13 Top middle grade books like The Secret Dragon by E.J. Clarke

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The Secret Dragon

By: E.J. Clarke

3.89

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

How To Train Your Dragon meets The Indian in the Cupboard in this funny, heartfelt story of friends…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Secret Dragon by E.J. Clarke , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star (Dork Diaries, #7) by Rachel Renée Russell

1. Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star (Dork Diaries, #7)

By: Rachel Renée Russell

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

It’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel! Everyone’s been rooting for me and my… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Renée Russell's Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star (Dork Diaries, #7) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. Skellig (Skellig, #1)

By: David Almond

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Micha… read more

Similar categories in David Almond's Skellig (Skellig, #1) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"There's no end to evolution."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"The dead are often known to eat 27 and 53"

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"Truth and dreams are always getting muddled."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"Can love help a person to get better?’ I asked."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

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3. Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.91

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians is the first adventure in a fantasy series for young readers by… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Wasing not of wasing is", Quentin added."

-Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)

"You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It's really funny."

-Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)

"Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people."

-Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)

"Great success often depends on being able to distinguish between the impossible and the improbable."

-Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)

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4. Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Dork Diaries, #1)

By: Rachel Renée Russell

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

It's Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel! Meet Nikki Maxwell! She's starting eig… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Renée Russell's Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Dork Diaries, #1) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen (Dork Diaries, #9)

By: Rachel Renée Russell

4.15

Format: None pages, Audio

Nikki Maxwell's worst nightmare comes true in book nine of the #1 New York Timesbestselling Dork Di… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Renée Russell's Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen (Dork Diaries, #9) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. The Misadventures of Max Crumbly: Locker Hero (Max Crumbly, #1)

By: Rachel Renée Russell

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A brand-new series from #1 New York Timesbestselling Dork Diaries author Rachel Renee Russell! Intr… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Renée Russell's The Misadventures of Max Crumbly: Locker Hero (Max Crumbly, #1) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of How to Dork Your Diary (Dork Diaries, #3.5) by Rachel Renée Russell

7. How to Dork Your Diary (Dork Diaries, #3.5)

By: Rachel Renée Russell

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

It's Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel! Create your own Dork Diary! A special,… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Renée Russell's How to Dork Your Diary (Dork Diaries, #3.5) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

8. Ronia, the Robber's Daughter

By: Trina Schart Hyman , Astrid Lindgren , Patricia Crampton

4.54

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

Ronia, who lives with her father and his band of robbers in a castle in the woods, causes trouble w… read more

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9. The Witch Boy

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

3.26

Format: 32 pages,

In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to … read more

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10. Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star (Dork Diaries, #3)

By: Rachel Renée Russell

4.12

Format: 314 pages,

It's Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel! Nikki's Road to Stardom Checklist: [Ti… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Renée Russell's Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star (Dork Diaries, #3) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

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11. Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island shall have its revenge . . . Skandar Smith has achieved his dream to train as a unicorn … read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future by Ginny Yurich

12. Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future

By: Ginny Yurich

4.36

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

It may shock you to learn that we spend an average of 4-7 minutes outside each day--while we spend … read more

Similar categories in Ginny Yurich's Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • childrens
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13. The Lost Whale

By: Hannah Gold

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously written standalone from the acclaimed author of The Last Bear, Hannah Gold's second no… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"A patchwork of blue, emerald and turquoise, with white horses dancing like diamonds on the surface. The water stretched out forever until it melted into the sky."

-Hannah Gold, The Lost Whale

Cover of Bride of the Fae Prince (Bride of the Fae Prince, #1) by Anastasis Blythe

14. Bride of the Fae Prince (Bride of the Fae Prince, #1)

By: Anastasis Blythe

4.08

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of A Deal With The Elf King and The Bridge Kingdom, this arranged marriage romance about a… read more

Similar categories in Anastasis Blythe's Bride of the Fae Prince (Bride of the Fae Prince, #1) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • fantasy
"How did I just walk up to your father’s palace and find you?"

-Anastasis Blythe, Bride of the Fae Prince (Bride of the Fae Prince, #1)

"You, my darling, are magnificent beyond anything I could have ever imagined,"

-Anastasis Blythe, Bride of the Fae Prince (Bride of the Fae Prince, #1)

Cover of The Boy Who Grew Dragons (The Boy Who Grew Dragons, #1) by Andy Shepherd

15. The Boy Who Grew Dragons (The Boy Who Grew Dragons, #1)

By: Andy Shepherd

4.14

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandad's garden, he doesn't think muc… read more

Similar categories in Andy Shepherd's The Boy Who Grew Dragons (The Boy Who Grew Dragons, #1) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • childrens
  • dragons
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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16. Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.55

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island always wins… Skandar and his sister Kenna are finally both at the Eyrie, but tensions… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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17. The Wizard In My Shed (The Misadventures of Merdyn the Wild #1)

By: Simon Farnaby

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Merdyn the Wild is from the Dark Ages. He's the world's greatest Warlock (don't call him a wizard),… read more

Similar categories in Simon Farnaby's The Wizard In My Shed (The Misadventures of Merdyn the Wild #1) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • childrens
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18. Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos

By: Lucy Knisley

4.38

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

If you work hard enough, if you want it enough, if you’re smart and talented and “good enough,” you… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Knisley's Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

"There's plenty of drama and comedy and bodily fluids! And what's a good origin story without all three?"

-Lucy Knisley, Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos

"When we write about our lives, it's a form of time travel. We inhabit the body we were back then, and yet we do so from our safe distance in the future."

-Lucy Knisley, Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos

"For a large part of human history, people didn't really know how a woman's body worked. This is mainly because for much of human history, a woman's body was either too sacred or too sexual to study."

-Lucy Knisley, Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos

Cover of Mister Hockey (Hellions Hockey #1) by Lia Riley

19. Mister Hockey (Hellions Hockey #1)

By: Lia Riley

3.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Icebreaker —sparks fly between a hockey player with a dirty mouth and an awkward bookwo… read more

Similar categories in Lia Riley's Mister Hockey (Hellions Hockey #1) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • fiction
Cover of Virgin Territory (Hellions Angels, #3) by Lia Riley

20. Virgin Territory (Hellions Angels, #3)

By: Lia Riley

3.42

Format: 149 pages, Kindle Edition

Practice Makes Perfect Patrick “Patch” Donnelly has what it takes to be the best goalie in the N… read more

Similar categories in Lia Riley's Virgin Territory (Hellions Angels, #3) book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • fiction
Cover of The Secret Dragon by E.J. Clarke

21. The Secret Dragon

By: E.J. Clarke

3.89

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

How To Train Your Dragon meets The Indian in the Cupboard in this funny, heartfelt story of friends… read more

Similar categories in E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon book and E.J. Clarke's The Secret Dragon

  • childrens
  • dragons
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy

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Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star (Dork Diaries, #7)

Rachel Renée Russell

4.32

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David Almond

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)

Brandon Sanderson

3.91

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Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Dork Diaries, #1)

Rachel Renée Russell

3.95

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1)

Siobhan McDermott

3.91

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The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2)

Pari Thomson

4.38

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Amanda Foody

4.44

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