19 Best middle grade books like Ultraviolet by Aida Salazar

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Ultraviolet

By: Aida Salazar

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes life explodes in technicolor. In the spirit of Judy Blume, award-winning author Aida Sala…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Ultraviolet by Aida Salazar , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson

4.61

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Black Girl You Are Atlas book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • poetry
  • teen
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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2. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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3. 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

Similar categories in Vera Brosgol's Plain Jane and the Mermaid book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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4. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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5. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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6. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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7. Deep Water

By: Jamie Sumner

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An impactful, gripping middle grade novel in verse from acclaimed author Jamie Sumner that spans on… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Deep Water book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

4.08

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's Not Quite a Ghost book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. The Secret Library

By: Kekla Magoon

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a page-turning fantasy advent… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's The Secret Library book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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10. Shiny Misfits: A Graphic Novel

By: Maysoon Zayid

3.52

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

A hilarious story about fame and friendship, by comedian and disability activist Maysoon Zayid, pai… read more

Similar categories in Maysoon Zayid's Shiny Misfits: A Graphic Novel book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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11. Next Stop

By: Debbie Fong

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Stand-alone debut Next Stop is a heartfelt graphic-novel from award-winning illustrator Debbie Fong… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Fong's Next Stop book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of The Wrong Way Home by Kate  O'Shaughnessy

12. The Wrong Way Home

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Library Binding

Twelve-year-old Fern believes she's living a noble life--but what if everything she's been told is … read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's The Wrong Way Home book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Mid-Air

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's Mid-Air book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • poetry
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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14. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Lunar Boy

By: Jacinta Wibowo

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Witch Boy and Squished, Lunar Boy is a must-have heartwarming coming-of-age graphic… read more

Similar categories in Jacinta Wibowo's Lunar Boy book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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16. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...

By: Jason Reynolds

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • romance
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Ultraviolet

By: Aida Salazar

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes life explodes in technicolor. In the spirit of Judy Blume, award-winning author Aida Sala… read more

Similar categories in Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • romance
  • poetry
  • love
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Ash's Cabin

By: Jen Wang

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Ash has always felt alone. Adults ignore the climate crisis. Other kids Ash’s age are more inter… read more

Similar categories in Jen Wang's Ash's Cabin book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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19. Everything We Never Had

By: Randy Ribay

4.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally c… read more

Similar categories in Randy Ribay's Everything We Never Had book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of We Are Big Time by Hena Khan

20. We Are Big Time

By: Hena Khan

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

SWISH! Cheer courtside for a Muslim teen as she joins an all-girls, hijab-wearing basketball team a… read more

Similar categories in Hena Khan's We Are Big Time book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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21. How It All Ends

By: Emma Hunsinger

4.30

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Tara lives inside the nonstop adventure of her imagination. It’s far more enterta… read more

Similar categories in Emma Hunsinger's How It All Ends book and Aida Salazar's Ultraviolet

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary

20 Top fiction books like Ultraviolet by Aida Salazar

Transform Your Habits

The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Plain Jane and the Mermaid

Vera Brosgol

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Night War

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Transform Your Habits

And Then, Boom!

Lisa Fipps

4.69

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20 Top fiction books like The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

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