27 Best fiction books like Between the Lines by Nikki Grimes

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Between the Lines

By: Nikki Grimes

3.97

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Darrian dreams of writing for the New York Times. To hone his skills and learn more about the power…

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1. The Crossover

By: Kwame Alexander

4.24

Format: 245 pages, ebook

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Crossover book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Silence doesn't mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

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2. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora

By: Pablo Cartaya

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Z… read more

Similar categories in Pablo Cartaya's The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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3. Dear Martin

By: Nic Stone

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter De… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Dear Martin book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

By: Joseph Bruchac

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial p… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Bruchac's Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult

5. The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1)

By: Gary L. Blackwood

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal… read more

Similar categories in Gary L. Blackwood's The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1) book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult

6. Ghost (Track, #1)

By: Jason Reynolds

4.20

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

Running. That's all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But never for a track te… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Ghost (Track, #1) book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Moo

By: Sharon Creech

3.32

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Love That Dog and Hate That Catwill love her newest tw… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Creech's Moo book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction

8. Lucky Broken Girl

By: Ruth Behar

3.40

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Based on the author's childhood in the 1960s, a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to h… read more

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9. Booked

By: Kwame Alexander

3.79

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award Long List New York Times Bestseller Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/le… read more

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10. Jackaby (Jackaby, #1)

By: William Ritter

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Hardcover

"Miss Rook, I am not an occultist," Jackaby said. "I have a gift that allows me to see truth where … read more

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11. The Me You Love in the Dark: Books 1-5

By: Skottie Young

3.70

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

An artist named Ro retreats from the grind of the city to an old house in a small town. She hopes … read more

Similar categories in Skottie Young's The Me You Love in the Dark: Books 1-5 book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • fiction
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12. All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.51

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

An account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a you-are-there style that blends suspense, scie… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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13. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. I Am Still Alive

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.87

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

After Jess is alone. Her cabin has burned to the ground. She knows if she doesn’t act fast, the co… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's I Am Still Alive book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Fire is warmth and food and clean water, but it’s hard and time-consuming, and people die because they spend all their time making the fire and no time finding water or building a shelter."

-Kate Alice Marshall, I Am Still Alive

"I look at the wall where those first words - SMART, NOT STRONG - have been joined by dozens more. Pay attention to the wind. Steep drop west of the snag. Say something out loud at least once a day. R…"

-Kate Alice Marshall, I Am Still Alive

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15. Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)

By: Nic Stone

4.40

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the stunning and hard-hitting sequel to the New York Times bestseller Dear Martin, incarcerated … read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2) book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Resist when the world tries to convince you otherwise."

-Nic Stone, Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)

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16. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. Pride

By: Ibi Zoboi

3.74

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring … read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Pride book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Late June in Brooklyn is like the very beginning of a party-when the music is really good, but you know that it's about to get way better, so you just do a little two-step before the real turn-up sta…"

-Ibi Zoboi, Pride

"We have more space and less time. And the love we had for our whole neighborhood now only fits into this wood-frame house in the middle of a quiet block. We don't know the people who live across the …"

-Ibi Zoboi, Pride

"Every book is a different hood, a different country, a different world. Reading is how I visit places and people and ideas. And when something rings true or if I still have a question, I outline it w…"

-Ibi Zoboi, Pride

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18. Measuring Up

By: Lily LaMotte

4.30

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle, and the only thing she wants more than … read more

Similar categories in Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Waste of money. Only need cleaver."

-Lily LaMotte, Measuring Up

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19. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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20. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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21. Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking (A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery, #2)

By: Raquel V. Reyes

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It’s time for a savory soirée—but something sinister is stewing—in Raquel V. Reyes’s second delight… read more

Similar categories in Raquel V. Reyes's Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking (A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery, #2) book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • audiobook
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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23. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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24. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's Give Me a Sign book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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25. #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2)

By: Gretchen McNeil

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

WELCOME TO WHO WANTS TO BE A PANIAC?, the latest reality TV show on the hunt for the next big-hit s… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen McNeil's #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2) book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Griselda rotated her finger in a circle whoop-de-do-style, signaling her impatience. ‘Yeah, yeah. We all have daddy issues. Get to the part where you justify Javier not shooting you."

-Gretchen McNeil, #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2)

"As she stared down at Stef's coffin, all she could picture was the scene at the Marquette cemetery, Stef's head in Becca's lap, her skin turning a sickly shade of grayish brown, her eyes open but uns…"

-Gretchen McNeil, #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2)

"Coop floored the accelerator and bounced the bus out of the parking lot onto one of the internal streets that crisscrossed the lot. Becca gripped a stripper pole with both hands as he careened around…"

-Gretchen McNeil, #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2)

"Stef returned her smile. She was so beautiful. So wounded and tough and beautiful on the inside too, and Becca wanted to hold her like that forever until they were both old and wrinkly and lived in a…"

-Gretchen McNeil, #Murderfunding (MurderTrending, #2)

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26. Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers

By: Celia C. Pérez

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The story of four kids who form an alternative Scout troop that shakes up their sleepy Florida town… read more

Similar categories in Celia C. Pérez's Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Friend love and bird love forever."

-Celia C. Pérez, Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers

"She could see that familiar look on her mom's face. It was her I'm-just-making-conversation-but-really-hoping-you'll-share-something-important look."

-Celia C. Pérez, Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers

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27. Dear Mothman

By: Robin Gow

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Poet and author Robin Gow’s moving middle-grade novel in verse Dear Mothman is about a young trans … read more

Similar categories in Robin Gow's Dear Mothman book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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28. The Chance to Fly

By: Ali Stroker

4.29

Format: 288 pages, None

A heartfelt middle-grade novel about a theater-loving girl who uses a wheelchair for mobility and h… read more

Similar categories in Ali Stroker's The Chance to Fly book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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29. Jackpot

By: Nic Stone

3.99

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Dear Martin-comes a pitch-perfect romance that exa… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Jackpot book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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30. Fast Pitch

By: Nic Stone

4.09

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From Nic Stone, the New York Times bestselling author of Clean Getaway, comes a challenging and he… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Fast Pitch book and Nikki Grimes's Between the Lines

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Between the Lines by Nikki Grimes

31. Between the Lines

By: Nikki Grimes

3.97

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Darrian dreams of writing for the New York Times. To hone his skills and learn more about the power… read more

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  • high school
  • poetry
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook

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