12 best-selling childrens books like Mayday by Karen Harrington

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Mayday

By: Karen Harrington

4.08

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful coming-of-age story about the importance of finding your voice Wayne Kovok lives in a wo…

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1. Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story)

By: Mary Downing Hahn

4.20

Format: 187 pages, Hardcover

Just before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the attic. She knows the two … read more

Similar categories in Mary Downing Hahn's Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story) book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"The water is DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS"

-Mary Downing Hahn, Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story)

"The lake's deep...and dark...and dangerous."

-Mary Downing Hahn, Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story)

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2. Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1)

By: James Ponti

3.70

Format: 640 pages, Kindle Edition

Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1) book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Ada's clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she's not what her moth… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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4. A Madness So Discreet

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Grace Mae knows madness. She keeps it locked away, along with her voice, trapped deep inside a bril… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's A Madness So Discreet book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • fiction
  • young adult
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5. A Matter of Days

By: Amber Kizer

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

"Gripping and poignant, A Matter of Daystakes readers on a heart-stopping journey of love and survi… read more

Similar categories in Amber Kizer's A Matter of Days book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • fiction
  • young adult
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6. Hour of the Bees

By: Lindsay Eagar

3.80

Format: 245 pages, ebook

Things are only impossible if you stop to think about them. . . . While her friends are spending th… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Eagar's Hour of the Bees book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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7. Spirit Hunters

By: Ellen Oh

4.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

We Need Diverse Books founder Ellen Oh returns with Spirit Hunters, a high-stakes middle grade myst… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's Spirit Hunters book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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8. OCDaniel

By: Wesley King

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Incredible Space Raiders from Space! comes a brand-new coming-of-age story about… read more

Similar categories in Wesley King's OCDaniel book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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9. Mayday

By: Karen Harrington

4.08

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful coming-of-age story about the importance of finding your voice Wayne Kovok lives in a wo… read more

Similar categories in Karen Harrington's Mayday book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • childrens
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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10. Lost in the Sun

By: Lisa Graff

4.21

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family

11. Code of Honor

By: Alan Gratz

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Live by the code. Die by the code? Kamran Smith has it all. He's the star of the football team, dat… read more

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12. The Wednesday Wars

By: Gary D. Schmidt

2.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero.The Wednesday… read more

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13. Belly Up (FunJungle #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.00

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

12 year old Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Fitzroy has got a murder on his hands and trouble on his tai… read more

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14. Jake and Lily

By: Jerry Spinelli

3.62

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

Jake and Lily are twins. Even though they seem pretty different--Jake is the calm one and Lily has … read more

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15. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle

By: Leslie Connor

3.80

Format: 144 pages, ebook

From the critically acclaimed author of Waiting for Normal and All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. … read more

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16. Jefferson's Sons

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.25

Format: 131 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of Thomas Jefferson's slave children Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston are Thom… read more

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17. Posted

By: John David Anderson

4.08

Format: 432 pages, ebook

In middle school, words aren't just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words … read more

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18. One for the Murphys

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

3.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Carley Connors can take a lot. Growing up in Las Vegas with her fun-loving mother, … read more

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19. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The Lost Library book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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20. Linked

By: Gordon Korman

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Linked book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."

-Gordon Korman, Linked

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21. Touching Spirit Bear

By: Ben Mikaelsen

3.86

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Within Cole Matthews lies anger, rage and hate. Cole has been stealing and fighting for years. This… read more

Similar categories in Ben Mikaelsen's Touching Spirit Bear book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself."

-Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

"Anger is a memory never forgotten. You only tame it."

-Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

"Being invisible had nothing to do with being seen. Being invisible meant not being sensed or felt"

-Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

"Being invisible had nothing to do with being seen. Being invisible meant not being sensed or felt."

-Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear

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22. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Two Degrees book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

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23. 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 Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • 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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24. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

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25. Tumble

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more

Similar categories in Celia C. Pérez's Tumble book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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26. Song for a Whale

By: Lynne Kelly

4.23

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the … read more

Similar categories in Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"A sound can move anything if it's strong enough."

-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale

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27. The Benefits of Being an Octopus

By: Ann Braden

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other … read more

Similar categories in Ann Braden's The Benefits of Being an Octopus book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"Is a fishing rod evil because it catches someone's dinner? No. It's a tool. Just the way a gun is. Just the way a chain saw is. Just don't give it to the wrong person."

-Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus

Cover of Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) by Kelly Yang

28. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
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29. Wildfire (The Wilds, #1)

By: Rodman Philbrick

3.90

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick sends readers straight into the nightmare of a raging wildfir… read more

Similar categories in Rodman Philbrick's Wildfire (The Wilds, #1) book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Grenade by Alan Gratz

30. Grenade

By: Alan Gratz

4.17

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

Here it is! The hugely anticipated follow-up to Gratz's NYT bestselling, critically acclaimed pheno… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Grenade book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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31. My Life in the Fish Tank

By: Barbara Dee

4.21

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Halfway Normal comes a “compassionate…touc… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's My Life in the Fish Tank book and Karen Harrington's Mayday

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family

21 Best middle grade books like Mayday by Karen Harrington

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Mary Downing Hahn

4.20

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James Ponti

3.70

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The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

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Lindsay Eagar

3.80

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15 best-selling childrens books like Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Nicholas Day

4.15

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Katherine Marsh

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