5 Top school books like The Best Worst Summer by Elizabeth Eulberg

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The Best Worst Summer

By: Elizabeth Eulberg

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade story about two summers - three decades apart - and the box of secrets linking them …

If you liked the school plot in The Best Worst Summer by Elizabeth Eulberg , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Ban This Book

By: Alan Gratz

4.41

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

-Readers, librarians, and all those books that have drawn a challenge have a brand new hero.... Sta… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Ban This Book book and Elizabeth Eulberg's The Best Worst Summer

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
"Probably because for all the amazing things books can do, they can't make you into a bad person"

-Alan Gratz, Ban This Book

"She was disappointed, I could tell, and suddenly the only thing I wanted in the world was to please her."

-Alan Gratz, Ban This Book

2. The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Ralph S. Mouse, #1)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary , Louis Darling

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Pb-pb-b-b-b. Pb-pb-b-b-b." With these magic vocables, Ralph the mouse revs up a dream come true--h… read more

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3. Love That Dog (Jack, #1)

By: Sharon Creech

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

"I guess it does look like a poem when you see it typed up like that." Jack hates poetry. Only girl… read more

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4. One for the Murphys

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

3.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Carley Connors can take a lot. Growing up in Las Vegas with her fun-loving mother, … read more

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5. 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 Elizabeth Eulberg's The Best Worst Summer

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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6. Merci Suárez Changes Gears

By: Meg Medina

4.19

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, famil… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • juvenile
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7. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.46

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus,… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • juvenile
"But when someone's hurting, you gotta do something. Always kindness"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"Driving toward something is better than driving away from something."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"I guess that's how regrets are...they're anchors, not balloons. And we were sunk"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"The best kind of goodbye is the kind where you don’t actually have to leave the person behind."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

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8. Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1)

By: Rex Ogle

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and findi… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • juvenile
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9. Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1)

By: Wendy Mass

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Can a virtual reality headset help change the way twelve-year-old Addie looks at things? Introd… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • juvenile
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10. The Color of Sound

By: Emily Barth Isler

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Rosie is a musical prodigy whose synesthesia allows her to see music in colors. Her… read more

Similar categories in Emily Barth Isler's The Color of Sound book and Elizabeth Eulberg's The Best Worst Summer

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
"With the violin nestled below my chin, I feel more at home than I ever have in any house. With my fingers on the soundboard and my right hand holding the bow, I close my eyes briefly and breathe. It'…"

-Emily Barth Isler, The Color of Sound

Cover of Three Keys (Front Desk, #2) by Kelly Yang

11. Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

By: Kelly Yang

4.42

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang thinks she’s going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"The pain broke my heart into a thousand pieces."

-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

"the worry that if he didn’t take every single thing, a part of him would be lost forever."

-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

"But you can't give up on people. It's one of the three keys of friendship. You gotta listen, you gotta care, and most importantly, you gotta keep trying."

-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

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12. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl book and Elizabeth Eulberg's The Best Worst Summer

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
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13. Golden Girl

By: Reem Faruqi

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle grade novel in verse about seventh grader Aafiyah Qamar, a Pakistani America… read more

Similar categories in Reem Faruqi's Golden Girl book and Elizabeth Eulberg's The Best Worst Summer

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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14. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • juvenile
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15. Barakah Beats

By: Maleeha Siddiqui

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The First Rule of Punk and Save Me a Seat, Barakah Beats is a sweet, powerful, and joyo… read more

Similar categories in Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats book and Elizabeth Eulberg's The Best Worst Summer

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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16. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?

By: Leslie Connor

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A big-hearted, beautiful, and funny novel told from multiple viewpoints about neurodiversity, frien… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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17. Merci Suárez Plays It Cool

By: Meg Medina

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In a satisfying finale to her trilogy, Newbery Medalist Meg Medina follows Merci Suárez into an eig… read more

Similar categories in Meg Medina's Merci Suárez Plays It Cool book and Elizabeth Eulberg's The Best Worst Summer

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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18. Merci Suárez Can't Dance

By: Meg Medina

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In Meg Medina's follow-up to her Newbery Medal-winning novel, Merci takes on seventh grade, with al… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • juvenile
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19. The Best Worst Summer

By: Elizabeth Eulberg

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade story about two summers - three decades apart - and the box of secrets linking them … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Eulberg's The Best Worst Summer book and Elizabeth Eulberg's The Best Worst Summer

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • adoption
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • emotion
  • juvenile
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20. Honey and Me

By: Meira Drazin

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Everything seems easy for eleven-year-old Honey Wine. Her best friend, Milla Bloom, envies Honey’s … read more

Similar categories in Meira Drazin's Honey and Me book and Elizabeth Eulberg's The Best Worst Summer

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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21. Crossing the Pressure Line

By: Laura Anne Bird

4.49

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Clare Burch has just lost the person she loves most in the world. She wonders if he… read more

Similar categories in Laura Anne Bird's Crossing the Pressure Line book and Elizabeth Eulberg's The Best Worst Summer

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade

17 Top childrens books like The Best Worst Summer by Elizabeth Eulberg

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Ban This Book

Alan Gratz

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Olivetti

Allie Millington

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Merci Suárez Changes Gears

Meg Medina

4.19

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The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

Dan Gemeinhart

4.46

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11 must-read juvenile books like Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1) by Rex Ogle

Transform Your Habits

Timid

Jonathan Todd

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Break (Click #6)

Kayla Miller

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Squished: A Graphic Novel

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

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Invisible

Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

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