19 Best middle grade books like Spindlefish and Stars by Christiane M. Andrews

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Spindlefish and Stars

By: Christiane M. Andrews

3.66

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

In which a story is spun.And unspun.Clothilde has lived her whole life in the shadows with her (som…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Spindlefish and Stars by Christiane M. Andrews , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. When Friendship Followed Me Home

By: Paul Griffin

4.23

Format: 240 pages,

A boy’s chance encounter with a scruffy dog leads to an unforgettable friendship in this deeply mov… read more

Similar categories in Paul Griffin's When Friendship Followed Me Home book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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2. Nightfall (Keeper of the Lost Cities #6)

By: Shannon Messenger

3.46

Format: None pages, ebook

Sophie Foster is struggling. Grieving. Scrambling. But she knows one thing: she will not be defeate… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Nightfall (Keeper of the Lost Cities #6) book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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3. The Underdogs

By: Sara Hammel

3.92

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Everyone has secrets... Who killed Annabel Harper? When a popular teen beauty's body is discovered … read more

Similar categories in Sara Hammel's The Underdogs book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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4. Crenshaw

By: Katherine Applegate

3.81

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

In her first novel since winning the Newbery Medal, Katherine Applegate delivers an unforgettable a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Crenshaw book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

5. The Voyage to Magical North (The Accidental Pirates, #1)

By: Claire Fayers

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Brine Seaborne is a girl with a past--if only she could remember what it is. Found … read more

Similar categories in Claire Fayers's The Voyage to Magical North (The Accidental Pirates, #1) book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

6. Mustaches for Maddie

By: Shelly Brown , Chad Morris

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Maddie is a normal twelve-year-old girl. Well, except for the fake mustaches she carries in her poc… read more

Similar categories in Shelly Brown's Mustaches for Maddie book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

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7. Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston

By: Esme Symes-Smith

4.43

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

In a magical medieval world filled with dragons, shape-shifters, and witches, a twelve-year-old her… read more

Similar categories in Esme Symes-Smith's Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Fear is not an excuse for abuse."

-Esme Symes-Smith, Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston

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8. The Moth Keeper

By: Kay O'Neill

4.08

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Being a Moth Keeper is a huge responsibility and a great honor, but what happens when the new Moth … read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's The Moth Keeper book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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9. The Probability of Everything

By: Sarah Everett

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Everett's The Probability of Everything book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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10. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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11. From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

By: Janae Marks

4.29

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t… read more

Similar categories in Janae Marks's From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1) book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"I’d already waited twelve years to speak to Marcus. How much longer would I have to wait for the truth?"

-Janae Marks, From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

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12. Bob

By: Wendy Mass

4.06

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

A classic middle-grade tale of magic and friendship, about a girl who helps an old friend find home… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's Bob book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"I squeeze my eyes shut and practice being not seen. I open one eye. “Well? Can you see me?"

-Wendy Mass, Bob

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13. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

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14. Marshmallow & Jordan

By: Alina Chau

4.22

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Jordan’s days as star player for her school’s basketball team ended when an accident left her paral… read more

Similar categories in Alina Chau's Marshmallow & Jordan book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. Violets Are Blue

By: Barbara Dee

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a movin… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Violets Are Blue book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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16. King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)

By: Kacen Callender

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid … read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold) book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Burst and swirl and fly around, their wings shining with all the colors of the universe."

-Kacen Callender, King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)

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17. Just Lizzie

By: Karen Wilfrid

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this beautifully written contemporary middle grade debut, an eighth grader's study of asexuality… read more

Similar categories in Karen Wilfrid's Just Lizzie book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • juvenile
"How do you “start"

-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie

"I thought having a name for myself, asexual, would be the answer. It isn’t, though. I don’t just want to know myself. I want other people to know me, understand me, believe me. So that I can actually…"

-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie

"Sarah Nan takes me by the wrist and pulls me away. 'Lizzie, you were talking to a boy !' 'It's no big deal,' I tell her. Maybe it was--because it didn't feel like talking to a boy. It felt like talki…"

-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie

" Asexual . The prefix 'a-' means 'not.' Hasn't my life always been about what I'm not? Not pretty, not athletic, not interested, not ready--but now here's this word that tells me that what I am not i…"

-Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie

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18. The Lost Girl

By: Anne Ursu

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When you’re an identical twin, your story always starts with someone else. For Iris, that means her… read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's The Lost Girl book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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19. Candidly Cline

By: Kathryn Ormsbee

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A must-read for fans of Julie Murphy and Ashley Herring Blake, this queer coming-of-age story from … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Ormsbee's Candidly Cline book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • juvenile
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20. Spindlefish and Stars

By: Christiane M. Andrews

3.66

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

In which a story is spun.And unspun.Clothilde has lived her whole life in the shadows with her (som… read more

Similar categories in Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • retellings
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • juvenile
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21. Wild Bird

By: Diane Zahler

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Get lost in a middle grade adventure following Rype, an abandoned girl in fourteenth-century Europe… read more

Similar categories in Diane Zahler's Wild Bird book and Christiane M. Andrews's Spindlefish and Stars

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile

19 Top fiction books like Spindlefish and Stars by Christiane M. Andrews

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When Friendship Followed Me Home

Paul Griffin

4.23

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Shannon Messenger

3.46

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Sara Hammel

3.92

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Katherine Applegate

3.81

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16 Top fiction books like From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1) by Janae Marks

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Ban This Book

Alan Gratz

4.41

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Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

Kelly Yang

4.38

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Other Words for Home

Jasmine Warga

4.42

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4.29

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