21 must-read middle grade books like Rockets: Defying Gravity by Anne Drozd

Cover of Rockets: Defying Gravity by Anne Drozd

Rockets: Defying Gravity

By: Anne Drozd

4.22

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic—dinosaurs, cora…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Rockets: Defying Gravity by Anne Drozd , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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)

Cover of Who Was Steve Jobs? by Nancy Harrison, John   O'Brien, Meg Belviso, Pam Pollack

2. Who Was Steve Jobs?

By: Nancy Harrison , John O'Brien , Meg Belviso , Pam Pollack

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six sh… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #2) by Chris Grabenstein

3. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #2)

By: Chris Grabenstein

3.40

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! Kyle and his team… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens

4. Restart

By: Gordon Korman

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't re… read more

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5. Goldie (The Puppy Place, #1)

By: Ellen Miles

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. They want a puppy of their own more than just about anyth… read more

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6. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

By: Bill Watterson

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Calvin and Hobbesis unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginativ… read more

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7. The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)

By: Peter Brown

4.05

Format: 12 pages, Hardcover

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild… read more

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8. When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading rainbow book)

By: Cynthia Rylant , Diane Goode

3.62

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

For twenty years, Cynthia Rylant's story of childhood in the Appalachian Mountains has been an endu… read more

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9. Swindle (Swindle, #1)

By: Gordon Korman

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Ocean's 11... with 11-year-olds, in a super stand-alone heist caper from Gordon Korman! After a mea… read more

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10. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

By: Randall Munroe

4.37

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • comics
  • history
  • science
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11. The Superteacher Project

By: Gordon Korman

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart and The Unteachables, comes a hilarious new s… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I understand," he announces finally. "It's because I'm‒different." Paul is amazed. "You learned that from the internet?" "Not directly Mr. Aidact explains. "But I accessed a database of books and mov…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

"Your jokes aren't even funny. What is this thing, anyway?' 'That's the beauty of it!' Oliver crows. 'It's nothing‒just some piece of junk from he supply closet. But you're freaking out because it cou…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

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12. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Fertilizer, meet fan"

-Gordon Korman, Unplugged

Cover of The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) by Shawn  Peters

13. The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

By: Shawn Peters

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Packed with superheroes, supervillains, and epic showdowns between good and evil, The Unforgettable… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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14. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • space
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15. The Thirteenth Fairy (Never After, #1)

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Nothing ever happens in Filomena Jefferson-Cho's sleepy little suburban town of North Pasadena. The… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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16. The Unteachables

By: Gordon Korman

4.34

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what hap… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Kid, that was something!"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Everybody hates something,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Only ten months until June."

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"It’s not just for little kids,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

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17. Millionaires for the Month

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"After seventh graders Benji and Felix "borrow" $20 from a lost wallet, the billionaire owner chall… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Act (Click #3) by Kayla Miller

18. Act (Click #3)

By: Kayla Miller

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How do you know when the person who can make the difference . . . is you?    Olive is excited to st… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #11) by Gabriela  Epstein

19. Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #11)

By: Gabriela Epstein

4.28

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

Stacey McGill is moving back to New York! That means no more Stoneybrook Middle School, no more Cha… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871: The Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novels #7) by Lauren Tarshis

20. I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871: The Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novels #7)

By: Lauren Tarshis

4.22

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Could an entire city really burn to the ground? One brave boy finds out in this graphic novel adapt… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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21. Mixed Up

By: Gordon Korman

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Restart , the story of two boys who are losing their memories... to each other. … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Camp Daze (Bad Kitty Chapter Book, #11) by Nick Bruel

22. Camp Daze (Bad Kitty Chapter Book, #11)

By: Nick Bruel

4.24

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Kitty’s life is really hard. Like really, REALLY hard. All she asks for is twenty-two hours a day t… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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23. Crunch (Click #5)

By: Kayla Miller

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Kayla Miller, the  New York Times  bestselling author-illustrator of  Click ,  Camp , Act , and Cla… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1) by James  Patterson

24. Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

By: James Patterson

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Patterson has just created the most spine-tingling, creepy-crawling, giggle-producing kid’s d… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Bad Kitty: Supercat (Graphic Novel) by Nick Bruel

25. Bad Kitty: Supercat (Graphic Novel)

By: Nick Bruel

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The phenomenally successful Bad Kitty series is purr-fect for fans of Dav Pilkey's Dog Man and Ben … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • childrens
Cover of Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale  (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #11) by Nathan Hale

26. Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #11)

By: Nathan Hale

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Discover the Korean War through the eyes of the journalist who covered it in this installment of th… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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27. Whatshisface

By: Gordon Korman

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Gordon Korman's next stand-alone novel, a fun, funny ghost story about a nobody kid who becomes a s… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Who Is Harry Styles? (Who HQ Now) by Kirsten Anderson

28. Who Is Harry Styles? (Who HQ Now)

By: Kirsten Anderson

4.27

Format: 55 pages, Kindle Edition

Learn about the life of one of today's most popular musicians in this Who HQ Now biography about Ha… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Where Is Stonehenge? by True Kelley

29. Where Is Stonehenge?

By: True Kelley

4.04

Format: 112 pages, Library Binding

Unravel some of the riddles of Stonehenge, one of the most famous and mysterious monuments in the w… read more

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  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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30. Shark Princess

By: Nidhi Chanani

3.44

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

A new early reader graphic novel series from the critically acclaimed creator of Pashmina, perfect… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Rockets: Defying Gravity by Anne Drozd

31. Rockets: Defying Gravity

By: Anne Drozd

4.22

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic—dinosaurs, cora… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • transport
  • space
  • technology

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