24 Top middle grade books like Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star by Laura Noakes

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Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

By: Laura Noakes

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Exciting, funny, moving – and featuring joyous and authentic disabled representation – Cosima Unfor…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star by Laura Noakes , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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2. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island shall have its revenge . . . Skandar Smith has achieved his dream to train as a unicorn … read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. 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

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

Similar categories in Hiba Noor Khan's Safiyyah's War book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1) by Zohra Nabi

7. The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1)

By: Zohra Nabi

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Aru Shah meets One Thousand and One Nights in this lavish middle grade adventure following a girl w… read more

Similar categories in Zohra Nabi's The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates)

By: Sam Sedgman

4.30

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockw… read more

Similar categories in Sam Sedgman's The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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9. Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.47

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Herbie and Violet's fifth gripping adventure brings the internationally bestselling Eerie-on-Sea se… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Taylor's Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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10. Stolz und Vorurteil: Jane Austens Klassiker erstmals als liebevoll umgesetzte Graphic Novel

By: Jane Austen

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Es ist eine allgemein anerkannte Wahrheit, dass ein Mädchen ab und zu von der Liebe träumtElizabeth… read more

Similar categories in Jane Austen's Stolz und Vorurteil: Jane Austens Klassiker erstmals als liebevoll umgesetzte Graphic Novel book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • historical
Cover of The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1) by Angie Thomas

11. The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1)

By: Angie Thomas

4.19

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the lau… read more

Similar categories in Angie Thomas's The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) by A.F. Steadman

12. Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fant… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) by A.F. Steadman

13. Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.55

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island always wins… Skandar and his sister Kenna are finally both at the Eyrie, but tensions… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. The Ice Children

By: M.G. Leonard

3.95

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The Week Junior Book Awards: Children’s Audiobook of the Year – Highly Commended. At the stroke … read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Ice Children book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Onyeka, #1) by Tọlá Okogwu

15. Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Onyeka, #1)

By: Tọlá Okogwu

4.11

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Black Panther meets X-Men in this “fast-paced, action-packed, and empowering” (A. F. Steadman, New … read more

Similar categories in Tọlá Okogwu's Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Onyeka, #1) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found

By: Jordan Lees

4.32

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

A boy who doesn't believe in magic. An impossible world that will change his mind. Eleven-year-… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Lees's The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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17. Yours from the Tower

By: Sally Nicholls

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Bridgerton fans rejoice! This epistolary confection—told in letters among three school friends—is p… read more

Similar categories in Sally Nicholls's Yours from the Tower book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

18. In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1)

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.07

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling, award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave comes an epic new fantasy about the … read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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19. Foxlight

By: Katya Balen

4.06

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of October, October , winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, comes a heartbreaking and … read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's Foxlight book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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20. Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic

By: A.M. Howell

4.16

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

A twisty and heart-pounding mystery at sea, from award-winning A.M. Howell. July, 1936. As the Q… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Howell's Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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21. The Rescue of Ravenwood

By: Natasha Farrant

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

'A sublime eco adventure.' The TimesFrom the Costa Award winning author of Voyage of the Sparrowhaw… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Farrant's The Rescue of Ravenwood book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons by Abi Elphinstone

22. Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons

By: Abi Elphinstone

4.35

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

A magical NEW story filled with adventure, wonder and edge-of-your-seat excitement, set in a world … read more

Similar categories in Abi Elphinstone's Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
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23. Mysteries at Sea: The Royal Jewel Plot

By: A.M. Howell

4.60

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Alice and Sonny investigate a stolen jewel, in this installment of the bestselling Mysteries at Sea… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Howell's Mysteries at Sea: The Royal Jewel Plot book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

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24. How To Be More Hedgehog

By: Anne-Marie Conway

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lily has a stammer. The signal between her brain and her mouth is all messed up - and it's getting … read more

Similar categories in Anne-Marie Conway's How To Be More Hedgehog book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of I Am Rebel by Montgomery Ross

25. I Am Rebel

By: Montgomery Ross

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

Similar categories in Montgomery Ross's I Am Rebel book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • childrens
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

26. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

Cover of Das Verrückte Orakel (Die magische Bibliothek der Buks #1) by Nina George

27. Das Verrückte Orakel (Die magische Bibliothek der Buks #1)

By: Nina George

4.52

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Ein phantastisches Plädoyer fürs Lesen und für die Fantasie!Die Buks, das sind Buchschutzgeister, d… read more

Similar categories in Nina George's Das Verrückte Orakel (Die magische Bibliothek der Buks #1) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • childrens
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28. Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

By: Laura Noakes

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Exciting, funny, moving – and featuring joyous and authentic disabled representation – Cosima Unfor… read more

Similar categories in Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1) by Yvonne Banham

29. The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1)

By: Yvonne Banham

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When Delores Mackenzie is chased home by a restless spirit, she is sent to the mysterious Uncles in… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Banham's The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie (Delores Mackenzie, #1) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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30. Lila Leuchtfeuer: Geh nicht nach Nimmeruh! (German Edition)

By: Tijan Sila

4.44

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Die quirlige Lila Leuchtfeuer mit dem Lockenschopf ist eine junge Magichanikerin – und in Schwierig… read more

Similar categories in Tijan Sila's Lila Leuchtfeuer: Geh nicht nach Nimmeruh! (German Edition) book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

Cover of Witchspark by Dominique Valente

31. Witchspark

By: Dominique Valente

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Fall under the spell of Witchspark. A magical adventure series perfect for fans of Greenwild, Harry… read more

Similar categories in Dominique Valente's Witchspark book and Laura Noakes's Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • mystery

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Beth Lincoln

4.06

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4.20

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