23 Best childrens books like Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis by Rebecca E. Hirsch

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Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

By: Rebecca E. Hirsch

4.09

Format: 120 pages, Library Binding

Birds are disappearing. Birds are nature's essential workers, and they are crucial members of ec…

If you liked the childrens plot in Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis by Rebecca E. Hirsch , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Slugfest book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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2. 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 Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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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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 Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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4. Burn Down, Rise Up

By: Vincent Tirado

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Stranger Things meets Get Out in this Sapphic Horror debut from nonbinary, Afro-Latine author Vince… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Tirado's Burn Down, Rise Up book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

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5. 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 Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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6. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Day's The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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7. A Work in Progress

By: Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” ( Publishers Weekly , starr… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett Lerner's A Work in Progress book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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8. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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9. Ain't Burned All the Bright

By: Jason Reynolds

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerall… read more

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"What is life in a house underwater?"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"...and freedom to play without worry about the rules being rearranged"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"...and she wipes weary from her eyes still glued to the no-good glued to the high definition glare of low-definition life"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"And I'm sitting here wondering why my mother won't change the channel and why the news won't change the story and why the story won't change into something new instead of the every-hour rerun about h…"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

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10. Willodeen

By: Katherine Applegate

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . . Eleven-year-old Willode… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Willodeen book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • nature
"Mostly I avoided the Faire, with its teeming crowds that made me feel like I was being smothered. So much noise! So much forced merrymaking! Often I would see children there, ones I recognized from m…"

-Katherine Applegate, Willodeen

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11. 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 Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • nonfiction
  • 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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12. 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 Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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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13. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1) by Kayvion Lewis

14. Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1)

By: Kayvion Lewis

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat compe… read more

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15. Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1)

By: Rex Ogle

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and findi… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1) book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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16. Miss Quinces

By: Kat Fajardo

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anythin… read more

Similar categories in Kat Fajardo's Miss Quinces book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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17. Banned Book Club

By: Kim Hyun Sook

3.97

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her … read more

Similar categories in Kim Hyun Sook's Banned Book Club book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • nonfiction
"In times like this, no act is apolitical."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"Everyone has a right to the truth. But I don't owe you mine."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"But you can learn a lot about history by figuring out what people wanted to hide."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"But if they're going to keep calling us communists, we might as well learn what that means!"

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

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18. Answers in the Pages

By: David Levithan

4.32

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from t… read more

Similar categories in David Levithan's Answers in the Pages book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"We are who we are, and we'll be who we'll be. A book can make us feel that, but it can't invent that. It's already inside us."

-David Levithan, Answers in the Pages

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19. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

By: Tommie Smith

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more

Similar categories in Tommie Smith's Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • nonfiction
Cover of Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate  O'Shaughnessy

20. Lasagna Means I Love You

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Library Binding

What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's Lasagna Means I Love You book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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21. Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

By: Muhammad Najem

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A teenage boy risks his life to tell the truth in this gripping graphic memoir by youth activist Mu… read more

Similar categories in Muhammad Najem's Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
Cover of Sunshine: A Graphic Novel by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

22. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Sunshine: A Graphic Novel book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
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23. 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 Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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24. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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25. The Last Beekeeper

By: Pablo Cartaya

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Last Beekeeper follows twelve-year-old Yolanda Cicerón as she fights to the save the last known… read more

Similar categories in Pablo Cartaya's The Last Beekeeper book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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26. 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 Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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27. The Getaway

By: Lamar Giles

3.74

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the funnest spot around . . . Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of … read more

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

28. 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 Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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)

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29. Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

By: Rebecca E. Hirsch

4.09

Format: 120 pages, Library Binding

Birds are disappearing. Birds are nature's essential workers, and they are crucial members of ec… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • climate change
  • birds
  • nature
  • science
Cover of How to Talk to a Tiger . . . And Other Animals: How Critters Communicate in the Wild by Jason Bittel

30. How to Talk to a Tiger . . . And Other Animals: How Critters Communicate in the Wild

By: Jason Bittel

4.13

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A quirky compendium of animal chatterboxes Ever wanted to talk to a tiger? Or chatter with a cheeta… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of What Makes a Degas a Degas? by Richard Muhlberger

31. What Makes a Degas a Degas?

By: Richard Muhlberger

4.00

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to twelve … read more

Similar categories in Richard Muhlberger's What Makes a Degas a Degas? book and Rebecca E. Hirsch's Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

  • nonfiction
  • childrens

24 Best middle grade books like Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis by Rebecca E. Hirsch

Transform Your Habits

Slugfest

Gordon Korman

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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16 must-read fiction books like Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

Transform Your Habits

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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Allergic

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Frizzy

Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Squished: A Graphic Novel

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

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