22 must-read middle grade books like Maker Comics: Fix a Car! by Chris Schweizer

Cover of Maker Comics: Fix a Car! by Chris Schweizer

Maker Comics: Fix a Car!

By: Chris Schweizer

4.18

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Maker Comics is the ultimate DIY guide. Inside this graphic novel you'll find illustrated instructi…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Maker Comics: Fix a Car! by Chris Schweizer , here is a list of 22 books like this:

Cover of Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1) by James Ponti

1. Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1)

By: James Ponti

3.70

Format: 640 pages, Kindle Edition

Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Refugee by Alan Gratz

2. Refugee

By: Alan Gratz

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming,… read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3. The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.49

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaime… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I don't want to just survive"

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"This book made me love reading."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"Saying something stupid doesn't make you stupid," Susan said. " Luckily for all of us."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"We'd escaped. Mam, Hitlers bombs, my one-room prison. Everything. Crazy or not, I was free."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

4. Ghost (Track, #1)

By: Jason Reynolds

4.20

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

Running. That's all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But never for a track te… read more

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  • middle grade

5. The Cloud Searchers (Amulet, #3)

By: Kazu Kibuishi

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

An impossible journey with danger at every turn... Emily, Navin, and their crew of resistance fight… read more

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6. The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #3)

By: Rick Riordan

3.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Magnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen wa… read more

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Cover of City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1) by Victoria Schwab

7. City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

By: Victoria Schwab

3.88

Format: 272 pages, ebook

From number-one New York Times bestselling author Victoria Schwab comes a sweeping, spooky, evocati… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Stories have power,"

-Victoria Schwab, City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

"You don't think about how unnerving silence is until it's everywhere."

-Victoria Schwab, City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

"There's a difference between wanting to stay and being too afraid to let go."

-Victoria Schwab, City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

"No shame in being scared. But there’s a difference between being scared and being scared away ."

-Victoria Schwab, City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

8. 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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Cover of Lightfall: The Dark Times (Lightfall, #3) by Tim Probert

9. Lightfall: The Dark Times (Lightfall, #3)

By: Tim Probert

4.38

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Lights have gone dark in Irpa. Danger lurks as the air grows colder and threats lie in the s… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser

10. Wash Day Diaries

By: Jamila Rowser

4.35

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to t… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

11. Snapdragon

By: Kat Leyh

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Kat Leyh’s Snapdragon is a magical realist graphic novel about a young girl who befriends her town’… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
Cover of The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4) by Katherine Applegate

12. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library) by Chris Grabenstein

13. Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library)

By: Chris Grabenstein

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Library Binding

Before Mr. Lemoncello became everyone's favorite game maker, he was a kid who liked to roll the dic… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Supernova (Amulet, #8) by Kazu Kibuishi

14. Supernova (Amulet, #8)

By: Kazu Kibuishi

4.29

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

Emily has lost control of her Amulet and is imprisoned in the Void, where she must find a way to es… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"But like all things, the storms do pass."

-Kazu Kibuishi, Supernova (Amulet, #8)

Cover of Dying of Politeness: A Memoir by Geena Davis

15. Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

By: Geena Davis

4.04

Format: None pages, Audio CD

None read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Lightfall: Shadow of the Bird (Lightfall, #2) by Tim Probert

16. Lightfall: Shadow of the Bird (Lightfall, #2)

By: Tim Probert

4.40

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

In the second installment of the Lightfall series, Bea and Cad continue their quest to stop Kest, t… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1) by Tim Probert

17. 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

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

18. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

Cover of Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

19. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith

20. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

By: Tommie Smith

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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21. The Lion of Mars

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1) by Lewis Hancox

22. Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1)

By: Lewis Hancox

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER... and at the … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty

23. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Fangirl, Vol. 2: The Manga by Sam Maggs

24. Fangirl, Vol. 2: The Manga

By: Sam Maggs

4.40

Format: 219 pages, Paperback

Cath just wants to hang out with her twin sister and write fanfiction. But now that they’re at coll… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Punk Rock Karaoke by Bianca Xunise

25. Punk Rock Karaoke

By: Bianca Xunise

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A debut young adult graphic novel from Ignatz Award-winning and nationally syndicated cartoonist, B… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Batter Royale: A Graphic Novel by Leisl Adams

26. Batter Royale: A Graphic Novel

By: Leisl Adams

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In Leisl Adams’s fun debut graphic novel, Batter Royale , a talented young chef is selected to part… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
Cover of The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don  Brown

27. The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees

By: Don Brown

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Don Brown’s critically acclaimed, full-color nonfiction graphic novels The Grea… read more

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  • teen
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of One Year at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks

28. One Year at Ellsmere

By: Faith Erin Hicks

3.67

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

With revamped art and now in full color, One Year at Ellsmere is a middle grade friendship story fr… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • teen
Cover of Maker Comics: Fix a Car! by Chris Schweizer

29. Maker Comics: Fix a Car!

By: Chris Schweizer

4.18

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Maker Comics is the ultimate DIY guide. Inside this graphic novel you'll find illustrated instructi… read more

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  • childrens
  • teen
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Camp Prodigy by Caroline   Palmer

30. Camp Prodigy

By: Caroline Palmer

4.11

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect for fans of Victoria Jamieson and Raina Telgemeier, this heartwarming middle grade graphic … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Think for Yourself: The Ultimate Guide to Critical Thinking in an Age of Information Overload by Andrea Debbink

31. Think for Yourself: The Ultimate Guide to Critical Thinking in an Age of Information Overload

By: Andrea Debbink

4.14

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Middle school is a time of change, when things begin to look different and assumptions start to be … read more

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  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • childrens

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James Ponti

3.70

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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.49

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3.88

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4.43

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3.53

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4.08

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