5 must-read middle grade books like The Middle-Route Run (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo #2) by Ben Costa

Cover of The Middle-Route Run (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo #2) by Ben Costa

The Middle-Route Run (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo #2)

By: Ben Costa

3.97

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Nimona meets Adventure Time in this full-color graphic novel as a singing skeleton continues to sea…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Middle-Route Run (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo #2) by Ben Costa , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Collection Book 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, Sara Pichelli, Chris Samnee

1. Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Collection Book 1

By: Brian Michael Bendis , David Marquez , Sara Pichelli , Chris Samnee

3.79

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Miles Morales takes up the mantle of the Ultimate Spider-Man! Before Peter Parker died, young Miles… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 3 (The Rift, #3) by Gene Luen Yang, Gurihiru

2. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 3 (The Rift, #3)

By: Gene Luen Yang , Gurihiru

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The spirits are restless! As Avatar Aang and his friends confront an ancient spirit determined to d… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy

3. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 2 (The Rift, #2)

By: Gene Luen Yang , Gurihiru , Michael Dante DiMartino , Bryan Konietzko

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Past Returns! Avatar Aang and his friends seek answers to the mysteries surrounding a refinery … read more

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4. Spill Zone (Spill Zone, #1)

By: Scott Westerfeld , Hilary Sycamore , Alex Puvilland

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Nobody's ever really explained the Spill. Was it an angelic visitation? A nanotech accident? A port… read more

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Cover of The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1) by Kay O'Neill

5. The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)

By: Kay O'Neill

4.35

Format: 71 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Princess Princess Ever After comes The Tea Dragon Society, a charm… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"when one feels displaced, it can take a while for the connections to grow."

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)

"los recuerdos no sólo viven en tu interior minette. Residen en toda la gente y objetos con los que compartes tu vida"

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)

"Just because something comes easily to you, does not mean it has no value. You find it effortless because you love it, and that is why it is your gift."

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)

"everything that happens is part of your wholeness. the sadness, the loss, the hurt, as well as the joy, the love, the friendship -- it is all part of your tapestry .... remember that you are whole."

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1)

6. 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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Cover of Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) by Seanan McGuire

7. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

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8. The Magic Fish

By: Trung Le Nguyen

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Tiến loves his family and his friends…but Tiến has a secret he's been keeping from them, and it mig… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"To me, language is a map to help you figure out where you are. If you can't read the map, you're lost"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

"The space between two shores is the ocean and being caught in between feels like drowning. And, really, what is the point of tears among so much salt water?"

-Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

Cover of The Adventure Zone, Vol. 5: The Eleventh Hour by Clint McElroy

9. The Adventure Zone, Vol. 5: The Eleventh Hour

By: Clint McElroy

4.69

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The fifth installment in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Adventure Zone graphic novel series, a m… read more

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  • adventure
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Odder by Katherine Applegate

10. 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

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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11. On a Sunbeam

By: Tillie Walden

4.30

Format: 533 pages, Paperback

Throughout the deepest reaches of space, a crew rebuilds beautiful and broken-down structures, pain… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"It's like the older you get the more you forget that you can change things."

-Tillie Walden, On a Sunbeam

"I'm not dating the 12% of you that I understand, I'm dating 100% of you. Including all your secrets that I don't know."

-Tillie Walden, On a Sunbeam

Cover of Lore Olympus: Volume Six (Lore Olympus, #6) by Rachel  Smythe

12. Lore Olympus: Volume Six (Lore Olympus, #6)

By: Rachel Smythe

4.51

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Witness what the gods do after dark in the sixth volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining o… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. The Well

By: Jake Wyatt

4.09

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A fantasy graphic novel about Lizzy, a girl who gets cursed by a wishing well, and her adventure to… read more

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  • adventure
  • graphic novels
  • magic
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"You don't become wealthy unless you care about money. And you don't stop caring about money just because you're rich."

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

"People like to say that hard work makes you rich. That isn't true. But if you like the work, and it keeps you and yours fed and warm, it can make you happy."

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

"Did you think a wishing well would be full of noble feelings? A wish is pure desire, Lizzy. You're old enough to know that people seldom want what's good for them. Or anyone else, for that matter."

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

"Courage is doing what is right and necessary, regardless of peril. Your parents were brave. Your grandmother was brave. Endangering yourself or others for the sake of wealth? Risking lives for a chan…"

-Jake Wyatt, The Well

Cover of Fractal Noise (Fractalverse, #0) by Christopher Paolini

14. Fractal Noise (Fractalverse, #0)

By: Christopher Paolini

3.44

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

July 25th, 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly. On the seemingly uninhabited pla… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"The melatonin hit like a meteorite"

-Christopher Paolini, Fractal Noise (Fractalverse, #0)

"That was the moment he had fallen for her. It wasn't love at first sight. Hell, it wasn't even lust at first sight. But it was close enough."

-Christopher Paolini, Fractal Noise (Fractalverse, #0)

"Sometimes the universe decided to rip apart your life and stomp on the pieces, and there wasn't a damn thing you could do about it except say, "Now what?"

-Christopher Paolini, Fractal Noise (Fractalverse, #0)

"Perhaps it existed only to stand in contrast with the whole nature, as if to say, "We were here." Alex wasn't sure if the thought was morbid or inspiring."

-Christopher Paolini, Fractal Noise (Fractalverse, #0)

Cover of Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti

15. Across a Field of Starlight

By: Blue Delliquanti

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An epic sci-fi graphic novel romance between two non-binary characters as they find one another thr… read more

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  • fiction
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • young adult
Cover of Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones (Check, Please!, #3-4) by Ngozi Ukazu

16. Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones (Check, Please!, #3-4)

By: Ngozi Ukazu

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

I'm a junior on the Samwell men's hockey team now, and not only do I have new teammates and new res… read more

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  • fiction
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • young adult
Cover of Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars) by Adam Christopher

17. Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

By: Adam Christopher

3.93

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in this essential novel set between Return of the Jedi a… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
" Let the Force guide you. Let it flow through you as it flows through me. Use that power, and your instincts, for they are one and the same. "

-Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

"The Force... was a living thing, in the crudest terms an energy field that bound the universe together. The Force was not a power, not something to be wielded, or used, or manipulated. Rather, it was…"

-Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

"Vader had been a fire, a twisting sun-dragon that curled in the core of a star about to go nova. The Emperor, Palpatine, had been the exact opposite – he was ice, the terrifying cold of the bottom of…"

-Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

Cover of The Broken Vow (Spill Zone, #2) by Scott Westerfeld

18. The Broken Vow (Spill Zone, #2)

By: Scott Westerfeld

3.83

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Only the very brave or the very desperate dare enter the Spill Zone—Addison Merritt is a little of … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Creepy Cat Vol. 3 by Cotton Valent

19. Creepy Cat Vol. 3

By: Cotton Valent

4.10

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

CATASTROPHE LOOMS IN THE GLOOM! Flora has settled into her haunted mansion with the increasingly b… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Free People's Village by Sim Kern

20. The Free People's Village

By: Sim Kern

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In an alternate 2020 timeline, Al Gore won the 2000 election and declared a War on Climate Change r… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Magical Boy Volume 1: A Graphic Novel by The Kao

21. Magical Boy Volume 1: A Graphic Novel

By: The Kao

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A breathtakingly imaginative fantasy series starring Max—a high schooler chosen to become the next … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • magic
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Adventure Zone Vol. 2: Murder on the Rockport Limited! by Clint McElroy

22. The Adventure Zone Vol. 2: Murder on the Rockport Limited!

By: Clint McElroy

4.60

Format: 219 pages, Paperback

In the second Adventure Zone graphic novel (adapted from the McElroy family's wildly popular D&D po… read more

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  • adventure
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Adventure Zone Vol. 3: Petals to the Metal by Clint McElroy

23. The Adventure Zone Vol. 3: Petals to the Metal

By: Clint McElroy

4.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

START YOUR ENGINES, friends, as we hit the road again with Taako, Magnus and Merle, the beloved age… read more

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  • adventure
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Adventure Zone Vol. 4: The Crystal Kingdom by Clint McElroy

24. The Adventure Zone Vol. 4: The Crystal Kingdom

By: Clint McElroy

4.58

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Based on the blockbuster podcast where the McElroy brothers and their dad play a tabletop RPG and i… read more

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  • adventure
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair by Lucy Knisley

25. Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair

By: Lucy Knisley

4.43

Format: 208 pages, Library Binding

WOE! SCREAM! MEOW! ...PURR? Join the hilarious and of course dramatic world of Linney the House Cat… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
Cover of Embrace Your Size: My Own Body Positivity by Hara

26. Embrace Your Size: My Own Body Positivity

By: Hara

3.88

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

What do you do when your body doesn’t match the ideal shape as dictated by society? What do you wea… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of 夜桜さんちの大作戦 1 [Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen 1] by Hitsuji Gondaira

27. 夜桜さんちの大作戦 1 [Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen 1]

By: Hitsuji Gondaira

3.86

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

超人見知りの高校生・朝野太陽が話せるのは、幼なじみの夜桜六美ただ一人。けれど六美は代々続くスパイ一家の娘で、極度のシスコンの兄が太陽排除に動き出した! 自らと六美を守るため太陽がとった手段とは!? read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
Cover of Soara and the House of Monsters Vol. 1 by Hidenori Yamaji

28. Soara and the House of Monsters Vol. 1

By: Hidenori Yamaji

4.01

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

In this delightful and intricately illustrated fantasy tale, a girl who was raised to fight monster… read more

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  • adventure
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of Creepy Cat, Vol. 2 by Cotton Valent

29. Creepy Cat, Vol. 2

By: Cotton Valent

4.07

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Now that she's all moved in to the mysterious mansion, Flora discovers Creepy Cat's incredible secr… read more

Similar categories in Cotton Valent's Creepy Cat, Vol. 2 book and Ben Costa's The Middle-Route Run (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo #2)

  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of A Fire Among Clouds (Codex Black, #1) by Camilo Moncada Lozano

30. A Fire Among Clouds (Codex Black, #1)

By: Camilo Moncada Lozano

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Navigate through monsters, mysteries, and the will of the gods with two young extraordinary adventu… read more

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  • adventure
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of The Middle-Route Run (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo #2) by Ben Costa

31. The Middle-Route Run (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo #2)

By: Ben Costa

3.97

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Nimona meets Adventure Time in this full-color graphic novel as a singing skeleton continues to sea… read more

Similar categories in Ben Costa's The Middle-Route Run (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo #2) book and Ben Costa's The Middle-Route Run (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo #2)

  • adventure
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • comics
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy

22 best-selling fiction books like The Middle-Route Run (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo #2) by Ben Costa

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Gene Luen Yang , Gurihiru

4.00

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Kay O'Neill

4.35

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