12 must-read middle grade books like A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold) by Deborah Wiles

Cover of A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold) by Deborah Wiles

A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

By: Deborah Wiles

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Emma Lane Cake has five brothers, four dogs, and a family that can't stay put. The Cake family trav…

If you liked the middle grade plot in A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold) by Deborah Wiles , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1) by Chris Grabenstein

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

By: Chris Grabenstein

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerKyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids, (if not the teac… read more

Similar categories in Chris Grabenstein's Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1) book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Knowledge not shared remains unknown"

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

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2. No Talking

By: Andrew Clements

3.97

Format: 146 pages, Hardcover

"You have the right to remain silent." However... The fifth-grade girls and the fifth-grade boys a… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Clements's No Talking book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
"Okay heres the deal a whole day of NO TALKING IN SCJHOOL.Not in class,not in the halls, not on the plaground nowhere.No talking at all. And its a contest- BOYS AGAINST GIRLS. Whichever side talks les…"

-Andrew Clements, No Talking

Cover of The Family Under the Bridge by Garth Williams, Natalie Savage Carlson

3. The Family Under the Bridge

By: Garth Williams , Natalie Savage Carlson

3.96

Format: 97 pages, Paperback

This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished his… read more

Similar categories in Garth Williams's The Family Under the Bridge book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"You're afraid the sly little things will steal your heart if they find out you have one."

-Garth Williams, The Family Under the Bridge

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4. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.19

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

The Penderwick sisters busily discover the summertime magic of Arundel estate’s sprawling gardens, … read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1) book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The cuter the boy, the mushier your brain."

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

"Don't kill her now, just when we've gone to all that trouble to rescue her," said Jeffrey."

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

"Maybe it's fate Hound ate the map. Maybe we'll discover something wonderful while we're lost."

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

"Toward the urn the three children raced in a dead heat, Jane still shouting . FOR CHURCHILL, NELSON, AND PRINCE WILLIAM!"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

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5. You Are Special (Wemmicksville, #1)

By: Max Lucado

4.45

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

T Eres Especial Edicin de Regalo( You Are Special Gift Edition) Hardcover MaxLucado EditorialUni… read more

Similar categories in Max Lucado's You Are Special (Wemmicksville, #1) book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • fantasy
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you." Eli to Punchinello (p. 25)"

-Max Lucado, You Are Special (Wemmicksville, #1)

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6. Because of Winn-Dixie

By: Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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7. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another mem… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Love's Enduring Promise (Love Comes Softly #2) by Janette Oke

8. Love's Enduring Promise (Love Comes Softly #2)

By: Janette Oke

3.42

Format: None pages,

Tragedy brought them together, but love bound them into a family.Clark and Marty Davis, the pioneer… read more

Similar categories in Janette Oke's Love's Enduring Promise (Love Comes Softly #2) book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • fiction
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9. Out of the Dust

By: Karen Hesse

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Karen Hesse's Out of the Dust book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

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

10. 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

Similar categories in Patricia MacLachlan's Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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)

11. Pardonable Lies (Maisie Dobbs, #3)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

3.16

Format: 320 pages,

In the third novel of this bestselling series, London investigator Maisie Dobbs faces grave danger … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's Pardonable Lies (Maisie Dobbs, #3) book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

12. Love's Long Journey (Love Comes Softly #3)

By: Janette Oke

3.60

Format: 96 pages,

Een orthodox protestants echtpaar bouwt halverwege de 19e eeuw een nieuw bestaan op als veeboer op … read more

Similar categories in Janette Oke's Love's Long Journey (Love Comes Softly #3) book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

13. The Story Girl (The Story Girl, #1)

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.87

Format: None pages,

We sat still and counted the hundred. When Cecily finished she got up and went in search of Dan, re… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Montgomery's The Story Girl (The Story Girl, #1) book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

14. The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)

By: None

3.78

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who esc… read more

Similar categories in None's The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1) book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

15. Dragon Rider (Dragon Rider, #1)

By: Cornelia Funke

3.20

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

With lonely Ben aboard, brave dragon Firedrake seeks mythical place where silver dragons can live i… read more

Similar categories in Cornelia Funke's Dragon Rider (Dragon Rider, #1) book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

Cover of The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) by Trenton Lee Stewart

16. The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

By: Trenton Lee Stewart

4.20

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

"Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?"When this peculiar ad appears in the new… read more

Similar categories in Trenton Lee Stewart's The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Poor Kate,"

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

"Remember the White Knight."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

"Children are capable of such open rudeness."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

"Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

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17. The Elephant in the Room

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

It's been almost a year since Sila's mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to … read more

Similar categories in Holly Goldberg Sloan's The Elephant in the Room book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

18. Echo Mountain

By: Lauren Wolk

4.26

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A young heroine in Depression-era Maine is navigating the rocky terrain of her new life on Echo Mou… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Wolk's Echo Mountain book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You want to know?"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"Blame comes from the Greek for “curse"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"The things we need to learn to do, we learn to do by doing."

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

"Maybe she’ll wake up soon and come back to what she used to be...or what she’ll be next"

-Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain

Cover of A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold) by Deborah Wiles

19. A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

By: Deborah Wiles

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Emma Lane Cake has five brothers, four dogs, and a family that can't stay put. The Cake family trav… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold) book and Deborah Wiles's A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • cooking
  • food
  • fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

14 Best fiction books like A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold) by Deborah Wiles

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

The Family Under the Bridge

Garth Williams , Natalie Savage Carlson

3.96

Transform Your Habits

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

Jeanne Birdsall

4.19

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17 Best fiction books like The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) by Trenton Lee Stewart

Transform Your Habits

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

Chris Grabenstein

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)

Kate Milford

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Tuesdays at the Castle (Castle Glower, #1)

Jessica Day George

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

Jeanne Birdsall

4.19

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