21 best-selling middle grade books like The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2) by Julie Buxbaum

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The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

By: Julie Buxbaum

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A killer space toilet is hurtling toward Area 51, courtesy of a mystery traitor on base, and things…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2) by Julie Buxbaum , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Last Kids on Earth (Last Kids on Earth, #1) by Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate

1. The Last Kids on Earth (Last Kids on Earth, #1)

By: Max Brallier , Douglas Holgate

3.81

Format: 343 pages,

Ever since the monster apocalypse hit town, average thirteen year old Jack Sullivan has been living… read more

Similar categories in Max Brallier's The Last Kids on Earth (Last Kids on Earth, #1) book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens

2. Devil's Food Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #14)

By: Joanne Fluke

3.65

Format: 448 pages,

These days, everyone in Lake Eden, Minnesota, is buzzing with activity, and Hannah Swensen is no ex… read more

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3. How to Eat Fried Worms

By: Thomas Rockwell

3.76

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

People are always daring Billy to do zany things. But Billy may have bitten off more than he can ch… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Rockwell's How to Eat Fried Worms book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens

4. The Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (I Survived, #10)

By: Lauren Tarshis

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

The beast beneath the mountain is restless... No one in the bustling city of Pompeii worries when t… read more

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5. 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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6. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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7. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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8. 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

Similar categories in Tim Probert's Lightfall: The Dark Times (Lightfall, #3) book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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9. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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10. Saving Time (The Time Police, #3)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.62

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

Life is good for Team Weird, now heroes and fully fledged Time Police officers. Luke can't wait to … read more

Similar categories in Jodi Taylor's Saving Time (The Time Police, #3) book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • science fiction
  • humor
"You're about as useful as a 2020 event planner"

-Jodi Taylor, Saving Time (The Time Police, #3)

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11. About Time (The Time Police, #4)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.58

Format: 470 pages, Kindle Edition

Patience is not a virtue known to the Time Police. And Commander Hay is facing the longest day of h… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Taylor's About Time (The Time Police, #4) book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • science fiction
  • humor
Cover of Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! (Cat on the Run, #1) by Aaron Blabey

12. Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! (Cat on the Run, #1)

By: Aaron Blabey

3.80

Format: 192 pages, ebook

What happens when the world's biggest cat video star gets accused of a crime she didn’t commit? She… read more

Similar categories in Aaron Blabey's Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! (Cat on the Run, #1) book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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13. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man, #12)

By: Dav Pilkey

4.61

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Our canine superhero returns in DOG MAN: THE SCARLET SHEDDER, the suspenseful and hilarious twelfth… read more

Similar categories in Dav Pilkey's Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man, #12) book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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14. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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15. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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16. Miss Quinces

By: Kat Fajardo

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anythin… read more

Similar categories in Kat Fajardo's Miss Quinces book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1) by Wendy Mass

17. Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1)

By: Wendy Mass

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Can a virtual reality headset help change the way twelve-year-old Addie looks at things? Introd… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's Lo and Behold (Lo and Behold #1) book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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18. Vacancy

By: K.R. Alexander

3.68

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The latest chilling frightfest from horror master K. R. Alexander . . . this time centering around … read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's Vacancy book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23) by Kathy Reichs

19. Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

By: Kathy Reichs

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

It’s never easy working fire scenes.   Called to Washington, DC to analyse the victims of a mysteri… read more

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20. 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 Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • middle grade
Cover of Not Your Ex's Hexes (Supernatural Singles, #2) by April Asher

21. Not Your Ex's Hexes (Supernatural Singles, #2)

By: April Asher

3.84

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

In April Asher’s next Supernatural Singles novel, a one-night-stand between a willful witch and a b… read more

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22. Scare Me

By: K.R. Alexander

3.81

Format: 211 pages, Paperback

A haunted house has come to life in this spine-tingling novel from the author of The CollectorThey'… read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's Scare Me book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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23. Camp Murderface

By: Josh Berk

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Summer camp turns sinister in Camp Murderface, a spooky middle grade read perfect for fans of scare… read more

Similar categories in Josh Berk's Camp Murderface book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Catfished (Rylie Cooper Mysteries #1) by Stella Bixby

24. Catfished (Rylie Cooper Mysteries #1)

By: Stella Bixby

3.87

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Rylie’s life has hit a serious snag. Cheated on, lied to, and suddenly homeless and unemployed, her… read more

Similar categories in Stella Bixby's Catfished (Rylie Cooper Mysteries #1) book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • humor
Cover of Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros

25. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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26. Bury Me

By: K.R. Alexander

4.02

Format: 211 pages, Paperback

Some dolls never die.No one ever leaves Copper Hollow. It's a town with a deadly history . . . but … read more

Similar categories in K.R. Alexander's Bury Me book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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27. City Under the City

By: Dan Yaccarino

4.04

Format: 68 pages, Hardcover

Bix lives with her family in a city where people rarely talk or play together, and no longer read b… read more

Similar categories in Dan Yaccarino's City Under the City book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • science fiction
  • graphic novels
  • childrens
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28. ChupaCarter

By: George Lopez

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

With his signature laugh-out-loud humor, world-famous comedian George Lopez launches a fantastical … read more

Similar categories in George Lopez's ChupaCarter book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2) by Julie Buxbaum

29. The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

By: Julie Buxbaum

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A killer space toilet is hurtling toward Area 51, courtesy of a mystery traitor on base, and things… read more

Similar categories in Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2) book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • science fiction
Cover of Millie Fleur's Poison Garden by Christy Mandin

30. Millie Fleur's Poison Garden

By: Christy Mandin

4.46

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Wednesday Addams meets The Curious Garden in this delightfully peculiar story about finding joy in … read more

Similar categories in Christy Mandin's Millie Fleur's Poison Garden book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • childrens
Cover of The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel by Sheela Chari

31. The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel

By: Sheela Chari

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Based on the Peabody Award-winning podcast, this tech-filled adventure series pits intrepid Mars Pa… read more

Similar categories in Sheela Chari's The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel book and Julie Buxbaum's The Big Flush (The Area 51 Files #2)

  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens

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