13 Best contemporary books like Between the Lighthouse and You by Michelle Lee

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Between the Lighthouse and You

By: Michelle Lee

4.18

Format: None pages, None

A debut middle-grade novel about a town that can receive messages from the dead, and the young boy …

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1. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

By: E.L. Konigsburg

3.76

Format: None pages,

When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from some… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Konigsburg's From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens

2. Hello, Universe

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's Hello, Universe book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

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3. 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 Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • contemporary
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4. 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

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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5. 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 Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • contemporary
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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

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Iceberg book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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8. 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

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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9. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • contemporary
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

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10. 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

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Lines of Courage book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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11. Measuring Up

By: Lily LaMotte

4.30

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle, and the only thing she wants more than … read more

Similar categories in Lily LaMotte's Measuring Up book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
"Waste of money. Only need cleaver."

-Lily LaMotte, Measuring Up

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12. Miracle

By: Karen S. Chow

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

When her father dies, Amie's ability to play music dies, too. Nothing short of a miracle can bring … read more

Similar categories in Karen S. Chow's Miracle book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
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13. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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14. The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel

By: Dan Santat

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Dive in to this whimsically adventurous graphic novel from Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat! Ever sinc… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
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15. Honestly Elliott

By: Gillian McDunn

4.33

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes finding yourself can be a little messy. Elliott has been struggling since starting mid… read more

Similar categories in Gillian McDunn's Honestly Elliott book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"The goal isn't perfection- the goal is making something new. (pg. 18)"

-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott

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16. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • contemporary
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17. The Girl in White

By: Lindsay Currie

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sweet Molly once lived in Eastport Sweet Molly once loved the sea Sweet Molly lost Liam to the sh… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Girl in White book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
"Life doesn't always give us the choices we want. All we can do is make the best of things."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

"Speaking up for people who don’t have a voice is important...It's the right thing to do, even if it's hard."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

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18. Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1)

By: Renée Watson

3.97

Format: 177 pages, Hardcover

Ryan Hart loves to spend time with her friends, loves to invent recipes, and has a lot on her mind—… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1) book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • contemporary
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19. Magical Boy Volume 1: A Graphic Novel

By: The Kao

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A breathtakingly imaginative fantasy series starring Max—a high schooler chosen to become the next … read more

Similar categories in The Kao's Magical Boy Volume 1: A Graphic Novel book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • fantasy
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20. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • contemporary
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21. The Museum of Lost and Found: A Novel

By: Leila Sales

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Leila Sales’s The Museum of Lost and Found is a warm, relatable middle-grade s… read more

Similar categories in Leila Sales's The Museum of Lost and Found: A Novel book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • contemporary
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22. Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in … read more

Similar categories in Pam Muñoz Ryan's Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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23. The Miraculous

By: Jess Redman

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Wunder Ellis is a miracologist. In a journal he calls The Miraculous, he records st… read more

Similar categories in Jess Redman's The Miraculous book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
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24. The Name She Gave Me

By: Betty Culley

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Three Things I Know Are True comes a new novel in verse, a deeply emot… read more

Similar categories in Betty Culley's The Name She Gave Me book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • contemporary
"Douglas is safe and Dad knew all along that I hid from Mom under the porch. He saved Douglas, but he never saved me. “And right there on the ground I decide I’m going to save anyone I can. It won’t m…"

-Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me

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25. Just Harriet

By: Elana K. Arnold

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of A Boy Called Bat comes a new young middle grade series in the trad… read more

Similar categories in Elana K. Arnold's Just Harriet book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
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26. The Area 51 Files (The Area 51 Files #1)

By: Julie Buxbaum

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Aliens, sassy hedgehogs, and unexplained disappearances . . . Oh, my! When Sky Patel-Baum is sen… read more

Similar categories in Julie Buxbaum's The Area 51 Files (The Area 51 Files #1) book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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27. When Sea Becomes Sky

By: Gillian McDunn

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this heartfelt summer story, acclaimed author Gillian McDunn paints a stunning portrait of the b… read more

Similar categories in Gillian McDunn's When Sea Becomes Sky book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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28. Mid-Air

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's Mid-Air book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • juvenile
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29. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • contemporary
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30. Wishing Season

By: Anica Mrose Rissi

4.34

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving middle grade story by Anica Mrose Rissi that will appeal to readers who loved The Thing ab… read more

Similar categories in Anica Mrose Rissi's Wishing Season book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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31. Between the Lighthouse and You

By: Michelle Lee

4.18

Format: None pages, None

A debut middle-grade novel about a town that can receive messages from the dead, and the young boy … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You book and Michelle Lee's Between the Lighthouse and You

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile

8 must-read fantasy books like Between the Lighthouse and You by Michelle Lee

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The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel

Dan Santat

3.94

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The Girl in White

Lindsay Currie

3.82

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Magical Boy Volume 1: A Graphic Novel

The Kao

4.31

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Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs

Pam Muñoz Ryan

3.90

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Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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Allergic

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

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