29 best-selling middle grade books like The Vexatious Haunting of Lily Griffin by Paula Hayes

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The Vexatious Haunting of Lily Griffin

By: Paula Hayes

4.40

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

When Lily Griffin finds a girl trapped inside a magic mirror, she uncovers a long-forgotten family …

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Vexatious Haunting of Lily Griffin by Paula Hayes , here is a list of 29 books like this:

1. Lily in the Mirror

By: Paula Hayes

3.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lily loves all things dark and mysterious, so when she discovers a magic mirror in a locked room it… read more

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2. A Girl Called Corpse

By: Reece Carter

3.96

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

'Find the thing the Witches call a treasure,' says Old Man, 'and you'll get back all those memories… read more

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  • middle grade
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3. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

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  • middle grade
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4. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

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  • middle grade
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5. 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
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6. Silver Linings

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad Nettie… read more

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  • middle grade
"How can anyone eat now that Billy is gone? How can we even breathe?"

-Katrina Nannestad, Silver Linings

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7. Dirrarn (Black Cockatoo Book 2)

By: Carl Merrison

3.73

Format: 79 pages, Kindle Edition

Age range 10+Mia could hear the squarks of her Jarriny before she saw them. Her eye’s had flicked t… read more

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8. Exit Through the Gift Shop

By: Maryam Master

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is disc… read more

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  • middle grade
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9. Waiting for the Storks

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more

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  • middle grade
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10. No Words

By: Maryam Master

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Hero doesn't feel like a hero, but sometimes she feels as if the universe is asking her to be one. … read more

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  • middle grade
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11. Ming and Flo Fight for the Future (The Girls Who Changed the World, #1)

By: Jackie French

4.10

Format: 288 pages, ebook

An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the wo… read more

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  • middle grade
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12. The Bookseller's Apprentice

By: Amelia Mellor

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Return to Amelia Mellor’s magical Melbourne in the prequel to best-seller The Grandest Bookshop in … read more

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  • middle grade
"Summer came in November, and it came in blazing"

-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

"It felt as large as an orange and as heavy as grief."

-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

"The free reading wasn't a gimmick to bring customers back after all. It was a small, secret, gentle revolution. Oh, that Mr Cole was clever."

-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

"History arranged everything that had ever happened into one epic tale of humankind. It turned scattered bones back into people and broken objects into stories."

-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

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13. The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

By: Deborah Abela

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Arlo Goodman lives with his Uncle Avery in a run-down flat above their bookshop. He has no friends,… read more

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  • middle grade
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14. Mina and the whole wide world

By: Sherryl Clark

4.46

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A powerful story about a young girl, Mina, and how she copes when her family take in a refugee boy … read more

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  • middle grade
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15. August and Jones

By: Pip Harry

4.33

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She'… read more

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  • middle grade
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16. The Way of Dog

By: Zana Fraillon

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A fiercely original verse novel from the ABIA and CBCA award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. … read more

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  • middle grade
" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "

-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog

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17. Guardians (Wylah the Koorie Warrior #1)

By: Jordan Gould

3.87

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Meet Wylah: warrior, hero and friend. Her adventures have been 40,000 years in the making! Wylah… read more

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  • middle grade
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18. The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm (Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters, #1)

By: Karen Foxlee

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

There are those that hunt monsters to harm them and there are those that hunt monsters to help them… read more

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  • middle grade
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19. Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon

By: Gabrielle Wang

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Zadie Ma has a special talent for telling stories . . . and it seems that some of Zadie’s stories c… read more

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  • middle grade
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20. Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth

By: Anna Fienberg

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweetly moving story about friendship and finding happiness, for readers who loved Wonder and Len… read more

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  • middle grade
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21. Huda Was Here

By: H. Hayek

3.74

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Huda hatches a bold plan to help her dad get a job - which lands her and her brother in all kinds o… read more

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  • middle grade
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22. What About Thao?

By: Oliver Phommavanh

3.88

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

From the author of the bestselling Thai-riffic, Con-nerd and The Other Christy comes a funny and he… read more

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  • middle grade
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23. How to Spell Catastrophe

By: Fiona Wood

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Nell McPherson is a catastrophe expert, but nothing has prepared her for the impending catastrophe … read more

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  • middle grade
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24. Big Magic

By: Sarah Armstrong

4.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Tulsi comes from a long line of women magicians, but her mother has always forbidde… read more

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  • middle grade
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25. The Kindness Project

By: Deborah Abela

4.59

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

None read more

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  • middle grade
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26. The Vexatious Haunting of Lily Griffin

By: Paula Hayes

4.40

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

When Lily Griffin finds a girl trapped inside a magic mirror, she uncovers a long-forgotten family … read more

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  • middle grade
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27. Sunshine on Vinegar Street

By: Karen Comer

4.27

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweet and emotional novel about friendship, family and accepting change from a fresh new voice.Fr… read more

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  • middle grade
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28. Meet Me at the Moon Tree

By: Shivaun Plozza

4.44

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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  • middle grade
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29. The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright (Elston-Fright Tales #2)

By: Reece Carter

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Being a Lightkeeper is Very Serious Business. Nobody in Elston-Fright believes in magic anymore.… read more

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  • middle grade
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30. The Wintrish Girl (Talismans of Fate, #1)

By: Melanie La'Brooy

4.56

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A wildly fun debut about not quite belonging, forging your own path and finding your true home. … read more

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  • middle grade
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31. Dusty in the Outwilds

By: Rhiannon Williams

3.96

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

An enchanting new adventure. An unforgettable land. And the perfect read for young fans of Kate DiC… read more

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  • middle grade

18 must-read fiction books like A Girl Called Corpse by Reece Carter

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A Girl Called Corpse

Reece Carter

3.96

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The Book Smugglers (Pages & Co., #4)

Anna James

4.12

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Ghost Book

Remy Lai

4.09

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The Other Bridget

Rachael Johns

4.16

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