8 must-read middle grade books like Goldeline by Jimmy Cajoleas

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Goldeline

By: Jimmy Cajoleas

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of The Girl Who Drank the Moon and The Thickety , this spellbinding story follows …

If you liked the middle grade plot in Goldeline by Jimmy Cajoleas , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

By: Flannery O'Connor

4.17

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

This now classic book revealed Flannery O'Connor as one of the most original and provocative writer… read more

Similar categories in Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • fiction
"The trouble with the world was that nobody stopped or took any care."

-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

"He had a look of composed dissatisfaction, as if he understood life thoroughly."

-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

"The thing you do with a boy it is to show him all the to show. Don't hold nothing back."

-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

"We're all damned," she said, “but some of us have taken off our blindfolds and see that there’s nothing to see. It’s a kind of salvation."

-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

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2. The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

By: Adam Gidwitz , Hatem Aly

4.00

Format: None pages,

An exciting and hilarious medieval adventure from the bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm. … read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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3. The Story of Babar

By: Jean de Brunhoff , None

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The classic first story about literature's most beloved pachyderm. After his mother is killed by a … read more

Similar categories in Jean de Brunhoff's The Story of Babar book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • fantasy
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. Nimona

By: None

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The graphic novel debut from rising star Noelle Stevenson, based on her beloved and critically accl… read more

Similar categories in None's Nimona book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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5. Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook

By: Christina Henry

4.04

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

From the national bestselling author of Alice comes a familiar story with a dark hook--a tale about… read more

Similar categories in Christina Henry's Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult

6. The Gift (Witch & Wizard, #2)

By: James Patterson , Ned Rust

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

When Whit & Wisty were imprisoned by the wicked forces of the totalitarian regime known as the New … read more

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7. 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

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1) book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"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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8. Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.27

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him. When his traditional Latinx famil… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1) book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • young adult
"But now your mess is my mess, too."

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

"What are you going to do, stab me ?"

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

"Maritza smiled. "Let's do this, brujo."

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

"Julian's chuckle was wet. "Valió ... la pena."

-Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)

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9. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Puppets of Spelhorst book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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10. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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11. Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1)

By: Tim Probert

4.41

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig’s House of Tonics & Tinctures, home of th… read more

Similar categories in Tim Probert's Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1) book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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12. The List of Things That Will Not Change

By: Rebecca Stead

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

After her parents' divorce, Bea's life became different in many ways. But she can always look back … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The List of Things That Will Not Change book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"...life is like a trip. A very long one. And what matters most is the people you travel with."

-Rebecca Stead, The List of Things That Will Not Change

"The thing about making butter is that it feels like it'll never be done, almost right up to the moment when it is done. If what you want is butter, you have to keep going, even if you only half belie…"

-Rebecca Stead, The List of Things That Will Not Change

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13. Damsel

By: Evelyn Skye

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A damsel in distress takes on the dragon herself in this epic twist on classic fantasy—a groundbrea… read more

Similar categories in Evelyn Skye's Damsel book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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14. The Death I Gave Him

By: Em X. Liu

3.37

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical, queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet as a locked-room thriller Hayden Lichf… read more

Similar categories in Em X. Liu's The Death I Gave Him book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • fiction
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15. Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

By: Rati Mehrotra

3.84

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

To learn what she can become, she must first discover who she is. Katyani’s role in the kingdom … read more

Similar categories in Rati Mehrotra's Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult
"You’ve got to learn how to kiss like that,"

-Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

"A spiritual warrior accepts his punishment with the same indifference that he accepts his reward."

-Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

"She would not cry in front of this man who had torn her world apart. She would wait for an opportunity and kill him."

-Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

"You were bringing me all those flowers when I was sick, like you were wooing me. How could my poor, weak heart resist?"

-Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

Cover of The Girl the Sea Gave Back (Sky and Sea, #2) by Adrienne Young

16. The Girl the Sea Gave Back (Sky and Sea, #2)

By: Adrienne Young

3.57

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

The new gut-wrenching epic from the New York Times bestselling author of Sky in the Deep. For as… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Young's The Girl the Sea Gave Back (Sky and Sea, #2) book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • adventure
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17. Sisters of Sword and Song

By: Rebecca Ross

4.07

Format: 462 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Queen’s Rising comes a thrilling YA stand-alone fantasy about the unbreakabl… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Ross's Sisters of Sword and Song book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"We all hold secrets like breath."

-Rebecca Ross, Sisters of Sword and Song

"She whispered, “The world will darken without you."

-Rebecca Ross, Sisters of Sword and Song

"There is always more strength to draw from. You must find where it hides and wield it."

-Rebecca Ross, Sisters of Sword and Song

"My magic is gone, Evadne," he said, mournful. Evadne drew back so she could look at him, "Then we shall have to make our own."

-Rebecca Ross, Sisters of Sword and Song

Cover of Una perfecta confusión (Serie Confusiones #1) by América Rodas

18. Una perfecta confusión (Serie Confusiones #1)

By: América Rodas

4.27

Format: 724 pages, ebook

Andy no es gay, pero termina declarándose al chico homofóbico de su clase por error. Cuando sugir… read more

Similar categories in América Rodas's Una perfecta confusión (Serie Confusiones #1) book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

"Hoy decido dejar de contenerme."

-América Rodas, Una perfecta confusión (Serie Confusiones #1)

"Jesús, María y José y todos los animalitos del pesebre, qué voz"

-América Rodas, Una perfecta confusión (Serie Confusiones #1)

"No mueras por mí, ni por nadie. Vive solo por ti. Eso sí que es más romántico."

-América Rodas, Una perfecta confusión (Serie Confusiones #1)

"A estas alturas todo puede pasar, y eso es lo que me preocupa, que pase todo lo malo"

-América Rodas, Una perfecta confusión (Serie Confusiones #1)

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19. Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1)

By: Analeigh Sbrana

3.35

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

A stunning Romantasy debut about an enchanted library, two handsome Fae, and one human who brings t… read more

Similar categories in Analeigh Sbrana's Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1) book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult
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20. Here in the Real World

By: Sara Pennypacker

4.07

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Ware can’t wait to spend summer “off in his own world”—dreaming of knights in the Middle Ages and g… read more

Similar categories in Sara Pennypacker's Here in the Real World book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"So stop trying to keep bad stuff from me and start teaching me how to fix it."

-Sara Pennypacker, Here in the Real World

"Because you’re right. Bad stuff happens. But the real world is also all the things we do about the bad stuff. We’re the real world, too."

-Sara Pennypacker, Here in the Real World

Cover of Goldeline by Jimmy Cajoleas

21. Goldeline

By: Jimmy Cajoleas

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of The Girl Who Drank the Moon and The Thickety , this spellbinding story follows … read more

Similar categories in Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline book and Jimmy Cajoleas's Goldeline

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • witches
  • paranormal
  • juvenile

19 Top fiction books like Goldeline by Jimmy Cajoleas

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4.00

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3.61

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Kevin van Whye

3.91

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Jash Spina

4.26

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