15 best-selling childrens books like It's the End of the World as I Know It by Matthew Landis

Cover of It's the End of the World as I Know It by Matthew Landis

It's the End of the World as I Know It

By: Matthew Landis

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Derrick is sure that doomsday is coming, and he's prepping to survive--whether his friends believe …

If you liked the childrens plot in It's the End of the World as I Know It by Matthew Landis , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1) by James Ponti

1. Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1)

By: James Ponti

3.70

Format: 640 pages, Kindle Edition

Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1) book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie (Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, #1) by Jordan Sonnenblick

2. Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie (Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, #1)

By: Jordan Sonnenblick

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

From first-time novelist Jordan Sonnenblick, a brave and beautiful story that will make readers lau… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Sonnenblick's Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie (Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, #1) book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family

3. Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam

By: Cynthia Kadohata

4.08

Format: 176 pages,

CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS: a German shepherd trained to snif… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Kadohata's Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

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4. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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5. Black Brother, Black Brother

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age stor… read more

Similar categories in Jewell Parker Rhodes's Black Brother, Black Brother book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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6. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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7. Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)

By: B.B. Alston

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full schol… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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8. The Canyon's Edge

By: Dusti Bowling

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father g… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's The Canyon's Edge book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • family
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9. Free Lunch

By: Rex Ogle

4.37

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a w… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Free Lunch book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
"I don't know why, but I don't trust the word free anymore. Lunch here is supposed to be free, but it feels like it costs me a lot."

-Rex Ogle, Free Lunch

"On the back, it has the address, and says, free lunch! A chill runs up my spine. I don’t know why, but I don’t trust the word free anymore. Lunch here is supposed to be free, but it feels like it cos…"

-Rex Ogle, Free Lunch

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10. Northwind

By: Gary Paulsen

3.58

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

The story of a young person's battle to stay alive against the odds, where the high seas meet a coa… read more

Similar categories in Gary Paulsen's Northwind book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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11. A Night Divided

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.34

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

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12. Ground Zero

By: Alan Gratz

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It's September 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at … read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Ground Zero book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"And without a dream, without ambition, what point was there to living?"

-Alan Gratz, Ground Zero

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13. 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 Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • 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!

Cover of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty

14. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. This Light Between Us

By: Andrew Fukuda

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen pals--a Japanese American boy and a French Jew… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • family
  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
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16. King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)

By: Kacen Callender

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid … read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold) book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Burst and swirl and fly around, their wings shining with all the colors of the universe."

-Kacen Callender, King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)

Cover of What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski

17. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

18. The Blackbird Girls

By: Anne Blankman

4.43

Format: None pages, None

On a spring morning in 1986, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry re… read more

Similar categories in Anne Blankman's The Blackbird Girls book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"La distanza tra i veri amici non conta, quando l'amicizia continua nei loro cuori."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Distance between true friends doesn't matter when their friendship lives in their hearts"

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Siamo su questa terra per essere gentili gli uni con gli altri. Gli esseri umani sono la lingua di Dio."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

Cover of To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan

19. To Night Owl from Dogfish

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in N… read more

Similar categories in Holly Goldberg Sloan's To Night Owl from Dogfish book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Here's what we have seen: The way one story ends but then starts up again. The way families are made from people who want to be together more than they want to be apart. The way no one can tell you w…"

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, To Night Owl from Dogfish

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20. Right as Rain

By: Lindsey Stoddard

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Just Like Jackie comes a strikingly tender novel about one … read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Stoddard's Right as Rain book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of It's the End of the World as I Know It by Matthew Landis

21. It's the End of the World as I Know It

By: Matthew Landis

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Derrick is sure that doomsday is coming, and he's prepping to survive--whether his friends believe … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It book and Matthew Landis's It's the End of the World as I Know It

  • childrens
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • death
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family

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Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1)

James Ponti

3.70

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Jordan Sonnenblick

4.40

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Black Brother, Black Brother

Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.18

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Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)

B.B. Alston

4.38

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15 best-selling childrens books like Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Nicholas Day

4.15

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Katherine Marsh

4.50

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