23 Top fiction books like Wave Riders by Lauren St. John

Wave Riders

By: Lauren St. John

4.01

Format: None pages, None

The sea almost killed them, and now it must lead them to the truth in this standalone middle-grade …

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Cover of Summer Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #8) by Enid Blyton, Pamela Cox, Enid  Blyton

1. Summer Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #8)

By: Enid Blyton , Pamela Cox , Enid Blyton

4.24

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1) by Holly Smale

2. Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

By: Holly Smale

3.75

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Harriet Manners knows a lot of things. She knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a "jiff… read more

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  • fiction
"She's....having an affair with a strawberry jam manufacturer?"

-Holly Smale, Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

"Es la primera y única regla: la magia aparece cuando no la estás buscando."

-Holly Smale, Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

"Your daughter is adorable. I've never seen such an alien duck in my entire life."

-Holly Smale, Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

"...Our stories are drive by who we are and what we do, and not by the events that happens to us."

-Holly Smale, Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)

Cover of The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo

3. The Other Side of Truth

By: Beverley Naidoo

3.75

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

After the murder of their mother, twelve-year-old Sade and her younger brother are smuggled out of … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of First Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #1) by Enid Blyton

4. First Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #1)

By: Enid Blyton

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Darrell Rivers begins her happy life at Malory Towers two terms later than the other girls, but she… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure

5. Friends for Life

By: Andrew Norriss

3.89

Format: 310 pages,

A timeless and uplifting book about friendship, filled with humor and heart. When Jessica sits next… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Upper Fourth at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #4) by Enid Blyton

6. Upper Fourth at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #4)

By: Enid Blyton

4.12

Format: 169 pages, Paperback

The girls are in a higher form now. This year there is the tension of exams for the first time, but… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo

7. Born to Run

By: Michael Morpurgo

3.88

Format: 0 pages, Hardcover

The bag wasn't just drifting gently along, it was turning of it's own accord. There was something i… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Going to Ground (The Shapeshifter, #3) by Ali Sparkes

8. Going to Ground (The Shapeshifter, #3)

By: Ali Sparkes

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Dax receives an urgent call, he knows he has to drop everything and race to the aid of his fri… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1) by Robin Stevens

9. Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1)

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Deepdean School for Girls, 1934. When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own deadly secre… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Winter Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #9) by Enid Blyton, Pamela Cox

10. Winter Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers, #9)

By: Enid Blyton , Pamela Cox

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Susan is excited to be in charge of the winter concert, but Miss Tallant, a new teacher, has very s… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Name of This Book Is Secret (Secret, #1) by Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford

11. The Name of This Book Is Secret (Secret, #1)

By: Pseudonymous Bosch , Gilbert Ford

4.30

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Warning: this description has not been authorized by Pseudonymous Bosch. As much as he'd love to si… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery

12. Dowsing the Dead (The Shapeshifter, #4)

By: Ali Sparkes

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Dax and his friends settle into their new secret hideaway in the Lake District, a place where they … read more

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13. Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

By: Adeline Yen Mah

3.87

Format: 268 pages,

A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s. A… read more

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14. Finding the Fox (The Shapeshifter, #1)

By: Ali Sparkes

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dax Jones is an ordinary schoolboy - until something extraordinary happens one day. Whilst frighten… read more

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Cover of When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson

15. When Stars Are Scattered

By: Victoria Jamieson

4.62

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee c… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now."

-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered

Cover of The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie   Anderson

16. The House with Chicken Legs

By: Sophie Anderson

4.10

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sur… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"But it’s our duty as Yaga, living in this Yaga house, to talk to them and give them one last wonderful evening reliving their memories and celebrating their lives, before they pass through The Gate a…"

-Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs

Cover of Squished: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd

17. Squished: A Graphic Novel

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

From the Eisner-nominated duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a fun new graphic novel … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt

18. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

Cover of The Polar Bear Explorers' Club by Alex Bell

19. The Polar Bear Explorers' Club

By: Alex Bell

4.15

Format: 336 pages, ebook

It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer - tumbling from an ice bridge… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell

20. The Good Thieves

By: Katherine Rundell

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational a… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
"It is difficult to sleep when you are besieged by hope."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"He was not tall or broad, but when he grinned it was so vivid that he appeared to take up most of the street and at least half the sky."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"To throw the knife would be death...She wanted nothing to do with death--nothing to do with finality, with endings, with the dark of it. She hated the man more than she hated any living thing, but he…"

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

Cover of Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1) by Carlos  Hernandez

21. Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)

By: Carlos Hernandez

4.18

Format: 382 pages, ebook

How did a raw chicken get inside Yasmany's locker? When Sal Vidon meets Gabi Real for the first … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Woah,"

-Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)

"Your phone gets bars across universes?"

-Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)

"How did you know it’s my brother’s birthday?!"

-Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)

"Can a class-eight artificial intelligence lie?"

-Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)

Cover of Where the River Takes Us by Lesley Parr

22. Where the River Takes Us

By: Lesley Parr

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It's February 1974 and working class families have been hit hard by the three-day week. The reduced… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1) by Julie C. Dao

23. Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

By: Julie C. Dao

3.96

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A rollicking, action-packed adventure of laser tag and fierce sibling rivalries, Team Chu and the B… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels by Tọlá Okogwu

24. Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels

By: Tọlá Okogwu

4.19

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

The epic second book in the action-packed and empowering middle-grade superhero series. Perfect for… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant

25. Voyage of the Sparrowhawk

By: Natasha Farrant

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In the aftermath of World War One, everyone is trying to rebuild their lives. If Ben is to avoid be… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Bird Boy by Catherine Bruton

26. Bird Boy

By: Catherine Bruton

4.61

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Can you heal a broken wing? What about a broken heart? After the tragic death of his mother, ele… read more

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  • middle grade
Cover of Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm by Ash Bond

27. Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm

By: Ash Bond

4.23

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

DISCOVER THE PORTAL TO AN INCREDIBLE NEW WORLD IN THIS EPIC MIDDLE-GRADE ADVENTURE. PERFECT FOR FAN… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues (Swifts, #2) by Beth Lincoln

28. The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues (Swifts, #2)

By: Beth Lincoln

4.57

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Shenanigan Swift is headed to Paris, where new mysteries and new relatives await. The hilarious, qu… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"We built through invasion and war, theft and murder, plague and the sacking of empires, until our cities were graveyards, and our mouths were graveyards, and our speech is the speech of the dead."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues (Swifts, #2)

Cover of The Dictionary Story by Sam Winston

29. The Dictionary Story

By: Sam Winston

4.35

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

The much-anticipated new picture book from the best-selling, award-winning creators of A Child of B… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure

30. Wave Riders

By: Lauren St. John

4.01

Format: None pages, None

The sea almost killed them, and now it must lead them to the truth in this standalone middle-grade … read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II (Scholastic Focus) by Deborah Hopkinson

31. Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II (Scholastic Focus)

By: Deborah Hopkinson

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling account of the most daring American P.O.W. rescue mission of World War II. Scholastic F… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • adventure

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Enid Blyton , Pamela Cox , Enid Blyton

4.24

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Beverley Naidoo

3.75

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4.13

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Andrew Norriss

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Dominique Valente

4.05

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Dominique Valente

4.17

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Jamie Littler

4.07

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4.47

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