23 must-read middle grade books like The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2) by Adrienne Kress

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The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

By: Adrienne Kress

3.88

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

More mystery, more bravery, more danger, and one amazingly reckless rescue await in the second book…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2) by Adrienne Kress , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. The Harp and the Ravenvine (The Keepers #2)

By: Ted Sanders

4.50

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

IN THE WORLD OF THE KEEPERS, IT'S BEST NOT TO SPEAK IN TERMS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE. Horace F. Andrews, … read more

Similar categories in Ted Sanders's The Harp and the Ravenvine (The Keepers #2) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2) by Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka

2. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

By: Trenton Lee Stewart , Diana Sudyka

4.21

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Children You must not come STOP Dangerous The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new … read more

Similar categories in Trenton Lee Stewart's The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"It's not going to be over until we say so."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

"May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

"There was a unique pleasure in knowing a friend so well, Reynie reflected, rather like sharing a secret code."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

"Good grief! They're going to call us inside soon, and Sticky hasn't even met Madge yet!" "Who's Madge?" Sticky asked. "Her Majesty the Queen!"

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

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3. Das dritte Buch der Träume (Silber, #3)

By: Kerstin Gier

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Es ist März, in London steht der Frühling vor der Tür – und Liv Silber vor drei Problemen. Erst… read more

Similar categories in Kerstin Gier's Das dritte Buch der Träume (Silber, #3) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Der Kollege hat einfach das gewisse - Nichts"

-Kerstin Gier, Das dritte Buch der Träume (Silber, #3)

"«Maledizione!» esclamò Henry. Ci trovavamo nel corridoio dall’altra parte della porta, senza esserci portati dietro neppure una goccia dell’acqua del sogno di Mrs Honeycutt. Un singolare rimpianto si…"

-Kerstin Gier, Das dritte Buch der Träume (Silber, #3)

"«Henry, riguardo a...» «Lo so» mi interruppe subito Henry e all’improvviso sembrava imbarazzato. «E hai ragione. È strano che non sei mai venuta a casa mia e puoi venire solo ora che la casa è vuota …"

-Kerstin Gier, Das dritte Buch der Träume (Silber, #3)

Cover of Have Sword, Will Travel (Have Sword, Will Travel, #1) by Garth Nix, Sean Williams

4. Have Sword, Will Travel (Have Sword, Will Travel, #1)

By: Garth Nix , Sean Williams

3.78

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

It is strange enough that Odo and Eleanor have stumbled upon a sword in a dried-up river outside th… read more

Similar categories in Garth Nix's Have Sword, Will Travel (Have Sword, Will Travel, #1) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.91

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians is the first adventure in a fantasy series for young readers by… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Wasing not of wasing is", Quentin added."

-Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)

"You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It's really funny."

-Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)

"Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people."

-Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)

"And so, untold millions screamed out in pain, and then were suddenly silenced. I hope you're happy."

-Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)

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6. The Colossus Rises (Seven Wonders, #1)

By: Peter Lerangis , Mike Reagan

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One Boy Jack McKinley is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary problem. In a few months, he’s go… read more

Similar categories in Peter Lerangis's The Colossus Rises (Seven Wonders, #1) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • action
  • audiobook
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7. The Portal and the Veil (The Keepers #3)

By: Ted Sanders

3.88

Format: None pages, ebook

In the third book of Ted Sanders's Keepers series, Chloe, Horace, April, and the other Keepers retu… read more

Similar categories in Ted Sanders's The Portal and the Veil (The Keepers #3) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Odin's Ravens (The Blackwell Pages, #2) by K.L. Armstrong, M.A. Marr, Vivienne To

8. Odin's Ravens (The Blackwell Pages, #2)

By: K.L. Armstrong , M.A. Marr , Vivienne To

2.83

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

Seven kids, Thor's hammer, and a whole lot of Valkyries are the only things standing against the en… read more

Similar categories in K.L. Armstrong's Odin's Ravens (The Blackwell Pages, #2) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • adventure
Cover of The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1) by Ted  Sanders

9. The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

By: Ted Sanders

3.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Artifacts. Miseries. Mysteries . . . From the moment Horace F. Andrews sees the sign from the bus--… read more

Similar categories in Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction

10. The Book Jumper

By: Mechthild Gläser

4.54

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Amy Lennox doesn't know quite what to expect when she and her mother pick up and leave Germany for … read more

Similar categories in Mechthild Gläser's The Book Jumper book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

11. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #3)

By: Trenton Lee Stewart , Del Roy

4.03

Format: 208 pages, Audio CD

IF YOU FAIL, ALL IS LOST. Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constan… read more

Similar categories in Trenton Lee Stewart's The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #3) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

12. The Shadow Cipher (York, #1)

By: Laura Ruby

3.89

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It was 1798 when the Morningstarr twins arrived in New York with a vision for a magnificent city: t… read more

Similar categories in Laura Ruby's The Shadow Cipher (York, #1) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

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13. Linked

By: Gordon Korman

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Linked book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."

-Gordon Korman, Linked

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14. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's City Spies (City Spies #1) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

Cover of The Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans, #2) by Graci Kim

15. The Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans, #2)

By: Graci Kim

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

For Riley Oh, life as the Godrealm’s last fallen star is not all it’s cracked up to be. Her new div… read more

Similar categories in Graci Kim's The Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans, #2) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Hey, Realist Riley, you know we write our own realities, don't you? You have to put the things you want out into the world. If you don't demand the best for yourself, you're guaranteed not to receive…"

-Graci Kim, The Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans, #2)

"Watch out for Jungkook, though, won't you?" she says over her shoulder, pointing to the smallest imugi in the bunch. "He may be the youngest, but he's got the biggest bite." I pause. Namjoon? Jungkoo…"

-Graci Kim, The Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans, #2)

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16. Unplugged

By: Gordon Korman

3.96

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

From Gordon Korman comes a middle grade novel about a group of kids forced to “unplug” at a wellne… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Unplugged book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Fertilizer, meet fan"

-Gordon Korman, Unplugged

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17. Iceberg

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Iceberg book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg

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18. The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy

By: Anne Ursu

4.13

Format: 423 pages, Hardcover

A fantasy about a kingdom beset by monsters, a mysterious school, and a girl caught in between them… read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby by G.Z. Schmidt

19. 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 Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Knowledge, someone once said, was power—and the fewer children with power, the better."

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

Cover of Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1) by Liselle Sambury

20. Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1)

By: Liselle Sambury

3.97

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5) by Roshani Chokshi

21. Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5)

By: Roshani Chokshi

4.50

Format: None pages, None

The Pandavas only have until the next full moon to stop the Sleeper from gaining access to the nect… read more

Similar categories in Roshani Chokshi's Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Vasuki’s great eyes closed. His head swung a little. Aru crouched, ready for the snake king to lunge…but he didn’t. Instead, he…bopped to the music? "Did not expect that one," said Brynne."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5)

"First things first," said Aru, lifting her hand. "I cannot speak to you in iambic pentameter. I'm in high school. And I'm in Otherworld training. So, I've got, like, three brain cells left, and it wo…"

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5)

" S. saw that you might need this. The helmets should block Aiden's hypnotic apsara stuff so no one does anything embarrassing... again >:) -N & S P.S. The tambourine? hahaha "Amazing," said Aru, cros…"

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5)

"Aru teetered backward, her arms pinwheeling as she scrambled for secure footing. Someone caught hold of her wrist. 'I've got you, Shah,' said Aiden fiercely. It was the last thing she heard before so…"

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5)

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22. Bob

By: Wendy Mass

4.06

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

A classic middle-grade tale of magic and friendship, about a girl who helps an old friend find home… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's Bob book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"I squeeze my eyes shut and practice being not seen. I open one eye. “Well? Can you see me?"

-Wendy Mass, Bob

Cover of The Nebula Secret (Explorer Academy, #1) by Trudi Trueit

23. The Nebula Secret (Explorer Academy, #1)

By: Trudi Trueit

4.30

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Adventure, danger, and a thrilling global mission await 12-year-old Cruz Coronado as he joins an el… read more

Similar categories in Trudi Trueit's The Nebula Secret (Explorer Academy, #1) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • action
Cover of The Clockwork Ghost (York, #2) by Laura Ruby

24. The Clockwork Ghost (York, #2)

By: Laura Ruby

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

It was only a few weeks ago that the Biedermann twins, Tess and Theo, along with their friend Jaime… read more

Similar categories in Laura Ruby's The Clockwork Ghost (York, #2) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2) by Adrienne Kress

25. The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

By: Adrienne Kress

3.88

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

More mystery, more bravery, more danger, and one amazingly reckless rescue await in the second book… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2) book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • action
  • audiobook
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26. Faker

By: Gordon Korman

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey know… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Faker book and Adrienne Kress's The Reckless Rescue (The Explorers, #2)

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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4.21

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Das dritte Buch der Träume (Silber, #3)

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4.02

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