20 best-selling middle grade books like Seven Clues to Home by Gae Polisner

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Seven Clues to Home

By: Gae Polisner

4.23

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An endearing story of love and grief as one girl follows the clues in a scavenger hunt left behind …

If you liked the middle grade plot in Seven Clues to Home by Gae Polisner , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. Help! We Have Strange Powers! (Goosebumps HorrorLand, #10)

By: R.L. Stine

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

It's a whole new ride from master of fright and bestselling author R.L. Stine--with a story so fien… read more

Similar categories in R.L. Stine's Help! We Have Strange Powers! (Goosebumps HorrorLand, #10) book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

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2. Swim Team

By: Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Swim Team book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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3. A Work in Progress

By: Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” ( Publishers Weekly , starr… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett Lerner's A Work in Progress book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

By: Lisa Yee

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"

-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

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5. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Two Degrees book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

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6. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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7. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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8. Answers in the Pages

By: David Levithan

4.32

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from t… read more

Similar categories in David Levithan's Answers in the Pages book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"We are who we are, and we'll be who we'll be. A book can make us feel that, but it can't invent that. It's already inside us."

-David Levithan, Answers in the Pages

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9. Chester Keene Cracks the Code

By: Kekla Magoon

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Cracking the code isn't all it's cracked up to be in this scavenger hunt adventure from a Coretta S… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's Chester Keene Cracks the Code book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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10. How We Roll

By: Natasha Friend

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Quinn is a teen who loves her family, skateboarding, basketball, and her friends, but after she's d… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Friend's How We Roll book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Hamlet is Not OK

By: R.A. Spratt

3.40

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Selby hates homework. She would rather watch daytime television – anything to escape the tedium of … read more

Similar categories in R.A. Spratt's Hamlet is Not OK book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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12. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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13. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

Similar categories in Varsha Bajaj's Thirst book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Those Kids from Fawn Creek

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same--until Orchid Mason arrives. This contempor… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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15. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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16. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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17. What About Will

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkin's comes a new heartbreakingly tender middle … read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's What About Will book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. A Perfect Mistake

By: Melanie Conklin

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A moving, voice-driven novel about friendship, responsibility, and fighting against unfair expectat… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Conklin's A Perfect Mistake book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
Cover of Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms (Cameron Battle, #1) by Jamar J. Perry

19. Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms (Cameron Battle, #1)

By: Jamar J. Perry

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As the true Descendant, I command to open The door to Chidani; it shall be broken Magic awaits … read more

Similar categories in Jamar J. Perry's Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms (Cameron Battle, #1) book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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20. Seven Clues to Home

By: Gae Polisner

4.23

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An endearing story of love and grief as one girl follows the clues in a scavenger hunt left behind … read more

Similar categories in Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • romance
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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21. Consider the Octopus

By: Nora Raleigh Baskin

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When chance, or fate, throws two twelve-year-olds together on board a scientific research ship at t… read more

Similar categories in Nora Raleigh Baskin's Consider the Octopus book and Gae Polisner's Seven Clues to Home

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary

19 must-read fiction books like Seven Clues to Home by Gae Polisner

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Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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A Work in Progress

Jarrett Lerner

4.40

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A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

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Two Degrees

Alan Gratz

4.15

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Rules

Cynthia Lord

3.97

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When My Heart Joins the Thousand

A.J. Steiger

4.02

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A Quiet Kind of Thunder

Sara Barnard

4.06

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Love and First Sight

Josh Sundquist

3.62

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