16 Best realistic fiction books like Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1) by Iva-Marie Palmer

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Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

By: Iva-Marie Palmer

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Dear fans of Dork Diaries and Middle School: The Worst Year of My Life—meet your new favorite kid-n…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1) by Iva-Marie Palmer , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Ghosts

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Ma… read more

Similar categories in Raina Telgemeier's Ghosts book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #11) by Jeff Kinney

2. Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #11)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Hardcover

The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain t… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Kinney's Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #11) book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie

3. The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street

By: Lindsay Currie

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A girl unravels a centuries-old mystery after moving into a haunted house in this deliciously suspe… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • middle grade

4. Maniac Magee

By: Jerry Spinelli

4.00

Format: 222 pages,

Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an… read more

Similar categories in Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • school

5. I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

By: Malala Yousafzai , Patricia McCormick

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Hardcover

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai … read more

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6. Inside Out & Back Again

By: Thanhhà Lại

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Hardcover

For all the ten years of her life, Ha has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of… read more

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7. Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #6)

By: Jeff Kinney

3.46

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. Bu… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Kinney's Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #6) book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

Cover of Sisters (Smile #2) by Raina Telgemeier

8. Sisters (Smile #2)

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.32

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Three weeks. Two sisters. One car. A True Story Raina can’t wait to be a big sister. But once Am… read more

Similar categories in Raina Telgemeier's Sisters (Smile #2) book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens

9. Patina (Track, #2)

By: Jason Reynolds

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash. She runs for many reasons--to escape the taunts from the kids … read more

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10. 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 Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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

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11. 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

Similar categories in Charles Waters's Mascot book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • sports
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12. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

13. The Girl with the Louding Voice

By: Abi Daré

4.43

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

All you have are your words.Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: a… read more

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"I draw a breath, comforting myself with her scent of coconut oil and lily flower."

-Abi Daré, The Girl with the Louding Voice

"The wall in the room we shared will remind them that we were here. That we are human. Of value. Important."

-Abi Daré, The Girl with the Louding Voice

"... I feel a free that I didn't feel in long time. And when I smile, it climb from inside my stomach and spread itself on my teeth."

-Abi Daré, The Girl with the Louding Voice

"Now I know that speaking good English is not the measure of intelligent mind and sharp brain. English is only a language, like Yoruba and Igbo and Hausa. Nothing about it is so special, nothing about…"

-Abi Daré, The Girl with the Louding Voice

Cover of Guts (Smile, #3) by Raina Telgemeier

14. Guts (Smile, #3)

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.31

Format: 144 pages, None

Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just… read more

Similar categories in Raina Telgemeier's Guts (Smile, #3) book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Thoughts can exist... feelings can exist... but words do not always exist."

-Raina Telgemeier, Guts (Smile, #3)

Cover of Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus (Volume 2) by Dusti Bowling

15. Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus (Volume 2)

By: Dusti Bowling

4.32

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

“High School. Two words that struck fear into the heart of every armless middle schooler I knew. Wh… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus (Volume 2) book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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16. 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 Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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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17. The Last Cuentista

By: Donna Barba Higuera

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abu… read more

Similar categories in Donna Barba Higuera's The Last Cuentista book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Suma's eyes are still closed, and I can't tell if she's trying to forget, or to remember. Maybe stories are there to help us do both. I know stories can't always have happy endings. But if there are …"

-Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista

Cover of Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) by B.B. Alston

18. Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)

By: B.B. Alston

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full schol… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Surgeon's Daughter (Nora Beady, #2) by Audrey  Blake

19. The Surgeon's Daughter (Nora Beady, #2)

By: Audrey Blake

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

New from the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl in His Shadow! Women's work is a matter of… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Blake's The Surgeon's Daughter (Nora Beady, #2) book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

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20. Miss Quinces

By: Kat Fajardo

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anythin… read more

Similar categories in Kat Fajardo's Miss Quinces book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Class Act (New Kid, #2) by Jerry Craft

21. Class Act (New Kid, #2)

By: Jerry Craft

4.28

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

In this companion book to New Kid this time it’s Jordan’s friend Drew who takes center stage in a s… read more

Similar categories in Jerry Craft's Class Act (New Kid, #2) book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) by Kwame Alexander

22. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

Cover of Twins by Varian Johnson

23. Twins

By: Varian Johnson

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Coretta Scott King Honor author Varian Johnson teams up with rising cartoonist Shannon Wright for a… read more

Similar categories in Varian Johnson's Twins book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

24. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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25. It Found Us

By: Lindsay Currie

3.97

Format: 274 pages, None

From the author of Scritch Scratch and The Girl in White comes a new spooky mystery about a girl de… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's It Found Us book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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26. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

Similar categories in Varsha Bajaj's Thirst book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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27. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • sports
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28. Land of the Cranes

By: Aida Salazar

4.50

Format: None pages, None

From the prolific author of The Moon Within comes the heart-wrenchingly beautiful story in verse of… read more

Similar categories in Aida Salazar's Land of the Cranes book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The List of Unspeakable Fears by J. Kasper Kramer

29. The List of Unspeakable Fears

By: J. Kasper Kramer

3.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The War That Saved My Life meets Coraline in this chilling middle grade historical novel from the a… read more

Similar categories in J. Kasper Kramer's The List of Unspeakable Fears book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1) by Iva-Marie Palmer

30. Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

By: Iva-Marie Palmer

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Dear fans of Dork Diaries and Middle School: The Worst Year of My Life—meet your new favorite kid-n… read more

Similar categories in Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1) book and Iva-Marie Palmer's Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook (Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook #1)

  • baseball
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • kids
  • sports
Cover of The Mossheart's Promise by Rebecca Mix

31. The Mossheart's Promise

By: Rebecca Mix

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling YA author Rebecca Mix comes the first book in a breathtaking middle… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens

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Raina Telgemeier

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4.03

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4.00

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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