19 Top middle grade books like On Snowden Mountain by Jeri Watts

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On Snowden Mountain

By: Jeri Watts

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Ellen learns the quiet strength of family when her mother's deep depression prompts…

If you liked the middle grade plot in On Snowden Mountain by Jeri Watts , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Counting by 7s

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.14

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, … read more

Similar categories in Holly Goldberg Sloan's Counting by 7s book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"books=comfort"

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

"[T]he deepest form of pain comes out as silence."

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

"I cut all my words out. My heart was too full of them."

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

"What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens."

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

Cover of Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1) by Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca

2. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1)

By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

Jack and Annie's very first fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series--the Magic Tre… read more

Similar categories in Mary Pope Osborne's Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1) book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, Chris Sheban

3. Because of Winn-Dixie

By: Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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4. The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived, #1)

By: Lauren Tarshis , Scott Dawson , Georgina Ball

5.00

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The most terrifying events in history are brought vividly to life in this new fictional series! In … read more

Similar categories in Lauren Tarshis's The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived, #1) book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)

By: Brandon Dorman , Chris Colfer

4.00

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

The first book in Chris Colfer's #1 New York Timesbestselling series The Land of Stories about two … read more

Similar categories in Brandon Dorman's The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1) book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • middle grade
  • fiction

6. Restart

By: Gordon Korman

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't re… read more

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7. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more

Similar categories in Patricia MacLachlan's Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

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8. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's Attack of the Black Rectangles book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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9. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

Cover of The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) by Trenton Lee Stewart

10. The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

By: Trenton Lee Stewart

4.20

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

"Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?"When this peculiar ad appears in the new… read more

Similar categories in Trenton Lee Stewart's The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Poor Kate,"

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

"Remember the White Knight."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

"Children are capable of such open rudeness."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

"Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

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

11. 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 Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • historical
  • middle grade
"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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12. Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.38

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Front Desk (Front Desk, #1) book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It's going to be okay. I'll make friends, and if I don't, I'll borrow books from the library."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jjason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"At this point, my mom started crying. She let out a sob so thunderous, I wondered if my cousins in China could hear her."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

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13. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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14. The Unteachables

By: Gordon Korman

4.34

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what hap… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Unteachables book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Kid, that was something!"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Everybody hates something,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Only ten months until June."

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"It’s not just for little kids,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

Cover of Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin

15. Until Leaves Fall in Paris

By: Sarah Sundin

4.21

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

When the Nazis march toward Paris, American ballerina Lucie Girard buys her favorite English-langua… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sundin's Until Leaves Fall in Paris book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1) by Dan Gemeinhart

16. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.46

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus,… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1) book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"But when someone's hurting, you gotta do something. Always kindness"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"Driving toward something is better than driving away from something."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"I guess that's how regrets are...they're anchors, not balloons. And we were sunk"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"The best kind of goodbye is the kind where you don’t actually have to leave the person behind."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

Cover of Enemies in the Orchard by Dana VanderLugt

17. Enemies in the Orchard

By: Dana VanderLugt

4.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of WWII, this achingly beautiful middle grade novel in verse based on Amer… read more

Similar categories in Dana VanderLugt's Enemies in the Orchard book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I may be blemished but I am not rotten to the core."

-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard

"If I didn’t think too hard or ask too many questions, it was easy. p. 63"

-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard

"Like the day I was captured, I want to raise my arms, show this woman and this girl my empty hands. p. 49"

-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard

"Avoiding the truth, avoiding the responsibility that comes with admitting the truth, can seem a lot easier than being brave."

-Dana VanderLugt, Enemies in the Orchard

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18. Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II

By: Lia Levi

3.84

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

In this memoir translated from Italian to English, a Jewish girl grows up during a difficult time o… read more

Similar categories in Lia Levi's Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • historical
  • middle grade
"Mi racconto le mie paure anche per tenerle sott'occhio. Per me è così da sempre: se penso a una cosa, se la temo, so che non può succedermi. Le disgrazie arrivano perché non ti sono mai venute in men…"

-Lia Levi, Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II

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19. Loyalty

By: Avi

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medalist Avi explores the American Revolution from a fresh perspective in the story of a yo… read more

Similar categories in Avi's Loyalty book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II by Adam Gidwitz

20. 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 Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of On Snowden Mountain by Jeri Watts

21. On Snowden Mountain

By: Jeri Watts

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Ellen learns the quiet strength of family when her mother's deep depression prompts… read more

Similar categories in Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain book and Jeri Watts's On Snowden Mountain

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • abuse

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Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.14

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3.60

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Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

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The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived, #1)

Lauren Tarshis , Scott Dawson , Georgina Ball

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Katherine Marsh

4.50

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Charles Waters

4.02

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4.06

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