19 best-selling middle grade books like Search and Rescue: Pentagon Escape by Alex London

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Search and Rescue: Pentagon Escape

By: Alex London

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A taut and harrowing depiction of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the Pentagon, alternating betw…

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1. Saving Zasha (Zasha #2)

By: Randi Barrow

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In post WWII Russia, one boy dares to save an entire race of outlawed dogs -- the German shepherd! … read more

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2. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more

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  • middle grade
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3. 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
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4. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

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  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

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5. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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6. Iceberg

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg

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7. Hunted (The Deadlands #1)

By: Skye Melki-Wegner

3.94

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Wings of Fire meets Jurassic Park in this action-adventure middle grade debut series by Skye Melki-… read more

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  • middle grade
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8. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more

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  • middle grade
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9. Nugly

By: M.C. Ross

4.40

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

Wonder meets The Incredible Journey in this heartwarming story about a puppy who learns to love him… read more

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  • middle grade
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10. Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1)

By: Rex Ogle

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and findi… read more

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  • middle grade
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11. 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
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12. Lines of Courage

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.30

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futu… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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13. 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

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  • middle grade
"...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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14. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

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  • middle grade
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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15. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

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  • middle grade
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16. 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

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  • middle grade
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17. Zeus: Water Rescue (Dogs With a Purpose)

By: W. Bruce Cameron

4.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The start of a brand new series about working dogs from #1 New York Times bestselling author W. Bru… read more

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"But people don't always make sense. Dogs love them anyway."

-W. Bruce Cameron, Zeus: Water Rescue (Dogs With a Purpose)

"The concern coming off both Kimo and Marco was raw and sharp, I knew that if I weren't in the crate could put my head in their laps and they would be comforted. A person will always feel better with …"

-W. Bruce Cameron, Zeus: Water Rescue (Dogs With a Purpose)

"I tried to be comfortable in the rough, cold sand, pressed up against Tutu Nani's leg. I could feel some of the fear leaving her as I lay there, so I didn't try to change position. Having a dog nearb…"

-W. Bruce Cameron, Zeus: Water Rescue (Dogs With a Purpose)

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18. Backcountry

By: Jenny Goebel

4.25

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A girl and her diabetic alert dog face impossible odds when they're stranded in the unforgiving wil… read more

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  • middle grade
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19. A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

By: Jasmine Warga

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Ho… read more

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  • middle grade
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20. Search and Rescue: Pentagon Escape

By: Alex London

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A taut and harrowing depiction of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the Pentagon, alternating betw… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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21. Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II (Scholastic Focus)

By: Deborah Hopkinson

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling account of the most daring American P.O.W. rescue mission of World War II. Scholastic F… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade

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