13 best-selling middle grade books like The Wishing Seed by Alissa J. Zavalianos

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The Wishing Seed

By: Alissa J. Zavalianos

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Mona dislikes change. And with a recent move across the country and the prospect of new friends at …

"She fought against the expectation that growing up meant she needed to surrender her imagination."

-Alissa J. Zavalianos, The Wishing Seed

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Wishing Seed by Alissa J. Zavalianos , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2) by Andrew       Peterson

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

By: Andrew Peterson

4.55

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

First they found themselves  On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness.  Now they must make their way… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Peterson's North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2) book and Alissa J. Zavalianos's The Wishing Seed

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • christian fantasy
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
"You call that poetry?"

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

"She poured her heart into the song and filled it with everything she felt"

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

"Podo and Leeli finally came back to where the others rested, and though her face still bore the weight of her sorrow, Janner could see that is sister was present. Her eyes didn't see stare into nothi…"

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

"He was only twelve, but he knew enough to realize that the way before him would be hard. Is it worth it? he asked himself. Was it worth losing his old life in order to learn the truth of who he was a…"

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

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2. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Laura Ingalls and her family live deep in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Their log cabin is surrounded… read more

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  • middle grade
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3. 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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4. On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

By: Andrew Peterson

4.33

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and the… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • christian fantasy
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
"Even if hope is just a low ember at night, in the morning you can still start a fire."

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

"Esben Igiby was seeping into Janner’s thoughts, and there was no way to seal the leak."

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

"But other than the cruel fangs and the constant threat of death and torture, there wasn't much to fear in Skree."

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

"There's just something about the way he sings. It makes me think of when it snows outside, and the fire is warm, and Podo is telling us a story while you're cooking, and there's no place I'd rather b…"

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

5. The Warden and the Wolf King (The Wingfeather Saga #4)

By: None , Andrew Peterson

3.90

Format: 205 pages,

All winter long, people in the Green Hollows have prepared for a final battle with Gnag the Nameles… read more

Similar categories in None's The Warden and the Wolf King (The Wingfeather Saga #4) book and Alissa J. Zavalianos's The Wishing Seed

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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6. Miss Rumphius

By: Barbara Cooney

4.45

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Alice made a promise to make the world a more beautiful place, then a seed of an idea is planted an… read more

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7. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more

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  • middle grade
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

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8. The Gift of the Magi

By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger

4.11

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more

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"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

Cover of Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1) by Carol Ryrie Brink

9. Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

By: Carol Ryrie Brink

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to b… read more

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  • middle grade
"Life is just a lot of everyday adventures."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

"But every redhead's temper has its limitations."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

10. Rainbow Valley (Anne of Green Gables, #7)

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Anne Shirley is grown up, has married her beloved Gilbert and now is the mother of six mischievous … read more

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11. The Complete Brambly Hedge

By: Jill Barklem

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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12. 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
"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

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13. The Lily Gate: A Retelling of The Frog Prince (Faerie Tale Romances)

By: Hanna Sandvig

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

All my life I've been waiting for my prince charming, but you can't just leave these things up to c… read more

Similar categories in Hanna Sandvig's The Lily Gate: A Retelling of The Frog Prince (Faerie Tale Romances) book and Alissa J. Zavalianos's The Wishing Seed

  • fantasy
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14. The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel

By: Mariah Marsden

3.80

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Green-growing secrets and magic await you at Misselthwaite Manor, now reimagined in this graphic no… read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry by Anna Rose  Johnson

15. The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry

By: Anna Rose Johnson

3.87

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a… read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of Wormwood Abbey (The Secrets of Ormdale, #1) by Christina Baehr

16. Wormwood Abbey (The Secrets of Ormdale, #1)

By: Christina Baehr

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

As a Victorian clergyman’s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything — until a mythical salamander … read more

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  • fantasy
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17. Code Name Edelweiss

By: Stephanie Landsem

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

"What I am looking for--what I desperately need, Mrs. Weiss--is a spy."Adolf Hitler is still a dist… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
"If not us, who? If not now, when? It must be us, and it must be now. I would fight this war. I would not be silent!"

-Stephanie Landsem, Code Name Edelweiss

"Wilhelm Otto held out his hand as the orchestra started a Strauss waltz. Did the man never speak when a look would do? I considered his outstretched hand with trepidation, remembering weeping in his …"

-Stephanie Landsem, Code Name Edelweiss

Cover of Castle of the Winds (The Secrets of Ormdale, #3) by Christina Baehr

18. Castle of the Winds (The Secrets of Ormdale, #3)

By: Christina Baehr

4.50

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

At Midsummer’s Eve, the Red Dragon will choose his bride. Following this mysterious invitation, … read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1) by Victoria     Lynn

19. Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1)

By: Victoria Lynn

4.01

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

Violet lives her quiet little life in her sleepy village. Trying to remain as dead to the politics … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • christian fantasy
  • fantasy
"Lord, it hurts."

-Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1)

"His pain affected her deeply."

-Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1)

"The Lord works in mysterious ways."

-Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1)

"I only did what anyone ought to do."

-Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1)

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20. Heart of the Sea

By: Moriah Chavis

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Sometimes you have to trust the one sent to destroy you in order to save the one you love. Willing … read more

Similar categories in Moriah Chavis's Heart of the Sea book and Alissa J. Zavalianos's The Wishing Seed

  • christian
  • fantasy
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21. Frost Light

By: Danielle Bullen

4.29

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

"But here, it's only the ninth turning, and the leaves are spread all over the earth, everything du… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fantasy
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22. A Curse for Christmas

By: Anna Christine

4.66

Format: 80 pages, ebook

"Christmas Eve was off to a rough start, and that was before I was cursed by a Christmas cookie." … read more

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  • fantasy
  • contemporary
Cover of Casandra’s Dragon (Empire of Ash and Song) by D.E.  Carlson

23. Casandra’s Dragon (Empire of Ash and Song)

By: D.E. Carlson

4.57

Format: 163 pages, ebook

If no one else will challenge the Firebloods, Casandra will do it herself. Princess Casandra, daug… read more

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  • fantasy
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24. Ignite (Volume 1) (The Phoenix Flame)

By: Kara Swanson

4.54

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Can Mara survive in a world where the fire in her veins is worth killing for? In a frozen waste… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • christian fantasy
  • fantasy
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25. Please Return to the Lands of Luxury

By: Jon Tilton

4.24

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

An unexpected treasure. A treacherous journey. A thrilling adventure that will shape her future. … read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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26. The Wishing Seed

By: Alissa J. Zavalianos

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Mona dislikes change. And with a recent move across the country and the prospect of new friends at … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • christian fantasy
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
"She fought against the expectation that growing up meant she needed to surrender her imagination."

-Alissa J. Zavalianos, The Wishing Seed

Cover of City of Serpents (The Secrets of Ormdale, #4) by Christina Baehr

27. City of Serpents (The Secrets of Ormdale, #4)

By: Christina Baehr

4.49

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Edith is ready for the mad scientist and the snake-infested laboratory, but is she ready to admit s… read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1) by Gail Carson Levine

28. Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)

By: Gail Carson Levine

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Honor-winning story about a feisty heroine is sure to enchant readers new and … read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
"Love shouldn't be dictated"

-Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)

"If I couldn't sleep, I could read."

-Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)

"I want to be with you forever and beyond..."

-Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)

"Amor (qué placer escribir esta palabra), amor, amor..."

-Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)

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29. Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Pour Rilla, dernière-née d’Anne Shirley et Gilbert Blythe, pas question d’études comme ses frères e… read more

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  • middle grade
"If I can't love you I mean to be proud of you."

-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)

"Ah yes, you're young enough not to be afraid of perfect things."

-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)

"Dream after dream comes true—or rather is made true by persevering effort."

-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)

"After all it was not a hard thing to fight for a land that bore daughters like this."

-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)

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30. What Comes of Attending the Commoners Ball

By: Elisabeth Aimee Brown

4.51

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

Hester Flanders went to the ball for the food. She didn’t expect a prince to follow her home. If… read more

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  • fantasy

17 Top fantasy books like The Wishing Seed by Alissa J. Zavalianos

Transform Your Habits

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

Andrew Peterson

4.55

Transform Your Habits

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

Andrew Peterson

4.33

The Warden and the Wolf King (The Wingfeather Saga #4)

None , Andrew Peterson

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Lily Gate: A Retelling of The Frog Prince (Faerie Tale Romances)

Hanna Sandvig

4.26

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20 best-selling fantasy books like Casandra’s Dragon (Empire of Ash and Song) by D.E. Carlson

Transform Your Habits

Tuesdays at the Castle (Castle Glower, #1)

Jessica Day George

4.11

None

Elizabeth Goudge

None

Transform Your Habits

Vivid (The Color Theory, #1)

Ashley Bustamante

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Wonderland Trials (The Curious Realities, #1)

Sara Ella

4.18

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