12 Best middle grade books like A Terrible Tide by Suzanne Meade

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A Terrible Tide

By: Suzanne Meade

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

November 18th, 1929. In her small village in Newfoundland, Celia is setting the table for her 13th …

If you liked the middle grade plot in A Terrible Tide by Suzanne Meade , here is a list of 12 books like this:

1. The Whole Truth

By: Kit Pearson

3.75

Format: 304 pages,

Newly orphaned Polly and Maud travel by train from Winnipeg to British Columbia to live with relati… read more

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2. The Widow's Broom

By: Chris Van Allsburg

4.89

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

A widow finds herself in possession of an extraordinary broom left by a witch who fell into the wid… read more

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3. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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4. Prairie Lotus

By: Linda Sue Park

4.29

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an educat… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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5. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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6. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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7. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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8. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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9. Rez Dogs

By: Joseph Bruchac

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."

-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs

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10. Things to Look Forward To: 52 Large and Small Joys for Today and Every Day

By: Sophie Blackall

4.19

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Everyone needs things to look forward big things and small things, on good days and on bad days, w… read more

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11. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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12. New from Here

By: Kelly Yang

4.30

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"We're all connected to each other. We all breathe the same air into our lungs. None of us are immune to each other's problems, that's why we have to care about each other."

-Kelly Yang, New from Here

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13. Banned Book Club

By: Kim Hyun Sook

3.97

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her … read more

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  • historical
"In times like this, no act is apolitical."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"Everyone has a right to the truth. But I don't owe you mine."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"But you can learn a lot about history by figuring out what people wanted to hide."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"But if they're going to keep calling us communists, we might as well learn what that means!"

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

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14. And Then She Fell

By: Alicia Elliott

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous wo… read more

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  • canada
"Nothing I do is done solely for me. Everything is done to elevate Steve or Dawn, in some way. I'm an afterthought in my own life."

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

"A part of me wants to cry at this small request, because I know what that longing is like, what it means. I won't be there forever, but I will be there for her. For her sister. For her mother. I'll b…"

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

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15. Song for a Whale

By: Lynne Kelly

4.23

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"A sound can move anything if it's strong enough."

-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale

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16. When Clouds Touch Us

By: Thanhhà Lại

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the author's own childhood, this stunning novel in verse, sequel to the award-winning #… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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17. The Circle

By: Katherena Vermette

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more

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  • canada
Cover of The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray

18. The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh

By: Claudia Gray

4.10

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

The third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facin… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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19. The Company We Keep

By: Frances Itani

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

ON TUESDAY NIGHTS IN THE BACKROOM OF CASSIE'S CAFÉ, SIX STRANGERS SEEK SOLACE AND FIND THEMSELVES P… read more

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  • canada
Cover of Summer: A Solstice Story (The Solstice Series) by Kelsey E. Gross

20. Summer: A Solstice Story (The Solstice Series)

By: Kelsey E. Gross

4.05

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

From Kelsey Gross and New York Times bestselling artist Renata Liwska comes a companion to the stun… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of A Terrible Tide by Suzanne Meade

21. A Terrible Tide

By: Suzanne Meade

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

November 18th, 1929. In her small village in Newfoundland, Celia is setting the table for her 13th … read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Meade's A Terrible Tide book and Suzanne Meade's A Terrible Tide

  • childrens
  • canada
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction

13 Best childrens books like A Terrible Tide by Suzanne Meade

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Rebecca Stead

4.14

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Linda Sue Park

4.29

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4.25

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Megan E. Freeman

4.14

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Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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