5 best-selling middle grade books like The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle by Michael Jan Friedman

Cover of The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle by Michael Jan Friedman

The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle

By: Michael Jan Friedman

4.07

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

Damont Jones is running unopposed for class president and he wants to keep it that way. He hatches …

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle by Michael Jan Friedman , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3) by Louis Sachar

1. Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3)

By: Louis Sachar

4.21

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Before you enter Wayside School, you should know that it’s a thirty-story building with one classro… read more

Similar categories in Louis Sachar's Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3) book and Michael Jan Friedman's The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle

  • middle grade
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • fiction
"What’s wrong with Louis?"

-Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3)

"Even the book I’m reading to my class,"

-Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3)

"No one’s ever brought me flowers before,"

-Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3)

"If a donkey could talk, and if the donkey had a sore throat, and if it spoke with a French accent—that was what Mr. Gorf’s voice sounded like."

-Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3)

Cover of I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1) by Pittacus Lore

2. I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)

By: Pittacus Lore

3.94

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We… read more

Similar categories in Pittacus Lore's I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1) book and Michael Jan Friedman's The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle

  • fiction
"Hope?"

-Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)

"A place is only as good as the people in it."

-Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)

"Best way to deal with fear is to confront it."

-Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)

"He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it."

-Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)

Cover of Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) by Cornelia Funke, Anthea Bell

3. Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)

By: Cornelia Funke , Anthea Bell

3.92

Format: 563 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition: 9780439709101 From internationally acclaimed storyteller Cornelia Funke… read more

Similar categories in Cornelia Funke's Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) book and Michael Jan Friedman's The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"All writers are insane!"

-Cornelia Funke, Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)

"As Mo had said: writing stories is a kind of magic, too."

-Cornelia Funke, Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)

"Nothing is more frightening than a fear you cannot name."

-Cornelia Funke, Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)

"Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them."

-Cornelia Funke, Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)

Cover of Jaws by Peter Benchley

4. Jaws

By: Peter Benchley

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

"Relentless terror." The Philadelphia Inquirer. The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating ter… read more

Similar categories in Peter Benchley's Jaws book and Michael Jan Friedman's The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle

  • fiction
Cover of The Call of the Wild by Jack London

5. The Call of the Wild

By: Jack London

3.91

Format: 172 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on Lo… read more

Similar categories in Jack London's The Call of the Wild book and Michael Jan Friedman's The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle

  • animals
  • childrens
  • fiction
"The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck"

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

"…and from that moment Buck hated him with a bitter and deathless hatred."

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

"There is a patience of the wild – dogged, tireless, persistent as life itself."

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

"A man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated."

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

6. The Lottery and Other Stories

By: Shirley Jackson

4.32

Format: 480 pages,

The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when i… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Jackson's The Lottery and Other Stories book and Michael Jan Friedman's The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle

Cover of The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1) by S.D.   Smith

7. The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

By: S.D. Smith

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Perfect Paperback

Heather and Picket are extraordinary rabbits with ordinary lives until calamitous events overtake t… read more

Similar categories in S.D. Smith's The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1) book and Michael Jan Friedman's The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Was Father getting sadder, or was she just getting old enough to see it?"

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

"You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can't change what's true."

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

Cover of The Hunt (The Twisted Kingdoms, #1) by Frost Kay

8. The Hunt (The Twisted Kingdoms, #1)

By: Frost Kay

3.97

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Death marked her from her very first breath.Being sired by a Madrid is supposed to be a blessing, … read more

Similar categories in Frost Kay's The Hunt (The Twisted Kingdoms, #1) book and Michael Jan Friedman's The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle

  • fiction
Cover of Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1) by Gail Carson Levine

9. Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)

By: Gail Carson Levine

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Honor-winning story about a feisty heroine is sure to enchant readers new and … read more

Similar categories in Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1) book and Michael Jan Friedman's The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle

  • retellings
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Love shouldn't be dictated"

-Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)

"If I couldn't sleep, I could read."

-Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)

"I want to be with you forever and beyond..."

-Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)

"Amor (qué placer escribir esta palabra), amor, amor..."

-Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)

Cover of The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle by Michael Jan Friedman

10. The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle

By: Michael Jan Friedman

4.07

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

Damont Jones is running unopposed for class president and he wants to keep it that way. He hatches … read more

Similar categories in Michael Jan Friedman's The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle book and Michael Jan Friedman's The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle

  • retellings
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • dogs
  • fiction
  • juvenile

9 Best fiction books like The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle by Michael Jan Friedman

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Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3)

Louis Sachar

4.21

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I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)

Pittacus Lore

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)

Cornelia Funke , Anthea Bell

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Jaws

Peter Benchley

3.00

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25 must-read fiction books like The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1) by S.D. Smith

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Urchin of the Riding Stars (The Mistmantle Chronicles, #1)

Omar Rayyan , None , Margaret McAllister , M.I. McAllister

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Dandelion Fire (100 Cupboards, #2)

N.D. Wilson

3.94

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Tuesdays at the Castle (Castle Glower, #1)

Jessica Day George

4.11

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The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic

Brett Helquist , Jennifer Trafton , None

3.95

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