12 must-read juvenile books like The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew Fox

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The Sky Over Rebecca

By: Matthew Fox

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Bath Children's Novel Award Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award Shortlist 2024 …

If you liked the juvenile plot in The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew Fox , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Ferris by Kate DiCamillo

1. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

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

2. 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 Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • historical
  • 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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3. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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4. 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 Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • childrens
  • time travel
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • juvenile
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5. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • adventure
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6. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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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 Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • childrens
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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8. You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's You Are Here: Connecting Flights book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"

-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights

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9. The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found

By: Jordan Lees

4.32

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

A boy who doesn't believe in magic. An impossible world that will change his mind. Eleven-year-… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Lees's The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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10. 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 Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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11. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • middle grade
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

12. 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

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

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

13. 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 Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • adventure
Cover of Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1) by Katherine Marsh

14. 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 Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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15. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

By: Adam Gidwitz

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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16. Code Name Kingfisher

By: Liz Kessler

4.58

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time… read more

Similar categories in Liz Kessler's Code Name Kingfisher book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • war
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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17. The Curse of Eelgrass Bog

By: Mary Averling

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of mon… read more

Similar categories in Mary Averling's The Curse of Eelgrass Bog book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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18. Just Keep Walking

By: Erin Soderberg Downing

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two years after her parents’ surprising and painful split, twelve-year-old Jo and her mom find them… read more

Similar categories in Erin Soderberg Downing's Just Keep Walking book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • adventure
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19. 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 Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew    Fox

20. The Sky Over Rebecca

By: Matthew Fox

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Bath Children's Novel Award Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award Shortlist 2024 … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • childrens
  • time travel
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues (Swifts, #2) by Beth Lincoln

21. The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues (Swifts, #2)

By: Beth Lincoln

4.57

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Shenanigan Swift is headed to Paris, where new mysteries and new relatives await. The hilarious, qu… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues (Swifts, #2) book and Matthew Fox's The Sky Over Rebecca

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
"We built through invasion and war, theft and murder, plague and the sacking of empires, until our cities were graveyards, and our mouths were graveyards, and our speech is the speech of the dead."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues (Swifts, #2)

8 must-read fantasy books like The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew Fox

Transform Your Habits

The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found

Jordan Lees

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Not Quite a Ghost

Anne Ursu

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

Katherine Applegate

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Medusa (The Myth of Monsters #1)

Katherine Marsh

4.08

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20 Top fiction books like The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

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