25 Top middle grade books like Welcome to Dweeb Club by Betsy Uhrig

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Welcome to Dweeb Club

By: Betsy Uhrig

4.10

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

What if a school club changed your life forever? In the second week of seventh grade, Jason Sloan s…

"That’s the problem with the future. Everything you do has an effect on it, but you never know what kind. It makes you terrified to do anything."

-Betsy Uhrig, Welcome to Dweeb Club

If you liked the middle grade plot in Welcome to Dweeb Club by Betsy Uhrig , here is a list of 25 books like this:

1. The Door by the Staircase

By: Kelly Murphy , Katherine Marsh

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage for another night. But when an attempted escap… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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2. Ungifted

By: Gordon Korman

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It's usually more like Don't t… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens

3. Greetings from Witness Protection!

By: Jake Burt

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

A funny and poignant debut middle-grade novel about a foster-care girl who is placed with a family … read more

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4. Restart

By: Gordon Korman

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't re… read more

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5. Stealing Liberty

By: Jennifer Froelich

3.75

Format: None pages, ebook

When Reed Paine is sent to a secret detention school for teens whose parents are branded enemies of… read more

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6. The Blackthorn Key (The Blackthorn Key, #1)

By: Kevin Sands

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Tell no one what I've given you." Until he got that cryptic warning, Christopher Rowe was happy, l… read more

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7. Loot (Loot #1)

By: Jude Watson

4.28

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

On a foggy night in Amsterdam, a man falls from a rooftop to the wet pavement below. It's Alfie McQ… read more

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8. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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9. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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10. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

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11. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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12. Unplugged

By: Gordon Korman

3.96

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

From Gordon Korman comes a middle grade novel about a group of kids forced to “unplug” at a wellne… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Fertilizer, meet fan"

-Gordon Korman, Unplugged

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13. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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14. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

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  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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15. 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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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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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16. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

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  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • time travel
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17. Midnight at the Barclay Hotel

By: Fleur T. Bradley

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Hunting ghosts and solving the case before checkout? All in a weekend's work. When JJ Jacobson c… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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18. The Unteachables

By: Gordon Korman

4.34

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what hap… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Kid, that was something!"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Everybody hates something,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Only ten months until June."

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"It’s not just for little kids,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

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19. 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
"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

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20. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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21. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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22. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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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23. Wrecker

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Wrecker needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas—just as soon as he finishe… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
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24. The Doughnut Fix (The Doughnut Fix #1)

By: Jessie Janowitz

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Tristan isn't Gifted or Talented like his sister Jeanine, and he's always been okay with that becau… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I’d never met a “why not?"

-Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix (The Doughnut Fix #1)

"Starting Your Own Business for Dummies was on top. “That doesn’t mean I think you’re stupid or anything, you know,"

-Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix (The Doughnut Fix #1)

"Everyone loves Zoe’s hair: teachers, waiters, bus drivers, strangers on the subway. And the ones who don’t know about the biting will even try to touch it."

-Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix (The Doughnut Fix #1)

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25. Queen Bee

By: Amalie Howard

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl seeking retribution against her backstabbing former best friend finds her plans slightl… read more

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"The chess pieces were set and the Queen's Gambit was in play. Let the game begin"

-Amalie Howard, Queen Bee

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26. The Secret Library

By: Kekla Magoon

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a page-turning fantasy advent… read more

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  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • time travel
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27. The Doughnut King (The Doughnut Fix #2)

By: Jessie Janowitz

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Superfudge meets The Lemonade War in the second book of this charming, funny, and heartwarming seri… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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28. What We Saw: A Thriller

By: Mary Downing Hahn

3.53

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A chilling murder mystery lies at the heart of this page-turning thriller about a missing teacher,… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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29. Faker

By: Gordon Korman

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey know… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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30. The Sherlock Society (The Sherlock Society, #1)

By: James Ponti

4.50

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Nancy Drew, four kids and one grandfather in Miami tackle a decades-old mystery… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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31. Welcome to Dweeb Club

By: Betsy Uhrig

4.10

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

What if a school club changed your life forever? In the second week of seventh grade, Jason Sloan s… read more

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  • childrens
  • time travel
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"That’s the problem with the future. Everything you do has an effect on it, but you never know what kind. It makes you terrified to do anything."

-Betsy Uhrig, Welcome to Dweeb Club

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Ungifted

Gordon Korman

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Slugfest

Gordon Korman

4.24

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Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

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City Spies (City Spies #1)

James Ponti

4.31

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

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Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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Dan Gemeinhart

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