14 Top middle grade books like My Father's Words by Patricia MacLachlan

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My Father's Words

By: Patricia MacLachlan

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medal winner Patricia MacLachlan crafts a moving middle grade novel in her trademark spare …

If you liked the middle grade plot in My Father's Words by Patricia MacLachlan , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Snow White: A Graphic Novel

By: Matt Phelan

3.54

Format: 337 pages,

Award-winning graphic novelist Matt Phelan delivers a darkly stylized noir Snow White set against t… read more

Similar categories in Matt Phelan's Snow White: A Graphic Novel book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • middle grade
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2. The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1)

By: Jacqueline Davies

3.67

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

For a full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Davies's The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1) book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile

3. Peter and the Starcatchers (Peter and the Starcatchers, #1)

By: Ridley Pearson , Greg Call , Dave Barry

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Orphan Peter and his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They set sai… read more

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4. Surprise Island (The Boxcar Children, #2)

By: Gertrude Chandler Warner

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

Summer vacation on an almost private island gives the Aldens a challenge. read more

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5. Raymie Nightingale

By: Kate DiCamillo

3.27

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Raymie Clarke has come to realize that everything, absolutely everything, depends on her. And she h… read more

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6. The Whipping Boy

By: Peter Sís , Sid Fleischman

3.69

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

A shout comes echoing up the stairway "Fetch the whipping boy!" A young orphan named Jemmy rouses … read more

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7. Alma and How She Got Her Name

By: Juana Martinez-Neal

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In which the protagonist asks her father about the long name he gave her. read more

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8. Rescue

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.31

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

A World War II story of espionage and intrigue, as one girl races to save her father and aid the Fr… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Rescue book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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9. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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10. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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11. Bob

By: Wendy Mass

4.06

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

A classic middle-grade tale of magic and friendship, about a girl who helps an old friend find home… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's Bob book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"I squeeze my eyes shut and practice being not seen. I open one eye. “Well? Can you see me?"

-Wendy Mass, Bob

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12. Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends #4)

By: Terri Libenson

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National bestselling author Terri Libenson returns with another endearing, relatable story of frien… read more

Similar categories in Terri Libenson's Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends #4) book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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13. Evergreen

By: Matthew Cordell

4.30

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A picture book by Caldecott medal winner Matt Cordell about a timid squirrel who makes a brave jour… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Cordell's Evergreen book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • childrens
  • animals
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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14. 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 Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
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15. Resistance

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.32

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in dange… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Resistance book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"In the knowing, there was peace."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

"But there is something a human can do that an animal never can. Create art."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

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16. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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17. Wait Till Helen Comes: A Graphic Novel

By: Scott Peterson

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In this graphic novel adaptation of master horror storyteller Mary Downing Hahn's spookiest and mos… read more

Similar categories in Scott Peterson's Wait Till Helen Comes: A Graphic Novel book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of My Father's Words by Patricia MacLachlan

18. My Father's Words

By: Patricia MacLachlan

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medal winner Patricia MacLachlan crafts a moving middle grade novel in her trademark spare … read more

Similar categories in Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • dogs
  • death
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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19. Little Shrew

By: Akiko Miyakoshi

4.33

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Akiko Miyakoshi returns with a beguiling, quietly magical appreciation of life’s little pleasures. … read more

Similar categories in Akiko Miyakoshi's Little Shrew book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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20. The Dictionary Story

By: Sam Winston

4.35

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

The much-anticipated new picture book from the best-selling, award-winning creators of A Child of B… read more

Similar categories in Sam Winston's The Dictionary Story book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • childrens
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21. The Bakery Dragon

By: Devin Elle Kurtz

4.64

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The heroic tale of a tiny dragon with a heart of gold and a taste for baked treats! A scrumptious p… read more

Similar categories in Devin Elle Kurtz's The Bakery Dragon book and Patricia MacLachlan's My Father's Words

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

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