.87

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The Aldens are visiting Grandfather's good friend, Mrs. Wade, in a small town called Elbow Bend. Ac…

If you liked the classics plot in The Mystery of the Midnight Dog (The Boxcar Children, #81) by Gertrude Chandler Warner , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived, #2) by Lauren Tarshis

1. I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived, #2)

By: Lauren Tarshis

4.15

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Based on true events! It's the summer of 1916 and the Jersey shore is being terrorized by a Great W… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1) by Ruth Stiles Gannett

2. My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)

By: Ruth Stiles Gannett

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Elmer Elevator (narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby… read more

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  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Moffats (The Moffats, #1) by Eleanor Estes, Louis Slobodkin

3. The Moffats (The Moffats, #1)

By: Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin

4.01

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Four Moffat children and a hard-working widowed mother live on New Dollar Street in Cranbury villag… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) by Patricia MacLachlan

4. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

5. Henry Huggins (Henry Huggins, #1)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the first novel from Newbery Award-winning author Beverly Cleary, boys and girls alike will inst… read more

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6. Book Scavenger (Book Scavenger, #1)

By: Sarah Watts , Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

3.66

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

A hidden book. A found cipher. A game begins . . . . Twelve-year-old Emily is on the move again. He… read more

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7. Harriet the Invincible (Hamster Princess, #1)

By: Ursula Vernon

3.00

Format: 18 pages, Hardcover

Sleeping Beauty gets a feisty, furry twist in this hilarious new comic series from the creator of D… read more

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8. The Christmas Train

By: David Baldacci

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington D.C. to L.A in time for Christmas. Fo… read more

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9. The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, #2)

By: Peter Brown

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot, by award-winning author Peter Brown. S… read more

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

10. 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

Similar categories in Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.'s Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1) book and Gertrude Chandler Warner's The Mystery of the Midnight Dog (The Boxcar Children, #81)

  • classics
  • 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)

Cover of The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7) by Karina Yan Glaser

11. The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling Vanderbeeker family finds love and hope in hard times as they face the challenge of… read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1) by S.D.   Smith

12. The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

By: S.D. Smith

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Perfect Paperback

Heather and Picket are extraordinary rabbits with ordinary lives until calamitous events overtake t… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Was Father getting sadder, or was she just getting old enough to see it?"

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

"You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can't change what's true."

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

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13. New from Here

By: Kelly Yang

4.30

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial … read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"We're all connected to each other. We all breathe the same air into our lungs. None of us are immune to each other's problems, that's why we have to care about each other."

-Kelly Yang, New from Here

Cover of Room to Dream (Front Desk, #3) by Kelly Yang

14. Room to Dream (Front Desk, #3)

By: Kelly Yang

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang is back with another heartwarming and inspiring story … read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Three Keys (Front Desk, #2) by Kelly Yang

15. Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

By: Kelly Yang

4.42

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang thinks she’s going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners… read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The pain broke my heart into a thousand pieces."

-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

"the worry that if he didn’t take every single thing, a part of him would be lost forever."

-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

"But you can't give up on people. It's one of the three keys of friendship. You gotta listen, you gotta care, and most importantly, you gotta keep trying."

-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

16. 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

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Pug Blasts Off (Diary of a Pug #1) by Kyla May

17. Pug Blasts Off (Diary of a Pug #1)

By: Kyla May

4.23

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

The first book in a sweet and funny new Branches series about a pug and his human, told from the pu… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Mystery of the Midnight Dog (The Boxcar Children, #81) by Gertrude Chandler Warner

18. The Mystery of the Midnight Dog (The Boxcar Children, #81)

By: Gertrude Chandler Warner

3.87

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The Aldens are visiting Grandfather's good friend, Mrs. Wade, in a small town called Elbow Bend. Ac… read more

Similar categories in Gertrude Chandler Warner's The Mystery of the Midnight Dog (The Boxcar Children, #81) book and Gertrude Chandler Warner's The Mystery of the Midnight Dog (The Boxcar Children, #81)

  • audiobook
  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • juvenile

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4.15

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3.70

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Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin

4.01

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3.83

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3.94

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Rebecca Elliott

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