16 must-read middle grade books like Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1) by David Bowles

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Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1)

By: David Bowles

3.86

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Sayam has always been different from other kids: he was born from an egg! His grandmother, a witch,…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1) by David Bowles , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Escape from Lucien (Amulet, #6) by Kazu Kibuishi, None

1. Escape from Lucien (Amulet, #6)

By: Kazu Kibuishi , None

4.34

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

A WORTHY MISSION...OR A TRAP? Navin and his classmates journey to Lucien, a city ravaged by war … read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Prince of the Elves (Amulet, #5) by Kazu Kibuishi

2. Prince of the Elves (Amulet, #5)

By: Kazu Kibuishi

4.67

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

THE ENEMY GROWS STRONGER... Emily survived the chaos of the Guardian Academy, but Max Griffin has s… read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Stonekeeper's Curse (Amulet, #2) by Kazu Kibuishi

3. The Stonekeeper's Curse (Amulet, #2)

By: Kazu Kibuishi

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this thrilling sequel to AMULET #1: THE STONEKEEPER, Emily and her brother Navin head for Kanali… read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy

4. Princess Princess Ever After

By: Kay O'Neill

3.65

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

When the heroic princess Amira rescues the kind-hearted princess Sadie from her tower prison, neith… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • fantasy

5. The Cloud Searchers (Amulet, #3)

By: Kazu Kibuishi

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

An impossible journey with danger at every turn... Emily, Navin, and their crew of resistance fight… read more

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6. Gabi, a Girl in Pieces

By: Isabel Quintero

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Named to Kirkus ReviewsBest Books of 2014 Named to School Library JournalBest Books of 2014 Gabi He… read more

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7. Firelight (Amulet, #7)

By: Kazu Kibuishi

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Emily, Trellis, and Vigo visit Algos Island, where they can access and enter lost memories. They're… read more

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8. The Last Council (Amulet, #4)

By: Kazu Kibuishi

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

Kazu Kibuishi's thrilling, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling series continues! Emily and her friends think… read more

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9. The Moth Keeper

By: Kay O'Neill

4.08

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Being a Moth Keeper is a huge responsibility and a great honor, but what happens when the new Moth … read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's The Moth Keeper book and David Bowles's Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1)

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Unfamiliar, Vol. 2 (Unfamiliar, #2) by Haley Newsome

10. Unfamiliar, Vol. 2 (Unfamiliar, #2)

By: Haley Newsome

4.09

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Based on the hit webcomic, Unfamiliar Volume 2  continues the exciting witchy adventures of Planche… read more

Similar categories in Haley Newsome's Unfamiliar, Vol. 2 (Unfamiliar, #2) book and David Bowles's Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1)

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • magic
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Unfamiliar, Vol. 1 (Unfamiliar, #1) by Haley Newsome

11. Unfamiliar, Vol. 1 (Unfamiliar, #1)

By: Haley Newsome

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Based on the wildly popular webcomic from Tapas, Unfamiliar is an endearing and whimsical story ful… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • magic
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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12. Displacement

By: Kiku Hughes

4.29

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japa… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"A memory is too powerful a weapon."

-Kiku Hughes, Displacement

"But when a community comes together to demand more, when we do not let trauma stay obscured but bring it up to the surface and remember it together, we can make sure it is not repeated."

-Kiku Hughes, Displacement

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13. 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

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos

14. Isla to Island

By: Alexis Castellanos

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This stunning wordless graphic novel follows a young girl in the 1960s who immigrates from Cuba to … read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
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15. Bea Wolf

By: Zach Weinersmith

4.37

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids wh… read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Dawn rose, like a jerk."

-Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf

"Make no more clouds. I have drawn the rainbow here."

-Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf

Cover of The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell

16. The Cardboard Kingdom

By: Chad Sell

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary boxes into colorful costumes, and their or… read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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17. ASAP

By: Axie Oh

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Axie Oh's ASAP is the much anticipated companion novel to beloved… read more

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  • fiction
"I didn't want to chase you," he says, and I wince. Did he finally realize I'm not worth chasing? "I wanted to run with you."

-Axie Oh, ASAP

"Do you mean it?" he asks softly. His fingers around my wrist tighten infinitesimally. "I mean it," I say. "With my heart, with my body, with my soul."

-Axie Oh, ASAP

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18. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's Give Me a Sign book and David Bowles's Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1)

  • fiction
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19. Mabuhay!

By: Zachary Sterling

3.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From rising star Zachary Sterling comes a humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel that… read more

Similar categories in Zachary Sterling's Mabuhay! book and David Bowles's Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1)

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy

20. Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By: Damian Duffy

3.99

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to #1 New York Times Bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, comes Octavia E.… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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21. Roar of the Beast

By: Chad Sell

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and All's Faire in Middle School , this sequel to the Eisner A… read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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22. Monster Friends

By: Kaeti Vandorn

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Library Binding

Two friends: one big, one little. One old, one young. One grumpy, one cheerful. Both: MONSTERS! … read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Lobizona (Wolves of No World, #1) by Romina Garber

23. Lobizona (Wolves of No World, #1)

By: Romina Garber

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Some people ARE illegal. Lobizonas do NOT exist.Both of these statements are false. Manuela A… read more

Similar categories in Romina Garber's Lobizona (Wolves of No World, #1) book and David Bowles's Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Manuela de La Mancha,"

-Romina Garber, Lobizona (Wolves of No World, #1)

"Now go forth and shatter every convention."

-Romina Garber, Lobizona (Wolves of No World, #1)

"I think I was born wanting to see the stars."

-Romina Garber, Lobizona (Wolves of No World, #1)

"Man-made borders shouldn't matter more than people."

-Romina Garber, Lobizona (Wolves of No World, #1)

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24. Unicorn Boy (Unicorn Boy #1)

By: Dave Roman

3.70

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The first few years of Brian Reyes’ life were unremarkable―nothing weird about this kid, no sir. Th… read more

Similar categories in Dave Roman's Unicorn Boy (Unicorn Boy #1) book and David Bowles's Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1)

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • comics
  • fantasy
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25. The Most

By: Jessica Anthony

3.37

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From “one of our most thrilling and singular innovators on the page” (Laura Van Den Berg), a tightl… read more

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  • fiction
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26. Sky Full of Elephants

By: Cebo Campbell

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this exquisite speculative novel set in a world where white people no longer exist, college prof… read more

Similar categories in Cebo Campbell's Sky Full of Elephants book and David Bowles's Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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27. Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1)

By: David Bowles

3.86

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Sayam has always been different from other kids: he was born from an egg! His grandmother, a witch,… read more

Similar categories in David Bowles's Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1) book and David Bowles's Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1)

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • juvenile
Cover of Eagle Rock: An Ashe Cayne Novel, Book 4 (An Ashe Cayne Mystery) by Ian K. Smith

28. Eagle Rock: An Ashe Cayne Novel, Book 4 (An Ashe Cayne Mystery)

By: Ian K. Smith

4.25

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Billionaire Elliott Kantor, who ruled over a mammoth real estate portfolio in Chicago, was a creatu… read more

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Cover of The Tournament of Heirs (The Mexica Chronicles, #1) by Amilea Perez

29. The Tournament of Heirs (The Mexica Chronicles, #1)

By: Amilea Perez

3.93

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

Bloodshed is coming It's simple. Six Houses Twelve Heirs Only Two Blood Bound tribute… read more

Similar categories in Amilea Perez's The Tournament of Heirs (The Mexica Chronicles, #1) book and David Bowles's Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1)

  • mythology
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of It's All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango

30. It's All or Nothing, Vale

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.39

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A poignant novel in verse where, after a life-changing accident, one girl finds her way back to her… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's It's All or Nothing, Vale book and David Bowles's Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1)

  • middle grade
Cover of I Might Be in Trouble by Daniel  Aleman

31. I Might Be in Trouble

By: Daniel Aleman

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A suspenseful dark comedy about a struggling writer who wakes up to find his date from the night be… read more

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  • fiction

23 Top fiction books like Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent, #1) by David Bowles

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Escape from Lucien (Amulet, #6)

Kazu Kibuishi , None

4.34

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Prince of the Elves (Amulet, #5)

Kazu Kibuishi

4.67

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The Stonekeeper's Curse (Amulet, #2)

Kazu Kibuishi

4.43

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Kay O'Neill

4.08

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Mighty Jack (Mighty Jack, #1)

Ben Hatke , Alex Campbell , Hilary Sycamore

3.59

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Camp (Click #2)

Kayla Miller

4.15

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Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

Gale Galligan

4.15

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Lucy Knisley

4.03

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