21 must-read middle grade books like The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1) by Ted Sanders

Cover of The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1) by Ted  Sanders

The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

By: Ted Sanders

3.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Artifacts. Miseries. Mysteries . . . From the moment Horace F. Andrews sees the sign from the bus--…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1) by Ted Sanders , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Scumble (Savvy, #2) by Ingrid Law

1. Scumble (Savvy, #2)

By: Ingrid Law

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Nine years after Mibs's Savvy journey, her cousin Ledge has just turned thirteen . . . But Ledger K… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Defy the Stars (Constellation, #1) by Claudia Gray

2. Defy the Stars (Constellation, #1)

By: Claudia Gray

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

She's a soldier - Noemi Vidal is willing to risk anything to protect her planet, Genesis, including… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • adventure
"Abel. I can’t let you…sell your body."

-Claudia Gray, Defy the Stars (Constellation, #1)

"Your soul is bigger than your programming."

-Claudia Gray, Defy the Stars (Constellation, #1)

"Where there’s no free will, there’s no sin."

-Claudia Gray, Defy the Stars (Constellation, #1)

"Only through sacrifice can Genesis survive."

-Claudia Gray, Defy the Stars (Constellation, #1)

Cover of Hunted (Spirit Animals, #2) by Maggie Stiefvater

3. Hunted (Spirit Animals, #2)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

4.28

Format: 208 pages, ebook

The adventure continues in this second book of the epic multiplatform fantasy series. In the world … read more

Similar categories in Maggie Stiefvater's Hunted (Spirit Animals, #2) book and Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Wild Born (Spirit Animals, #1) by Brandon Mull

4. Wild Born (Spirit Animals, #1)

By: Brandon Mull

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Four children separated by vast distances all undergo the same ritual, watched by cloaked strangers… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"I'm the worst kind of criminal." "And what kind is that?" "The kind that got caught."

-Brandon Mull, Wild Born (Spirit Animals, #1)

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5. The Crooked Sixpence (The Uncommoners #1)

By: Jennifer Bell , Karl James Mountford

3.50

Format: 218 pages, ebook

Welcome to a world where nothing is quite as it seems... When their grandmother Sylvie is rushed to… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy

6. The Map to Everywhere (Map to Everywhere, #1)

By: Carrie Ryan , John Parke Davis

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

Adventure, magic, and hilarity collide in New York Timesbestselling author Carrie Ryan and John Par… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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7. The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

By: Ted Sanders

3.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Artifacts. Miseries. Mysteries . . . From the moment Horace F. Andrews sees the sign from the bus--… read more

Similar categories in Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1) book and Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy

8. Storm of Lightning (Michael Vey, #5)

By: Richard Paul Evans

4.30

Format: 237 pages,

Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan go on their most dangerous mission yet as t… read more

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9. The Assassin's Curse (The Blackthorn Key, #3)

By: Kevin Sands

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Christopher Rowe is back and there are more puzzles, riddles, and secrets to uncover in this third … read more

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10. Fall of Hades (Michael Vey, #6)

By: Richard Paul Evans

3.00

Format: 81 pages,

Michael and his friends try to recruit Hatch's Electric Youth to their side as the thrilling action… read more

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11. The Call (The Magnificent 12, #1)

By: Michael Grant

4.34

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Mack MacAvoy suffers from a serious case of mediumness. Medium looks. Medium grades… read more

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12. The Blackthorn Key (The Blackthorn Key, #1)

By: Kevin Sands

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Tell no one what I've given you." Until he got that cryptic warning, Christopher Rowe was happy, l… read more

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13. Airman

By: Eoin Colfer

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

In the 1890s Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. Conor … read more

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14. The Magic Misfits (Magic Misfits #1)

By: Neil Patrick Harris

2.83

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

From beloved award-winning actor, Neil Patrick Harris, comes the magical first book in a new series… read more

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15. Dragonwatch (Dragonwatch #1)

By: Brandon Mull

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the long-awaited sequel to Fablehaven, the dragons who have been kept at the dragon sanctuaries … read more

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16. Otherworldly

By: F.T. Lukens

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After. Seventeen-year-old E… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's Otherworldly book and Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult
Cover of Once a Queen (Carrick Hall, #1) by Sarah Arthur

17. Once a Queen (Carrick Hall, #1)

By: Sarah Arthur

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

An American teenager discovers that her estranged English grandmother was once a queen in another w… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

18. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Night Compass (Wilderlore, #4) by Amanda Foody

19. The Night Compass (Wilderlore, #4)

By: Amanda Foody

4.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Barclay and his friends race to find a legendary beast in the Wilderlands before their enemy in thi… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Foody's The Night Compass (Wilderlore, #4) book and Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy
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20. The Invisible Spy (The Forgotten Five #2)

By: Lisa McMann

4.24

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The forgotten five have made it to Estero to search for their missing supernatural criminal parents… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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21. The Weeping Tide (Wilderlore, #2)

By: Amanda Foody

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Barclay and his friends must save an island city from the Legendary Beast of the Sea in this second… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Accidental Apprentice (Wilderlore, #1) by Amanda Foody

22. The Accidental Apprentice (Wilderlore, #1)

By: Amanda Foody

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A boy who accidentally bonds with a magical Beast must set off on an adventure in the mysterious Wo… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Foody's The Accidental Apprentice (Wilderlore, #1) book and Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Call of the Wraith (The Blackthorn Key, #4) by Kevin Sands

23. Call of the Wraith (The Blackthorn Key, #4)

By: Kevin Sands

4.36

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Christopher Rowe is back and there are more puzzles, riddles, and secrets to uncover in this fourth… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Call of the Wraith (The Blackthorn Key, #4) book and Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Seekers of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #2) by Kevin Sands

24. Seekers of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #2)

By: Kevin Sands

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dying friend, a terrible bargain, an underwater quest, and dangerous magic . . . this adventure p… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Seekers of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #2) book and Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1) by Kevin Sands

25. Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1)

By: Kevin Sands

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Five kids with unusual talents are brought together to commit an impossible crime. A magic-infus… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1) book and Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Ever Storms (Wilderlore, #3) by Amanda Foody

26. The Ever Storms (Wilderlore, #3)

By: Amanda Foody

4.44

Format: None pages, None

Barclay and his friends find new dangers and fresh adventure when they encounter mysterious sandsto… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Foody's The Ever Storms (Wilderlore, #3) book and Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Champions of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #3) by Kevin Sands

27. Champions of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #3)

By: Kevin Sands

4.53

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this conclusion to the thrilling Thieves of Shadow series, bestselling author Kevin Sands delive… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Champions of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #3) book and Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Secrets of Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #2) by Ben Guterson

28. The Secrets of Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #2)

By: Ben Guterson

3.96

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Bookish puzzles, phantom mysteries, and evil curses await as Elizabeth returns to Winterhouse in Th… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Raven's Revenge by Kevin Sands

29. The Raven's Revenge

By: Kevin Sands

4.62

Format: 512 pages, ebook

Christopher finally uncovers the Raven’s identity in this sixth novel of the award-winning Blacktho… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's The Raven's Revenge book and Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Traitor's Blade (The Blackthorn Key, #5) by Kevin Sands

30. The Traitor's Blade (The Blackthorn Key, #5)

By: Kevin Sands

4.48

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Christopher’s homecoming takes a sinister turn when a murderous conspiracy is uncovered in this fif… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's The Traitor's Blade (The Blackthorn Key, #5) book and Ted Sanders's The Box and the Dragonfly (The Keepers #1)

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Map of Flames (The Forgotten Five #1) by Lisa McMann

31. Map of Flames (The Forgotten Five #1)

By: Lisa McMann

3.98

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen years ago, eight supernatural criminals fled Estero City to make a new life in an isolated … read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy

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4.02

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4.28

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4.20

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