13 best-selling middle grade books like A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1) by Kir Fox

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A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

By: Kir Fox

3.77

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Topsea, the strangest place you'll ever visit. In this town, the coves are bottomless an…

If you liked the middle grade plot in A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1) by Kir Fox , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1) by Chris Grabenstein

1. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)

By: Chris Grabenstein

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerKyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids, (if not the teac… read more

Similar categories in Chris Grabenstein's Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1) book and Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
"Knowledge not shared remains unknown"

-Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)

Cover of Spy Ski School (Spy School #4) by Stuart Gibbs

2. Spy Ski School (Spy School #4)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Ben Ripley enrolls in ski school, where the slopes, and the stakes, get really steep in this follow… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Just clip the red one," Cyrus told her. "They're all red," Erica informed him. "They are?" Cyrus asked. "Curse those Soviets! Everything always has to be red with them."

-Stuart Gibbs, Spy Ski School (Spy School #4)

Cover of Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19) by Agatha Christie

3. Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)

By: Agatha Christie

3.98

Format: 574 pages,

Among the towering red cliffs of Petra sits the corpse of Mrs Boynton, a tiny puncture mark on her … read more

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4. Fantastic Mr. Fox

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, s… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
"I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement"

-Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

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5. Third Girl (Hercule Poirot, #35)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

Poirot is approached by a girl who shared a flat with two other girls in London. She is convinced s… read more

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6. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #9)

By: Agatha Christie

4.01

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Greg… read more

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7. Spy Camp (Spy School #2)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Hardcover

School may be out for summer, but top-secret training continues for aspiring spy Ben Ripley--and so… read more

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8. Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Wayside School #1)

By: Louis Sachar , Adam McCauley

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

There was a terrible mistake - Wayside School was built with one classroom on top of another, thirt… read more

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9. The Phantom Tollbooth

By: Jules Feiffer , Norton Juster

4.20

Format: 24 pages,

Librarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click . Hailed as "a classic. .… read more

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10. Spy School Secret Service (Spy School, #5)

By: Stuart Gibbs

3.50

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

Ben goes undercover in the White House to take on a SPYDER operative determined to assassinate the … read more

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11. Word of Mouse

By: James Patterson , Chris Grabenstein , None

3.94

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

James Patterson's newest illustrated middle grade story follows the illuminating journey of a very … read more

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12. Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Hercule Poirot, #28)

By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser

2.83

Format: 212 pages, Audio CD

Mrs. McGinty is dead and everyone suspects James Bentley, her slightly shifty lodger, but Superinte… read more

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13. My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)

By: Jean Craighead George

2.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the soli… read more

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14. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) book and Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

  • magical realism
  • fantasy
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

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15. Chivalry

By: Neil Gaiman

4.21

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Another delightfully humorous and sweet fantasy graphic novel adaptation of a Neil Gaiman short sto… read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's Chivalry book and Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

  • humor
  • fantasy
"Mrs. Whitaker found the Holy Grail; it was under a fur coat."

-Neil Gaiman, Chivalry

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16. Cryptid Club

By: Sarah Andersen

4.27

Format: 112 pages, ebook

Do you hate social gatherings? Dodge cameras? Enjoy staying up just a little too late at night? You… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Andersen's Cryptid Club book and Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

  • humor
  • fantasy
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17. The Wicked Bargain

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.19

Format: 368 pages, None

El Diablo is in the details in this Latinx pirate fantasy starring a transmasculine nonbinary teen … read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's The Wicked Bargain book and Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

  • fantasy
Cover of The School Between Winter and Fairyland by Heather Fawcett

18. The School Between Winter and Fairyland

By: Heather Fawcett

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A fresh and exciting twist on magical boarding schools, the well-loved Chosen One trope, and the na… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's The School Between Winter and Fairyland book and Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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19. 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 Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

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

-Wendy Mass, Bob

Cover of Spy School Goes South (Spy School, #6) by Stuart Gibbs

20. Spy School Goes South (Spy School, #6)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.52

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Ben is taken to Mexico by his nemesis in the hopes that he’ll finally be able to take down SPYDER i… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Spy School Goes South (Spy School, #6) book and Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate  O'Shaughnessy

21. 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 Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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22. The Bellwoods Game

By: Celia Krampien

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Hocus Pocus , this “beautifully creepy” ( Kirkus Reviews ), high… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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23. Stone Heart (Dark Olympus, #0.5)

By: Katee Robert

3.39

Format: 108 pages, ebook

In the city of Olympus, people only speak about Medusa in whispers. She’s Athena’s knife hand, the … read more

Similar categories in Katee Robert's Stone Heart (Dark Olympus, #0.5) book and Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

  • fantasy
Cover of No Humans Allowed! (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy #1) by Madeleine Roux

24. No Humans Allowed! (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy #1)

By: Madeleine Roux

3.93

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Roux and acclaimed artist Tim Probert comes an all… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of Thieves of Weirdwood (William Shivering, #1) by Christian McKay Heidicker

25. Thieves of Weirdwood (William Shivering, #1)

By: Christian McKay Heidicker

3.82

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

A fantasy series about two kid thieves who are plunged into a battle between the Real and Imaginary… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today, Vol. 1 by Hitsuji Yamada

26. The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today, Vol. 1

By: Hitsuji Yamada

4.24

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Saku is an ordinary young woman who works long hours and lives alone with her cat, Yukichi. Yukichi… read more

Similar categories in Hitsuji Yamada's The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today, Vol. 1 book and Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

  • humor
  • fantasy
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27. Caterpillar Summer

By: Gillian McDunn

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Cat and her brother Chicken have always had a very special bond--Cat is one of the few people who c… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1) by Kir Fox

28. A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

By: Kir Fox

3.77

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Topsea, the strangest place you'll ever visit. In this town, the coves are bottomless an… read more

Similar categories in Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1) book and Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
Cover of The Dream Spies (The Nightmare Thief, #2) by Nicole Lesperance

29. The Dream Spies (The Nightmare Thief, #2)

By: Nicole Lesperance

4.36

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

For fans of A Snicker of Magic and The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl comes a suspenseful dark f… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Lesperance's The Dream Spies (The Nightmare Thief, #2) book and Kir Fox's A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! (Secrets of Topsea, 1)

  • middle grade
  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • fantasy

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4.12

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4.08

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4.09

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Neil Gaiman

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F.T. Lukens

3.99

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Gabe Cole Novoa

4.19

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Anna-Marie McLemore

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