19 must-read middle grade books like A Season Most Unfair by J. Anderson Coats

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A Season Most Unfair

By: J. Anderson Coats

4.05

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

This historical middle grade coming-of-age story set in medieval times follows a strong-minded girl…

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1. The Trumpet of the Swan

By: E.B. White , Fred Marcellino

4.10

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Generations have grown up with E. B. White's classic novels. One of his best-loved books, The Trump… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"When in love, one must take risks."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"Besides, my life is a catastrophe. It's a catastrophe to be without a voice."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

"In almost everyone's life there is one event that changes the whole course of his existence."

-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

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2. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's Nothing Else But Miracles book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
  • historical fiction
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3. Alone

By: Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. Freeman's Alone book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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4. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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5. The Moth Keeper

By: Kay O'Neill

4.08

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Being a Moth Keeper is a huge responsibility and a great honor, but what happens when the new Moth … read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's The Moth Keeper book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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6. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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7. Iceberg

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Iceberg book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg

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8. Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

By: Gale Galligan

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan, a fun, high-energy graphic novel about friend… read more

Similar categories in Gale Galligan's Freestyle: A Graphic Novel book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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9. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

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10. A Sweet Sting of Salt

By: Rose Sutherland

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Once a young woman uncovers a dark secret about her neighbor and his mysterious new wife, she’ll ha… read more

Similar categories in Rose Sutherland's A Sweet Sting of Salt book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • historical fiction
Cover of Elf Dog and Owl Head by M.T. Anderson

11. Elf Dog and Owl Head

By: M.T. Anderson

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Anderson's Elf Dog and Owl Head book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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12. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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13. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

By: Adam Gidwitz

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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14. Gather

By: Kenneth M. Cadow

4.43

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recov… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth M. Cadow's Gather book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • family
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15. Tenmile

By: Sandra Dallas

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Life in 1880 Tenmile, Colorado, isn't easy. But it's all that 12-year-old Sissy Carlson knows. She'… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Dallas's Tenmile book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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16. Time to Roll (Roll with It)

By: Jamie Sumner

4.04

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the eagerly anticipated sequel to Jamie Sumner’s acclaimed and beloved middle grade novel Roll w… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Time to Roll (Roll with It) book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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17. Alice Austen Lived Here

By: Alex Gino

3.88

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Melissa, a phenomenal novel about queerness past, present, and fut… read more

Similar categories in Alex Gino's Alice Austen Lived Here book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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18. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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19. A Bit of Earth

By: Karuna Riazi

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Maria Latif is used to not having a space of her own. But what happens when she feels the sudden ur… read more

Similar categories in Karuna Riazi's A Bit of Earth book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of A Season Most Unfair by J. Anderson Coats

20. A Season Most Unfair

By: J. Anderson Coats

4.05

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

This historical middle grade coming-of-age story set in medieval times follows a strong-minded girl… read more

Similar categories in J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair book and J. Anderson Coats's A Season Most Unfair

  • childrens
  • feminism
  • middle grade
  • family
  • historical fiction
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21. A Little Bit Super: With Small Powers Come Big Problems

By: Gary D. Schmidt

3.46

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In these hilarious stories by some of the top authors of middle grade fiction today, each young cha… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens

19 Top childrens books like A Season Most Unfair by J. Anderson Coats

Transform Your Habits

The Trumpet of the Swan

E.B. White , Fred Marcellino

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Nothing Else But Miracles

Kate Albus

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Alone

Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Beth Lincoln

4.06

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17 best-selling fiction books like Freestyle: A Graphic Novel by Gale Galligan

Transform Your Habits

Speak Up!

Rebecca Burgess

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe

Alyson Noel

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Frizzy

Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Break (Click #6)

Kayla Miller

4.21

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