18 must-read middle grade books like Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2) by Jackie French

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Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

By: Jackie French

4.21

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the wo…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2) by Jackie French , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Right As Rain

By: Tricia Stringer

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Mackenna Birch thinks she's met the man of her dreams while on holiday in New Zealand. Adam Walker … read more

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2. Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days (Judy Moody #7)

By: Peter H. Reynolds , Megan McDonald

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new friend and a big class project put Judy in an international mood in this comical new ad… read more

Similar categories in Peter H. Reynolds's Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days (Judy Moody #7) book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • middle grade

3. The Cattleman's Daughter

By: Rachael Treasure

3.37

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Born on the rugged Dargo High Plains and raised by her cattleman father, Emily Flanaghan has lost h… read more

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4. Clementine Rose and the Pet Day Disaster (Clementine Rose, #2)

By: Jacqueline Harvey

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

Clementine Rose is so excited! She's going to start school with her best friends Sophie and Poppy a… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Harvey's Clementine Rose and the Pet Day Disaster (Clementine Rose, #2) book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

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5. Squished: A Graphic Novel

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

From the Eisner-nominated duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a fun new graphic novel … read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Squished: A Graphic Novel book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • middle grade
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6. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Runt book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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7. The Skylarks’ War

By: Hilary McKay

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, staying with their grandpare… read more

Similar categories in Hilary McKay's The Skylarks’ War book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
"There were not rules, only consequences"

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

"There were no rules, only consequences."

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

"This was school, and everything he'd feared. Barren, jarring, stale, always lonely and never alone. He had known it would be bad, and it was."

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

"Away from the front, where the supply lines ran, there were rest camps and first aid stations, and even patches of farmland. Often at that time of year you could hear skylarks over the fields. Soldie…"

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

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8. Brother's Keeper

By: Julie Lee

4.34

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Can two children escape North Korea on their own? North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-ol… read more

Similar categories in Julie Lee's Brother's Keeper book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Dying to Know

By: Rae Cairns

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A desperate phone call. A decade of questions. A deadly race to the truth. A new heartstopping t… read more

Similar categories in Rae Cairns's Dying to Know book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • audiobook
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10. The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1)

By: Amelia Mellor

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole’s Book Arcade in … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Mellor's The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1) book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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11. Camp Midnight (Ella at Eden #4)

By: Laura Sieveking

4.26

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

The girls from Eden College are going on a camping trip to Mount Midnight National Park. Ella is n… read more

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12. Waiting for the Storks

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
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13. The Bookseller's Apprentice

By: Amelia Mellor

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Return to Amelia Mellor’s magical Melbourne in the prequel to best-seller The Grandest Bookshop in … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Mellor's The Bookseller's Apprentice book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
"Summer came in November, and it came in blazing"

-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

"It felt as large as an orange and as heavy as grief."

-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

"The free reading wasn't a gimmick to bring customers back after all. It was a small, secret, gentle revolution. Oh, that Mr Cole was clever."

-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

"History arranged everything that had ever happened into one epic tale of humankind. It turned scattered bones back into people and broken objects into stories."

-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

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14. The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

By: Deborah Abela

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Arlo Goodman lives with his Uncle Avery in a run-down flat above their bookshop. He has no friends,… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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15. Musical Mystery (Ella at Eden #3)

By: Laura Sieveking

4.37

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Eden College is putting on 'Enchantment the Musical!' Ella and her friends are very excited and thr… read more

Similar categories in Laura Sieveking's Musical Mystery (Ella at Eden #3) book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • middle grade
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16. The Reindeer and the Submarine

By: Beverley McWilliams

4.59

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

'Sometimes things have to change even though we might not want them to.' An orphaned reindeer wi… read more

Similar categories in Beverley McWilliams's The Reindeer and the Submarine book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

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17. The Golden Tower

By: Belinda Murrell

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In her wildest dreams, Sophie never thought she might be kidnapped by a cat and taken to a world of… read more

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18. The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel

By: Nicki Greenberg

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

For as long as she can remember, Pepper Stark has wanted one thing: to join her father, the Captain… read more

Similar categories in Nicki Greenberg's The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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19. The Power of Positive Pranking

By: Nat Amoore

4.56

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The outrageous story of three best friends, one greedy mayor and a whole lot of pranking. Green … read more

Similar categories in Nat Amoore's The Power of Positive Pranking book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • middle grade
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20. Tweet

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.58

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The people of the world are puzzled. Birds everywhere are sitting on highways, on buildings, on BBQ… read more

Similar categories in Morris Gleitzman's Tweet book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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21. The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat (Trilby Moffat #1)

By: Kate Temple

4.05

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

This is the dangerous story of Trilby Moffat, who took on one of the most treacherous jobs of all t… read more

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  • middle grade
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22. Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

By: Jackie French

4.21

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the wo… read more

Similar categories in Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2) book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • time travel
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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23. Witness 8 (Eddy Flynn, #8)

By: Steve Cavanagh

4.40

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

This riveting psychological thriller from master of twists Steve Cavanagh, author of the “unguessab… read more

Similar categories in Steve Cavanagh's Witness 8 (Eddy Flynn, #8) book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • audiobook
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24. Spies in the Sky

By: Beverley McWilliams

4.51

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Sometimes we must do things we don't want to, even if they frighten us. Royal Blue is a royal ra… read more

Similar categories in Beverley McWilliams's Spies in the Sky book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • war
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25. Secret Journal (Ella at Eden #2)

By: Laura Sieveking

4.36

Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella has settled in to life at Eden College. She loves her friends and exploring her new school. Wh… read more

Similar categories in Laura Sieveking's Secret Journal (Ella at Eden #2) book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

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26. The London Thief (Ella at Eden #6)

By: Laura Sieveking

4.48

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Ella and Grace are off to London to represent Eden College in an international art competition. The… read more

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27. Lily at Lissadell (Lissadell, #1)

By: Judi Curtin

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

When Lily is a young teenager, the time comes for her and her friends to leave school and find work… read more

Similar categories in Judi Curtin's Lily at Lissadell (Lissadell, #1) book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Detective's Guide to New York City by Nicki Greenberg

28. The Detective's Guide to New York City

By: Nicki Greenberg

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new adventure and mystery for Pepper Stark and her friends. Pepper Stark is thrilled… read more

Similar categories in Nicki Greenberg's The Detective's Guide to New York City book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • historical
  • middle grade
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29. Angel (Through My Eyes)

By: Zoe Daniel

4.00

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

An engaging and suspenseful story about one girl surviving Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 201… read more

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30. The Riding Gallery

By: Sally Murphy

4.06

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Exploring the true story of the St Kilda merry go round during World War 1, by Australia's most rev… read more

Similar categories in Sally Murphy's The Riding Gallery book and Jackie French's Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2)

  • middle grade
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31. Lily Steps Up (Lissadell, #2)

By: Judi Curtin

4.47

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Lissadell House, Sligo, 1913Lily and her friend Nellie are young housemaids in service in the Big H… read more

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