8 Best middle grade books like The Double Life of Ted Amos by Simon James Green

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The Double Life of Ted Amos

By: Simon James Green

4.52

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

  A heart-warming and hilarious story about one boy who wants to fit in, the friends he meets al…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Double Life of Ted Amos by Simon James Green , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

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  • middle grade
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2. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

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3. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

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  • middle grade
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4. Different for Boys

By: Patrick Ness

3.82

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

Friendship, masculinity, sex—Anthony Stevenson has a lot of questions. Is it different for boys who… read more

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"We can't kiss. Because that would make us gay."

-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys

"Because nothing I did with Charlie ever once felt like that kiss with Jack."

-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys

"You know, the way teenage guys talk about sex, you'd think all of us were having it all the time, nonstop."

-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys

"Although doesn't really matter how many time you do it: you think it's going to make your life less lonely, but it never does."

-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys

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5. Glasgow Boys

By: Margaret McDonald

4.39

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

A striking debut exploring the power of identity, community and the Scottish working class. This co… read more

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6. The Language of Seabirds

By: Will Taylor

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweet, tender middle-grade story of two boys finding first love with each other over a seaside su… read more

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  • middle grade
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7. The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2)

By: Mark Billingham

4.41

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

This is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . . The second rip-roaring mystery from m… read more

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8. The Fights That Make Us

By: Sarah Hagger-Holt

4.51

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

An unputdownable read about LGBTQ+ history and standing up for what you believe in, from award-winn… read more

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  • middle grade
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9. If My Words Had Wings

By: Danielle Jawando

4.49

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A life affirming story of rehabilitation and hope after prison. The third novel from the prize-winn… read more

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10. Secrets of the Snakestone

By: Piu DasGupta

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Zélie is often accused of being a witch, but she doesn’t believe in magic. Until Jules climbs up fr… read more

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  • middle grade
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11. The Paper Boys

By: D.P. Clarence

4.29

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t hold the front page. Hold the guy who wrote it. Sunny Miller’s dream job on London’s Fleet S… read more

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12. I Am Rebel

By: Montgomery Ross

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

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13. King of Nothing

By: Nathanael Lessore

4.43

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

ANTON AND HIS FRIENDS ARE THE KINGS OF YEAR 9.They're used to ruling the school and Anton wears the… read more

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14. Fallout

By: Lesley Parr

4.59

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

Can Marcus escape the future his parents expect him to have? Or is his fate decided by his family? … read more

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15. The Things We Leave Behind

By: Clare Furniss

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

How I Live Now meets Exodus – a startling YA dystopia that imagines London as the epicentre of the … read more

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16. The Houdini Inheritance

By: Emma Carroll

4.07

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

The English seaside, 1920sA world famous escape artist . . . A suitcase full of secrets . . . And a… read more

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  • middle grade
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17. The Double Life of Ted Amos

By: Simon James Green

4.52

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

  A heart-warming and hilarious story about one boy who wants to fit in, the friends he meets al… read more

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  • middle grade
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18. Handle With Care

By: Louisa Reid

4.70

Format: None pages, None

A stunningly powerful YA novel from a master storyteller told in both prose and verse. No one kn… read more

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19. Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody

By: Patrick Ness

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of A Monster Calls, this funny, wise middle-grade series explodes ever… read more

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  • middle grade
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20. Play

By: Luke Palmer

4.32

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

Four boys grow up together at school, itching to get out of their small town. They play games, scor… read more

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21. Me and My Brian

By: Helen Rutter

4.23

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

With help from his grandma, Josh finds a way to quieten his overactive ‘Brian’ in this gently humor… read more

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10 Top middle grade books like The Fights That Make Us by Sarah Hagger-Holt

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Safiyyah's War

Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

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The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates)

Sam Sedgman

4.30

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