20 Top juvenile books like Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1) by LeUyen Pham, Lenore Look

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Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

By: LeUyen Pham , Lenore Look

3.41

Format: 549 pages,

Alvin Ho is an Asian American second grader who is afraid of everything--elevators, tunnels, girls,…

If you liked the juvenile plot in Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1) by LeUyen Pham, Lenore Look , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1) by Chris Grabenstein

1. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)

By: Chris Grabenstein

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerKyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids, (if not the teac… read more

Similar categories in Chris Grabenstein's Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1) book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Knowledge not shared remains unknown"

-Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)

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2. Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake (Junie B. Jones, #5)

By: Barbara Park , Denise Brunkus

4.04

Format: 71 pages, Paperback

"Hilarious. Barbara Park makes reading fun." --Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man Barbara Park's #1 New… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake (Junie B. Jones, #5) book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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3. Love, Ruby Lavender

By: Deborah Wiles

4.07

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Ruby Lavender and Miss Eula are a pretty good team, for a couple of chicken thieves. What other gra… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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4. Sheep

By: Valerie Hobbs

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

The sheep closed in around him like a big, woolly blanket. The puppy had never been so scared or so… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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5. Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid

By: Peter H. Reynolds , Megan McDonald

3.93

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"Delightful full-page spot-art cartoons and playful language in large type bring the child's advent… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer (Unusual Chickens #1) by Kelly        Jones, Katie Kath

6. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer (Unusual Chickens #1)

By: Kelly Jones , Katie Kath

3.92

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Polly Horvath or Roald Dahl will love this quirky story of a determined girl, and some extr… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Jones's Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer (Unusual Chickens #1) book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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7. Nice Try, Jane Sinner

By: Lianne Oelke

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The only thing 17-year-old Jane Sinner hates more than failure is pity. After a personal crisis and… read more

Similar categories in Lianne Oelke's Nice Try, Jane Sinner book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • fiction

8. The Ugly Duckling

By: Hans Christian Andersen , Jerry Pinkney

4.03

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

For over one hundred years The Ugly Duckling has been a childhood favorite, and Jerry Pinkney's spe… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. Frindle

By: Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.69

Format: 88 pages,

read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1) by LeUyen Pham, Lenore Look

10. Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

By: LeUyen Pham , Lenore Look

3.41

Format: 549 pages,

Alvin Ho is an Asian American second grader who is afraid of everything--elevators, tunnels, girls,… read more

Similar categories in LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1) book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1) by Jacqueline Davies

11. The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1)

By: Jacqueline Davies

3.67

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

For a full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied … read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile

12. My Teacher is an Alien (My Teacher is an Alien, #1)

By: Bruce Coville , Mike Wimmer

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sixth grade is just out of this world!Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is rea… read more

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13. Knights of the Kitchen Table (Time Warp Trio, #1)

By: Jon Scieszka , Lane Smith

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Magician Uncle Joe's birthday present entitled "The Book" swirls green mist and grants pal Fred's w… read more

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14. The Terrible Two (The Terrible Two, #1)

By: Mac Barnett , Jory John , Kevin Cornell

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Miles Murphy is not happy to be moving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that's famous for one thing … read more

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15. Masterminds (Masterminds, #1)

By: Gordon Korman

4.50

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Gordon Korman comes a thrilling new middle grade trilogy about a group of k… read more

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16. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

By: Kate DiCamillo , K.G. Campbell

3.88

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequence… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"So many miracles have not yet happened."

-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

"She liked the way the words sounded. She imagined them floating above her in a comic-strip bubble"

-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

"I love your round head, the brilliant green, the watching blue, these letters, this world, you. I am very, very hungry."

-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

"He would write and write. He would make wonderful things happen. Some of it would be true. All of it would be true. Most of it would be true."

-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

17. The Castle in the Attic (The Castle in the Attic, #1)

By: Elizabeth Winthrop

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

One of the classic fantastical adventures of all time! William has just received the best present o… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Winthrop's The Castle in the Attic (The Castle in the Attic, #1) book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

18. Clementine (Clementine, #1)

By: Sara Pennypacker , Marla Frazee

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Clementine is having not so good of a week. -On Monday she's sent to the principal's office for cut… read more

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Cover of The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4) by Katherine Applegate

19. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) by Lisa Yee

20. 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 LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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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21. Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.38

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Front Desk (Front Desk, #1) book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"It's going to be okay. I'll make friends, and if I don't, I'll borrow books from the library."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jjason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"At this point, my mom started crying. She let out a sob so thunderous, I wondered if my cousins in China could hear her."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

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22. Allergic

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to… read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Allergic book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Your heart’s expanded enough, Mom! Let’s go!"

-Megan Wagner Lloyd, Allergic

Cover of Dragons in a Bag (Dragons in a Bag, #1) by Zetta Elliott

23. Dragons in a Bag (Dragons in a Bag, #1)

By: Zetta Elliott

3.86

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The dragon's out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy from an award-winning author!When … read more

Similar categories in Zetta Elliott's Dragons in a Bag (Dragons in a Bag, #1) book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie

24. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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25. The Lion of Mars

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

A kid raised on Mars learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. … read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Maya and the Robot by Eve L. Ewing

26. Maya and the Robot

By: Eve L. Ewing

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated middle grade novel about a forgotten homemade robot who comes to life just when aspi… read more

Similar categories in Eve L. Ewing's Maya and the Robot book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • childrens
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

27. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller

28. The Science of Breakable Things

By: Tae Keller

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally-charged new classic about the science of hope, love, and miracles! Natalie's uplifti… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"You can’t always protect breakable things. Hearts and eggs will break but you keep going anyway, because science is asking questions and living is not being afraid of the answer."

-Tae Keller, The Science of Breakable Things

Cover of Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1) by Stuart Gibbs

29. Once Upon a Tim (Once Upon a Tim, #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade series about a peasant boy who wants to be a knight.Tim is just a peasant, but he dr… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Accidental Trouble Magnet (Planet Omar, #1) by Zanib Mian

30. Accidental Trouble Magnet (Planet Omar, #1)

By: Zanib Mian

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

*Previously published as 'THE MUSLIMS', this was the winner of the Little Rebels Award in June 2018… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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31. Your Place in the Universe

By: Jason Chin

4.37

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Your Place in the Universe introduces readers to the mind-boggling scale of the known Universe. … read more

Similar categories in Jason Chin's Your Place in the Universe book and LeUyen Pham's Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile

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Chris Grabenstein

4.12

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Barbara Park , Denise Brunkus

4.04

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Love, Ruby Lavender

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4.07

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