25 best-selling middle grade books like Rhyme Schemer by K.A. Holt

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Rhyme Schemer

By: K.A. Holt

3.91

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Kevin has a bad attitude. He's the one who laughs when you trip and fall. In fact, he may have been…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Rhyme Schemer by K.A. Holt , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy

By: Crystal Allen

3.90

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“A powerful mix of sibling rivalry, revenge, and hard-won redemption. Readers will come for the lau… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Allen's How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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2. Garvey's Choice

By: Nikki Grimes

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, sci… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Grimes's Garvey's Choice book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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3. Gone Crazy in Alabama (Gaither Sisters, #3)

By: Rita Williams-Garcia

3.61

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Coretta Scott King Award winner * ALA Notable Book * School Library JournalBest Book of the Year * … read more

Similar categories in Rita Williams-Garcia's Gone Crazy in Alabama (Gaither Sisters, #3) book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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4. Rhyme Schemer

By: K.A. Holt

3.91

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Kevin has a bad attitude. He's the one who laughs when you trip and fall. In fact, he may have been… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • poetry
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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5. 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 K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction

6. Hidden

By: Helen Frost

3.80

Format: 8 pages, Hardcover

When Wren Abbott and Darra Monson are eight years old, Darra's father steals a minivan. He doesn't … read more

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7. All the Broken Pieces

By: Ann E. Burg

3.80

Format: 25 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable literary debut by a stunning new voice in children's fiction. Two years after being ai… read more

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8. Unbound: A Novel in Verse

By: Ann E. Burg

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of All the Broken Pieces and Serafina's Promise comes a new novel-in-… read more

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9. Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science

By: John Fleischman

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. Phineas, a railroad construction foreman, was… read more

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10. Locomotion

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.00

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

When Lonnie Collins Motion "Locomotion" was seven years old, his life changed forever. Now he's ele… read more

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11. Alone

By: Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. Freeman's Alone book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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12. 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 K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
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13. 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 K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • middle grade
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14. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

By: Lisa Yee

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • school
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"

-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

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15. Lifeboat 12

By: Susan Hood

4.19

Format: 337 pages, Unknown Binding

With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects h… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hood's Lifeboat 12 book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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16. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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17. 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 K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • middle grade
  • family
"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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18. Red, White, and Whole

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Red, White, and Whole book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

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19. The Switch

By: Roland Smith

3.89

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

What happens when the power goes out? And doesn't come back for days... weeks... even longer? Maste… read more

Similar categories in Roland Smith's The Switch book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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20. Wildoak

By: C.C. Harrington

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more

Similar categories in C.C. Harrington's Wildoak book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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21. The Canyon's Edge

By: Dusti Bowling

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father g… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's The Canyon's Edge book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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22. 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 K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
Cover of School Trip (New Kid, #3) by Jerry Craft

23. School Trip (New Kid, #3)

By: Jerry Craft

4.20

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, L… read more

Similar categories in Jerry Craft's School Trip (New Kid, #3) book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) by Kwame Alexander

24. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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25. 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 K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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26. The Faint of Heart

By: Kerilynn Wilson

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

What would you do if you were the only person left with a heart? The only person left who felt anyt… read more

Similar categories in Kerilynn Wilson's The Faint of Heart book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Ama duygulara karşı hissizleştirmek, kalbi zayıflatıyor."

-Kerilynn Wilson, The Faint of Heart

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27. Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1)

By: Sarah Sax

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Library Binding

Everyone knows the most stressful day of middle school is picture day ! And that's exactly where th… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sax's Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1) book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois

28. Ode to a Nobody

By: Caroline Brooks DuBois

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A devastating tornado tears apart more than just houses in this striking novel in verse about a gir… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • poetry
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"It's eighth grade - laugh or be laughed at."

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"I'm afraid to want it, but I want to be a writer"

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"Maybe tomorrow, I'll try to turn this into a poem."

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"(Maybe if more homes were concrete they wouldn't be damaged so easily.)"

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

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29. We Still Belong

By: Christine Day

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honor–winning aut… read more

Similar categories in Christine Day's We Still Belong book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
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30. Concealed

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ivette Joanna And now: Katrina Whatever her name is, it won't last long. Katrina doesn't k… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Concealed book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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31. Worst-Case Collin

By: Rebecca Caprara

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This poignant middle grade novel in verse follows twelve-year-old Collin who manages his anxiety by… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Caprara's Worst-Case Collin book and K.A. Holt's Rhyme Schemer

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"Gravity might always win, but I've got a choice: fall or dive. And I choose to dive."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

"Discovery is a messy process, Mom would say. Your father works best in a state of creative chaos."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

"there is space inside the human heart for infinite love and infinite sadness and all the messiness in between."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

"Back then, our house felt full. Bursting, even. But never crowded, cluttered, claustrophobic. Because Love doesn't take up too much room."

-Rebecca Caprara, Worst-Case Collin

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4.11

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3.61

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