9 must-read juvenile books like Adrift by Tanya Guerrero

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Adrift

By: Tanya Guerrero

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of All You Knead Is Love and How to Make Friends with the Sea, an upper middle grad…

If you liked the juvenile plot in Adrift by Tanya Guerrero , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. A Work in Progress

By: Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” ( Publishers Weekly , starr… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett Lerner's A Work in Progress book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. The Superteacher Project

By: Gordon Korman

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart and The Unteachables, comes a hilarious new s… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Superteacher Project book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"I understand," he announces finally. "It's because I'm‒different." Paul is amazed. "You learned that from the internet?" "Not directly Mr. Aidact explains. "But I accessed a database of books and mov…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

"Your jokes aren't even funny. What is this thing, anyway?' 'That's the beauty of it!' Oliver crows. 'It's nothing‒just some piece of junk from he supply closet. But you're freaking out because it cou…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

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3. Penny Draws a Best Friend (Penny Draws #1)

By: Sara Shepard

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A humorous, heartfelt, highly illustrated new middle grade series about friendship, feelings, and f… read more

Similar categories in Sara Shepard's Penny Draws a Best Friend (Penny Draws #1) book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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4. The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1)

By: Alyson Gerber

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A USA TODAY bestseller! Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the pr… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Gerber's The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1) book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. Ride On

By: Faith Erin Hicks

4.04

Format: 224 pages, None

In Ride On, this middle grade graphic novel from Faith Erin Hicks, twelve-year-old Victoria is burn… read more

Similar categories in Faith Erin Hicks's Ride On book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. Manatee Summer

By: Evan Griffith

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Peter and his best friend, Tommy, have a goal for their last summer before middle school: finish th… read more

Similar categories in Evan Griffith's Manatee Summer book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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7. New Dragon City

By: Mari Mancusi

4.15

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

No one predicted the dragon apocalypse. The dragons came suddenly and decimated the world as we kne… read more

Similar categories in Mari Mancusi's New Dragon City book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. The Girl in White

By: Lindsay Currie

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sweet Molly once lived in Eastport Sweet Molly once loved the sea Sweet Molly lost Liam to the sh… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Girl in White book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Life doesn't always give us the choices we want. All we can do is make the best of things."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

"Speaking up for people who don’t have a voice is important...It's the right thing to do, even if it's hard."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

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10. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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11. Hear Me

By: Kerry O'Malley Cerra

4.30

Format: None pages, None

This #ownvoices contemporary middle-grade novel follows twelve-year-old Rayne who, at odds with her… read more

Similar categories in Kerry O'Malley Cerra's Hear Me book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
"Do you ever wish you could hear?" "I can hear. I just listen differently than you." hardcover page 270"

-Kerry O'Malley Cerra, Hear Me

"Mr. Lazar says, "Hearing loss is just that, a loss. It can be just as traumatic as losing a loved one or a pet, and it takes time to move on. So I wonder, have you all really given yourselves, and es…"

-Kerry O'Malley Cerra, Hear Me

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12. Treasure in the Lake

By: Jason Pamment

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Grand adventures stories often begin where you least expect them… Iris knows this because she’s re… read more

Similar categories in Jason Pamment's Treasure in the Lake book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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13. Fake

By: Ele Fountain

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A thrillingly paced, timely novel about identity and our digital lives from the award-winning autho… read more

Similar categories in Ele Fountain's Fake book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • middle grade
  • family
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14. Over and Out

By: Jenni L. Walsh

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The story of a young girl from Cold War East Berlin forced to spy for the secret police... but who … read more

Similar categories in Jenni L. Walsh's Over and Out book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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15. Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts (Kelcie Murphy, #1)

By: Erika Lewis

4.06

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Brimming with Celtic mythology, action, and danger, Erika Lewis's Kelcie Murphy and The Academy for… read more

Similar categories in Erika Lewis's Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts (Kelcie Murphy, #1) book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders

16. The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

By: Taryn Souders

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Grady and his dad learn that the town oddball, Eudora "Kooky" Klinch left something for them i… read more

Similar categories in Taryn Souders's The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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17. The Ruby Code

By: Jessica Khoury

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Jessica Khoury comes a high-action sci-fi adventure about a video game AI come to life. Warcro… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Khoury's The Ruby Code book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • juvenile
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Every enemy can be beaten. All you need is the right team at your back."

-Jessica Khoury, The Ruby Code

"VR addictions take it to a new level. People are found dead everyday in their beds or couches, with their VR helmets still on, their games still running. They die of starvation, thirst, heart attacks…"

-Jessica Khoury, The Ruby Code

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18. Roll for Initiative

By: Jaime Formato

4.32

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Dungeons & Dragons, Raina Telgemeier, and Jessica Kim, a heartfelt coming-of-ag… read more

Similar categories in Jaime Formato's Roll for Initiative book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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19. How to Stay Invisible

By: Maggie C. Rudd

4.39

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

My Side of the Mountain meets How to Steal a Dog in this high-stakes and heartfelt middle-grade sto… read more

Similar categories in Maggie C. Rudd's How to Stay Invisible book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • survival
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Adrift by Tanya Guerrero

20. Adrift

By: Tanya Guerrero

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of All You Knead Is Love and How to Make Friends with the Sea, an upper middle grad… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Guerrero's Adrift book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • audiobook
  • survival
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
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21. Coming Up Short

By: Laurie Morrison

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt novel about a softball-loving girl coming to terms with her parents’ humanity after a s… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Morrison's Coming Up Short book and Tanya Guerrero's Adrift

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary

18 must-read fiction books like Adrift by Tanya Guerrero

Transform Your Habits

A Work in Progress

Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Transform Your Habits

The Superteacher Project

Gordon Korman

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Penny Draws a Best Friend (Penny Draws #1)

Sara Shepard

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Ride On

Faith Erin Hicks

4.04

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18 Best fiction books like Penny Draws a Best Friend (Penny Draws #1) by Sara Shepard

Transform Your Habits

A Work in Progress

Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Good Different

Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Penny Draws a Best Friend (Penny Draws #1)

Sara Shepard

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Duel

Jessixa Bagley

4.05

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