11 Best middle grade books like Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021 by Katherine Rundell

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Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

By: Katherine Rundell

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

High above the streets of Paris live the rooftoppers, a secret gang of children who eat, sleep and …

"We are not good, as a human species, at accepting that extraordinary things do sometimes happen."

-Katherine Rundell, Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

"We are not good, as a human species, at accepting that extraordinary things do sometimes happen."

-Katherine Rundell, Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

If you liked the middle grade plot in Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021 by Katherine Rundell , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

By: Gabrielle Zevin

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She wouldn't have had to go back for t… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Diving is a leap of faith plus gravity."

-Gabrielle Zevin, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

"Jesus, I thought Zuckerman was cheating in you, Chief."

-Gabrielle Zevin, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

"You wouldn't be abandoning me if you stopped to get a Band-Aid, you know."

-Gabrielle Zevin, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

"But now, at this moment, you can't hook your boat to mine, 'cause I'm liable to sink us both."

-Gabrielle Zevin, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

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2. Sleepyhead (Tom Thorne, #1)

By: Mark Billingham

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

Detective Inspector Tom Thorne now knows that three murdered young women were a killer's mistakes -… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #4) by Robin Stevens

3. Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #4)

By: Robin Stevens

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The fantastic new mystery from the author of Murder Most Unladylike. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong hav… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fiction
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4. Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1)

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Deepdean School for Girls, 1934. When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own deadly secre… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fiction

5. Arsenic for Tea (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #2)

By: Robin Stevens

3.97

Format: 649 pages, Paperback

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays… read more

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6. Girl, Missing (Girl, Missing, #1)

By: Sophie McKenzie

3.71

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Lauren has always known she was adopted but when a little research turns up the possibility that sh… read more

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7. First Class Murder: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery

By: Robin Stevens

3.48

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday through Europe on the world-famous Orient Express. … read more

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8. Cream Buns and Crime

By: Robin Stevens

3.37

Format: 204 pages,

A collection of short stories, tips and tricks on being a detective, from the author of Murder Most… read more

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9. The Doomsday Date

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

3.35

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

An exclusive new World Book Day story from the bestselling author of ACE OF SPADES, Faridah Àbíké-Í… read more

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  • short stories
  • contemporary
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10. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Katherine Rundell's Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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11. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man, #12)

By: Dav Pilkey

4.61

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Our canine superhero returns in DOG MAN: THE SCARLET SHEDDER, the suspenseful and hilarious twelfth… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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12. Death Sets Sail (Murder Most Unladylike #9)

By: Robin Stevens

4.55

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The final novel in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unladylike series. Dais… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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13. The Last Bear (The Last Bear #1)

By: Hannah Gold

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An instant classic with a bear-sized heart, Hannah Gold’s debut novel is a touching story of kindne… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Top Marks for Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #8) by Robin Stevens

14. Top Marks for Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #8)

By: Robin Stevens

4.35

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Daisy and Hazel are finally back at Deepdean, and the school is preparing for a most exciting event… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's Top Marks for Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #8) book and Katherine Rundell's Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

By: Joanna Cannon

3.65

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Part coming-of-age story, part mystery, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep is a quirky and utterly ch… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The most important thing a garden needs is the shadow of a gardener."

-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

"I thought I would like a job where inquiring about everyone else's private business was considered perfectly routine."

-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

"And I decided it really was true after all. You only really need two people to believe in the same thing, to feel as though you just might belong."

-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

"The only problem was, when your whole existence is something you have to cope with, you look back one day and find that your strategy has become a way of life."

-Joanna Cannon, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

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16. The Primrose Railway Children

By: Jacqueline Wilson

4.12

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

'An unbelievable talent' - David Walliams From multi-million bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Hex

By: Jenni Fagan

3.85

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

IT'S THE 4TH OF DECEMBER 1591. On this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several floor… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"A witch-pricker's finger can be pointed at any one of us. It chose me."

-Jenni Fagan, Hex

"I’ve got the voice of a siren – it’s not a voice to launch a thousand ships, it’s a voice to sink them."

-Jenni Fagan, Hex

"- You know what really brings the storms, Geillis? - What? - A storm arrives at the exact second when a girl learns she'll never be free"

-Jenni Fagan, Hex

"I have memories to give away before I meet God — so you can have them, Iris from the ether. Are you listening? Nobody else will write them down."

-Jenni Fagan, Hex

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18. Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2)

By: Hannah Gold

4.54

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unmissable follow-up to the award-winning  The Last Bear— perfect for fans of Rosanne Parry and… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2) book and Katherine Rundell's Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Amazing Edie Eckhart: The Friend Mission by Rosie   Jones

19. The Amazing Edie Eckhart: The Friend Mission

By: Rosie Jones

3.97

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Hi! I'm Edie Eckhart. I'm a little bit different. I have a disability called cerebral palsy, so I t… read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021 by Katherine Rundell

20. Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

By: Katherine Rundell

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

High above the streets of Paris live the rooftoppers, a secret gang of children who eat, sleep and … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021 book and Katherine Rundell's Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"We are not good, as a human species, at accepting that extraordinary things do sometimes happen."

-Katherine Rundell, Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

14 must-read fiction books like Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021 by Katherine Rundell

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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Gabrielle Zevin

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Sleepyhead (Tom Thorne, #1)

Mark Billingham

3.51

Transform Your Habits

Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #4)

Robin Stevens

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1)

Robin Stevens

4.21

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Transform Your Habits

The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1)

Katherine Woodfine

3.99

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The Mystery of the Painted Dragon (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #3)

Katherine Woodfine

4.28

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The Curse in the Candlelight (Scarlet and Ivy, #5)

Sophie Cleverly

4.46

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Take Your Last Breath (Ruby Redfort #2)

Lauren Child

3.33

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