5 best-selling adventure books like The Hike to Home by Jess Rinker

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The Hike to Home

By: Jess Rinker

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this fun middle grade adventure, a young girl and her two new friends brave the wilderness to fi…

If you liked the adventure plot in The Hike to Home by Jess Rinker , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Beyond the Bright Sea

By: Lauren Wolk

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of the critically acclaimed Wolf Hollowcomes a moving story of identity and belongi… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Wolk's Beyond the Bright Sea book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • middle grade

2. Nightmare at the Book Fair

By: Dan Gutman

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Trip Dinkleman hates to read. Hates, hates, hates it. All he wants to do is play lacrosse. So when … read more

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3. Alone

By: Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. Freeman's Alone book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • adventure
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4. 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

Similar categories in Victoria Jamieson's When Stars Are Scattered book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

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

-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered

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5. Orris and Timble: The Beginning

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.37

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

From beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes the first book in a warm and funny early-reader trilo… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Orris and Timble: The Beginning book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • middle grade
  • juvenile
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6. 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 Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
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7. Wildoak

By: C.C. Harrington

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more

Similar categories in C.C. Harrington's Wildoak book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
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8. Empty Smiles (Small Spaces, #4)

By: Katherine Arden

3.79

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Katherine thrills once again in the finale to the critically accl… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Empty Smiles (Small Spaces, #4) book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • middle grade
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9. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.46

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus,… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1) book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
"But when someone's hurting, you gotta do something. Always kindness"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"Driving toward something is better than driving away from something."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"I guess that's how regrets are...they're anchors, not balloons. And we were sunk"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"The best kind of goodbye is the kind where you don’t actually have to leave the person behind."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

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10. The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8)

By: Genevieve Cogman

4.31

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In this thrilling historical fantasy, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene will need to delve deep in… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Cogman's The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8) book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • adventure
"Stories are like that. They’ll wait for you until you can come back to them."

-Genevieve Cogman, The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8)

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11. The Midnight Children

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.16

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary story about a family of runaways who take up residence in a small town, and the ou… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • adventure
"Stories, after all, are about choices."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"And determined is nearly always a very good thing to be."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"I’ll be your creep, Ravani Foster, if you’ll be my freak."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"But the truth, sometimes, can be the cruelest thing of all."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

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12. 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 Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
"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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13. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

By: Amanda Jones

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Jones's That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

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14. Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves

By: L.M. Elliott

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Author L. M. Elliott captures life on the U.S. home front during World War II, weaving a portrait o… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Elliott's Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • middle grade
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15. Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

By: Caela Carter

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An own voices story that shines a light on how one girl's learning differences are neither right no… read more

Similar categories in Caela Carter's Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
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16. The Summer of June

By: Jamie Sumner

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade book about a young girl who sets out to overcome her anxiety over the course of one … read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's The Summer of June book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
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17. Puzzleheart

By: Jenn Reese

3.84

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Get ready to solve the mystery at the heart of this middle grade adventure about family—and a house… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Reese's Puzzleheart book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • middle grade
  • juvenile
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18. A Field Guide to Getting Lost

By: Joy McCullough

3.90

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A girl with a passion for science and a boy who dreams of writing fantasy novels must figure out ho… read more

Similar categories in Joy McCullough's A Field Guide to Getting Lost book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
"Just because coding was based in logical cause and effect didn't mean there was only ever one way to do something. In fact, there was almost always more than one way to arrive at a solution."

-Joy McCullough, A Field Guide to Getting Lost

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19. The Hike to Home

By: Jess Rinker

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this fun middle grade adventure, a young girl and her two new friends brave the wilderness to fi… read more

Similar categories in Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home book and Jess Rinker's The Hike to Home

  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
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20. The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts

By: Louis Bayard

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Pale Blue Eye, Louis Bayard, comes Atonement meets The Paris Wif… read more

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16 must-read middle grade books like The Hike to Home by Jess Rinker

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Lauren Wolk

3.83

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Alone

Megan E. Freeman

4.14

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When Stars Are Scattered

Victoria Jamieson

4.62

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Orris and Timble: The Beginning

Kate DiCamillo

4.37

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9 Top adult books like That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones

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That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones

4.14

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Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Kirsten Miller

4.19

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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

Tia Levings

4.48

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Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

Michelle Moran

4.30

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