19 must-read middle grade books like Nimbus by Jan Eldredge

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Nimbus

By: Jan Eldredge

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Evangeline of the Bayou comes a classic middle grade animal-fantasy adventure ab…

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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 Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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

Cover of The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo

2. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Puppets of Spelhorst book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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

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 Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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. Remember Us

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply in… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's Remember Us book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. 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 Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"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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6. 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 Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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7. Things in the Basement

By: Ben Hatke

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Ben Hatke comes Things in the Basement, a young readers grap… read more

Similar categories in Ben Hatke's Things in the Basement book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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8. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

Similar categories in Allie Millington's Olivetti book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. Duel

By: Jessixa Bagley

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rivalry between sisters culminates in a fencing duel in this funny and emotional debut graphic no… read more

Similar categories in Jessixa Bagley's Duel book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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10. The Bellwoods Game

By: Celia Krampien

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Hocus Pocus , this “beautifully creepy” ( Kirkus Reviews ), high… read more

Similar categories in Celia Krampien's The Bellwoods Game book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
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11. Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

4.08

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's Not Quite a Ghost book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1) by Janet Sumner Johnson

12. 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 Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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13. Next Stop

By: Debbie Fong

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Stand-alone debut Next Stop is a heartfelt graphic-novel from award-winning illustrator Debbie Fong… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Fong's Next Stop book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel by Christopher Lincoln

14. The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel

By: Christopher Lincoln

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel adventure in which two siblings, a mysterious Night Librarian, and a motley cast of… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Lincoln's The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Nimbus by Jan Eldredge

15. Nimbus

By: Jan Eldredge

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Evangeline of the Bayou comes a classic middle grade animal-fantasy adventure ab… read more

Similar categories in Jan Eldredge's Nimbus book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • magic
  • cats
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • witches
  • paranormal
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16. Finch House

By: Ciera Burch

3.79

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

Encanto meets Coraline in this spooky middle grade story that deals with family ties, fear of chang… read more

Similar categories in Ciera Burch's Finch House book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of The Phoenix Keeper by S.A.  MacLean

17. The Phoenix Keeper

By: S.A. MacLean

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts from dragons and unicorns to kelpies and krakens,… read more

Similar categories in S.A. MacLean's The Phoenix Keeper book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is by Casey Lyall

18. Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is

By: Casey Lyall

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Lemon Peabody is certain that aliens visited Grandpa Walt thirty years ago, but she's running out o… read more

Similar categories in Casey Lyall's Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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19. Volcanoes

By: Nell Cross Beckerman

4.61

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The team behind the acclaimed book Caves returns with an enticing exploration of one of the most ex… read more

Similar categories in Nell Cross Beckerman's Volcanoes book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • childrens
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20. The Last Apple Tree

By: Claudia Mills

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

When feuding neighbors Sonnet and Zeke are paired up for a class project, they unearth a secret tha… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Mills's The Last Apple Tree book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith by Tom Llewellyn

21. The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith

By: Tom Llewellyn

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Challenged by a secret society of metalworkers, Eden must do all she can to save the only family sh… read more

Similar categories in Tom Llewellyn's The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith book and Jan Eldredge's Nimbus

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy

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Rebecca Stead

4.14

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The Puppets of Spelhorst

Kate DiCamillo

4.19

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Remember Us

Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

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A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

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Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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