11 Top fiction books like Loser by Jerry Spinelli

Cover of Loser by Jerry Spinelli

Loser

By: Jerry Spinelli

3.12

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

From renowned Newbery-winning author Jerry Spinelli comes a powerful story about how not fitting in…

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Cover of There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar

1. There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

By: Louis Sachar

4.01

Format: 195 pages, Paperback

Bradley Chalkers is the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"If a monster says hello to you, you should say hello to it. If you don’t, then I have to wonder which one of you is really the monster."

-Louis Sachar, There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

"He understood it when other kids were mean to him. It didn't bother him. He simply hated them. As long as he hated them, it didn't matter what they thought of him."

-Louis Sachar, There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

"-“I think everyone has ‘good’ inside him. Everyone can feel happiness, and sadness and loneliness. But sometimes people think someone’s a monster. But that’s only because they can’t see the ‘good’ th…"

-Louis Sachar, There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

"He sat at his desk – last seat, last row – and looked at the chart on the wall next to him. Of course there was no gold star next to his name. He had already done three things wrong: First, he had kn…"

-Louis Sachar, There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

Cover of Lunch Money by Brian Selznick, Andrew Clements

2. Lunch Money

By: Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.92

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Greg Kenton has always had a natural talent for making money -- despite the annoying rivalry of his… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. No More Dead Dogs

By: Gordon Korman

3.74

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Best-selling author Gordon Korman's middle-grade favorite, now with a fresh look! Wallace Wallace … read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Your pants didn't get smaller, Mommy," I assured her. "Your butt got bigger."

-Gordon Korman, No More Dead Dogs

"The dog always dies. Go to the library and pick out a book with an award sticker and a dog on the cover. Trust me, that dog is going down."

-Gordon Korman, No More Dead Dogs

Cover of Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

4. Counting by 7s

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.14

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, … read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"books=comfort"

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

"[T]he deepest form of pain comes out as silence."

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

"I cut all my words out. My heart was too full of them."

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

"What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens."

-Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

Cover of Bloomability by Sharon Creech

5. Bloomability

By: Sharon Creech

4.26

Format: 999 pages, Paperback

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Report Card by Andrew Clements

6. The Report Card

By: Andrew Clements

3.83

Format: 216 pages,

A fifth-grade genius turns the spotlight on grades - good and bad - in this novel from Andrew Cleme… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Freak the Mighty (Freak The Mighty, #1) by Rodman Philbrick

7. Freak the Mighty (Freak The Mighty, #1)

By: Rodman Philbrick

4.16

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

Two boys - a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces - … read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Frindle by Brian Selznick, Andrew Clements

8. Frindle

By: Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.69

Format: 88 pages,

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  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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9. Ungifted

By: Gordon Korman

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It's usually more like Don't t… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Loser by Jerry Spinelli

10. Loser

By: Jerry Spinelli

3.12

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

From renowned Newbery-winning author Jerry Spinelli comes a powerful story about how not fitting in… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

11. Restart

By: Gordon Korman

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't re… read more

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12. Ghost of Spirit Bear (Spirit Bear, #2)

By: None

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Alone in the wilderness, Cole found peace. But he's not alone anymore. Cole Matthews used to be a v… read more

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13. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

By: Linda Sue Park

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Long Walk to Waterbegins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2… read more

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14. Schooled

By: Gordon Korman

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tast… read more

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15. Lawn Boy

By: Gary Paulsen

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set ou… read more

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16. Flying Solo

By: Ralph Fletcher

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

Friday, April 28, 9:00 a.m. Opportunity is knocking at the door of Mr. "Fab" Fabiano's sixth-grade … read more

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17. Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)

By: Gary Paulsen

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane … read more

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18. Love That Dog (Jack, #1)

By: Sharon Creech

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

"I guess it does look like a poem when you see it typed up like that." Jack hates poetry. Only girl… read more

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19. 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

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20. 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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21. The Unteachables

By: Gordon Korman

4.34

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what hap… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Kid, that was something!"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Everybody hates something,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Only ten months until June."

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"It’s not just for little kids,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

10 Top young adult books like Loser by Jerry Spinelli

Transform Your Habits

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

Louis Sachar

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Lunch Money

Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements

3.92

Transform Your Habits

No More Dead Dogs

Gordon Korman

3.74

Transform Your Habits

Counting by 7s

Holly Goldberg Sloan

4.14

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19 must-read fiction books like Frindle by Brian Selznick, Andrew Clements

Transform Your Habits

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

Chris Grabenstein

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1)

Judy Blume

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Rules

Cynthia Lord

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia

Barbara O'Connor

3.85

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