8 best-selling realistic fiction books like Maybe a Mermaid by Josephine Cameron

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Maybe a Mermaid

By: Josephine Cameron

3.94

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Anthoni Gillis is not the kind of kid who believes in fairies, unicorns, or even th…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Maybe a Mermaid by Josephine Cameron , here is a list of 8 books like this:

1. Charmed (Fairy Tale Reform School, #2)

By: Jen Calonita

3.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Charmed is the exciting sequel to the wildly popular Flunked -- second in the brand new Fairy Tale … read more

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2. The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King (Last Kids on Earth, #3)

By: Max Brallier , Douglas Holgate

1.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Life after the zombie apocalypse is pretty good for 13-year-old Jack Sullivan: he lives in a mind-c… read more

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3. Flunked (Fairy Tale Reform School, #1)

By: Jen Calonita

3.86

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

Would you send a villain to do a hero's job? An exciting new twisted fairy tale series from award-w… read more

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4. Tricked (Fairy Tale Reform School #3)

By: Jen Calonita

3.94

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

Things are changing at Fairy Tale Reform School. At least, that's what Gilly's heard through the En… read more

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5. Switched (Fairy Tale Reform School #4)

By: Jen Calonita

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Things are changing at Fairy Tale Reform School. At least, that's what Gilly's heard through the En… read more

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6. Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls

By: Beth McMullen

3.94

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

A girl discovers her boarding school is actually an elite spy-training program, and she must learn … read more

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7. The Heirloom Garden

By: Viola Shipman

4.18

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Summer Cottage In her inimitable style, Viola Shipman… read more

Similar categories in Viola Shipman's The Heirloom Garden book and Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid

  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But I’m nervous."

-Viola Shipman, The Heirloom Garden

"Isn't an ordinary life a grand one all its own, filled with great drama and tragedy, hopes, love, losses, and dreams?"

-Viola Shipman, The Heirloom Garden

"But most of all, it was a tribute to hope. Hope that something beautiful would grow despite the harsh winter, the frozen earth and a world that was constant at war."

-Viola Shipman, The Heirloom Garden

"Life is filled with overwhelming tragedy, but it's also filled with incomparable beauty. I read somewhere that god doesn't come to us in the happy times. He comes to us through our scars and wounds."

-Viola Shipman, The Heirloom Garden

Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

8. 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

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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9. The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.23

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"You are Bob, untamed and undaunted."

-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

"Seems to me there are lots of ways to be brave, Bob," he said."

-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

"When you've been through the worst with someone, you appreciate the best."

-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

"Maybe it's easier to forgive others once you've learned how to forgive yourself."

-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

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10. The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel

By: Dan Santat

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Dive in to this whimsically adventurous graphic novel from Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat! Ever sinc… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Onyeka, #1) by Tọlá Okogwu

11. Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Onyeka, #1)

By: Tọlá Okogwu

4.11

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Black Panther meets X-Men in this “fast-paced, action-packed, and empowering” (A. F. Steadman, New … read more

Similar categories in Tọlá Okogwu's Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Onyeka, #1) book and Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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12. Blended

By: Sharon M. Draper

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

"You’re so exotic!” “You look so unusual.” “But what are you really?” Eleven-year-old Isabella i… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
"The doors of Target opened with a welcoming swoosh, and I was instantly distracted. Yeah. Target does that to me. I feel at home. They've got stuff I need. Stuff I don't need. Stuff I didn't even kno…"

-Sharon M. Draper, Blended

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13. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) book and Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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14. Finally Heard (Finally Seen #2)

By: Kelly Yang

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes the sequel to Finally Seen in which … read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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15. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
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16. I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends

By: Kelsey Miller

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Friends debuted in 1994, no one anticipated the sensation it would become. Through its decade-… read more

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17. The Secret Library

By: Kekla Magoon

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a page-turning fantasy advent… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's The Secret Library book and Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid

  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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18. The Curse of Eelgrass Bog

By: Mary Averling

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of mon… read more

Similar categories in Mary Averling's The Curse of Eelgrass Bog book and Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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19. Into the Sunken City

By: Dinesh Thiru

3.68

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

In the slowly sinking city of Coconino, Arizona, the days are long, the money is tight, and the rai… read more

Similar categories in Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City book and Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"The bravest of us always admit to being scared."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

"You see all the ways people lie to you, but none of the ways they care."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

"I grab her hands and say the words I so desperately want to believe. “We’re gonna be okay, Thara. I promise you—we’re gonna be okay."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

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20. The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1)

By: Alexandra Overy

3.94

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“A magical tale, brimming with heart." —Anne Ursu, National Book Award–long-listed author of  The T… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Overy's The Gingerbread Witch (The Gingerbread Witch, #1) book and Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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21. The Cursed Moon

By: Angela Cervantes

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated author Angela Cervantes' brand new novel combines a chilling ghost story with her award-… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels by Tọlá Okogwu

22. Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels

By: Tọlá Okogwu

4.19

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

The epic second book in the action-packed and empowering middle-grade superhero series. Perfect for… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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23. The Spirit Glass

By: Roshani Chokshi

4.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Corazon yearns to finally start training as a babaylan (a mystical healer and spirit guide) under h… read more

Similar categories in Roshani Chokshi's The Spirit Glass book and Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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24. Freddie vs. the Family Curse

By: Tracy Badua

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling and hilarious middle grade adventure, a young Filipino-American boy must team up … read more

Similar categories in Tracy Badua's Freddie vs. the Family Curse book and Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
Cover of And Then I Turned Into a Mermaid (And Then I Turned Into a Mermaid, #1) by Laura Kirkpatrick

25. And Then I Turned Into a Mermaid (And Then I Turned Into a Mermaid, #1)

By: Laura Kirkpatrick

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Louise Rennison meets Bad Mermaids in a hilarious new series for 9+ readers Molly Seabrook’s dul… read more

Similar categories in Laura Kirkpatrick's And Then I Turned Into a Mermaid (And Then I Turned Into a Mermaid, #1) book and Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid

  • childrens
  • mermaids
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • fantasy
Cover of The Absence of Sparrows by Kurt  Kirchmeier

26. The Absence of Sparrows

By: Kurt Kirchmeier

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A coming-of-age novel about a plague that brings the world to a halt -- and the boy who believes th… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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27. Death at Morning House

By: Maureen Johnson

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's Death at Morning House book and Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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28. The Memory Keeper

By: Jennifer Camiccia

4.18

Format: None pages, None

A story about long-buried secrets, the power of memory, and the bond between a girl and her gram.Al… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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29. Maybe a Mermaid

By: Josephine Cameron

3.94

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Anthoni Gillis is not the kind of kid who believes in fairies, unicorns, or even th… read more

Similar categories in Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid book and Josephine Cameron's Maybe a Mermaid

  • childrens
  • mermaids
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of The Tiny Mansion by Keir Graff

30. The Tiny Mansion

By: Keir Graff

3.70

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Dagmar must endure a summer living off-the-grid with her family in a tiny home. … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Harriet Spies (Just Harriet #2) by Elana K. Arnold

31. Harriet Spies (Just Harriet #2)

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The unforgettable star of Just Harriet returns for another mystery on Marble Island, from award-win… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile

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The Heirloom Garden

Viola Shipman

4.18

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Pari Thomson

4.20

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The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

Katherine Applegate

4.23

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The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel

Dan Santat

3.94

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

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The Summer Book Club

Susan Mallery

3.84

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The Happiness Plan

Susan Mallery

3.91

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The Friendship Club

Robyn Carr

3.82

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