15 must-read juvenile books like The Paper Museum by Kate S. Simpson

Cover of The Paper Museum by Kate S. Simpson

The Paper Museum

By: Kate S. Simpson

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In a world where paper is obsolete and magic is all but forgotten, Lydia has moved into the Paper M…

If you liked the juvenile plot in The Paper Museum by Kate S. Simpson , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2) by Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka

1. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

By: Trenton Lee Stewart , Diana Sudyka

4.21

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Children You must not come STOP Dangerous The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new … read more

Similar categories in Trenton Lee Stewart's The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • science fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"It's not going to be over until we say so."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

"May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

"There was a unique pleasure in knowing a friend so well, Reynie reflected, rather like sharing a secret code."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

"Good grief! They're going to call us inside soon, and Sticky hasn't even met Madge yet!" "Who's Madge?" Sticky asked. "Her Majesty the Queen!"

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

2. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #3)

By: Trenton Lee Stewart , Del Roy

4.03

Format: 208 pages, Audio CD

IF YOU FAIL, ALL IS LOST. Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constan… read more

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3. The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)

By: Peter Brown

4.05

Format: 12 pages, Hardcover

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild… read more

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4. The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, #2)

By: Peter Brown

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot, by award-winning author Peter Brown. S… read more

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5. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The Lost Library book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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6. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

Cover of The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

7. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • juvenile
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

8. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of The Smart Cookie (The Food Group #5) by Jory John

9. The Smart Cookie (The Food Group #5)

By: Jory John

4.31

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This cookie has never felt like a smart cookie no matter how hard she tries, especially in comparis… read more

Similar categories in Jory John's The Smart Cookie (The Food Group #5) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3) by Jory John

10. The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3)

By: Jory John

4.41

Format: 33 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the cool beans. They’re sooooo cool. And then there’s the uncool has-bean . . . … read more

Similar categories in Jory John's The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • juvenile
"Throughout all of this, I realised that it's not about how you look or any of that other silly stuff. It's about a wink or nod or a smile at just the right moment. It's about dusting somebody off, he…"

-Jory John, The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3)

Cover of The Great Eggscape! by Jory John

11. The Great Eggscape!

By: Jory John

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Based on the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book sensation The Good Egg, Jory John and Pete … read more

Similar categories in Jory John's The Great Eggscape! book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of The Sour Grape (The Food Group #6) by Jory John

12. The Sour Grape (The Food Group #6)

By: Jory John

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The Sour Grape holds grudges for every reason under the sun. Lime never returned a scarf they borro… read more

Similar categories in Jory John's The Sour Grape (The Food Group #6) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
Cover of The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3) by Peter  Brown

13. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)

By: Peter Brown

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The action-packed third installment in Peter Brown's internationally bestselling The Wild Robot ser… read more

Similar categories in Peter Brown's The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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14. Willodeen

By: Katherine Applegate

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . . Eleven-year-old Willode… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Willodeen book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"Mostly I avoided the Faire, with its teeming crowds that made me feel like I was being smothered. So much noise! So much forced merrymaking! Often I would see children there, ones I recognized from m…"

-Katherine Applegate, Willodeen

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15. Bob

By: Wendy Mass

4.06

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

A classic middle-grade tale of magic and friendship, about a girl who helps an old friend find home… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's Bob book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"I squeeze my eyes shut and practice being not seen. I open one eye. “Well? Can you see me?"

-Wendy Mass, Bob

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16. The Red Address Book

By: Sofia Lundberg

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Follows 96-year-old Doris, who writes down the memories of her eventful life as she pages through h… read more

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"Nitko nije umro od nekoliko ožiljaka. Bolje ih je imati na koži nego na duši."

-Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book

"Meni je mjesto bilo među knjigama, ondje sam se osjećala sigurnom i zaštićenom."

-Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book

"On je bio velik čovjek, moj otac. Ne fizički. Uopće ne. ali njegove su misli bile vrlo velike, prevelike za život koji je vodio."

-Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book

"Ljudi, koji silno pate za zavičajem, mijenjaju se. Oni zatvaraju oči pred drugim stvarima i gube sposobnost zamjećivanja lijepog."

-Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book

Cover of A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1) by Julia  Kelly

17. A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1)

By: Julia Kelly

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the … read more

Similar categories in Julia Kelly's A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • mystery
Cover of The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2) by Pari Thomson

18. The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2)

By: Pari Thomson

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Daisy Thistledown's epic adventure continues in the spellbinding sequel to New York Times bestselle… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of The World-Famous Nine (The World-Famous Nine, 1) by Ben Guterson

19. The World-Famous Nine (The World-Famous Nine, 1)

By: Ben Guterson

3.78

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In this mystery, Zander is determined to do whatever it takes to save his grandmother’s nineteen-st… read more

Similar categories in Ben Guterson's The World-Famous Nine (The World-Famous Nine, 1) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1) by Kiersten White

20. Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1)

By: Kiersten White

3.75

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

A middle-grade mystery series that's spooky, creepy, and filled with gothic twists! Meet the Sinist… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Murder in Postscript (Lady of Letters #1) by Mary  Winters

21. Murder in Postscript (Lady of Letters #1)

By: Mary Winters

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When one of her readers asks for advice following a suspected murder, Victorian countess Amelia Ame… read more

Similar categories in Mary Winters's Murder in Postscript (Lady of Letters #1) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • mystery
Cover of A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1) by Lili Wilkinson

22. A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

By: Lili Wilkinson

3.51

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Maude is the daughter of witches. She spent her childhood running wild with her best friend, Odette… read more

Similar categories in Lili Wilkinson's A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Except now there is a raven in the rowan tree."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"What good are stories when the monsters are real?"

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"A girl so full of wildness and passion and rage that maybe she couldn't contain the whole of herself."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"If you stay home all the time, stories never happen. Sometimes you have to break something in order for the story to leak out through the cracks."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

Cover of Hedgewitch (Hedgewitch, #1) by Skye McKenna

23. Hedgewitch (Hedgewitch, #1)

By: Skye McKenna

4.16

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

First in a magical five-book series for readers of Nevermoor, The Worst Witch and The Dark Is Risin… read more

Similar categories in Skye McKenna's Hedgewitch (Hedgewitch, #1) book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Cassandra Morgan was hiding in the broom cupboard. It wasn't a bad place to hide. all things considered; a narrow window provided light to read by and an upturned bucket served well enough as a seat.…"

-Skye McKenna, Hedgewitch (Hedgewitch, #1)

Cover of Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs by Pam Muñoz Ryan

24. Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in … read more

Similar categories in Pam Muñoz Ryan's Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Spineless by Samantha San Miguel

25. Spineless

By: Samantha San Miguel

3.62

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This exciting middle-grade adventure is Hoot for the Gilded Age—with scientific discoveries, secret… read more

Similar categories in Samantha San Miguel's Spineless book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah  Brooks

26. The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

By: Sarah Brooks

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand e… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
Cover of Beachy Keen (Falling for Summer) by Kasey Stockton

27. Beachy Keen (Falling for Summer)

By: Kasey Stockton

4.16

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

He has it all, except the one thing money can't buy: her heart. When Cat Keene finds a medical b… read more

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Cover of Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth by Anna Fienberg

28. Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth

By: Anna Fienberg

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweetly moving story about friendship and finding happiness, for readers who loved Wonder and Len… read more

Similar categories in Anna Fienberg's Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Huda Was Here by H. Hayek

29. Huda Was Here

By: H. Hayek

3.74

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Huda hatches a bold plan to help her dad get a job - which lands her and her brother in all kinds o… read more

Similar categories in H. Hayek's Huda Was Here book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • middle grade
Cover of The Paper Museum by Kate S. Simpson

30. The Paper Museum

By: Kate S. Simpson

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In a world where paper is obsolete and magic is all but forgotten, Lydia has moved into the Paper M… read more

Similar categories in Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • science fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Scouts by Shannon Greenland

31. Scouts

By: Shannon Greenland

3.82

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

The story of a group of friends who set out to find a crashed meteor...but find mystery, danger, an… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Greenland's Scouts book and Kate S. Simpson's The Paper Museum

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • science fiction

17 Best fantasy books like The Paper Museum by Kate S. Simpson

Transform Your Habits

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

Trenton Lee Stewart , Diana Sudyka

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Library

Rebecca Stead

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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17 Best fiction books like Hedgewitch (Hedgewitch, #1) by Skye McKenna

Transform Your Habits

Willow Moss & the Lost Day (Starfell, #1)

Dominique Valente

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1)

Zohra Nabi

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5)

Thomas Taylor

4.47

Transform Your Habits

The Last Bookwanderer (Pages & Co., #6)

Anna James

4.25

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