8 best-selling juvenile books like Trouble in the Stars by Sarah Prineas

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Trouble in the Stars

By: Sarah Prineas

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An outer-space adventure about a troublesome little shape-shifter on the run from the law. Troub…

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1. The Magic Misfits (Magic Misfits #1)

By: Neil Patrick Harris

2.83

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

From beloved award-winning actor, Neil Patrick Harris, comes the magical first book in a new series… read more

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2. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's Attack of the Black Rectangles book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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3. Rez Dogs

By: Joseph Bruchac

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."

-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs

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4. My Aunt Is a Monster

By: Reimena Yee

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Curses! Adventures! And drama! Oh my! Safia might not be able to see the world, but that doesn't me… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"And I'll have to stay home. For another nine or ten years or who knows how long.. Till I'm old enough to move out and travel on my own. It's just "sigh" I don't know if I can wait that long. And I do…"

-Reimena Yee, My Aunt Is a Monster

"Aunty Whimsy: I've visited forests under the sea, savored cotton candy pink tea, and met the pope of a very small country! And these are only some of the many special things our world has to offer--i…"

-Reimena Yee, My Aunt Is a Monster

Cover of The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) by Shawn  Peters

5. The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

By: Shawn Peters

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Packed with superheroes, supervillains, and epic showdowns between good and evil, The Unforgettable… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Peters's The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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6. The Accidental Apprentice (Wilderlore, #1)

By: Amanda Foody

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A boy who accidentally bonds with a magical Beast must set off on an adventure in the mysterious Wo… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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8. Scenes of the Crime

By: Jilly Gagnon

3.02

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

An ambitious screenwriter tries to solve her friend's disappearance by recreating their fateful fin… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I know how to tell the better story."

-Jilly Gagnon, Scenes of the Crime

"Something can be stunning and still be really fucking dangerous."

-Jilly Gagnon, Scenes of the Crime

"We were all really here because of our secrets. And I, for one, needed to make sure mine were truly safe..."

-Jilly Gagnon, Scenes of the Crime

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9. Huda F Cares?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more

Similar categories in Huda Fahmy's Huda F Cares? book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

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10. Magic Required (Wizard for Hire, #3)

By: Obert Skye

4.41

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The final answer to the existence of magic. Ozzy and his friend Sigi are in more danger than eve… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"90% magic, 10% poliester."

-Obert Skye, Magic Required (Wizard for Hire, #3)

"Knowledge is a package that time unwraps"

-Obert Skye, Magic Required (Wizard for Hire, #3)

"You don't run away from problems, you run towards solutions."

-Obert Skye, Magic Required (Wizard for Hire, #3)

"The true sadness of reality it's that it is forgotten that magic is everywhere. We buried it with worry and tedium because deep inside we all know it takes strength to wield a wand. It takes energy a…"

-Obert Skye, Magic Required (Wizard for Hire, #3)

Cover of Apprentice Needed (Wizard for Hire, #2) by Obert Skye

11. Apprentice Needed (Wizard for Hire, #2)

By: Obert Skye

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Ozzy Toffy’s adventure, which began in Wizard for Hire, continues when one dark and windy night, he… read more

Similar categories in Obert Skye's Apprentice Needed (Wizard for Hire, #2) book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Amelia Six

By: Kristin L. Gray

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Amelia Earhart’s famous aviator goggles go missing and eleven-year-old Millie has to find them befo… read more

Similar categories in Kristin L. Gray's The Amelia Six book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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13. The Ogress and the Orphans

By: Kelly Barnhill

4.28

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

A fantasy about the power of generosity and love, and how a community suffers when they disappear. … read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The antidote to anger is tenderness, and the antidote to discord is reconciliation."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"Life is long, after all. And over time, the paths we take tend to intertwine and overlap."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"Books are funny things. The ideas and knowledge contained inside their pages have mass and velocity and gravity. They bend both space and time. They have minds of their own. There is a power in a boo…"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

"So maybe the Reading Room is magic because books really are magic. I read once that books bend both space and time, and the more books you have in one place, the more space and time will bend and twi…"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

Cover of The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan

14. The Elephant in the Room

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

It's been almost a year since Sila's mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to … read more

Similar categories in Holly Goldberg Sloan's The Elephant in the Room book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale by Virginia Kantra

15. The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale

By: Virginia Kantra

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A woman learns to follow her own road in this heartwarming novel inspired by The Wizard of Oz by Ne… read more

Similar categories in Virginia Kantra's The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel

By: Dan Santat

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Dive in to this whimsically adventurous graphic novel from Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat! Ever sinc… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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17. Better with Butter

By: Victoria Piontek

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A girl with anxiety disorder finds an unlikely friend -- and emotional support animal -- in the for… read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. New Dragon City

By: Mari Mancusi

4.15

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

No one predicted the dragon apocalypse. The dragons came suddenly and decimated the world as we kne… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

4.08

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more

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  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Shelterlings

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.12

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A group of magical misfit animals learns to appreciate their seemingly useless powers—and themselve… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's The Shelterlings book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • adventure
Cover of Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies by Stacey  Lee

21. Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies

By: Stacey Lee

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling author Stacey Lee's modern reimagining of a … read more

Similar categories in Stacey Lee's Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Love of My Lives by Yamile Saied Méndez

22. Love of My Lives

By: Yamile Saied Méndez

3.07

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Who hasn’t fantasized about finding a soulmate? In acclaimed author Yamile Saied Mendez’s charmingl… read more

Similar categories in Yamile Saied Méndez's Love of My Lives book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Phoenix Flight (Skyborn, #3) by Jessica Khoury

23. Phoenix Flight (Skyborn, #3)

By: Jessica Khoury

4.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Jessica Khoury brings her masterful world-building and emotional depth to this soaring fantasy seri… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I'm so happy I could kiss you! -Twig"

-Jessica Khoury, Phoenix Flight (Skyborn, #3)

Cover of Call of the Crow (Skyborn, #2) by Jessica Khoury

24. Call of the Crow (Skyborn, #2)

By: Jessica Khoury

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Jessica Khoury brings her masterful world-building and emotional depth to this soaring fantasy seri… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Khoury's Call of the Crow (Skyborn, #2) book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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25. The Adventure Is Now

By: Jess Redman

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about a boy who learns about protecting the environment, finding real friends,… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Nightingale by Deva Fagan

26. Nightingale

By: Deva Fagan

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A plucky orphan girl stumbles into a conflict centuries in the making in this middle grade fantasy … read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Roswell Johnson Saves the World! by Chris Colfer

27. Roswell Johnson Saves the World!

By: Chris Colfer

4.05

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer is back with a funny, heartfelt, action-packed ne… read more

Similar categories in Chris Colfer's Roswell Johnson Saves the World! book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Alliana, Girl of Dragons (Eva Evergreen, #0) by Julie Abe

28. Alliana, Girl of Dragons (Eva Evergreen, #0)

By: Julie Abe

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, Alliana believed in dreams and fairy tales as sweet as spun-sugar clouds. Alliana… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Trouble in the Stars by Sarah Prineas

29. Trouble in the Stars

By: Sarah Prineas

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An outer-space adventure about a troublesome little shape-shifter on the run from the law. Troub… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars book and Sarah Prineas's Trouble in the Stars

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • juvenile
Cover of Gloom Town by Ronald L.  Smith

30. Gloom Town

By: Ronald L. Smith

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Rory applies for a job at a spooky old mansion in his gloomy seaside town, he … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Last Dragon on Mars (The Dragonships, #1) by Scott Reintgen

31. The Last Dragon on Mars (The Dragonships, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A boy living on Mars unexpectedly becomes a dragon rider in this first book in the sci-fi and fanta… read more

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  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

29 must-read fiction books like Trouble in the Stars by Sarah Prineas

Transform Your Habits

Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

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Rez Dogs

Joseph Bruchac

4.05

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My Aunt Is a Monster

Reimena Yee

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

Shawn Peters

4.03

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27 best-selling fiction books like The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale by Virginia Kantra

Transform Your Habits

The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

3.68

Transform Your Habits

One Puzzling Afternoon

Emily Critchley

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Recipe for a Charmed Life

Rachel Linden

3.73

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The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center

4.15

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