16 Top middle grade books like The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2) by Barbara Robinson

Cover of The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2) by Barbara Robinson

The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

By: Barbara Robinson

4.19

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

The Worst Kids in the History of the World! When anything goes wrong at Woodrow Wilson Elementary S…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2) by Barbara Robinson , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of You Have to Stop This (Secret, #5) by Pseudonymous Bosch

1. You Have to Stop This (Secret, #5)

By: Pseudonymous Bosch

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The finale to the New York Times bestselling Secret Series! I always feared this day would come. A … read more

Similar categories in Pseudonymous Bosch's You Have to Stop This (Secret, #5) book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I detest mediocrity. - Benjamin Blake"

-Pseudonymous Bosch, You Have to Stop This (Secret, #5)

"Sometimes when we are at our lowest points, we make the greatest discoveries."

-Pseudonymous Bosch, You Have to Stop This (Secret, #5)

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2. Our Only May Amelia (May Amelia, #1)

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

Format: 510 pages, Paperback

It isn't easy being a pioneer in the state of Washington in 1899, but it's particularly hard when y… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's Our Only May Amelia (May Amelia, #1) book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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3. The Secret School

By: Avi

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

More than anything, Ida Bidson wants to become a teacher. To do that, she must finish eighth grade,… read more

Similar categories in Avi's The Secret School book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2) by Barbara Robinson

4. The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

By: Barbara Robinson

4.19

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

The Worst Kids in the History of the World! When anything goes wrong at Woodrow Wilson Elementary S… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2) book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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5. Each Little Bird that Sings

By: Deborah Wiles

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger has attended 247 funerals. But that's not surprising, considering t… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Wiles's Each Little Bird that Sings book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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6. Frindle

By: Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.69

Format: 88 pages,

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Similar categories in Brian Selznick's Frindle book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • childrens
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction

7. Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime (Junie B. Jones, #14)

By: Barbara Park , Denise Brunkus

3.67

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Barbara Park's New York Timesbestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favori… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime (Junie B. Jones, #14) book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2) by Richard Peck

8. A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2)

By: Richard Peck

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Mary Alice remembers childhood summers packed with drama. At fifteen, she faces a whole long year w… read more

Similar categories in Richard Peck's A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2) book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. Moo

By: Sharon Creech

3.32

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Love That Dog and Hate That Catwill love her newest tw… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Creech's Moo book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) by Patricia MacLachlan

10. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more

Similar categories in Patricia MacLachlan's Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

11. The Whipping Boy

By: Peter Sís , Sid Fleischman

3.69

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

A shout comes echoing up the stairway "Fetch the whipping boy!" A young orphan named Jemmy rouses … read more

Similar categories in Peter Sís's The Whipping Boy book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

12. Junie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff) (Junie B. Jones, #28)

By: Barbara Park

4.23

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Meet the World's Funniest First Grader--Junie B. Jones! Gobble, gobble! With over 50 million books … read more

Similar categories in Barbara Park's Junie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff) (Junie B. Jones, #28) book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

13. Swindle (Swindle, #1)

By: Gordon Korman

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Ocean's 11... with 11-year-olds, in a super stand-alone heist caper from Gordon Korman! After a mea… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Swindle (Swindle, #1) book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

14. Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls

By: Beth McMullen

3.94

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

A girl discovers her boarding school is actually an elite spy-training program, and she must learn … read more

Similar categories in Beth McMullen's Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

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15. The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling Vanderbeeker family finds love and hope in hard times as they face the challenge of… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7) book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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16. 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 Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • childrens
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived, #18) by Lauren Tarshis

17. I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived, #18)

By: Lauren Tarshis

4.35

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

This installment in the New York Times bestselling I Survived series from Lauren Tarshis shines a s… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Tarshis's I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived, #18) book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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18. 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 Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived, #19) by Lauren Tarshis

19. I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived, #19)

By: Lauren Tarshis

4.06

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

100 years ago, a killer wave of molasses struck a crowded Boston neighborhood. Discover the story o… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Tarshis's I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived, #19) book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt

20. Pay Attention, Carter Jones

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler hat and al… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's Pay Attention, Carter Jones book and Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Make good decisions and remember who you are, young Master Jones.’ He put his bowler back on. ‘You think I’m going to forget who I am?’ I said. ‘You are entering middle school now,’ he said. ‘I think…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, Pay Attention, Carter Jones

Cover of Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II by Adam Gidwitz

21. 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 Barbara Robinson's The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

17 Top fiction books like The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2) by Barbara Robinson

Transform Your Habits

You Have to Stop This (Secret, #5)

Pseudonymous Bosch

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Our Only May Amelia (May Amelia, #1)

Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Secret School

Avi

3.82

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The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans #2)

Barbara Robinson

4.19

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11 must-read fiction books like Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime (Junie B. Jones, #14) by Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus

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Tigers at Twilight (Magic Tree House, #19)

Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca , OSBORNE MARY

3.92

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Sunset of the Sabertooth (Magic Tree House, #7)

Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Ivy and Bean (Ivy & Bean, #1)

Annie Barrows , Sophie Blackall

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1)

Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

3.60

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