7 must-read juvenile books like Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1) by M.R. Fournet

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Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

By: M.R. Fournet

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A twelve-year-old cemetery boy and monster hunter–along with his flesh-eating mermaid friend–has to…

If you liked the juvenile plot in Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1) by M.R. Fournet , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. 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 M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"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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2. The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby

By: G.Z. Schmidt

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Amadeuses were always considered somewhat strange. Even before the incident. When six-year-old… read more

Similar categories in G.Z. Schmidt's The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
"Knowledge, someone once said, was power—and the fewer children with power, the better."

-G.Z. Schmidt, The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby

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3. 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 M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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4. 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 M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. Dust

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust. After Avalyn nearly die… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Dust book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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6. What Lives in the Woods

By: Lindsay Currie

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the decrepit Woodmoor Manor…where something in the woods is always watching. From the au… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's What Lives in the Woods book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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7. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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8. It Watches in the Dark (Eek!)

By: Jeff Strand

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"She glanced over her shoulder. Had the scarecrow moved? It stood there, smile stitched on its face… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Strand's It Watches in the Dark (Eek!) book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
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9. 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 M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"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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10. It Found Us

By: Lindsay Currie

3.97

Format: 274 pages, None

From the author of Scritch Scratch and The Girl in White comes a new spooky mystery about a girl de… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's It Found Us book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
  • 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 M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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12. Once There Was (Once There Was #1)

By: Kiyash Monsef

3.98

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A novel about an Iranian American girl who discovers that her father was secretly a veterinarian to… read more

Similar categories in Kiyash Monsef's Once There Was (Once There Was #1) book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • urban fantasy
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1)

By: Katherine Marsh

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award finalist Katherine Percy Jackson meets The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Aca… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1) book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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14. Don't Want to Be Your Monster

By: Deke Moulton

4.12

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Two vampire brothers must set aside their differences to solve a series of murders. Adam and Vic… read more

Similar categories in Deke Moulton's Don't Want to Be Your Monster book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • paranormal
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • horror
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15. Extra Normal

By: Kate Alice Marshall

4.25

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

It's hard to fight the supernatural when you're naturally "un-super." This chilling middle grade is… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's Extra Normal book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
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16. Free Throws, Friendship, and Other Things We Fouled Up

By: Jenn Bishop

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"A beautifully crafted tale of friendship, family, and forgiveness, with characters so vivid and re… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Bishop's Free Throws, Friendship, and Other Things We Fouled Up book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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17. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1) by M.R. Fournet

18. Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

By: M.R. Fournet

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A twelve-year-old cemetery boy and monster hunter–along with his flesh-eating mermaid friend–has to… read more

Similar categories in M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1) book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • urban fantasy
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • monsters
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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19. Dread Detention (Creatures & Teachers)

By: Jennifer Killick

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Library Binding

The Breakfast Club meets Stranger Things in this middle grade horror novel for fans of Goosebumps! … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Dread Detention (Creatures & Teachers) book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • juvenile
  • horror
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20. World Made of Glass

By: Ami Polonsky

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A girl channels her grief and pain into love and activism in this heartbreaking, heart-mending nove… read more

Similar categories in Ami Polonsky's World Made of Glass book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"I’m not strong,"

-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass

"We are dying because we are gay."

-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass

"I said, ‘Mom, I’m a homosexual,’ and she put down the glass that she was washing and said, ‘Jason Randolph Holmes, the world is going to try very hard to convince you that there’s something wrong wit…"

-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass

"Julian felt both familiar and unfamiliar, like he understood maybe the tiniest thing about what I was going through while, at the same time, still being a total stranger. I imagined a paperweight hea…"

-Ami Polonsky, World Made of Glass

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21. Bumps in the Night

By: Amalie Howard

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The middle grade horror debut from USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard in which a girl stays… read more

Similar categories in Amalie Howard's Bumps in the Night book and M.R. Fournet's Brick Dust and Bones (Marius Grey, 1)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • fantasy

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