8 best-selling middle grade books like The Wearing of the Green by Claire Saxby

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The Wearing of the Green

By: Claire Saxby

3.83

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A powerful historical novel exploring themes of racism, classism and gender expectations present in…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Wearing of the Green by Claire Saxby , here is a list of 8 books like this:

1. Good Night, Mr. Tom

By: Michelle Magorian

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

London is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech -- the abused child of a… read more

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2. The Healer's Apprentice (Hagenheim, #1)

By: Melanie Dickerson

3.83

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Two Hearts. One Hope. Rose has been appointed as a healer's apprentice at Hagenheim Castle, a ra… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Dickerson's The Healer's Apprentice (Hagenheim, #1) book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"Feel Better? No. Get up so I can hit you again."

-Melanie Dickerson, The Healer's Apprentice (Hagenheim, #1)

"Music was food for the spirit, and she closed her eyes to better feed upon it."

-Melanie Dickerson, The Healer's Apprentice (Hagenheim, #1)

"I vow to you, Rose, that I will love you so tenderly, you will never feel unloved again."

-Melanie Dickerson, The Healer's Apprentice (Hagenheim, #1)

"It doesn't matter who your parents are. That doesn't determine your worth, Rose. According to the wisdom of the world, it does. But not according to God's wisdom."

-Melanie Dickerson, The Healer's Apprentice (Hagenheim, #1)

3. Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)

By: John Marsden

4.28

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Ellie and her friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they find things hide… read more

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4. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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5. Dirt Creek

By: Hayley Scrivenor

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Austral… read more

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6. The Conversion

By: Amanda Lohrey

3.55

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

From Miles Franklin Award-winning author Amanda Lohrey comes a stunning literary foray into place, … read more

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7. The Things That Matter Most

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of… read more

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8. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Runt book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • middle grade
  • young adult
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9. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

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10. Salt and Skin

By: Eliza Henry-Jones

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

‘Until recently, there had been four of them. Unspeaking, the three remaining Managans lugged their… read more

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11. Cop and Robber

By: Tristan Bancks

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

If your mum was a cop and your dad was a crim who needed your help to commit a crime, would you do … read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • middle grade
  • young adult
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12. Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance

By: Kate Solly

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no knitters please) because it would be like h… read more

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"The problem was with the constant deliciousness of a new idea. It was always more exciting to start a new project than to plod away with one whose appeal had gone stale."

-Kate Solly, Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance

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13. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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14. The Strangers

By: Katherena Vermette

4.10

Format: 336 pages, None

From the bestselling author of The Break comes a staggering intergenerational saga that explores ho… read more

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"Summer was always the worst season. Everyone always complained about winter, but winter was simple, you just didn't go outside. Summer always tried to sneak in where it was not wanted."

-Katherena Vermette, The Strangers

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15. Beverly, Right Here

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.14

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Beverly put her foot down on the gas. They went faster still. This was what Beverly wanted — what … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Beverly, Right Here book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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16. The Quiet and the Loud

By: Helena Fox

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartbreaking, hopeful, and timely novel about holding too tight to family secrets, healing from … read more

Similar categories in Helena Fox's The Quiet and the Loud book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • young adult
"And for a moment - here, now - we aren't the pregnant girl or the quiet girl. We aren't scared of death, or of memories oozing out of the dark. We are two girls, suspended. Timeless. Immense. Untouch…"

-Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud

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17. The Others

By: Mark Brandi

3.72

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

On his eleventh birthday, Jacob's father gives him a diary. To write about things that happen. Abou… read more

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18. The Fancies

By: Kim Lock

3.49

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Abigail Fancy returns to the tiny town that the Fancys have ruled for decades, fresh from her secon… read more

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19. Hearts of Gold

By: Jackie French

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

SOME GIRLS ARE BORN TO BE LOVED, SOME ARE BORN TO BE USEFUL, AND SOME ARE BORN TO BE BAD ... … read more

Similar categories in Jackie French's Hearts of Gold book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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20. Waiting for the Storks

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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21. Smokehouse

By: Melissa Manning

4.25

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

A man watches a boy in a playground and pictures him in the grey wooden shed he's turned into a hom… read more

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22. The Wonder of Little Things

By: Vince Copley

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A First Nations Elder shares his extraordinary story of finding kindness in the midst of prejudice,… read more

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23. Wildflowers

By: Peggy Frew

3.29

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

A compassionate and surprisingly funny novel that is impossible to put down and even harder to forg… read more

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"There were open paddocks winking with sugar cane, and distant silos and then a billboard that they all yelped at because it showed a huge picture of a foetus alongside a picture of a young woman with…"

-Peggy Frew, Wildflowers

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24. Interned

By: Pamela Rushby

3.78

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Based on true events, Interned is a moving, well-researched and evocative historical fiction novel … read more

Similar categories in Pamela Rushby's Interned book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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25. When It Drops

By: Alex Dyson

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Caleb Clifford has earbuds, not real buds. And he prefers it that way. 1. They always give him w… read more

Similar categories in Alex Dyson's When It Drops book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • young adult
"In a week of agony and darkness, this spark, this glimmer of hope, might have been what pulled him through."

-Alex Dyson, When It Drops

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26. The Not So Chosen One

By: Kate Emery

3.47

Format: 304 pages, Unknown Binding

Lucy is just a regular teenager with regular worries: homework, friends, getting home for dinner on… read more

Similar categories in Kate Emery's The Not So Chosen One book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • young adult
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27. The Wearing of the Green

By: Claire Saxby

3.83

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A powerful historical novel exploring themes of racism, classism and gender expectations present in… read more

Similar categories in Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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28. The Mud Puddlers

By: Pamela Rushby

4.40

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

What lies hidden in the mud? What might happen if you look at it too long? And what will happen if … read more

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29. 11 Ruby Road: 1900

By: Charlotte Barkla

3.88

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect period fiction for middle-grade girls - for fans of the Our Australian Girl seriesIt is 190… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Barkla's 11 Ruby Road: 1900 book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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30. The Great Gallipoli Escape

By: Jackie French

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and … read more

Similar categories in Jackie French's The Great Gallipoli Escape book and Claire Saxby's The Wearing of the Green

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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31. Sixty-Seven Days

By: Yvonne Weldon

3.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

'We don't say any words – everything has been said through two sets of eyes, two entangled souls an… read more

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Melanie Dickerson

3.83

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Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Katrina Nannestad

4.51

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Jackie French

4.09

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Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Kerryn Mayne

4.07

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Meg Bignell

4.07

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Joanna Nell

3.77

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