21 Best middle grade books like Eddie Whatever by Lois Ruby

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Eddie Whatever

By: Lois Ruby

3.79

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Eddie's Mitzvah Project takes him to Silver Brook retirement home, where his assu…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Eddie Whatever by Lois Ruby , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Linked

By: Gordon Korman

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Linked book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."

-Gordon Korman, Linked

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2. Across the Desert

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot strand… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Across the Desert book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Lion of Mars

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's The Lion of Mars book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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4. Lines of Courage

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.30

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futu… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Lines of Courage book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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5. Wild River (The Wild, #2)

By: Rodman Philbrick

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Daniel Redmayne is fast asleep on the first night of a white water rafting trip, when he's awoken b… read more

Similar categories in Rodman Philbrick's Wild River (The Wild, #2) book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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6. What Lives in the Woods

By: Lindsay Currie

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the decrepit Woodmoor Manor…where something in the woods is always watching. From the au… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's What Lives in the Woods book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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7. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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8. An Occasionally Happy Family

By: Cliff Burke

3.92

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Gordon Korman meets The Great Outdoors in this funny and moving debut about a boy who goes on a dis… read more

Similar categories in Cliff Burke's An Occasionally Happy Family book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.34

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build--and S… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • middle grade
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10. Those Kids from Fawn Creek

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same--until Orchid Mason arrives. This contempor… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold)

By: Varian Johnson

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Literary powerhouse and Coretta Scott King Honor- and Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor-winning author… read more

Similar categories in Varian Johnson's Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold) book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. 365 Days to Alaska

By: Cathy Carr

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful middle-grade debut about a girl from off-the-grid Alaska adjusting to suburban life  … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Carr's 365 Days to Alaska book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1)

By: John David Anderson

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The first book in a coming-of-age sci-fi duology about Leo, a kid trying to navigate the galaxy in … read more

Similar categories in John David Anderson's Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1) book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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15. Worst-Case Collin

By: Rebecca Caprara

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This poignant middle grade novel in verse follows twelve-year-old Collin who manages his anxiety by… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Caprara's Worst-Case Collin book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Gravity might always win, but I've got a choice: fall or dive. And I choose to dive."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

"Discovery is a messy process, Mom would say. Your father works best in a state of creative chaos."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

"there is space inside the human heart for infinite love and infinite sadness and all the messiness in between."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

"Back then, our house felt full. Bursting, even. But never crowded, cluttered, claustrophobic. Because Love doesn't take up too much room."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

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16. Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year

By: Nina Hamza

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An Indian Muslim #ownvoices debut about an underachiever who must start over in a new state with th… read more

Similar categories in Nina Hamza's Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Flight of the Puffin

By: Ann Braden

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

One small act of kindness ripples out to connect four kids in this stirring novel by the author of … read more

Similar categories in Ann Braden's Flight of the Puffin book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I eye that lady's shiny car through the window -- there's no way she knows what we need better than we do."

-Ann Braden, Flight of the Puffin

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18. Rivals (A Game Changer companion novel)

By: Tommy Greenwald

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two student-athletes searching for stardom, a young reporter searching for the truth,… read more

Similar categories in Tommy Greenwald's Rivals (A Game Changer companion novel) book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Cuba in My Pocket

By: Adrianna Cuevas

4.34

Format: None pages, None

A middle grade historical novel about a twelve-year-old boy who leaves his family in Cuba to immigr… read more

Similar categories in Adrianna Cuevas's Cuba in My Pocket book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Eddie Whatever by Lois Ruby

20. Eddie Whatever

By: Lois Ruby

3.79

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Eddie's Mitzvah Project takes him to Silver Brook retirement home, where his assu… read more

Similar categories in Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • jewish
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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21. Now You Say Yes

By: Bill Harley

4.23

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about two orphaned siblings on a cross-country journey in search of their plac… read more

Similar categories in Bill Harley's Now You Say Yes book and Lois Ruby's Eddie Whatever

  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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