17 best-selling realistic fiction books like The $150,000 Rugelach by Allison Marks

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The $150,000 Rugelach

By: Allison Marks

4.21

Format: 233 pages, Hardcover

Recommended by Entertainment Weekly as a Best Book of 2021 A delicious tale of rivalry, friendsh…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in The $150,000 Rugelach by Allison Marks , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of The Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera Hiranandani

1. The Whole Story of Half a Girl

By: Veera Hiranandani

3.85

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

What greater praise than to be compared to Judy Blume!--"Each [Blume and Hiranandani] excels in cha… read more

Similar categories in Veera Hiranandani's The Whole Story of Half a Girl book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Tashlich at Turtle Rock by Susan Schnur, Anna Schnur-Fishman, Alex Steele-Morgan

2. Tashlich at Turtle Rock

By: Susan Schnur , Anna Schnur-Fishman , Alex Steele-Morgan

3.72

Format: None pages, Paperback

Annie is excited about the Tashlich ceremony on the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah. Her family will wal… read more

Similar categories in Susan Schnur's Tashlich at Turtle Rock book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • childrens
  • jewish
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3. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

By: Joseph Bruchac

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial p… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Bruchac's Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • middle grade
Cover of The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

4. 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 Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
  • juvenile
"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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5. Aviva vs. the Dybbuk

By: Mari Lowe

4.06

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

2023 SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD WINNER A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A comm… read more

Similar categories in Mari Lowe's Aviva vs. the Dybbuk book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • jewish
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6. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

By: Sarah McCammon

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more

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7. The Matchmaker's Gift

By: Lynda Cohen Loigman

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, c… read more

Similar categories in Lynda Cohen Loigman's The Matchmaker's Gift book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • jewish
"A drop of love sometimes brings an ocean of tears."

-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift

"If you can’t decide what you want to fight for, love is as good a cause as any."

-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift

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8. Different Kinds of Fruit

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.08

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

In this funny and hugely heartfelt novel from a Stonewall Award winner, a sixth-grader’s life is tu… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Lukoff's Different Kinds of Fruit book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Marry Me by Midnight (Once Upon the East End #1) by Felicia Grossman

9. Marry Me by Midnight (Once Upon the East End #1)

By: Felicia Grossman

3.58

Format: 378 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Author Felicia Grossman—whose “books are powerful and passionate and swoon-inducing!” (Eva Leigh, U… read more

Similar categories in Felicia Grossman's Marry Me by Midnight (Once Upon the East End #1) book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • jewish
Cover of Friends Forever (Friends, 3) by Shannon Hale

10. Friends Forever (Friends, 3)

By: Shannon Hale

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Following up their mega-bestselling Real Friends and Best Friends graphic memoirs, Shannon Hale and… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Hale's Friends Forever (Friends, 3) book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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11. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bowen Cohen's Two Tribes book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • jewish
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12. 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 Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"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

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13. Just Roll with It

By: Lee Durfey-Lavoie

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Starting middle school is hard enough when you don't know anyone; it's even harder when you're shy.… read more

Similar categories in Lee Durfey-Lavoie's Just Roll with It book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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14. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's Give Me a Sign book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • realistic fiction
Cover of Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe (I See London, I See France, #2) by Sarah Mlynowski

15. Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe (I See London, I See France, #2)

By: Sarah Mlynowski

3.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Sam’s summer isn’t off to a great start. Her boyfriend, Eli, ditched her for a European backpacking… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Mlynowski's Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe (I See London, I See France, #2) book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • realistic fiction
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16. The Last Beekeeper

By: Pablo Cartaya

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Last Beekeeper follows twelve-year-old Yolanda Cicerón as she fights to the save the last known… read more

Similar categories in Pablo Cartaya's The Last Beekeeper book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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17. Broken Strings

By: Eric Walters

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-… read more

Similar categories in Eric Walters's Broken Strings book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • jewish
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18. The Legend of Brightblade

By: Ethan M. Aldridge

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A young prince must learn to be his own kind of hero in this stand-alone graphic novel from the acc… read more

Similar categories in Ethan M. Aldridge's The Legend of Brightblade book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Jake Show by Joshua S. Levy

19. The Jake Show

By: Joshua S. Levy

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In Joshua S. Levy's middle grade novel, a Jewish seventh grade boy is caught between the worlds of … read more

Similar categories in Joshua S. Levy's The Jake Show book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • juvenile
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20. A Sky Full of Song

By: Susan Lynn Meyer

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

 North Dakota, 1905   After fleeing persecution in the Russian Empire, eleven-year-old Shoshana a… read more

Similar categories in Susan Lynn Meyer's A Sky Full of Song book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • middle grade
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Wake Me Most Wickedly (Once Upon the East End #2) by Felicia Grossman

21. Wake Me Most Wickedly (Once Upon the East End #2)

By: Felicia Grossman

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Solomon Weiss has little interest in power, but to repay the half-brother who raised him, he pursue… read more

Similar categories in Felicia Grossman's Wake Me Most Wickedly (Once Upon the East End #2) book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • jewish
Cover of Wayward Creatures by Dayna Lorentz

22. Wayward Creatures

By: Dayna Lorentz

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this animal friendship story, a troubled young boy befriends a wayward coyote after a forest fir… read more

Similar categories in Dayna Lorentz's Wayward Creatures book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
Cover of The Sun Will Come Out by Joanne Levy

23. The Sun Will Come Out

By: Joanne Levy

3.92

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Bea Gelman and her best friend Frankie are planning the BEST SUMMER EVER at Camp Sh… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Levy's The Sun Will Come Out book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
"Life’s not fair. If it were, I wouldn’t look like this, and I’d be out there with the rest of the kids. But I don’t think you should let a couple of mean girls keep you from doing fun stuff. Stop run…"

-Joanne Levy, The Sun Will Come Out

Cover of Double Trouble (Orca Currents) by Joanne Levy

24. Double Trouble (Orca Currents)

By: Joanne Levy

3.65

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Victoria Adelman is lonely. Her best friend has moved away, leaving her to spend the summer alone. … read more

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25. Searching for Lottie

By: Susan Ross

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Lottie, a talented violinist, disappears during the Holocaust. Can her grand-niece, Charlie, discov… read more

Similar categories in Susan Ross's Searching for Lottie book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Chunky Goes to Camp by Yehudi Mercado

26. Chunky Goes to Camp

By: Yehudi Mercado

4.04

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Hudi and his imaginary friend, Chunky, head to Jewish summer camp, where the dynamic duo meet a new… read more

Similar categories in Yehudi Mercado's Chunky Goes to Camp book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • jewish
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27. Upstaged

By: Diana Harmon Asher

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A shy seventh grader learns to step into the spotlight in this middle-grade novel.Shira Gordon is p… read more

Similar categories in Diana Harmon Asher's Upstaged book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
Cover of The $150,000 Rugelach by Allison Marks

28. The $150,000 Rugelach

By: Allison Marks

4.21

Format: 233 pages, Hardcover

Recommended by Entertainment Weekly as a Best Book of 2021 A delicious tale of rivalry, friendsh… read more

Similar categories in Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • cooking
  • food
  • family
  • juvenile
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29. Not So Shy

By: Noa Nimrodi

4.55

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Shai hates everything about moving to America from Israel. She's determined to come… read more

Similar categories in Noa Nimrodi's Not So Shy book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • jewish
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30. Magical Meet Cute

By: Jean Meltzer

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Is he the real deal…or did she truly summon a golem? Faye Kaplan used to be engaged. She also us… read more

Similar categories in Jean Meltzer's Magical Meet Cute book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • jewish
Cover of Honey and Me by Meira Drazin

31. Honey and Me

By: Meira Drazin

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Everything seems easy for eleven-year-old Honey Wine. Her best friend, Milla Bloom, envies Honey’s … read more

Similar categories in Meira Drazin's Honey and Me book and Allison Marks's The $150,000 Rugelach

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • jewish

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4.06

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4.24

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