21 must-read middle grade books like The Elemental Detectives (The Elemental Detectives, #1) by Patrice Lawrence

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The Elemental Detectives (The Elemental Detectives, #1)

By: Patrice Lawrence

3.72

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A stunningly imagined, action-packed fantasy adventure for fans of Nevermoor, Neverwhere and Mortal…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Elemental Detectives (The Elemental Detectives, #1) by Patrice Lawrence , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

1. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Patrice Lawrence's The Elemental Detectives (The Elemental Detectives, #1)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
Cover of The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1) by Siobhan McDermott

2. The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1)

By: Siobhan McDermott

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A 12-year-old girl wins an invitation to train as an apprentice to immortals in the first book of t… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
Cover of Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2) by A.F. Steadman

3. Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island shall have its revenge . . . Skandar Smith has achieved his dream to train as a unicorn … read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
Cover of The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates) by Sam Sedgman

4. The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates)

By: Sam Sedgman

4.30

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockw… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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5. The Last Bookwanderer (Pages & Co., #6)

By: Anna James

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Pages and Co. series comes to a thrilling end in this perfect final instalment. As Tilly, Os… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
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6. Festergrimm (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #4)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Herbie and Violet's arch-enemy Sebastian Eels turns up in Eerie-on-Sea, seemingly back from th… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
Cover of Fireborn (Fireborn #1) by Aisling Fowler

7. Fireborn (Fireborn #1)

By: Aisling Fowler

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Lyra. Lucy. Percy. Once in a generation, a hero emerges whose story enthralls readers worldwide. … read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
Cover of The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #1) by Katie  Kirby

8. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #1)

By: Katie Kirby

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first book in the hilarious new series for children by the bestselling creator of Hurrah For Gi… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) by A.F. Steadman

9. Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fant… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
Cover of Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) by A.F. Steadman

10. Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.55

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island always wins… Skandar and his sister Kenna are finally both at the Eyrie, but tensions… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
Cover of Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip (Lottie Brooks, #4) by Katie  Kirby

11. Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip (Lottie Brooks, #4)

By: Katie Kirby

4.56

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

Lottie Brooks continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny illus… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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12. Deeplight

By: Frances Hardinge

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The gods of The Myriad were as real as the coastlines and currents, and as merciless as the winds a… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Everyone on the Myriad was always one divine whim away from annihilation."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

"Stories were ruthless creatures and sometimes fattened themselves on bloody happenings."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

"You will find out who you are when your choices test you. In the end, we are what we do and what we allow to be done."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

"You must not love them. It is easy to love power because power tells you it is majesty and beauty and greatness. But the gods were monsters. Do not even love their memory. The gods are dead."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

Cover of Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1) by Jennifer Killick

13. Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1)

By: Jennifer Killick

4.06

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spooky Crater Lake. Perfect for… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Dread Wood (Dread Wood, #1) book and Patrice Lawrence's The Elemental Detectives (The Elemental Detectives, #1)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
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14. The Great Dream Robbery

By: Greg James

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

And it was all a dream... This is an incredibly exciting concept that feels really cinematic in its… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
Cover of In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

15. In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1)

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.07

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling, award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave comes an epic new fantasy about the … read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
Cover of The Greatest Kingdom (A Clock of Stars, #3) by Francesca Gibbons

16. The Greatest Kingdom (A Clock of Stars, #3)

By: Francesca Gibbons

4.54

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling third volume in the bestselling middle-grade trilogy, beautifully illustrated through… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
Cover of The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1) by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

17. The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

By: Jack Meggitt-Phillips

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Beauty comes at a price. And no one knows that better than Ebenezer Tweezer, who has stayed beautif… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
"ren’t you going to say ‘Whoa!’ or ‘Gosh!’?"

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

"It can be rather a nasty shock when you realize that you’ve been behaving badly."

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

"Yes, I am a handsome devil, and yes, I can do it! After all, what’s three days in the life of a 511-year-old anyway?"

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

"A good night’s sleep can do wonders for the brain. It can help sharpen your thinking, and if you are lucky, it can bring you answers to the most troublesome questions."

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

Cover of Phoenix and the Frost Palace (Fireborn #2) by Aisling Fowler

18. Phoenix and the Frost Palace (Fireborn #2)

By: Aisling Fowler

4.31

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

HOPE GROWS FROM THE ASHES . . . Twelve has become a hunter and chosen a new name to reflect her … read more

Similar categories in Aisling Fowler's Phoenix and the Frost Palace (Fireborn #2) book and Patrice Lawrence's The Elemental Detectives (The Elemental Detectives, #1)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
Cover of The Arctic Railway Assassin (Adventures on Trains, #6) by M.G. Leonard

19. The Arctic Railway Assassin (Adventures on Trains, #6)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.38

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 11 years The bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series embark… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Elemental Detectives (The Elemental Detectives, #1) by Patrice Lawrence

20. The Elemental Detectives (The Elemental Detectives, #1)

By: Patrice Lawrence

3.72

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A stunningly imagined, action-packed fantasy adventure for fans of Nevermoor, Neverwhere and Mortal… read more

Similar categories in Patrice Lawrence's The Elemental Detectives (The Elemental Detectives, #1) book and Patrice Lawrence's The Elemental Detectives (The Elemental Detectives, #1)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

21. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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