14 must-read middle grade books like Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen) by Katy Birchall

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Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

By: Katy Birchall

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen's classic story, with witty black and white …

"I will read and draw, and have a wonderful time with all my dear nephews and nieces" Emma smiled, thinking on them. "Isabella dn John's children are all I will need to keep me happy. A niece can dote on me as I grow old."

-Katy Birchall, Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

"I will read and draw, and have a wonderful time with all my dear nephews and nieces" Emma smiled, thinking on them. "Isabella dn John's children are all I will need to keep me happy. A niece can dote on me as I grow old."

-Katy Birchall, Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

"Am I to believe that in your spirit of matchmaking, you have been settling that I should marry Miss Fairfax?' 'No!' Emma blurted out, before checking herself. 'Certainly not. You could not come and sit with us in this comfortable way if you were married.' 'Good, then.' he replied. 'She is too reserved. I like an open temper.' 'I quite agree'."

-Katy Birchall, Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

"Am I to believe that in your spirit of matchmaking, you have been settling that I should marry Miss Fairfax?' 'No!' Emma blurted out, before checking herself. 'Certainly not. You could not come and sit with us in this comfortable way if you were married.' 'Good, then.' he replied. 'She is too reserved. I like an open temper.' 'I quite agree'."

-Katy Birchall, Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

If you liked the middle grade plot in Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen) by Katy Birchall , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

By: Holly Smale

3.75

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Harriet Manners knows a lot of things. She knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a "jiff… read more

Similar categories in Holly Smale's Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1) book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • romance
  • fiction
"She's....having an affair with a strawberry jam manufacturer?"

-Holly Smale, Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

"Es la primera y única regla: la magia aparece cuando no la estás buscando."

-Holly Smale, Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

"Your daughter is adorable. I've never seen such an alien duck in my entire life."

-Holly Smale, Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

"...Our stories are drive by who we are and what we do, and not by the events that happens to us."

-Holly Smale, Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

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2. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.83

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Who needs a ladder when you’ve got a giraffe with an extended neck? The Ladderless Window-Cleani… read more

Similar categories in Roald Dahl's The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. Ballet Shoes (Shoes, #1)

By: Noel Streatfeild , Diane Goode

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Pauline, Petrova and Posy are orphans determined to help out their new family by joining the Childr… read more

Similar categories in Noel Streatfeild's Ballet Shoes (Shoes, #1) book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1)

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Deepdean School for Girls, 1934. When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own deadly secre… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1) book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Enormous Crocodile

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.78

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

The Enormous Crocodile is incredibly hungry-and incredibly greedy. His favorite meal is a plump, ju… read more

Similar categories in Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

6. The Midnight Gang

By: Tony Ross , David Walliams

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of cou… read more

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7. Arsenic for Tea (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #2)

By: Robin Stevens

3.97

Format: 649 pages, Paperback

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's Arsenic for Tea (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #2) book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

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8. The Magic Finger

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.70

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To … read more

Similar categories in Roald Dahl's The Magic Finger book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Just look at that beastly duck cooking at my stove!" Cried Mrs Gregg as she flew past the kitchen window. "How dare she!"

-Roald Dahl, The Magic Finger

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9. Billionaire Boy

By: David Walliams

4.14

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from the author of The Boy in the Dress and Mr St… read more

Similar categories in David Walliams's Billionaire Boy book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"My name is Mr Bread." He began writing his name neatly on the board. "But you can call me Peter." Suddenly there was quiet, as thirty little brains whirred. "Pita Bread!" proclaimed a ginger-haired b…"

-David Walliams, Billionaire Boy

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10. Iceberg

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Iceberg book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg

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11. Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods

By: Grace Lin

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling autho… read more

Similar categories in Grace Lin's Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie

12. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of A Season for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #2) by Laura  Wood

13. A Season for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #2)

By: Laura Wood

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Wood's A Season for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #2) book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose (Enola Holmes, #9)

By: Nancy Springer

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In May of 1890, Enola Holmes is finally fully on her own and, no longer hiding from her older broth… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose (Enola Holmes, #9) book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure

By: Katherine Rundell

4.42

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

"We live in a world of such marvels. We should wake in the morning and as we put on our trousers we should remember the seahorse and we should scream with awe and not stop screaming until we fall asle…"

-Katherine Rundell, The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure

Cover of The Agency for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #1) by Laura  Wood

16. The Agency for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #1)

By: Laura Wood

4.28

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Wood's The Agency for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #1) book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Call of the Titanic

By: Lindsay Galvin

4.38

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Young cabin steward, Sid, is proud to be working on the Titanic, the greatest ship ever built. Clar… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Galvin's Call of the Titanic book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
Cover of Drama and Danger (The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries, #1) by J.T. Williams

18. Drama and Danger (The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries, #1)

By: J.T. Williams

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A thrilling middle grade mystery series, perfect for fans of Robin Steven’s Murder Most Unladylike.… read more

Similar categories in J.T. Williams's Drama and Danger (The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries, #1) book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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20. Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

By: Katy Birchall

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen's classic story, with witty black and white … read more

Similar categories in Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen) book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • regency
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I will read and draw, and have a wonderful time with all my dear nephews and nieces" Emma smiled, thinking on them. "Isabella dn John's children are all I will need to keep me happy. A niece can dote…"

-Katy Birchall, Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

"Am I to believe that in your spirit of matchmaking, you have been settling that I should marry Miss Fairfax?' 'No!' Emma blurted out, before checking herself. 'Certainly not. You could not come and s…"

-Katy Birchall, Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

"Little Emma. She is beautiful" he remarked admiring her. "yes", Emma replied gently. "There. At least we agree on _something_". Mr Knightley lifted his eyes to meet hers and she could see that his ex…"

-Katy Birchall, Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

Cover of Elizabeth of East Hampton (For the Love of Austen, #2) by Audrey Bellezza

21. Elizabeth of East Hampton (For the Love of Austen, #2)

By: Audrey Bellezza

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This fresh and whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice transports … read more

Similar categories in Audrey Bellezza's Elizabeth of East Hampton (For the Love of Austen, #2) book and Katy Birchall's Jane Austen's Emma (Awesomely Austen)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • fiction

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