11 best-selling middle grade books like Huda Was Here by H. Hayek

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Huda Was Here

By: H. Hayek

3.74

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Huda hatches a bold plan to help her dad get a job - which lands her and her brother in all kinds o…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Huda Was Here by H. Hayek , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. Borderland

By: None

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Borderland- a coming-of-age, YA eco-thriller about Indigenous land rights, with sci-fi elements. St… read more

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2. 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

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  • middle grade
"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

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3. 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

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  • middle grade
  • family
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4. If I Was a Horse

By: Sophie Blackall

3.79

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In her funniest book yet, two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall captures the astonishing spec… read more

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  • family
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5. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
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6. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

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  • contemporary
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7. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
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8. Let’s Never Speak of This Again

By: Megan Williams

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Award Winner, Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, 2022 Ella and I have been best … read more

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  • family
  • contemporary
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9. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

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  • family
  • contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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10. Inkflower

By: Suzy Zail

4.32

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story. Lisa’s father has… read more

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11. A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

By: Lili Wilkinson

3.51

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Maude is the daughter of witches. She spent her childhood running wild with her best friend, Odette… read more

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"Except now there is a raven in the rowan tree."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"What good are stories when the monsters are real?"

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"A girl so full of wildness and passion and rage that maybe she couldn't contain the whole of herself."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"If you stay home all the time, stories never happen. Sometimes you have to break something in order for the story to leak out through the cracks."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

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12. Two Can Play That Game

By: Leanne Yong

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Funny and romantic, an upbeat YA novel about gaming, goals and getting even from a fresh new voice … read more

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  • contemporary
"You go on being wrong about everything, Jaybird. I’ll be there to say “I told you so"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"Why can’t I simply be friends – or frenemies – with him? Is that so strange to both of you?"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"Because the only way you can change the world is by being a winner. Otherwise, the world at best ignores you, or at worst destroys you."

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"I only wish I could fix things for everyone that easily in real life. I mean, isn’t that why you play games, so you can pretend it’s possible?"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

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13. The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart

By: Samera Kamaleddine

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Friendship, family and feelings collide in this sparkling middle-grade debut from Matilda Prize win… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
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14. The Quiet and the Loud

By: Helena Fox

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartbreaking, hopeful, and timely novel about holding too tight to family secrets, healing from … read more

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  • family
  • contemporary
"And for a moment - here, now - we aren't the pregnant girl or the quiet girl. We aren't scared of death, or of memories oozing out of the dark. We are two girls, suspended. Timeless. Immense. Untouch…"

-Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud

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15. Dirrarn (Black Cockatoo Book 2)

By: Carl Merrison

3.73

Format: 79 pages, Kindle Edition

Age range 10+Mia could hear the squarks of her Jarriny before she saw them. Her eye’s had flicked t… read more

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  • contemporary
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16. Ming and Hilde Lead a Revolution (The Girls Who Changed the World, #3)

By: Jackie French

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The third book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. … read more

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17. Huda Was Here

By: H. Hayek

3.74

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Huda hatches a bold plan to help her dad get a job - which lands her and her brother in all kinds o… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
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18. The Concrete Garden

By: Bob Graham

3.91

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A timely, inspiring, and uplifting story about hope and the power of creative expression from one o… read more

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  • family
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19. Scout and the Rescue Dogs

By: Dianne Wolfer

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A celebration of community, adventure, kindness and, above all, dogs! The summer holidays have fin… read more

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  • middle grade
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20. That Bird Has Arms

By: Kate Temple

3.86

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Roy is an ordinary bird in every way. He is not the biggest, or the smallest. His squawk is not the… read more

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21. Being Jimmy Baxter

By: Fiona Lloyd

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A gently funny yet powerful coming-of-age middle grade novel about surviving the odds, unlikely fri… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
Cover of Real Pigeons Flap Out (Real Pigeons #11) by Andrew McDonald

22. Real Pigeons Flap Out (Real Pigeons #11)

By: Andrew McDonald

3.18

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It’s because they’re out there chasing the bad guys an… read more

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23. Tweet

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.58

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The people of the world are puzzled. Birds everywhere are sitting on highways, on buildings, on BBQ… read more

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  • middle grade
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24. Every Night at Midnight

By: Peter Cheong

4.03

Format: 40 pages, ebook

A little lone werewolf prowls the nights on his own until he finds friendship in the most unexpecte… read more

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25. Paper-flower Girl

By: Margrete Lamond

3.36

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The Paper-flower Girl creates elaborate flowers out of paper, but she has few customers. When the G… read more

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26. Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret

By: Amy Doak

4.21

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Things have settled down in Cooinda and Eleanor Jones is getting used to her new normal – spending … read more

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27. The Kindness Project

By: Deborah Abela

4.59

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

None read more

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  • middle grade
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28. Sunshine on Vinegar Street

By: Karen Comer

4.27

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweet and emotional novel about friendship, family and accepting change from a fresh new voice.Fr… read more

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  • middle grade
  • contemporary
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29. Can You Teach a Fish to Climb a Tree?

By: Jane Godwin

3.50

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Everybody is a genius.But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,it will live its whol… read more

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30. Raised by Moths

By: Charlie Archbold

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Willow jumps on the Ferris Wheel and is intrigued to see a boy surrounded by moths. As they trav… read more

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31. Evie Dreams Big (Bored, #3)

By: Matt Stanton

4.36

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes feeling bored is just the beginning ... From million-copy bestseller Matt Stanton, auth… read more

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Craig Silvey

4.46

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Amy Doak

3.69

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Tristan Bancks

4.04

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Let’s Never Speak of This Again

Megan Williams

3.80

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Katherine Applegate

4.46

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Lisa Yee

3.82

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Erin Entrada Kelly

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