9 must-read realistic fiction books like The Colossus of Roads by Christina Uss

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The Colossus of Roads

By: Christina Uss

3.75

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Rick Rusek is determined to improve the traffic conditions in Los Angeles-- his par…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in The Colossus of Roads by Christina Uss , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Bicycle Spy by Yona Zeldis McDonough

1. The Bicycle Spy

By: Yona Zeldis McDonough

3.99

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Can Marcel make the ride of his life? Marcel loves riding his bicycle, whether he's racing through … read more

Similar categories in Yona Zeldis McDonough's The Bicycle Spy book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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2. The Unwanteds (Unwanteds, #1)

By: Lisa McMann

4.12

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Every year in Quill, thirteen-year-olds are sorted into categories: the strong, intelligent Wanteds… read more

Similar categories in Lisa McMann's The Unwanteds (Unwanteds, #1) book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You were great,"

-Lisa McMann, The Unwanteds (Unwanteds, #1)

"Don’t die. (Clive in The Unwanteds)"

-Lisa McMann, The Unwanteds (Unwanteds, #1)

"It takes more than strength and intelligence to win a battle - it takes creativity and skill and common sense."

-Lisa McMann, The Unwanteds (Unwanteds, #1)

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3. Sweet Home Alaska

By: Carole Estby Dagg

4.23

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

This exciting pioneering story, based on actual events, introduces readers to a fascinating chapter… read more

Similar categories in Carole Estby Dagg's Sweet Home Alaska book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Exile (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #2) by Shannon Messenger

4. Exile (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #2)

By: Shannon Messenger

4.20

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Sophie Foster thought she was safe. Settled into her home at Havenfield, surrounded by friends, and… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Exile (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #2) book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

5. The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.49

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaime… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I don't want to just survive"

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"This book made me love reading."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"Saying something stupid doesn't make you stupid," Susan said. " Luckily for all of us."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

"We'd escaped. Mam, Hitlers bombs, my one-room prison. Everything. Crazy or not, I was free."

-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)

6. Book Scavenger (Book Scavenger, #1)

By: Sarah Watts , Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

3.66

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

A hidden book. A found cipher. A game begins . . . . Twelve-year-old Emily is on the move again. He… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Watts's Book Scavenger (Book Scavenger, #1) book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

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7. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Slugfest book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Other Words for Home

By: Jasmine Warga

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

I am learning how to be sad and happy at the same time. Jude never thought she’d be leaving h… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's Other Words for Home book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"Americans are obsessed with murder"

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"You will belong here. . .You will make anywhere beautiful."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"It seems like the kind of place where dreams could grow and live."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"Mama hugs me and I hold her back. Sometimes all you can do is hold on."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

Cover of The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie M. Liu

9. The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.08

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The first volume in a new graphic novel horror trilogy from Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda—the creati… read more

Similar categories in Marjorie M. Liu's The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • fiction
"No creepy dolls!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"It’s Sarlaac Satan!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"Not the demon anus!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"Oh my God. We’re superheroes."

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

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10. The Line Tender

By: Kate Allen

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Line Tender is the story of Lucy, the daughter of a marine biologist and a rescue diver, and th… read more

Similar categories in Kate Allen's The Line Tender book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"My grief for her was like a circle. I always came around to missing her again."

-Kate Allen, The Line Tender

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11. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

Cover of The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1) by Dan Gemeinhart

12. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.46

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus,… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1) book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"But when someone's hurting, you gotta do something. Always kindness"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"Driving toward something is better than driving away from something."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"I guess that's how regrets are...they're anchors, not balloons. And we were sunk"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"The best kind of goodbye is the kind where you don’t actually have to leave the person behind."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

Cover of Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Onyeka, #1) by Tọlá Okogwu

13. 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 Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1) by Janet Sumner Johnson

14. Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1)

By: Janet Sumner Johnson

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee in a last-ditch effort to save their f… read more

Similar categories in Janet Sumner Johnson's Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1) book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Tryout (The Tryout #1) by Christina Soontornvat

15. The Tryout (The Tryout #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

STAND TALL. BE LOUD. GAME FACE ON. When cheerleading tryouts are announced, Christina and … read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Tryout (The Tryout #1) book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of Sisterhood of Sleuths by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

16. Sisterhood of Sleuths

By: Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

4.05

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Maizy always assumed she knew everything about her grandmother, Jacuzzi.  So when a box full of vin… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chambliss Bertman's Sisterhood of Sleuths book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans (Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans, 1) by Isi Hendrix

17. Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans (Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans, 1)

By: Isi Hendrix

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The first book in a fast-paced, witty, and big-hearted debut Afrofantasy trilogy about a twelve-yea… read more

Similar categories in Isi Hendrix's Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans (Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans, 1) book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1) by Lev Grossman

18. The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

By: Lev Grossman

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Dear Uncle Herbert,You've never met me, but I'm your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday tomorr… read more

Similar categories in Lev Grossman's The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1) book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Privately Kate thought that for a guy in a banana-yellow suit he was turning out to be a pretty sharp operator."

-Lev Grossman, The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

"For a certain kind of person there is literally nothing nicer than eating breakfast by yourself on a moving train with a good book."

-Lev Grossman, The Silver Arrow (The Silver Arrow, #1)

Cover of The Spirit Glass by Roshani Chokshi

19. 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 Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Colossus of Roads by Christina Uss

20. The Colossus of Roads

By: Christina Uss

3.75

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Rick Rusek is determined to improve the traffic conditions in Los Angeles-- his par… read more

Similar categories in Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads book and Christina Uss's The Colossus of Roads

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • transport
  • audiobook

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The Bicycle Spy

Yona Zeldis McDonough

3.99

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The Unwanteds (Unwanteds, #1)

Lisa McMann

4.12

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Sweet Home Alaska

Carole Estby Dagg

4.23

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Exile (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #2)

Shannon Messenger

4.20

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18 must-read family books like The Line Tender by Kate Allen

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You Go First

Erin Entrada Kelly

3.78

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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

Janae Marks

4.29

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Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

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