17 Best middle grade books like Jack's Secret Summer: An unforgettable magical adventure for readers aged 7+ by Jack Ryder

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Jack's Secret Summer: An unforgettable magical adventure for readers aged 7+

By: Jack Ryder

3.96

Format: 103 pages, Kindle Edition

Join the Secret Summer gang on an unforgettable magical adventure, full of humour and heart - for f…

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Cover of George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

1. George's Marvellous Medicine

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

George's Grandma is a grizzly, grumpy, selfish old woman with pale brown teeth and a small puckered… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. James and the Giant Peach

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags. Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that loo… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans."

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"- ¡Lo que haces es reptar! - Me deslizo, dijo orgulloso el Gusano. - Eres un bicho viscoso, replicó el Ciempipes. - No soy un bicho viscoso - dijo el Gusano -. Soy una criatura útil y apreciada. Preg…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything? Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed abou…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything. Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed abou…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

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3. Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)

By: Christina Henry

3.84

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

A mind-bending new novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis Carroll... In a warren… read more

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  • fiction
"Just because I’m mad doesn’t mean I’m not right."

-Christina Henry, Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)

"I do know this. You’re a Magician, as sure as I’m mad."

-Christina Henry, Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)

"You’re thinking. That’s good. Not just a pretty face, then."

-Christina Henry, Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)

"Memories surfaced, one by one, and she was afraid to see all of them at once"

-Christina Henry, Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)

Cover of I Hate Fairyland #1 by Skottie Young, Jean-François Beaulieu

4. I Hate Fairyland #1

By: Skottie Young , Jean-François Beaulieu

4.20

Format: 42 pages,

Superstar SKOTTIE YOUNG (Rocket Raccoon, Wizard of Oz) makes his Image debut with an ALL-NEW SERIES… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of How to (Almost) Ruin Your Summer by Taryn Souders

5. How to (Almost) Ruin Your Summer

By: Taryn Souders

3.47

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Top Three Reasons Camp Minnehaha is The Worst 1. The spiders (wayyyy too many legs) 2. King Arthur … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

6. The Willows

By: Algernon Blackwood

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood person… read more

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7. Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy

By: Various , None , Shannon Watters , Kat Leyh , Grace Ellis , Carey Pietsch , Brooke A. Allen , Casey Nowak , Brooke Allen , None

3.28

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

FRIENDSHIP TO THE MAX! At Miss Qiunzilla Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's camp for hard-core … read more

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8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.16

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Charlie Bucket's wonderful adventure begins when he finds one of Mr. Willy Wonka's precious Golden … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Good day, Sir."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)

"The snozberries taste like snozberries!"

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)

"I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)

"Good morning starshine the earth says hello...."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)

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9. The BFG

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.23

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"let your love out"

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"Don't gobblefunk around with words."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"You is getting nosier than a parker."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"Twenty-four feet is puddlenuts in Giant Country."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

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10. The Christmasaurus

By: None , Tom Fletcher

4.20

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The Christmasaurus is a story about a boy named William Trundle, and a dinosaur, the Christmasaurus… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Music is a magic like no other, which can do incredible, unexplainable things."

-None, The Christmasaurus

"Belief is the most powerful magic there is. Believing is the only magic that makes the utterly impossible completely possible, and the undoubtedly undoable undeniable doable!"

-None, The Christmasaurus

"Feeling rottten is much worse than feeling just bad or sad. Feeling rotten is when it seems like no one else in the world understands how you're feeling. When you're feeling rotten everything seems r…"

-None, The Christmasaurus

11. A Shiver of Snow and Sky

By: Lisa Lueddecke

3.51

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Red, red, the lights glow red Beware the danger up ahead... On the frozen island of Skane, the sky … read more

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12. The Near Witch (The Near Witch, #1)

By: Victoria Schwab

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you mus… read more

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13. A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

By: T. Kingfisher

4.09

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

2021 LODESTAR AWARD for BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK Fourteen-year-old Mona isn’t like the wizards char… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fiction
"After a minute, I said, “I never wanted to be a hero."

-T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

"She shouldn't have had to be a hero.' 'No,' said the Duchess, 'no, no one should."

-T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

"I expect this won’t be your last set of medals, my dear. Heroism is an unfortunate habit."

-T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

"...but hey, once a baker, always a baker. If I was going to get thrown in the dungeon, at least I was going to leave a trail of quality pastries behind me."

-T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

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14. Garlic and the Vampire

By: Bree Paulsen

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A farm-fresh debut graphic novel starring a heroine who is braver than she realizes. Garlic feel… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. Secrets of a Christmas Elf

By: Ben Miller

3.99

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

The brilliant blockbuster from Ben Miller - the perfect book for all the family. It's business as u… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

By: Katherine Arden

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debu… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"You might get to know characters in books, Ollie thought, but getting to know a human was an entirely different thing."

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

"You don't waste October sunshine. Soon the old autumn sun would bed down in cloud blankets and there would be weeks of gray rain before it finally decided to snow."

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

"Other than her homework, Ollie was carrying Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, a broken-spined paperback that she'd dug out of he dad's bookshelves. She mostly liked it. Peter Blood outsmarted everyon…"

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

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17. Part of Your World

By: Liz Braswell

3.74

Format: 475 pages, Hardcover

What if Ariel had never defeated Ursula? Five years after the (twisted) events of the film, Ari… read more

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  • fiction
"... such a mess of wants and desires."

-Liz Braswell, Part of Your World

"Sometimes being a good parent means knowing when to let go."

-Liz Braswell, Part of Your World

"Games take a long time, and a lot of moves, before someone wins."

-Liz Braswell, Part of Your World

"There is magic," she said softly. "There is always magic. Even if you can't see it."

-Liz Braswell, Part of Your World

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18. A Storm of Sisters (A Pinch of Magic, #4)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.34

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

There are secrets hidden beneath the ice . . . bring the magic home in the frosty fourth instalment… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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19. Lost in the Never Woods

By: Aiden Thomas

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When children go missing in the small coastal town of Astoria, people look to Wendy for answers. … read more

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  • fiction
"I think people are more frightening than the dark," he said. "A person can stand right in front of you and be dangerous without you even knowing it."

-Aiden Thomas, Lost in the Never Woods

"The mind is a complicated thing," Mrs. Darling said, considering her words as she spoke. "Sometimes it acts on its own, and quite often it controls us against our will. And I think, sometimes... It t…"

-Aiden Thomas, Lost in the Never Woods

Cover of A Tangle of Spells (A Pinch of Magic, #3) by Michelle Harrison

20. A Tangle of Spells (A Pinch of Magic, #3)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.38

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Everyone knows that magic and trouble go hand in hand... A dangerous spell cast over an unsuspec… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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21. The Mary Shelley Club

By: Goldy Moldavsky

3.92

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

New girl Rachel Chavez is eager to make a fresh start at Manchester Prep. But as one of the few sch… read more

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  • fiction
"Fear is where the truth lies."

-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club

"He's the Stu to my Billy Loomis"

-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club

"If you want this to be over, just make sure she screams."

-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club

"We were staked out at the playground across the street, an optimal vantage for us to watch the house, and for me to watch Bram watch his girlfriend get scared."

-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club

Cover of Arkspire (Arkspire, #1) by Jamie Littler

22. Arkspire (Arkspire, #1)

By: Jamie Littler

4.38

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Glorious, powerful, magic; a city of twists, turns and tricksters; extraordinary secrets which only… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry

23. Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow

By: Christina Henry

3.72

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Everyone in Sleepy Hollow knows about the Horseman, but no one really believes in him. Not even Ben… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of A Sprinkle of Sorcery (A Pinch of Magic, #2) by Michelle Harrison

24. A Sprinkle of Sorcery (A Pinch of Magic, #2)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.15

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

The family curse has been lifted and the Widdershins sisters: Betty, Fliss and Charlie are free to … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1) by Michelle Harrison

25. A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.07

Format: 368 pages, ebook

A spellbinding middle grade fantasy about three sisters--adventurous Betty, curious Charlie, and pr… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1) by A. Deborah Baker

26. Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

By: A. Deborah Baker

3.69

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

If you trust her you’ll never make it home… Avery is an exceptional child. Everything he does is… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"It's better to forget a home than to lose it,"

-A. Deborah Baker, Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

"Frightened means you've the sense to be afraid, and it's cowards who get things done, more often than not."

-A. Deborah Baker, Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

"Girls who are ignored can learn to be impossible, can learn to listen, and look, and learn more than they were ever meant to know."

-A. Deborah Baker, Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

"It's fine not knowing things. Not knowing things means you have room to learn, and learning's about the most important thing there is,"

-A. Deborah Baker, Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under, #1)

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27. Jack's Secret Summer: An unforgettable magical adventure for readers aged 7+

By: Jack Ryder

3.96

Format: 103 pages, Kindle Edition

Join the Secret Summer gang on an unforgettable magical adventure, full of humour and heart - for f… read more

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22 must-read fiction books like Jack's Secret Summer: An unforgettable magical adventure for readers aged 7+ by Jack Ryder

Transform Your Habits

George's Marvellous Medicine

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Transform Your Habits

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)

Christina Henry

3.84

Transform Your Habits

I Hate Fairyland #1

Skottie Young , Jean-François Beaulieu

4.20

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Katia. Cmentarne love story

Aneta Jadowska

4.09

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Zaklęcie dla czarownika (Wilcza Jagoda, #4)

Magdalena Kubasiewicz

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Necrovet. Metody leczenia drakonidów (Necrovet, #2)

Joanna W. Gajzler

3.78

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Necrovet. Usługi weterynaryjno-nekromantyczne (Necrovet, #1)

Joanna W. Gajzler

3.61

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