11 must-read middle grade books like By the Light of Fireflies by Jenni L. Walsh

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By the Light of Fireflies

By: Jenni L. Walsh

4.27

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

Sybil Ludington believes in the legend of fireflies—they appear when you need them most. But it's n…

If you liked the middle grade plot in By the Light of Fireflies by Jenni L. Walsh , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Complete Tales

By: Beatrix Potter

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

This deluxe volume brings all of Beatrix Potter's twenty-three Peter Rabbit tales and verses togeth… read more

Similar categories in Beatrix Potter's The Complete Tales book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • childrens

2. Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution

By: Avi

3.18

Format: 159 pages, ebook

Lives hang in the balance in this gripping Revolutionary War adventure from a beloved Newbery Medal… read more

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3. Midnight Rider

By: Joan Hiatt Harlow

3.75

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Fourteen-year-old Hannah is an orphan living with her cruel aunt Phoebe in Salem, Massachusetts. Ha… read more

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4. Chains (Seeds of America, #1)

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

3.96

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirte… read more

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5. My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy

By: Clint Hill

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me reveal … read more

Similar categories in Clint Hill's My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • historical
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6. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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7. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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8. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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9. The Last Exchange

By: Charles Martin

4.33

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

“Here’s the catch—even if I make it out of here alive, I need a reason to breathe again.” When M… read more

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"...a life laid down is better than the one picked up. --MacTHOMAS POCKETS"

-Charles Martin, The Last Exchange

"Scars are just the body's response to things that shouldn't be there. A reminder of the pain. --MacTHOMAS POCKETS"

-Charles Martin, The Last Exchange

"...that's the thing about mountaintops. While we might prefer those "high" moments, most of life'--she [Joe] pointed at a town in the valley--'happens down there. Along the way.' She tilted her head …"

-Charles Martin, The Last Exchange

"After several minutes, she [Joe] turned toward him [Pockets]. 'What changes it?' 'Not -what-.' A pause. '-Who-.' 'Who then?' 'The one who walks with you down into your closet. Down where you hide the…"

-Charles Martin, The Last Exchange

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10. Uprising

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Lidia is outside her grandfather's house when planes fly overhead, bearing the Nazi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Uprising book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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11. The Night Raven (The Moonwind Mysteries #1)

By: Johan Rundberg

4.13

Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition

Mika is not your average orphan—and she’s about to prove it.It’s 1880, and in the frigid city of St… read more

Similar categories in Johan Rundberg's The Night Raven (The Moonwind Mysteries #1) book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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12. The London Bookshop Affair

By: Louise Fein

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A new historical drama from Daughter of the Reich bestselling author Louise Fein, about a London bo… read more

Similar categories in Louise Fein's The London Bookshop Affair book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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13. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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14. Embers in the London Sky

By: Sarah Sundin

4.22

Format: 391 pages, Paperback

As the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940, Aleida van der Zee Martens escapes to London to… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sundin's Embers in the London Sky book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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15. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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16. Those Kids from Fawn Creek

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same--until Orchid Mason arrives. This contempor… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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17. Loyalty

By: Avi

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medalist Avi explores the American Revolution from a fresh perspective in the story of a yo… read more

Similar categories in Avi's Loyalty book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • historical fiction
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18. A Wild Rose (A Point in Time, #5)

By: Fiona Davis

3.80

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

A troubled concert pianist searches for a new inspiration among the hidden back hallways of Carnegi… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Davis's A Wild Rose (A Point in Time, #5) book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • historical
  • historical fiction
"Sometimes you have to make a lot of noise in order to save yourself. Save what you love. That’s what we’re trying to do here."

-Fiona Davis, A Wild Rose (A Point in Time, #5)

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19. Radar Girls

By: Sara Ackerman

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An extraordinary story inspired by the real Women’s Air Raid Defense, where an unlikely recruit and… read more

Similar categories in Sara Ackerman's Radar Girls book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • historical
  • historical fiction
"Anyone could see half her heart was missing."

-Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

"The true agony of death was left to the living."

-Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

"See you on the other side Rascal. Bulldog over and out."

-Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

"The more you loved something, the more you hurt when you lost it."

-Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

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20. Code Name Kingfisher

By: Liz Kessler

4.58

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time… read more

Similar categories in Liz Kessler's Code Name Kingfisher book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
Cover of By the Light of Fireflies by Jenni L. Walsh

21. By the Light of Fireflies

By: Jenni L. Walsh

4.27

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

Sybil Ludington believes in the legend of fireflies—they appear when you need them most. But it's n… read more

Similar categories in Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies book and Jenni L. Walsh's By the Light of Fireflies

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • historical fiction

12 best-selling childrens books like By the Light of Fireflies by Jenni L. Walsh

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The Complete Tales

Beatrix Potter

4.36

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Odder

Katherine Applegate

4.25

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Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

Alan Gratz

4.24

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Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

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21 Top fiction books like A Wild Rose (A Point in Time, #5) by Fiona Davis

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His Happy Place (Getaway, #2)

Zakiya Dalila Harris

3.33

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Uncharted Waters (Getaway, #1)

Sally Hepworth

3.54

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Andrea Bartz

3.73

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Marie Benedict

3.62

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