11 Best contemporary books like Where We Used to Roam by Jenn Bishop

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Where We Used to Roam

By: Jenn Bishop

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When Emma starts sixth grade, things finally begin to change. She may still be in the shadow of her…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Where We Used to Roam by Jenn Bishop , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Rez Dogs

By: Joseph Bruchac

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Bruchac's Rez Dogs book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."

-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs

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2. Willodeen

By: Katherine Applegate

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . . Eleven-year-old Willode… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Willodeen book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Mostly I avoided the Faire, with its teeming crowds that made me feel like I was being smothered. So much noise! So much forced merrymaking! Often I would see children there, ones I recognized from m…"

-Katherine Applegate, Willodeen

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3. Lasagna Means I Love You

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Library Binding

What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's Lasagna Means I Love You book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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4. What Lives in the Woods

By: Lindsay Currie

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the decrepit Woodmoor Manor…where something in the woods is always watching. From the au… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's What Lives in the Woods book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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5. Maya and the Robot

By: Eve L. Ewing

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated middle grade novel about a forgotten homemade robot who comes to life just when aspi… read more

Similar categories in Eve L. Ewing's Maya and the Robot book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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6. The Elephant in the Room

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

It's been almost a year since Sila's mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to … read more

Similar categories in Holly Goldberg Sloan's The Elephant in the Room book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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7. Better with Butter

By: Victoria Piontek

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A girl with anxiety disorder finds an unlikely friend -- and emotional support animal -- in the for… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Piontek's Better with Butter book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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8. 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

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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9. 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 Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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10. The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas

By: Kimberly Willis Holt

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Kimberly Willis Holt's The Ambassador of Nowhere, Texas is a stunning post-9/11 companion to the Na… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Willis Holt's The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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11. 365 Days to Alaska

By: Cathy Carr

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful middle-grade debut about a girl from off-the-grid Alaska adjusting to suburban life  … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Carr's 365 Days to Alaska book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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12. 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 Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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13. Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade series about a peasant boy who wants to be a knight.Tim is just a peasant, but he dr… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1) book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Dear Student

By: Elly Swartz

4.00

Format: None pages, None

When Autumn becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper she is fac… read more

Similar categories in Elly Swartz's Dear Student book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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15. Just Harriet

By: Elana K. Arnold

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of A Boy Called Bat comes a new young middle grade series in the trad… read more

Similar categories in Elana K. Arnold's Just Harriet book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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16. A Soft Place to Land

By: Janae Marks

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Follow a young girl reshaping her meaning of home. Joy Taylor has always believed home is the ho… read more

Similar categories in Janae Marks's A Soft Place to Land book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (The Great Peach Experiment #1) by Erin Soderberg Downing

17. When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (The Great Peach Experiment #1)

By: Erin Soderberg Downing

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a family searching for a way to reconnect as a family after the loss of the kids' mot… read more

Similar categories in Erin Soderberg Downing's When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (The Great Peach Experiment #1) book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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18. Home Away From Home

By: Cynthia Lord

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From Newbery Honor Winner Cynthia Lord, a brilliant story about how to find home when everything ar… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Lord's Home Away From Home book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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19. Clarice the Brave

By: Lisa McMann

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The only good cat is a fed cat. Clarice, a young ship mouse, knows this to be true. She and her … read more

Similar categories in Lisa McMann's Clarice the Brave book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Where We Used to Roam

By: Jenn Bishop

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When Emma starts sixth grade, things finally begin to change. She may still be in the shadow of her… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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21. Sunshine

By: Marion Dane Bauer

3.64

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Set in the northern Minnesota wilderness, a timeless novel about a boy and his imaginary dog explor… read more

Similar categories in Marion Dane Bauer's Sunshine book and Jenn Bishop's Where We Used to Roam

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile

21 Best fiction books like Where We Used to Roam by Jenn Bishop

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Rez Dogs

Joseph Bruchac

4.05

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Willodeen

Katherine Applegate

4.19

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Lasagna Means I Love You

Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

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What Lives in the Woods

Lindsay Currie

3.84

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28 must-read fiction books like Maya and the Robot by Eve L. Ewing

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The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

Shawn Peters

4.03

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Allergic

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

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New from Here

Kelly Yang

4.30

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The List of Things That Will Not Change

Rebecca Stead

4.22

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