14 must-read middle grade books like Emma and the Love Spell by Meredith Ireland

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Emma and the Love Spell

By: Meredith Ireland

3.89

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

Contemporary fantasy about a girl who tries to use her fickle witchy powers to keep her best friend…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Emma and the Love Spell by Meredith Ireland , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

By: Jake Maia Arlow

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilariously honest book about surviving middle school while navigating a chronic illness from the… read more

Similar categories in Jake Maia Arlow's The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • lesbian
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
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2. The Baker and the Bard

By: Fern Haught

3.62

Format: 147 pages, Paperback

Author-artist Fern Haught weaves an enchanting, gentle fantasy tale of friendship, determination, a… read more

Similar categories in Fern Haught's The Baker and the Bard book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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3. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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4. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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5. Your Shadow Half Remains

By: Sunny Moraine

3.38

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

One look can kill. Riley has not seen a single human face in longer than she can reckon. No fac… read more

Similar categories in Sunny Moraine's Your Shadow Half Remains book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
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6. Dear Wendy

By: Ann Zhao

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more

Similar categories in Ann Zhao's Dear Wendy book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

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7. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

Similar categories in Theo Parish's Homebody book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • contemporary
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

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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 Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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9. Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)

By: Darcie Little Badger

4.29

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favo… read more

Similar categories in Darcie Little Badger's Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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10. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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12. Brooms

By: Jasmine Walls

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Publ… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Walls's Brooms book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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13. Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

4.08

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's Not Quite a Ghost book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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14. Iveliz Explains It All

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Library Binding

How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Iveliz Explains It All book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

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15. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

By: Adam Gidwitz

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the firs… read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Deep Dark book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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17. The Curse of Eelgrass Bog

By: Mary Averling

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of mon… read more

Similar categories in Mary Averling's The Curse of Eelgrass Bog book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • lesbian
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. Lunar Boy

By: Jacinta Wibowo

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Witch Boy and Squished, Lunar Boy is a must-have heartwarming coming-of-age graphic… read more

Similar categories in Jacinta Wibowo's Lunar Boy book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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19. Wish You Weren't Here

By: Erin Baldwin

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate th… read more

Similar categories in Erin Baldwin's Wish You Weren't Here book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. The Secret Dead Club

By: Karen Strong

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The Baby-Sitters Club meets Stranger Things in this eerie middle grade novel about friendship, fitt… read more

Similar categories in Karen Strong's The Secret Dead Club book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of Emma and the Love Spell by Meredith Ireland

21. Emma and the Love Spell

By: Meredith Ireland

3.89

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

Contemporary fantasy about a girl who tries to use her fickle witchy powers to keep her best friend… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell book and Meredith Ireland's Emma and the Love Spell

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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4.01

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