16 Top fiction books like Somebody Else's Summer by Jean Little

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Somebody Else's Summer

By: Jean Little

3.76

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Samantha and Alexis meet on the plane as they travel from Vancouver to Toronto to begin their summe…

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Cover of Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6) by Beverly Cleary

1. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6)

By: Beverly Cleary

4.10

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Mr. Quimby's going to college, Mrs. Quimby's going to work. Now that Ramona is eight, she can go t… read more

Similar categories in Beverly Cleary's Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6) book and Jean Little's Somebody Else's Summer

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Ramona required accuracy from books as well as people."

-Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6)

"Grown-ups often forgot that no child likes to be ordered to be nice to another child."

-Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6)

"Willa Jean did not feel she was beautiful because she was a healthy child. She felt beautiful like a grown-up lady on TV."

-Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6)

"For the first time, Ramona began to doubt that her father was the best artist in the whole world. This thought made her feel sad..."

-Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6)

Cover of Smile (Smile, #1) by Raina Telgemeier

2. Smile (Smile, #1)

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.23

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Why don't you bang it against the wall a few times? That way, when you stop banging, it'll hurt less!"

-Raina Telgemeier, Smile (Smile, #1)

Cover of Emily of Deep Valley (Deep Valley, #2) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville

3. Emily of Deep Valley (Deep Valley, #2)

By: Maud Hart Lovelace , Vera Neville

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Welcome back to Deep Valley! Emily Webster, an orphan living with her grandfather, is not like the … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I'm finished with something, but I'm not beginning anything. That's wrong. When you finish something, you ought always to begin something new."

-Maud Hart Lovelace, Emily of Deep Valley (Deep Valley, #2)

Cover of Family Shoes (Shoes, #8) by Noel Streatfeild

4. Family Shoes (Shoes, #8)

By: Noel Streatfeild

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The children of Reverend Bell - Paul, Jane, Angus, and Ginny - find their plans for a summer holida… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

5. The Bookshop on the Corner

By: Jenny Colgan

4.18

Format: 407 pages, ebook

Nina Redmond is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion... an… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7) by C.S. Lewis

6. The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

By: C.S. Lewis

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

For the first time, an edition of Lewis's classic fantasy fiction packaged specifically for adults.… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"My sister Susan,"

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

"Do you think I care if Aslan dooms me to death?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

"But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan."

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

". . .[W]e have all been blind. We are only beginning to see. . . ."

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

7. Katie John

By: Paul Frame , Mary Calhoun

0.00

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Ten-year-old Katie John Tucker did not look forward to the summer she and her parents were to spend… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

8. The Blue Castle

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.94

Format: 255 pages,

Valancy lives a drab life with her overbearing mother and prying aunt. Then a shocking diagnosis fr… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Half Magic (Tales of Magic, #1) by Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker

9. Half Magic (Tales of Magic, #1)

By: Edward Eager , N.M. Bodecker

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Four children wish on a Half Magiccoin that gets their mother Alison half-way home, rescued by Mr S… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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10. Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey

4.09

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more

Similar categories in Robert McCloskey's Homer Price book and Jean Little's Somebody Else's Summer

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

11. What Katy Did (Carr Family, #1)

By: Susan Coolidge

2.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Grade 5-8-Twelve-year-old Katy is constantly making and quickly breaking resolutions about how she … read more

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12. Mockingbird

By: Kathryn Erskine

3.57

Format: 432 pages,

In Caitlin's world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is co… read more

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13. The Magic Summer

By: Noel Streatfeild

4.28

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

An adventurous summer with four children visiting their eccentric great aunt in the Irish countrysi… read more

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Cover of Sisters (Smile #2) by Raina Telgemeier

14. Sisters (Smile #2)

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.32

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Three weeks. Two sisters. One car. A True Story Raina can’t wait to be a big sister. But once Am… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (The Penderwicks, #3) by Jeanne Birdsall

15. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (The Penderwicks, #3)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.36

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick fam… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (The Penderwicks, #3) book and Jean Little's Somebody Else's Summer

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

16. Bright April

By: Marguerite de Angeli

3.29

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

In this story, the central character is April Bright, a 9-year-old schoolgirl and Brownie Scout in … read more

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Cover of A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

17. A Place to Hang the Moon

By: Kate Albus

4.57

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to li… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"The librarian chuckled. “I suppose there are rather a lot of orphan stories out there."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Besides which, I really ought to send her a book instead. Though she’s not much of a reader."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Fibs, you must know, are entirely acceptable when they serve the purpose of getting one to the library."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"It is often the case that, at times of great anxiety, when the diversion of a good story should seem most welcome, one is least equipped to focus one’s mind on reading."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

Cover of Guts (Smile, #3) by Raina Telgemeier

18. Guts (Smile, #3)

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.31

Format: 144 pages, None

Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Thoughts can exist... feelings can exist... but words do not always exist."

-Raina Telgemeier, Guts (Smile, #3)

Cover of Noel Streatfeild's Christmas Stories by Noel Streatfeild

19. Noel Streatfeild's Christmas Stories

By: Noel Streatfeild

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Ballet Shoes In this captivating collection of festive stories, there are auditi… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Somebody Else's Summer by Jean Little

20. Somebody Else's Summer

By: Jean Little

3.76

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Samantha and Alexis meet on the plane as they travel from Vancouver to Toronto to begin their summe… read more

Similar categories in Jean Little's Somebody Else's Summer book and Jean Little's Somebody Else's Summer

  • childrens
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • young readers
  • fiction

14 must-read childrens books like Somebody Else's Summer by Jean Little

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Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6)

Beverly Cleary

4.10

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Smile (Smile, #1)

Raina Telgemeier

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Emily of Deep Valley (Deep Valley, #2)

Maud Hart Lovelace , Vera Neville

4.29

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Family Shoes (Shoes, #8)

Noel Streatfeild

5.00

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12 Top fiction books like The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7) by C.S. Lewis

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North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)

Andrew Peterson

4.55

Transform Your Habits

The Silver Chair (Radio Theatre's Chronicles of Narnia, #6)

C.S. Lewis , Paul McCusker

4.37

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The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)

Andrew Peterson , Justin Gerard

4.69

Transform Your Habits

The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

C.S. Lewis

4.01

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