7 Best science fiction books like The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1) by Victor Appleton

Cover of The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1) by Victor Appleton

The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1)

By: Victor Appleton

3.89

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The Hardy Boys meets Alex Rider in this start to a brand-new series starring everyone’s favorite in…

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1) by Victor Appleton , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1) by Jeanne Birdsall

1. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.19

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

The Penderwick sisters busily discover the summertime magic of Arundel estate’s sprawling gardens, … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"The cuter the boy, the mushier your brain."

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

"Don't kill her now, just when we've gone to all that trouble to rescue her," said Jeffrey."

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

"Maybe it's fate Hound ate the map. Maybe we'll discover something wonderful while we're lost."

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

"Toward the urn the three children raced in a dead heat, Jane still shouting . FOR CHURCHILL, NELSON, AND PRINCE WILLIAM!"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

Cover of The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4) by T.H. White

2. The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)

By: T.H. White

4.67

Format: 48 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Once upon a time, a young boy called "Wart" was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation f… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Love in Lowercase by Francesc Miralles, Julie Wark

3. Love in Lowercase

By: Francesc Miralles , Julie Wark

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

An internationally bestselling romantic comedy for fans of The Rosie Project,about a language-lovin… read more

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  • fiction

4. Do Not Lick this Book

By: Julian Frost , Idan Ben-Barak

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Min is a microbe. She is small. Very small. In fact so small that you'd need to look through a micr… read more

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5. How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon, #1)

By: Cressida Cowell

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is a truly extraordinary Viking hero known throughout Vikingdom as "t… read more

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6. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

By: Linda Sue Park

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Long Walk to Waterbegins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2… read more

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7. One for the Murphys

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

3.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Carley Connors can take a lot. Growing up in Las Vegas with her fun-loving mother, … read more

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8. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

By: L. Frank Baum , W.W. Denslow

4.00

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

Come along, Toto, she said. We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid..."

-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

"If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace."

-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

"El verdadero valor reside en enfrentarse al peligro aun cuando uno está asustado."

-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

"She is protected by the Power of Good, and that is greater than the Power of Evil."

-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

Cover of An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7) by Deanna Raybourn

9. An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.09

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

While investigating a man claiming to be the long-lost heir to a noble family, Veronica Speedwell g… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7) book and Victor Appleton's The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Within a month the ring was gone, pawned to pay a debt, and I realized what I had done. I had shackled myself to a man who could not be trusted, upon whom I could never truly depend. Too late, I unde…"

-Deanna Raybourn, An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7)

Cover of The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1) by S.D.   Smith

10. The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

By: S.D. Smith

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Perfect Paperback

Heather and Picket are extraordinary rabbits with ordinary lives until calamitous events overtake t… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Was Father getting sadder, or was she just getting old enough to see it?"

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

"You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can't change what's true."

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

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11. Linked

By: Gordon Korman

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."

-Gordon Korman, Linked

Cover of Life Flight (Extreme Measures, #1) by Lynette Eason

12. Life Flight (Extreme Measures, #1)

By: Lynette Eason

4.20

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

EMS helicopter pilot Penny Carlton is used to high stress situations, but being forced to land on a… read more

Similar categories in Lynette Eason's Life Flight (Extreme Measures, #1) book and Victor Appleton's The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
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13. The Book Smugglers (Pages & Co., #4)

By: Anna James

4.12

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Fourth in the modern-classic and bestselling bookwandering series for ages eight to twelve that cel… read more

Similar categories in Anna James's The Book Smugglers (Pages & Co., #4) book and Victor Appleton's The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3) by Peter  Brown

14. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)

By: Peter Brown

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The action-packed third installment in Peter Brown's internationally bestselling The Wild Robot ser… read more

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  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1) by Janae Marks

16. From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

By: Janae Marks

4.29

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I’d already waited twelve years to speak to Marcus. How much longer would I have to wait for the truth?"

-Janae Marks, From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

Cover of A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8) by Deanna Raybourn

17. A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.20

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Veronica must find and stop a devious killer when a group of old friends is targeted for death in t… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8) book and Victor Appleton's The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson

18. Must Love Books

By: Shauna Robinson

3.30

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill meets Younger in a heartfelt debut following a young woman who discov… read more

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  • fiction
"Why had she relied on her unfulfilling job to give her the experience she needed for a fulfilling one?"

-Shauna Robinson, Must Love Books

"And so she couldn't even feel proud about taking one step forward in search of happiness. Not when she had reason to fear where that step would lead her next."

-Shauna Robinson, Must Love Books

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19. When You Trap a Tiger

By: Tae Keller

4.15

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medal Winner (2021) Some stories refuse to stay bottled up... When Lily and her famil… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I am a girl who sees invisible things, but I am not invisible."

-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger

"Does it get easier? Does the sadness go away? The sadness fades, yeah. Eventually. But the missing ... I don't know if that ever does."

-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger

"If you put things off for later, you'll never do them. They'll become harder and scarier, and one day you'll realize you've run out of time."

-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger

"It's hard to breathe. I know now: The moment when everything really falls apart--it's not during the big explosion. It's in the quiet after. And the feeling is not a shattering. Not quite"

-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger

Cover of Trapped! (Framed, #3) by James Ponti

20. Trapped! (Framed, #3)

By: James Ponti

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“A top-shelf test of courage, friendship, and ingenuity.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Floria… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Tilly and the Map of Stories (Pages & Co., #3) by Anna     James

21. Tilly and the Map of Stories (Pages & Co., #3)

By: Anna James

4.19

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Third in the modern-classic and bestselling bookwandering series that celebrates all that is best i… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I have seen the same problems again and again, and reading is nothing but a merry distraction from it. A way to escape problems and cares, ay, but not a way to solve them. I wish it were otherwise."

-Anna James, Tilly and the Map of Stories (Pages & Co., #3)

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22. Different Kinds of Fruit

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.08

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

In this funny and hugely heartfelt novel from a Stonewall Award winner, a sixth-grader’s life is tu… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Treehouse Library (Pages & Co.,#5) by Anna     James

23. The Treehouse Library (Pages & Co.,#5)

By: Anna James

4.17

Format: None pages, None

A magical botanist A peculiar potion A secret garden A famous monster A return to the underlibr… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck by Matt Phelan

24. The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck

By: Matt Phelan

3.64

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Intoxicating . . . it will be hard for young readers to put down.” — New York Times Book Review “A… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Forbidden Island (Explorer Academy, #7) by Trudi Trueit

25. The Forbidden Island (Explorer Academy, #7)

By: Trudi Trueit

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A heart-pounding final showdown changes the life of Cruz Coronado forever in the seventh and final … read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • science fiction
Cover of Trapped in a Video Game: The Invisible Invasion by Dustin Brady

26. Trapped in a Video Game: The Invisible Invasion

By: Dustin Brady

4.46

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

After Full Blast, Jesse Rigsby and his friend Eric has sworn off video games. But when Jesse is off… read more

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  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Trapped in a Video Game: The Final Boss by Dustin Brady

27. Trapped in a Video Game: The Final Boss

By: Dustin Brady

4.61

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Jesse and Eric have ten minutes to save the world. In those ten minutes, they’re supposed to dive i… read more

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  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Trapped in a Video Game: Book Three by Dustin Brady

28. Trapped in a Video Game: Book Three

By: Dustin Brady

4.46

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

The robots are here, and they’re not happy. At all. After accidentally releasing the robot villains… read more

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  • science fiction
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Trapped in a Video Game: Book Four by Dustin Brady

29. Trapped in a Video Game: Book Four

By: Dustin Brady

4.57

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

Alistair Gregory, the man who figured out how to put people into video games, is not what he seems.… read more

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  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1) by Victor Appleton

30. The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1)

By: Victor Appleton

3.89

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The Hardy Boys meets Alex Rider in this start to a brand-new series starring everyone’s favorite in… read more

Similar categories in Victor Appleton's The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1) book and Victor Appleton's The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • science fiction
  • technology

25 best-selling fiction books like The Drone Pursuit (Tom Swift: Inventors Academy, #1) by Victor Appleton

Transform Your Habits

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)

Jeanne Birdsall

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)

T.H. White

4.67

Transform Your Habits

Love in Lowercase

Francesc Miralles , Julie Wark

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

L. Frank Baum , W.W. Denslow

4.00

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Ban This Book

Alan Gratz

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

Kelly Yang

4.38

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Jasmine Warga

4.42

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Janae Marks

4.29

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