27 must-read middle grade books like Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus) by Dan SaSuWeh Jones

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Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

By: Dan SaSuWeh Jones

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Stealing Little Moon is both a moving family saga and an expertly told true story that all America…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus) by Dan SaSuWeh Jones , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

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  • middle grade
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2. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

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  • middle grade
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3. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

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  • middle grade
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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4. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and Dan SaSuWeh Jones's Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

  • middle grade
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5. 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

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  • middle grade
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6. 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

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  • middle grade
"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!

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7. 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

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  • middle grade
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8. Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

By: Chanel Miller

4.48

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and artist Chanel Miller tells a fun, funny, and poignant story o… read more

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  • middle grade
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9. The Secret Library

By: Kekla Magoon

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a page-turning fantasy advent… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's The Secret Library book and Dan SaSuWeh Jones's Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

  • middle grade
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10. American Rapture

By: C.J. Leede

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sop… read more

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11. Upstaged: A Graphic Novel

By: Robin Easter

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In a summer of goodbyes and new beginnings, shy Ashton Price hopes to confess to their theater camp… read more

Similar categories in Robin Easter's Upstaged: A Graphic Novel book and Dan SaSuWeh Jones's Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

  • middle grade
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12. Mid-Air

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more

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  • middle grade
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13. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Dan SaSuWeh Jones's Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

  • middle grade
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14. I Am Money: Encourage Kids to Understand How Money Works with this Fun Picture Book

By: Julia Cook

3.78

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Encourage financial literacy in kids of all ages with this fun and engaging picture book from bests… read more

Similar categories in Julia Cook's I Am Money: Encourage Kids to Understand How Money Works with this Fun Picture Book book and Dan SaSuWeh Jones's Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

  • nonfiction
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15. The Bletchley Riddle

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stunning collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Shein… read more

Similar categories in Ruta Sepetys's The Bletchley Riddle book and Dan SaSuWeh Jones's Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

  • middle grade
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16. Jupiter Rising

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.59

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Jack's P.E. coach pairs him up with Jay Perkins for the cross-country team, neither of them is… read more

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  • middle grade
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17. When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary

By: Alice Hoffman

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history's most… read more

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  • middle grade
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18. The Witching Wind

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.43

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Natalie Lloyd, bestselling author of A Snicker of Magic and Hummingbird, comes a heart-expandi… read more

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  • middle grade
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19. Kareem Between

By: Shifa Saltagi Safadi

4.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This heartfelt coming-of-age novel in verse tells the powerful story of a seventh grade Syrian-Amer… read more

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  • middle grade
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20. We Are Big Time

By: Hena Khan

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

SWISH! Cheer courtside for a Muslim teen as she joins an all-girls, hijab-wearing basketball team a… read more

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  • middle grade
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21. Red Bird Danced

By: Dawn Quigley

4.25

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

With lyrical verse and powerful emotion, Dawn Quigley (Ojibwe) tells the story of urban Native kids… read more

Similar categories in Dawn Quigley's Red Bird Danced book and Dan SaSuWeh Jones's Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

  • middle grade
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22. Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

By: Dan SaSuWeh Jones

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Stealing Little Moon is both a moving family saga and an expertly told true story that all America… read more

Similar categories in Dan SaSuWeh Jones's Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus) book and Dan SaSuWeh Jones's Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
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23. Deer Run Home

By: Ann Clare LeZotte

4.56

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Effie is Deaf, and no one in her family speaks sign language, her language. This heart-filled story… read more

Similar categories in Ann Clare LeZotte's Deer Run Home book and Dan SaSuWeh Jones's Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

  • middle grade
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24. A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

By: Jasmine Warga

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Ho… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall book and Dan SaSuWeh Jones's Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus)

  • middle grade
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25. The Unfinished

By: Cheryl Isaacs

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this debut YA horror novel by Cheryl Isaacs (Mohawk), small-town athlete Avery is haunted by the… read more

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26. Buffalo Dreamer

By: Violet Duncan

4.40

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An illuminating novel about the importance of reclaiming the past, based on the author’s family his… read more

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  • middle grade
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27. Boy 2.0 (Boy 2.0, #1)

By: Tracey Baptiste

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Win “Coal” Keegan has just landed in his latest foster home, with a big, noisy, slightly nosy famil… read more

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  • middle grade
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28. It's All or Nothing, Vale

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.39

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A poignant novel in verse where, after a life-changing accident, one girl finds her way back to her… read more

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  • middle grade
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29. Exit Nowhere

By: Juliana Brandt

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Haunted Mansion meets the ultimate escape room in this tense and twisty middle grade horror followi… read more

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  • middle grade
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30. Same Page

By: Elly Swartz

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of Hidden Truths comes a novel about take-charge sixth grader Bess Stein, w… read more

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  • middle grade
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31. Powered by ADHD: Strategies and Exercises for Women to Harness Their Untapped Gifts

By: Amelia Kelley

3.91

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Practical strategies and exercises that empower women with ADHD to use their gifts for everyday suc… read more

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  • nonfiction

20 Top fiction books like The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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4.54

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