18 best-selling middle grade books like One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5) by Deborah Ellis

Cover of One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5) by Deborah Ellis

One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

By: Deborah Ellis

4.29

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

It's 2021, and the Taliban have regained power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, the brave prota…

If you liked the middle grade plot in One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5) by Deborah Ellis , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Running Out of Time

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

3.99

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Jessie lives with her family in the frontier village of Clifton, Indiana. When diphtheria strikes t… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Peterson Haddix's Running Out of Time book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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2. Son (The Giver, #4)

By: Lois Lowry

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Hardcover

They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a s… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Son (The Giver, #4) book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
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3. Rabbit Hill

By: Robert Lawson

4.25

Format: 355 pages,

It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since th… read more

Similar categories in Robert Lawson's Rabbit Hill book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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4. Messenger (The Giver, #3)

By: Lois Lowry

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Messengeris the masterful third novel in the Giver Quartet, which began with the dystopian bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Messenger (The Giver, #3) book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
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5. The Giver Quartet (The Giver #1-4)

By: Lois Lowry

3.00

Format: None pages,

read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's The Giver Quartet (The Giver #1-4) book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • young adult

6. The Diary of a Nobody

By: George Grossmith , Weedon Grossmith

3.88

Format: 588 pages, Paperback

Weedon Grossmith's 1892 book presents the details of English suburban life through the anxious and … read more

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7. The Night Diary

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,… read more

Similar categories in Veera Hiranandani's The Night Diary book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • historical fiction

8. Saints and Misfits

By: S.K. Ali

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Audiobook

Saints and Misfitsis an unforgettable debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life...… read more

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9. The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, #2)

By: Peter Brown

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot, by award-winning author Peter Brown. S… read more

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10. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

By: Zoulfa Katouh

4.50

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had h… read more

Similar categories in Zoulfa Katouh's As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"Bury me before I bury you" I did."

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

"There are enough people hurting you,"

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

"He bites his lip. “Please take of yourself."

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

"I’ll make it as soon as I’m done with this."

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

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11. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • historical fiction
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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12. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Puppets of Spelhorst book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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13. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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14. Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin's Hijab: A Graphic Novel

By: Priya Huq

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In Priya Huq’s middle-grade graphic novel Piece by Piece , Nisrin will have to rely on faith, frien… read more

Similar categories in Priya Huq's Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin's Hijab: A Graphic Novel book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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15. 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 Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • 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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16. Saving Aziz: How the Mission to Help One Became a Calling to Rescue Thousands from the Taliban

By: Chad Robichaux

4.34

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Now a Wall Street Journal Bestseller It was the right thing to do. And someone had to do it. Aziz w… read more

Similar categories in Chad Robichaux's Saving Aziz: How the Mission to Help One Became a Calling to Rescue Thousands from the Taliban book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

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17. The Unbelieved

By: Vikki Petraitis

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

'So you believed the alleged rapists over the alleged victim?' Jane's voice took on an indignant pi… read more

Similar categories in Vikki Petraitis's The Unbelieved book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

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18. The Undercover Book List

By: Colleen Nelson

4.29

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

He's known as the class troublemaker. She's known as the bookworm. But when every note they send is… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Nelson's The Undercover Book List book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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19. All Summer in a Day

By: Ray Bradbury

4.00

Format: 4 pages, ebook

Margot is a nine-year-old girl whose family moved from Earth to Venus when she was four. She rememb… read more

Similar categories in Ray Bradbury's All Summer in a Day book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • young adult
"I think the sun is a flower. That blooms for just one hour."

-Ray Bradbury, All Summer in a Day

"It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days..."

-Ray Bradbury, All Summer in a Day

"Sabía que creían recordar un calor, un ardor en las mejillas, en el cuerpo, en los brazos y las piernas, en las manos temblorosas. Pero luego despertaban siempre al tamborileo trepidante, al intermin…"

-Ray Bradbury, All Summer in a Day

"It was as if, in the midst of a film concerning an avalanche, a tornado, a hurricane, a volcanic eruption, something had, first, gone wrong with the sound apparatus, thus muffling and finally cutting…"

-Ray Bradbury, All Summer in a Day

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20. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
Cover of Three Keys (Front Desk, #2) by Kelly Yang

21. Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

By: Kelly Yang

4.42

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang thinks she’s going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Three Keys (Front Desk, #2) book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"The pain broke my heart into a thousand pieces."

-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

"the worry that if he didn’t take every single thing, a part of him would be lost forever."

-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

"But you can't give up on people. It's one of the three keys of friendship. You gotta listen, you gotta care, and most importantly, you gotta keep trying."

-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)

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22. Hamlet is Not OK

By: R.A. Spratt

3.40

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Selby hates homework. She would rather watch daytime television – anything to escape the tedium of … read more

Similar categories in R.A. Spratt's Hamlet is Not OK book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
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23. Nothing but the Rain

By: Naomi Salman

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A sleepy little town discovers its memories have become part of the water cycle in Naomi Salman's d… read more

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24. Resistance

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.32

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in dange… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Resistance book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"In the knowing, there was peace."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

"But there is something a human can do that an animal never can. Create art."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

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25. Island of Spies

By: Sheila Turnage

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade WWII spy mystery. Twelve-year-old Stick Lawson lives on Hatteras Island, North C… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Turnage's Island of Spies book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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26. The Jammer

By: Nova Weetman

4.27

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Fred has moved around her whole life, one small town after another, and never minded starting over.… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Jammer book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5) by Deborah Ellis

27. One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

By: Deborah Ellis

4.29

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

It's 2021, and the Taliban have regained power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, the brave prota… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5) book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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28. Wrestling's 101 Strangest Matches

By: Oliver Hurley

3.77

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Full of revealing interviews with the sport's past and present stars and candid shots from the worl… read more

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29. Girl Falling

By: Hayley Scrivenor

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Why would my best friend want to destroy my life?Finn and her best friend, Daphne, have grown up to… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Scrivenor's Girl Falling book and Deborah Ellis's One More Mountain (Breadwinner, #5)

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30. The Ledge

By: Christian White

4.39

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

When human remains are discovered in the forests of regional Victoria, the police are baffled, the … read more

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3.99

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4.25

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4.22

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Jeanne DuPrau

3.89

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Jeanne DuPrau

3.23

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Eddie Waters

3.88

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4.04

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