9 Top middle grade books like On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2) by Jean Craighead George

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On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2)

By: Jean Craighead George

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Two years ago, Sam ran away from New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains. Now his younger s…

If you liked the middle grade plot in On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2) by Jean Craighead George , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Don't You Know There's a War On? by Avi

1. Don't You Know There's a War On?

By: Avi

3.59

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

World War II is on everyone's mind and in every headline, and Howie Crispers has a hunch that his s… read more

Similar categories in Avi's Don't You Know There's a War On? book and Jean Craighead George's On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2)

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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2. Zia (Island of the Blue Dolphins, #2)

By: Scott O'Dell

3.49

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A young Indian girl, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of th… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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3. The Locker Ate Lucy! (Eerie Elementary #2)

By: Jack Chabert , Sam Ricks

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sam Graves's school is ALIVE! In the second book in the Eerie Elementary series, Sam Graves's frien… read more

Similar categories in Jack Chabert's The Locker Ate Lucy! (Eerie Elementary #2) book and Jean Craighead George's On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. The Door in the Wall

By: Marguerite de Angeli

4.88

Format: 242 pages,

The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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5. On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2)

By: Jean Craighead George

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Two years ago, Sam ran away from New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains. Now his younger s… read more

Similar categories in Jean Craighead George's On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2) book and Jean Craighead George's On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2)

  • survival
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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6. Brian's Hunt (Brian's Saga, #5)

By: Gary Paulsen

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Millions of readers of" Hatchet, The River, Brian's Winter," and "Brian's Return" know that Brian R… read more

Similar categories in Gary Paulsen's Brian's Hunt (Brian's Saga, #5) book and Jean Craighead George's On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2)

  • survival
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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7. Caleb's Story (Sarah, Plain and Tall #3)

By: Patricia MacLachlan

4.03

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Anna has done something terrible. She has given me a journal to fill. "It's your job now," Anna say… read more

Similar categories in Patricia MacLachlan's Caleb's Story (Sarah, Plain and Tall #3) book and Jean Craighead George's On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

8. The River (Brian's Saga, #2)

By: Gary Paulsen

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"We want you to do it again." These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years… read more

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9. Triss (Redwall, #15)

By: Brian Jacques , Allan Curless

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

Enslaved by the evil ferret King Agarno and his daughter, Princess Kurda?slavers who have shackled … read more

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10. Twenty and Ten

By: William Pène du Bois , Claire Huchet Bishop

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

During the Nazi occupation of France, twenty ordinary French kids in a boarding school agree to hid… read more

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11. Tracker

By: Gary Paulsen

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

For John Borne's family, hunting has nothing to do with sport or manliness. It's a matter of surviv… read more

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12. Brian's Winter (Brian's Saga, #3)

By: Gary Paulsen

4.14

Format: None pages,

He would have to find some way to protect himself, some weapon. The fire worked well when it was bu… read more

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13. Brian's Return (Brian's Saga, #4)

By: Gary Paulsen

3.00

Format: 96 pages,

As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone… read more

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14. 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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15. Guts: The True Stories behind Hatchet and the Brian Books

By: Gary Paulsen

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Guess what -- Gary Paulsen was being kind to Brian. In "Guts", Gary tells the real stories behind t… read more

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16. The Bellmaker (Redwall, #7)

By: Brian Jacques

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

It has been four seasons since Mariel, the warrior-mouse daughter of Joseph the Bellmaker, and her … read more

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17. Happy Birthday, Kirsten: A Springtime Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #4)

By: Janet Beeler Shaw

3.50

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

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18. Woods Runner

By: Gary Paulsen

4.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the … read more

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19. The Sign of the Beaver

By: Elizabeth George Speare

3.87

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring th… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth George Speare's The Sign of the Beaver book and Jean Craighead George's On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2)

  • survival
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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20. Island of the Blue Dolphins

By: Scott O'Dell

3.87

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, … read more

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  • survival
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

"Everyone in our tribe had two names, the real one which was secret and was seldom used, and one which was common, for if people use your secret name it becomes worn out and loses its magic."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

"Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

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21. A Case for the Book of Mormon

By: Tad R. Callister

4.58

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

“The Book of Mormon,” Tad R. Callister unequivocally states, “is God’s crowning witness of the divi… read more

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