23 Top middle grade books like Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs by Laurie Morrison

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Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

By: Laurie Morrison

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful middle-grade novel about caring for others and for yourself––and what it truly means t…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs by Laurie Morrison , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. Counting Thyme

By: Melanie Conklin

4.50

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

When eleven-year-old Thyme Owens' little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Conklin's Counting Thyme book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. 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 Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

3. 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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4. Flunked (Fairy Tale Reform School, #1)

By: Jen Calonita

3.86

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

Would you send a villain to do a hero's job? An exciting new twisted fairy tale series from award-w… read more

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5. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

By: Dusti Bowling

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

*"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even a… read more

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6. Flying Solo

By: Ralph Fletcher

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

Friday, April 28, 9:00 a.m. Opportunity is knocking at the door of Mr. "Fab" Fabiano's sixth-grade … read more

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7. The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)

By: None

3.78

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who esc… read more

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8. It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs

By: Mary Louise Kelly

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly… read more

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"In his book "Being Mortal", the surgeon Atul Gawande accurately describes the joy that flows from being good at your work. 'You become a doctor for what you imagine to be the satisfaction of the work…"

-Mary Louise Kelly, It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs

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9. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4) book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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10. Everywhere Blue

By: Joanne Rossmassler Fritz

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A brother's disappearance turns one family upside down, revealing painful secrets that threaten the… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Rossmassler Fritz's Everywhere Blue book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
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11. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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12. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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13. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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15. We Dream of Space

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It's January 1986. The launch of the Challenger is just weeks away, and Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelso… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's We Dream of Space book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

Similar categories in Allie Millington's Olivetti book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Key Player (Front Desk, #4)

By: Kelly Yang

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Key Player (Front Desk, #4) book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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19. The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1)

By: Alyson Gerber

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A USA TODAY bestseller! Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the pr… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Gerber's The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1) book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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20. The Secret Language of Birds

By: Lynne Kelly

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Library Binding

From the award-winning author of Song for a Whale comes a poignant and heartwarming tale about a gi… read more

Similar categories in Lynne Kelly's The Secret Language of Birds book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Shouting at the Rain

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

4.14

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's … read more

Similar categories in Lynda Mullaly Hunt's Shouting at the Rain book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • childrens
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"So."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"the sun is always in the sky but sometimes you just can't see it"

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"I'm lucky. When the waves are rolling in, my friends are the jetties."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"He was the one who told me a man is not made by his mistakes. He's made by what he does about them."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

Cover of Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) by Kelly Yang

22. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. 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 Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. One Kid's Trash

By: Jamie Sumner

3.89

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about a boy who uses his unusual talent for decoding people’s trash to try to … read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's One Kid's Trash book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. 365 Days to Alaska

By: Cathy Carr

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful middle-grade debut about a girl from off-the-grid Alaska adjusting to suburban life  … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Carr's 365 Days to Alaska book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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27. Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

By: Caela Carter

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An own voices story that shines a light on how one girl's learning differences are neither right no… read more

Similar categories in Caela Carter's Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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28. The Marriage Sabbatical

By: Lian Dolan

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

What if you could take a vacation from your marriage? A couple decides to give it a shot in this fu… read more

Similar categories in Lian Dolan's The Marriage Sabbatical book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Saltwater Secrets

By: Cindy Callaghan

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A story of two sisters, one summer vacation, and one big mystery for them to solve.Stella and Josie… read more

Similar categories in Cindy Callaghan's Saltwater Secrets book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
Cover of Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs by Laurie Morrison

30. Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

By: Laurie Morrison

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful middle-grade novel about caring for others and for yourself––and what it truly means t… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • childrens
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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31. Listen to This

By: Jennifer Blecher

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Secrets, rumors, shifting friendships, overbearing parents, and, on top of all that, a first dance—… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Blecher's Listen to This book and Laurie Morrison's Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary

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Melanie Conklin

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4.00

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Katherine Applegate

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Dave Eggers

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