19 best-selling middle grade books like The Chestnut Roaster by Eve McDonnell

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The Chestnut Roaster

By: Eve McDonnell

4.13

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

“Starting on All Fools Day, twelve years ago, I remember everything. EVERYTHING. That was a wet Sat…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Chestnut Roaster by Eve McDonnell , here is a list of 19 books like this:

1. Rooftoppers

By: Katherine Rundell

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from … read more

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2. October, October

By: Katya Balen

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the w… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"It is my story and it is our story and it isn't perfect and it isn't finished but it is whole."

-Katya Balen, October, October

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3. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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4. The Boy Lost in the Maze

By: Joseph Coelho

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st century quest. In … read more

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  • middle grade
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5. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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6. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cameron's Away With Words book and Eve McDonnell's The Chestnut Roaster

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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7. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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8. Norah's Ark

By: Victoria Williamson

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Two very different lives. One shared hope for a brighter future. No time to waste. The flood is com… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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9. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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10. Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fant… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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11. Dogs of the Deadlands

By: Anthony McGowan

4.13

Format: 352 pages, ebook

‘This book! It broke my heart and then splinted it back together again. Full of hope and love and w… read more

Similar categories in Anthony McGowan's Dogs of the Deadlands book and Eve McDonnell's The Chestnut Roaster

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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12. The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of October, October, shortlisted for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, comes a life-af… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's The Light in Everything book and Eve McDonnell's The Chestnut Roaster

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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13. Until The Road Ends

By: Phil Earle

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky T… read more

Similar categories in Phil Earle's Until The Road Ends book and Eve McDonnell's The Chestnut Roaster

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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14. The Blue Book of Nebo

By: Manon Steffan Ros

4.16

Format: 156 pages, ebook

Prize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo p… read more

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"Diuen que els vincles de sang no es tornen mai aigua, però els veu que l'aigua es pot tornar sang."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

"La humanitat és una cosa espectacular, tan preparada per estimar sense conviccions, sense complexos."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

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15. Stitch

By: Pádraig Kenny

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

A compelling, atmospheric and gothic Frankenstein -inspired adventure by an award-winning Irish aut… read more

Similar categories in Pádraig Kenny's Stitch book and Eve McDonnell's The Chestnut Roaster

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Murder at the Museum (Montgomery Bonbon #1) by Alasdair Beckett-King

16. Murder at the Museum (Montgomery Bonbon #1)

By: Alasdair Beckett-King

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A brilliantly funny young murder mystery from a rising stand-up comedian, podcaster and filmmaker –… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"But inspiration can strike in many different ways ... When the philosopher Archimedes stepped into his bath and sloshed water over the sides, the people downstairs were inspired to find a new flat."

-Alasdair Beckett-King, Murder at the Museum (Montgomery Bonbon #1)

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17. The Rescue of Ravenwood

By: Natasha Farrant

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

'A sublime eco adventure.' The TimesFrom the Costa Award winning author of Voyage of the Sparrowhaw… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Farrant's The Rescue of Ravenwood book and Eve McDonnell's The Chestnut Roaster

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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18. The Nowhere Thief

By: Alice M. Ross

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A mind-bending multiverse adventure about theft, family, and finding your home. Twelve-year-old … read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

19. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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20. Moonflight

By: Gill Lewis

4.14

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Can a timid rat ever become a hero? Tilbury is about to find out on the adventure of a lifetime,… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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21. The Chestnut Roaster

By: Eve McDonnell

4.13

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

“Starting on All Fools Day, twelve years ago, I remember everything. EVERYTHING. That was a wet Sat… read more

Similar categories in Eve McDonnell's The Chestnut Roaster book and Eve McDonnell's The Chestnut Roaster

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction

17 must-read childrens books like The Chestnut Roaster by Eve McDonnell

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Away With Words

Sophie Cameron

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Steady For This

Nathanael Lessore

3.90

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3.89

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