15 Top family books like The Summer of Bad Ideas by Kiera Stewart

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The Summer of Bad Ideas

By: Kiera Stewart

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this funny, big-hearted friendship story, perfect for fans of Wendy Mass and Linda Urban, twelve…

If you liked the family plot in The Summer of Bad Ideas by Kiera Stewart , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Surfside Girls, Book One: The Secret of Danger Point by Kim Dwinell

1. Surfside Girls, Book One: The Secret of Danger Point

By: Kim Dwinell

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Things are getting weird in Surfside. Lately, Samantha's best friend Jade explodes into fits of gig… read more

Similar categories in Kim Dwinell's Surfside Girls, Book One: The Secret of Danger Point book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • middle grade
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2. 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 Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family

3. The River (Brian's Saga, #2)

By: Gary Paulsen

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"We want you to do it again." These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years… read more

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4. Wish

By: Barbara O'Connor

3.85

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. Sh… read more

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5. Save Me a Seat

By: Sarah Weeks , Gita Varadarajan

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL.… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Weeks's Save Me a Seat book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

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6. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's Nothing Else But Miracles book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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7. The Prettiest

By: Brigit Young

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A must-read for young feminists, The Prettiest is an incisive, empowering novel by Brigit Young abo… read more

Similar categories in Brigit Young's The Prettiest book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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8. Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

By: Katherine Arden

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debu… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1) book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"You might get to know characters in books, Ollie thought, but getting to know a human was an entirely different thing."

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

"You don't waste October sunshine. Soon the old autumn sun would bed down in cloud blankets and there would be weeks of gray rain before it finally decided to snow."

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

"Other than her homework, Ollie was carrying Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, a broken-spined paperback that she'd dug out of he dad's bookshelves. She mostly liked it. Peter Blood outsmarted everyon…"

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

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9. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4) book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • juvenile
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10. Out of Range

By: Heidi Lang

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Hatchet meets Raina Telgemeier’s Sisters in this “realistic, riveting” ( Kirkus Reviews ) middle gr… read more

Similar categories in Heidi Lang's Out of Range book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • juvenile
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11. Allergic

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to… read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Allergic book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
"Your heart’s expanded enough, Mom! Let’s go!"

-Megan Wagner Lloyd, Allergic

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12. We Dream of Space

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It's January 1986. The launch of the Challenger is just weeks away, and Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelso… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's We Dream of Space book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
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13. The Unteachables

By: Gordon Korman

4.34

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what hap… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Unteachables book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
"Kid, that was something!"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Everybody hates something,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Only ten months until June."

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"It’s not just for little kids,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

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14. The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.23

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2) book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • juvenile
"You are Bob, untamed and undaunted."

-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

"Seems to me there are lots of ways to be brave, Bob," he said."

-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

"When you've been through the worst with someone, you appreciate the best."

-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

"Maybe it's easier to forgive others once you've learned how to forgive yourself."

-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

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15. 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 Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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16. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

Similar categories in Allie Millington's Olivetti book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

17. The List of Things That Will Not Change

By: Rebecca Stead

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

After her parents' divorce, Bea's life became different in many ways. But she can always look back … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The List of Things That Will Not Change book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
"...life is like a trip. A very long one. And what matters most is the people you travel with."

-Rebecca Stead, The List of Things That Will Not Change

"The thing about making butter is that it feels like it'll never be done, almost right up to the moment when it is done. If what you want is butter, you have to keep going, even if you only half belie…"

-Rebecca Stead, The List of Things That Will Not Change

Cover of The Secret Lake by Karen Inglis

18. The Secret Lake

By: Karen Inglis

4.13

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. A lost dog, a hidden time tunnel a… read more

Similar categories in Karen Inglis's The Secret Lake book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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19. Three Things I Know Are True

By: Betty Culley

4.08

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

This moving debut novel in verse about a teenage girl dealing with the aftermath of an accident tha… read more

Similar categories in Betty Culley's Three Things I Know Are True book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
"The sounds Mom made were worse than Jonah's. So now the nurses call me."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"I have a theory about friendship. One friend is always nicer. Jonah made everyone laugh. He could talk to anyone about anything, but Clay was nicer."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"I know how that is-- how the worst thing is right where you least expect it to be-- in your lungs, in your chest, in the attic of the house right across the street."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"So impatient to start his big life, to make people laugh, to see what would happen. Doing anything for a dare. So afraid he'd be stuck in Maddigan, Maine, for the rest of his life."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

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20. Blended

By: Sharon M. Draper

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

"You’re so exotic!” “You look so unusual.” “But what are you really?” Eleven-year-old Isabella i… read more

Similar categories in Sharon M. Draper's Blended book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
"The doors of Target opened with a welcoming swoosh, and I was instantly distracted. Yeah. Target does that to me. I feel at home. They've got stuff I need. Stuff I don't need. Stuff I didn't even kno…"

-Sharon M. Draper, Blended

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21. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
Cover of Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1) by Sarah Sax

22. Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1)

By: Sarah Sax

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Library Binding

Everyone knows the most stressful day of middle school is picture day ! And that's exactly where th… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sax's Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1) book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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23. Wonderland

By: Barbara O'Connor

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Barbara O'Connor, the beloved author of Wish, comes a big-hearted story about the meaning of f… read more

Similar categories in Barbara O'Connor's Wonderland book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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24. The Firefly Summer

By: Morgan Matson

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Penderwicks meets The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street in a story about a young girl who gets to k… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's The Firefly Summer book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
Cover of The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick, #1) by Jessica Khoury

25. The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick, #1)

By: Jessica Khoury

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Humor and heart shine in this middle grade fantasy about a girl who attends a boarding school to le… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Khoury's The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick, #1) book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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26. Planet Earth Is Blue

By: Nicole Panteleakos

4.44

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Nova is eagerly awaiting the launch of the space shuttle Challenger--it's the first… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Panteleakos's Planet Earth Is Blue book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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27. Such Charming Liars

By: Karen M. McManus

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! Wh… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Such Charming Liars book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Secret of White Stone Gate (Black Hollow Lane, #2) by Julia Nobel

28. The Secret of White Stone Gate (Black Hollow Lane, #2)

By: Julia Nobel

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this exciting sequel to The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane, Emmy's adventures continue as she deal… read more

Similar categories in Julia Nobel's The Secret of White Stone Gate (Black Hollow Lane, #2) book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
Cover of The Fifth Quarter (The Fifth Quarter, #1) by Mike    Dawson

29. The Fifth Quarter (The Fifth Quarter, #1)

By: Mike Dawson

4.21

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Get ready to hit the court in this graphic novel, the first in Mike Dawson's middle-grade duology a… read more

Similar categories in Mike Dawson's The Fifth Quarter (The Fifth Quarter, #1) book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • juvenile
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30. Hard Court (The Fifth Quarter #2)

By: Mike Dawson

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Grab a seat, and get ready to cheer Lori on once again, as she works through the growing pains of m… read more

Similar categories in Mike Dawson's Hard Court (The Fifth Quarter #2) book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
Cover of The Summer of Bad Ideas by Kiera Stewart

31. The Summer of Bad Ideas

By: Kiera Stewart

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this funny, big-hearted friendship story, perfect for fans of Wendy Mass and Linda Urban, twelve… read more

Similar categories in Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas book and Kiera Stewart's The Summer of Bad Ideas

  • romance
  • childrens
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • kids
  • juvenile

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Nothing Else But Miracles

Kate Albus

4.11

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Brigit Young

4.15

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Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

Katherine Arden

4.01

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The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

Katherine Applegate

4.46

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The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

4.24

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Victoria Jamieson

4.28

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Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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Arley Nopra

4.16

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