29 Top middle grade books like Mya's Strategy to Save the World by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

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Mya's Strategy to Save the World

By: Tanya Lloyd Kyi

3.98

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Mya Parsons could save the world and organize her family, if only she had her own c…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Mya's Strategy to Save the World by Tanya Lloyd Kyi , here is a list of 29 books like this:

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1. The Crossover

By: Kwame Alexander

4.24

Format: 245 pages, ebook

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Crossover book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Silence doesn't mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

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2. The Perfect Score

By: Rob Buyea

3.97

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

No one likes or wants to take the statewide assessment tests. Not the students in Mrs. Woods's sixt… read more

Similar categories in Rob Buyea's The Perfect Score book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family

3. The One and Only Ivan

By: Katherine Applegate , Patricia Castelao

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accu… 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. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • juvenile
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

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6. Swim Team

By: Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Swim Team book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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7. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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8. Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.38

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"It's going to be okay. I'll make friends, and if I don't, I'll borrow books from the library."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jjason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"At this point, my mom started crying. She let out a sob so thunderous, I wondered if my cousins in China could hear her."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

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9. The Probability of Everything

By: Sarah Everett

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Everett's The Probability of Everything book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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10. 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

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3) book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • juvenile
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11. The Last Cuentista

By: Donna Barba Higuera

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abu… read more

Similar categories in Donna Barba Higuera's The Last Cuentista book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Suma's eyes are still closed, and I can't tell if she's trying to forget, or to remember. Maybe stories are there to help us do both. I know stories can't always have happy endings. But if there are …"

-Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista

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12. Born Behind Bars

By: Padma Venkatraman

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Set in Chennai, India, this is the story of a boy who's unexpectedly released into the world after … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"Kabir, let me tell you something I learned the hard way. Hoping for small stuff you can control is okay. But pinning your hopes on an other person is usually a waste of time. Especially if that perso…"

-Padma Venkatraman, Born Behind Bars

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13. Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)

By: B.B. Alston

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full schol… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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14. Borders

By: Thomas King

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A stunning graphic-novel adaptation based on the work of one of Canada’s most revered and bestselli… read more

Similar categories in Thomas King's Borders book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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15. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

Similar categories in Allie Millington's Olivetti book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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16. Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2)

By: B.B. Alston

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestsel… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2) book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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17. Across the Desert

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot strand… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Across the Desert book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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18. Dress Coded

By: Carrie Firestone

4.17

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

In this debut middle-grade girl-power friendship story, perfect for fans of Moxie , an eighth grade… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Firestone's Dress Coded book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"What if, instead of seeing us as covered or uncovered body parts, you saw us as people and you learned our names?"

-Carrie Firestone, Dress Coded

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19. Starfish

By: Lisa Fipps

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's Starfish book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

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20. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

Similar categories in Varsha Bajaj's Thirst book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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21. The Firefly Summer

By: Morgan Matson

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Penderwicks meets The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street in a story about a young girl who gets to k… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's The Firefly Summer book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
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22. Eight Days

By: Teresa Toten

3.85

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

Governor General's award-winning author Teresa Toten's story about one girl's transformative eight-… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Toten's Eight Days book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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23. Wings of Olympus (Wings of Olympus, #1)

By: Kallie George

3.95

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Take flight with Pippa and her winged horse in this heartfelt two-book series about a young girl wh… read more

Similar categories in Kallie George's Wings of Olympus (Wings of Olympus, #1) book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
  • juvenile
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24. Scout Is Not a Band Kid

By: Jade Armstrong

3.97

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

A young girl in middle school will do whatever it takes to meet her favorite author--even if it mea… read more

Similar categories in Jade Armstrong's Scout Is Not a Band Kid book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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25. A Good Kind of Trouble

By: Lisa Moore Ramée

4.24

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Moore Ramée's A Good Kind of Trouble book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"And I like saying something, even if I'm saying it quietly."

-Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble

"When I think too much about Jace, I feel happy and sad at the same time."

-Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble

"That's the problem with a three-way friendship. When one of us is missing, it's hard to talk about anything important."

-Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble

"In junior high, we run a mile every week and we're supposed to get faster each time. Logically, there has to be a point when this is physically impossible, but Coach West doesn't seem to think so."

-Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble

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26. The Verdigris Pawn

By: Alysa Wishingrad

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A boy who underestimates his power . . . A girl with a gift long thought lost . . . A Land r… read more

Similar categories in Alysa Wishingrad's The Verdigris Pawn book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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27. Hidden on the High Wire

By: Kathy Kacer

4.10

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

In the summer of 1941, Irene Lorch must perform the most perilous balancing act of her life… Ire… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Kacer's Hidden on the High Wire book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • middle grade
  • canada
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28. The First Rule of Climate Club

By: Carrie Firestone

4.26

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader starts a podcast on climate activism and rallies her friends to create lasting cha… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Firestone's The First Rule of Climate Club book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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29. Apartment 713

By: Kevin Sylvester

4.26

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends—welcome to the Regency, where even time moves… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sylvester's Apartment 713 book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
  • juvenile
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30. Wild Bird

By: Diane Zahler

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Get lost in a middle grade adventure following Rype, an abandoned girl in fourteenth-century Europe… read more

Similar categories in Diane Zahler's Wild Bird book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • juvenile
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31. Mya's Strategy to Save the World

By: Tanya Lloyd Kyi

3.98

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Mya Parsons could save the world and organize her family, if only she had her own c… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World book and Tanya Lloyd Kyi's Mya's Strategy to Save the World

  • canada
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • humor
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile

28 Top fiction books like Mya's Strategy to Save the World by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Transform Your Habits

The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Perfect Score

Rob Buyea

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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17 Best fiction books like Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) by B.B. Alston

Transform Your Habits

The Colossus Rises (Seven Wonders, #1)

Peter Lerangis , Mike Reagan

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence (Zodiac Legacy, #1)

Stan Lee , Andie Tong , Stuart Moore

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1)

Shannon Messenger

3.09

Transform Your Habits

Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

Sara Pascoe

4.30

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