25 Top middle grade books like Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story by Julie Gilbert

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Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

By: Julie Gilbert

4.19

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag finds it hard to adjust to life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dako…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story by Julie Gilbert , here is a list of 25 books like this:

Cover of Marie-Grace and the Orphans (American Girls: Marie-Grace and Cécile, #3) by Sarah Masters Buckey, Christine Kornacki, Cindy Salans Rosenheim

1. Marie-Grace and the Orphans (American Girls: Marie-Grace and Cécile, #3)

By: Sarah Masters Buckey , Christine Kornacki , Cindy Salans Rosenheim

4.04

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

Marie-Grace can't believe what she finds on her doorstep one rainy night: a sweet little baby! More… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Masters Buckey's Marie-Grace and the Orphans (American Girls: Marie-Grace and Cécile, #3) book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Wishtree by Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso

2. Wishtree

By: Katherine Applegate , Charles Santoso

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . . Red is an oak tree who is man… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Wishtree book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Here's an idea for you: ideas are a bad idea"

-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

"I'm not just a tree. I'm a home. A community. - Red"

-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

"Hollows are proof that something bad can become something good with enough time and care and hope."

-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

"My point," Bongo continued, "is that the world's a tough place. Doesn't matter if you're a bunny or a lizard or a kid."

-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

Cover of Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff

3. Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood

By: Liesl Shurtliff

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Red is not afraid of the big bad wolf. She’s not afraid of anything . . . except magic. But when Re… read more

Similar categories in Liesl Shurtliff's Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Changes for Josefina: A Winter Story (American Girls: Josephina, #6) by Valerie Tripp, Jean-Paul Tibbles

4. Changes for Josefina: A Winter Story (American Girls: Josephina, #6)

By: Valerie Tripp , Jean-Paul Tibbles

3.93

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Josefina and her sisters are shocked when Tía Dolores announces her plans to leave the rancho. Is t… read more

Similar categories in Valerie Tripp's Changes for Josefina: A Winter Story (American Girls: Josephina, #6) book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards by Katelan Janke

5. Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards

By: Katelan Janke

2.86

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

In sixteen-year-old Katelan Janke's first Dear America book, we meet Grace Edwards, a little girl g… read more

Similar categories in Katelan Janke's Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman, Mark Buckingham

6. Odd and the Frost Giants

By: Neil Gaiman , Mark Buckingham

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The winter isn't ending. Nobody knows why. And Odd has run away from home, even though he can barel… read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's Odd and the Frost Giants book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Samantha Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Samantha, #2) by Susan S. Adler

7. Samantha Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Samantha, #2)

By: Susan S. Adler

4.34

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

Samantha attends Miss Crampton's Academy, a private school for proper young ladies. Samantha wants … read more

Similar categories in Susan S. Adler's Samantha Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Samantha, #2) book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

8. Changes for Caroline (American Girls: Caroline, #6)

By: Kathleen Ernst , Robert Papp , Lisa Papp

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Caroline receives a letter asking her to come and help on Uncle Aaron's new farm. Although she hate… read more

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9. Changes for Rebecca (American Girls: Rebecca, #6)

By: Jacqueline Dembar Greene

4.10

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

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10. Samantha's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Samantha, #3)

By: Maxine Rose Schur , Nancy Niles , None

3.71

Format: 244 pages,

The two weeks before Christmas are filled with activity as Samantha finishes her homemade presents … read more

Similar categories in Maxine Rose Schur's Samantha's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Samantha, #3) book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

11. Changes for Samantha: A Winter Story (American Girls: Samantha, #6)

By: Valerie Tripp , Dan Andreasen

3.71

Format: 244 pages,

Times change for Samantha when she moves to New York City to live with Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia… read more

Similar categories in Valerie Tripp's Changes for Samantha: A Winter Story (American Girls: Samantha, #6) book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

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12. A Place to Hang the Moon

By: Kate Albus

4.57

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to li… read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's A Place to Hang the Moon book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The librarian chuckled. “I suppose there are rather a lot of orphan stories out there."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Besides which, I really ought to send her a book instead. Though she’s not much of a reader."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Fibs, you must know, are entirely acceptable when they serve the purpose of getting one to the library."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"It is often the case that, at times of great anxiety, when the diversion of a good story should seem most welcome, one is least equipped to focus one’s mind on reading."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

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13. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's Attack of the Black Rectangles book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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14. Freewater

By: Amina Luqman-Dawson

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more

Similar categories in Amina Luqman-Dawson's Freewater book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"

-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater

Cover of Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango

15. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Abuela, Don't Forget Me by Rex Ogle

16. Abuela, Don't Forget Me

By: Rex Ogle

4.50

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In his memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. In this compa… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Abuela, Don't Forget Me book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
"These are my words! They matter! Hit me all you want. I will write. These are my words. They do matter. And she did hit me, all she wanted. But I wrote. And I still write. I will always write. No one…"

-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me

"She may forget. And one day, I may forget too. But for now, the memories are captured, like insects in amber, ready to survive for millions of years. My memories...are written in words and verses and…"

-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me

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17. The Truth About Dragons

By: Julie Leung

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable lyrical picture book that celebrates biracial identity from the award-winning auth… read more

Similar categories in Julie Leung's The Truth About Dragons book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • childrens
  • fiction
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18. Rez Dogs

By: Joseph Bruchac

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Bruchac's Rez Dogs book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."

-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs

Cover of Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

19. Red, White, and Whole

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Red, White, and Whole book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

Cover of Break (Click #6) by Kayla Miller

20. Break (Click #6)

By: Kayla Miller

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Olive is less-than-excited to be spending Spring Break stuck with her dad...will she be able to mak… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Miller's Break (Click #6) book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Tree. Table. Book. by Lois Lowry

21. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of I Can Make This Promise by Christine  Day

22. I Can Make This Promise

By: Christine Day

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by her family’s history—Christine Day tells the story of a girl who uncovers her family’s … read more

Similar categories in Christine Day's I Can Make This Promise book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. 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 Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps

24. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

Cover of Louder Than Hunger by John Schu

25. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

26. Shouting at the Rain

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

4.14

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's … read more

Similar categories in Lynda Mullaly Hunt's Shouting at the Rain book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"So."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"the sun is always in the sky but sometimes you just can't see it"

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"I'm lucky. When the waves are rolling in, my friends are the jetties."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"He was the one who told me a man is not made by his mistakes. He's made by what he does about them."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

Cover of Jessi's Secret Language: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #12) by Chan Chau

27. Jessi's Secret Language: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #12)

By: Chan Chau

4.38

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by Eisner-nominated artist Chan Chau! Jessi … read more

Similar categories in Chan Chau's Jessi's Secret Language: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #12) book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) by Rey Terciero

28. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1)

By: Rey Terciero

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Little Women with a twist: four sisters from a blended family experience the challenges and triumph… read more

Similar categories in Rey Terciero's Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Beth, you have such great potential. Please accept this gift and foster your voice."

-Rey Terciero, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1)

Cover of Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle    Moran

29. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

By: Michelle Moran

4.30

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Moran's Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Emmi in the City: A Great Chicago Fire Survival Story (Girls Survive) by Salima Alikhan

30. Emmi in the City: A Great Chicago Fire Survival Story (Girls Survive)

By: Salima Alikhan

4.05

Format: 104 pages, Library Binding

Although Emmi has lived in Chicago for two years, she finds it hard to love her adopted city. As a … read more

Similar categories in Salima Alikhan's Emmi in the City: A Great Chicago Fire Survival Story (Girls Survive) book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • survival
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story by Julie Gilbert

31. Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

By: Julie Gilbert

4.19

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag finds it hard to adjust to life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dako… read more

Similar categories in Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story book and Julie Gilbert's Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story

  • survival
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

26 must-read fiction books like Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story by Julie Gilbert

Transform Your Habits

Marie-Grace and the Orphans (American Girls: Marie-Grace and Cécile, #3)

Sarah Masters Buckey , Christine Kornacki , Cindy Salans Rosenheim

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Wishtree

Katherine Applegate , Charles Santoso

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood

Liesl Shurtliff

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Changes for Josefina: A Winter Story (American Girls: Josephina, #6)

Valerie Tripp , Jean-Paul Tibbles

3.93

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18 Top fiction books like Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) by Rey Terciero

Transform Your Habits

Allergic

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Claudia and the Bad Joke: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #15)

Arley Nopra

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5)

Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Best Friends (Sweet Valley Twins Graphic Novels #1)

Nicole Andelfinger

3.93

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