24 must-read middle grade books like The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare by Zillah Bethell

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The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

By: Zillah Bethell

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I am how I've always been. My name is Auden Dare. I am eleven years old. Auden Dare has an un…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare by Zillah Bethell , here is a list of 24 books like this:

Cover of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1) by Chris Grabenstein

1. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)

By: Chris Grabenstein

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerKyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids, (if not the teac… read more

Similar categories in Chris Grabenstein's Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1) book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Knowledge not shared remains unknown"

-Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)

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2. Amal Unbound

By: Aisha Saeed

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The compelling story of a girl’s fight to regain her life and dreams after being forced into indent… read more

Similar categories in Aisha Saeed's Amal Unbound book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"The thing is- those books made my days bearable."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

"Regret, I was learning, was the sharpest knife there was."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

"If everyone decided nothing would change, nothing ever would."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

"You always have a choice. Making choices even when they scare you because you know it's the right thing to do - that's bravery."

-Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound

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3. The Explorer

By: Katherine Rundell

4.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Parents' Choice Recommended From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exc… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Explorer book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. The London Eye Mystery

By: Siobhan Dowd

3.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Monday, 24 May, 11.32 a.m. Ted and Kat watch their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye. He tur… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Dowd's The London Eye Mystery book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

5. Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

By: John Boyne

3.33

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to f… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Stay Where You Are and Then Leave book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

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6. Roller Girl

By: Victoria Jamieson

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

For fans of Raina Telgemeier’s Smile, a heartwarming graphic novel about friendship and surviving j… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Jamieson's Roller Girl book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile

7. The Tiny Hero of Ferny Creek Library

By: Victoria Jamieson , Linda Bailey

5.00

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

Eddie, a passionate reader and a shiny green bug, saves the school library in this funny, heartwarm… read more

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8. The Tiger Rising

By: Kate DiCamillo

3.22

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

The National Book Award finalist from the best-selling author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE - now in pap… read more

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9. Walk Two Moons

By: Sharon Creech

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

"How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you… read more

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10. The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, #2)

By: Peter Brown

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot, by award-winning author Peter Brown. S… read more

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11. 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

Similar categories in Katya Balen's October, October book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"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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12. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)

By: Peter Brown

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The action-packed third installment in Peter Brown's internationally bestselling The Wild Robot ser… read more

Similar categories in Peter Brown's The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3) book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • robots
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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13. Festergrimm (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #4)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Herbie and Violet's arch-enemy Sebastian Eels turns up in Eerie-on-Sea, seemingly back from th… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Taylor's Festergrimm (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #4) book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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14. Shadowghast (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #3)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.18

Format: 352 pages, ebook

In the third mysterious tale of Eerie-on-Sea, it's almost Ghastly Night, and the Shadowghast—an anc… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Taylor's Shadowghast (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #3) book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven

By: Nathaniel Ian Miller

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this "briskly entertaining" ( New York Times Book Review ), "transporting and wholly original" (… read more

Similar categories in Nathaniel Ian Miller's The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • fiction
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16. Julia and the Shark

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.33

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfat… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's Julia and the Shark book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"...which is still not a plot twist I saw coming."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Panic poured into the space where my certainty had been, hot and sharp."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"I like how everything echoes with everything else if you listen hard enough"

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

"Dad's listening became loud, you know how that happens when someone is really concentrating and you can feel the white noise of their attention."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Julia and the Shark

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17. Sea of Gold

By: Gregory Mone

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Treasure Island , an unlikely young pirate races a band of devious rogues to a … read more

Similar categories in Gregory Mone's Sea of Gold book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • middle grade
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18. 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

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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19. 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 Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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20. Dead Good Detectives (Dead Good Detectives, #1)

By: Jenny McLachlan

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sid Jones loves hanging out in the graveyard with her best friend Zen - they are desperate to see a… read more

Similar categories in Jenny McLachlan's Dead Good Detectives (Dead Good Detectives, #1) book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

21. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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22. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1) by J.J. Arcanjo

23. The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

By: J.J. Arcanjo

4.28

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

"So this is really a school for criminals." It was meant as a question, though it came out more as … read more

Similar categories in J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1) book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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24. Brave Like That

By: Lindsey Stoddard

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Find yourself. Find your place. Find your brave. This uplifting tale, which award-winning author… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Stoddard's Brave Like That book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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25. Orphans of the Tide (Orphans of the Tide #1)

By: Struan Murray

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An ancient myth looms over a new friendship. The City is the only home that Ellie has ever known… read more

Similar categories in Struan Murray's Orphans of the Tide (Orphans of the Tide #1) book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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26. The Einsteins of Vista Point

By: Ben Guterson

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

After the tragic loss of their sister, Zack and his siblings band together to investigate a Morse C… read more

Similar categories in Ben Guterson's The Einsteins of Vista Point book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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27. Shipwreck Island (Orphans of the Tide #2)

By: Struan Murray

4.39

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Loyalties are tested in this sequel to Orphans of the Tide , a smart, unique middle grade read perf… read more

Similar categories in Struan Murray's Shipwreck Island (Orphans of the Tide #2) book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
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28. The Best Liars in Riverview

By: Lin Thompson

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the woods of a small Kentucky town, Aubrey sets off on a journey about growing up, self-discover… read more

Similar categories in Lin Thompson's The Best Liars in Riverview book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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29. The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

By: Zillah Bethell

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I am how I've always been. My name is Auden Dare. I am eleven years old. Auden Dare has an un… read more

Similar categories in Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • robots
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • war
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • juvenile
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30. Not Starring Zadie Louise

By: Joy McCullough

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this charming middle grade novel that’s perfect for fans of Tim Federle and Gordon Korman, Zadie… read more

Similar categories in Joy McCullough's Not Starring Zadie Louise book and Zillah Bethell's The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile

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4.18

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4.83

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3.95

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4.24

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