17 must-read middle grade books like Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2) by Malia Maunakea

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Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

By: Malia Maunakea

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

An exciting follow-up to Lei and the Fire Goddess features a mysterious, invisible island, dangerou…

"I have good news and ... what is the word that teachers use now instead of bad news? Opportunities?"

-Malia Maunakea, Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

If you liked the middle grade plot in Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2) by Malia Maunakea , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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2. Dragonfruit

By: Makiia Lucier

3.89

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythol… read more

Similar categories in Makiia Lucier's Dragonfruit book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • fantasy
  • mythology
"Sam was quiet. Sometimes it was hard to look at her"

-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

"sam was quiet, sometimes it hurt to look at her and know at closely they had come to missing one another"

-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

"May Taga find your spirit and guide you home to the sea beyond. In clear water where danger will never catch you. Among the coral and caves where the bounty is full. Alongside your ancestors and thei…"

-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

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3. The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

By: Ellen Oh

3.46

Format: None pages, None

When a Korean American teenage artist gets sucked into the world of her own web comic, she must fin… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • contemporary
"You wrote me and all these other people into a story that robbed us of our free will. These past few weeks, I felt like someone was forcing me to do things I didn't want to do, feel things I didn't w…"

-Ellen Oh, The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

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4. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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5. Tala Learns to Siva

By: Kealani Netane

4.36

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

A lovingly empowering story about finding courage and strength in your family, history, and communi… read more

Similar categories in Kealani Netane's Tala Learns to Siva book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • childrens
Cover of The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys

6. The Bletchley Riddle

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stunning collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Shein… read more

Similar categories in Ruta Sepetys's The Bletchley Riddle book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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7. AfterMath

By: Emily Barth Isler

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This book is a gift to the culture. --Amy Schumer, writer, actor, and activist After her brothe… read more

Similar categories in Emily Barth Isler's AfterMath book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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8. The Cookie Crumbles

By: Tracy Badua

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Great British Bake Off meets Knives Out in this fun and propulsive middle grade novel following… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Badua's The Cookie Crumbles book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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9. Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

By: Malia Maunakea

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

An exciting follow-up to Lei and the Fire Goddess features a mysterious, invisible island, dangerou… read more

Similar categories in Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2) book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"I have good news and ... what is the word that teachers use now instead of bad news? Opportunities?"

-Malia Maunakea, Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

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10. The Spindle of Fate

By: Aimee Lim

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

ISBN: 9781250886194 When Evie Mei discovers that her recently passed mother was the head of a gu… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Lim's The Spindle of Fate book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • mythology
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of Lightningborn (Storm Dragons #1) by Julie Kagawa

11. Lightningborn (Storm Dragons #1)

By: Julie Kagawa

4.20

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In a world in the clouds where only the rich own dragons, a poor boy named Remy finds a wild baby d… read more

Similar categories in Julie Kagawa's Lightningborn (Storm Dragons #1) book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
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12. The Legendary Mo Seto

By: A.Y. Chan

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced, high-kicking debut that’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets Stand Up, Yumi Chung a… read more

Similar categories in A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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13. It's Only a Game

By: Kelsea Yu

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this twisty, fast-paced YA thriller, a dangerous game becomes all too real when Marina and her f… read more

Similar categories in Kelsea Yu's It's Only a Game book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • contemporary
Cover of Amari and the Despicable Wonders (Supernatural Investigations, #3) by B.B. Alston

14. Amari and the Despicable Wonders (Supernatural Investigations, #3)

By: B.B. Alston

4.37

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The highly anticipated third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Supernatural Investigations … read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Despicable Wonders (Supernatural Investigations, #3) book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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15. The Legend of the Last Library

By: Frank L. Cole

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

What if you lived in a world without books? After a devastating Blight killed off all the trees, p… read more

Similar categories in Frank L. Cole's The Legend of the Last Library book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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16. Old Wounds

By: Logan-Ashley Kisner

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Erin and Max are two trans kids who are just trying to get to California. Max is desperate to final… read more

Similar categories in Logan-Ashley Kisner's Old Wounds book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • fantasy
  • contemporary
Cover of A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga

17. A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

By: Jasmine Warga

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Ho… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of The Last Dragon on Mars (The Dragonships, #1) by Scott Reintgen

18. The Last Dragon on Mars (The Dragonships, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A boy living on Mars unexpectedly becomes a dragon rider in this first book in the sci-fi and fanta… read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's The Last Dragon on Mars (The Dragonships, #1) book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of Farrah Noorzad and the Ring of Fate by Deeba Zargarpur

19. Farrah Noorzad and the Ring of Fate

By: Deeba Zargarpur

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A 12-year-old girl discovers her true jinn heritage when a birthday wish gone wrong traps her fathe… read more

Similar categories in Deeba Zargarpur's Farrah Noorzad and the Ring of Fate book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of A Split Second by Janae Marks

20. A Split Second

By: Janae Marks

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Janae Marks delivers a riveting tale where a young girl wakes up … read more

Similar categories in Janae Marks's A Split Second book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
Cover of House of Elephants (Witchlings, #3) by Claribel A. Ortega

21. House of Elephants (Witchlings, #3)

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.49

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Claribel A. Ortega comes the third book in the spellbinding … read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's House of Elephants (Witchlings, #3) book and Malia Maunakea's Lei and the Invisible Island (Lei and the Legends Book 2)

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • adventure

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