7 must-read middle grade books like Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2) by Eric Walters

Cover of Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2) by Eric Walters

Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

By: Eric Walters

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In his sequel to Alexandria of Africa , Eric Walters brings exciting new characters to life, with t…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2) by Eric Walters , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Girl I Used to Be

By: April Henry

3.89

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen years ago, a three-year-old girl was the only survivor at a horrific murder scene. Now she… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's The Girl I Used to Be book and Eric Walters's Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) by Jeanne DuPrau

2. The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)

By: Jeanne DuPrau

3.89

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition can be found here. Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne DuPrau's The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) book and Eric Walters's Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato"

-Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)

"Why, if its going to be allright, do we see it getting worse every day?"

-Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)

"The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself. Anger is."

-Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)

"Wouldn't it be strange, she thought, to have a blue sky? But she liked the way it looked. It would be beautiful - a blue sky."

-Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)

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3. The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

By: Deborah Ellis

4.00

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from … read more

Similar categories in Deborah Ellis's The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1) book and Eric Walters's Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"We have to remember this,"

-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

"They were going to turn her into a boy."

-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

"These are unusual times. They call for ordinary people to do unusual things, just to get by."

-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

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4. Long Way Down

By: Jason Reynolds

4.25

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RU… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Long Way Down book and Eric Walters's Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"How do you tell water ain't nothing funny about drowing?"

-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down

"Best to become invisible in times like these. Everybody knows that."

-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down

"just because they were dead. People always love people more when they’re dead."

-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down

"Pretended like yellow tape was some kind of neighborhood flag that don't nobody wave but always be flapping in the wind."

-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down

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5. Wonder (Wonder #1)

By: R.J. Palacio

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August (Auggie) P… read more

Similar categories in R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Wonder #1) book and Eric Walters's Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Indian Horse

By: Richard Wagamese

4.42

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he’s a reluctant reside… read more

Similar categories in Richard Wagamese's Indian Horse book and Eric Walters's Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

  • fiction
  • canada
"I discovered that being someone you are not is often easier than living with the person you are."

-Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse

"We need mystery. Creator in her wisdom knew this. Mystery fills us with awe and wonder. They are the foundations of humility, and humility is the foundation of all learning. So we do not seek to unra…"

-Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse

"Benjamin and I sat in the middle of one of the large canoes with our grandmother in the stern, directing us past shoals and through rapids and into magnificent stretches of water. One day the clouds …"

-Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse

"We were hockey gypsies, heading down another gravel road every weekend, plowing into the heart of that magnificent northern landscape. We never gave a thought to being deprived as we travelled, to be…"

-Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse

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7. The Marrow Thieves

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.97

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dre… read more

Similar categories in Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves book and Eric Walters's Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • canada
"When we heal our land, we are healed also."

-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves

"I did have the longest hair of any of the boys... I braided it myself each morning, to keep it out of the way and to remind myself of things I couldn’t quite remember but that, nevertheless, I knew t…"

-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves

"We go to the schools and they leach the dreams from where our ancestors hid them, in the honeycombs of slushy marrow buried in our bones. And us? Well, we join our ancestors, hoping we left enough dr…"

-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves

"And I understood that as long as there are dreamers left, there will never be want for a dream. And I understood just what we would do for each other, just what we would do for the ebb and pull of th…"

-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves

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8. The Outsiders

By: S.E. Hinton

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Pon… read more

Similar categories in S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders book and Eric Walters's Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"We saw the same sunset."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Nothing sparkly can stay."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Things are rough all over."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Okay greasers, you've had it."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

9. Untitled

By: Courtney Summers

4.27

Format: 224 pages,

It's a road trip novel. It will hurt A Lot. Prepare yourself now. read more

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10. Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1)

By: Suzanne Fisher Staples

4.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan … read more

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11. The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen

By: Susin Nielsen

3.76

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

Darker than her previous novels, Susin peoples this novel about the ultimate cost of bullying with … read more

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12. We Are All Made of Molecules

By: Susin Nielsen

4.12

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Thirteen-year-old Stewart is academically brilliant but socially clueless. Fourteen-year-old Ashley… read more

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13. Optimists Die First

By: Susin Nielsen

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Life ahead: Proceed with caution. Sixteen-year-old Petula De Wilde is anything but wild. A family t… read more

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14. Every Last Word

By: Tamara Ireland Stone

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of… read more

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15. The Ickabog

By: J.K. Rowling

3.91

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time there was a tiny kingdom called Cornucopia, as rich in happiness as it was in gold… read more

Similar categories in J.K. Rowling's The Ickabog book and Eric Walters's Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Tears can heal a mind, as well as laughter."

-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

"Still, it was hard to have parents who lived inside you, when all you really wanted was for them to come back, and hug you."

-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

"You may think this strange, but Mrs. Beamish was glad to hear Mr. Dovetail cry, because tears can heal a mind, as well as laughter."

-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

"Lži, lži a zase lži. Jakmile jednou začnete lhát, musíte lhát dál a pak jste jako kapitán na děravé lodi a lepíte jednu díru za duhou, abyste se nepotopili."

-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

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16. The Favorite Sister

By: Jessica Knoll

3.10

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

* * * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * * * Brett and Kelly have always toed the line between supportive … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Knoll's The Favorite Sister book and Eric Walters's Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The world’s best mom,"

-Jessica Knoll, The Favorite Sister

"We are going to rig reality."

-Jessica Knoll, The Favorite Sister

"Sisters are reliably good for two things: hating and loving."

-Jessica Knoll, The Favorite Sister

"Reality TV is like driving drunk. You know it might kill you, but there is something rakishly sexy about tempting the fates."

-Jessica Knoll, The Favorite Sister

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17. The Paper Girl of Paris

By: Jordyn Taylor

4.04

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Now: Sixteen-year-old Alice is spending the summer in Paris, but she isn’t there for pastries and … read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Things never get any easier during wartime. Either the war ends or life gets worse."

-Jordyn Taylor, The Paper Girl of Paris

"For years, we lingered on the bank of the river, scared to dip our toes in the water - but how do you cross to the other side that way? There's only one way to do it, and we've finally figured it out…"

-Jordyn Taylor, The Paper Girl of Paris

"Here is the thing that is true about fire: it creates power, but it also creates destruction. My fire has fueled many victories, but it has destroyed what I had with the person I love most in the wor…"

-Jordyn Taylor, The Paper Girl of Paris

Cover of The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2) by Rick Riordan

18. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2)

By: Rick Riordan

4.24

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

After a year spent trying to prevent a catastropic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds hi… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Does truth have a moral?"

-Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2)

"Percy: “You asked Poseidon for… me?"

-Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2)

"Curse Hermes and his multi-vitamins!"

-Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2)

"Teach you to try marrying me, you idiot!"

-Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2)

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19. A Night Divided

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.34

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

Cover of Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2) by Eric Walters

20. Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

By: Eric Walters

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In his sequel to Alexandria of Africa , Eric Walters brings exciting new characters to life, with t… read more

Similar categories in Eric Walters's Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2) book and Eric Walters's Beverly Hills Maasai (Alexandria of Africa, #2)

  • africa
  • childrens
  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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