10 must-read middle grade books like The Egypt Game (Game, #1) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Cover of The Egypt Game (Game, #1) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

By: Zilpha Keatley Snyder

3.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she's not sure they'll have anything in common. But s…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Egypt Game (Game, #1) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

1. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

By: E.L. Konigsburg

3.76

Format: None pages,

When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from some… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Konigsburg's From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill

2. The Toothpaste Millionaire

By: Jean Merrill

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower doesn't set out to become a millionaire. He just wants to save on toot… read more

Similar categories in Jean Merrill's The Toothpaste Millionaire book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1) by Garth Williams, George Selden

3. The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

By: Garth Williams , George Selden

4.04

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

One night, the sounds of New York City--the rumbling of subway trains, thrumming of automobile tire… read more

Similar categories in Garth Williams's The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1) book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Harry had been down to Washington Square to hear an open-air concert of chamber music. How you could play chamber music outdoors Chester didn't understand—but it was New York and anything could happe…"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

"I guess I'm just feeling Septemberish," sighed Chester. "It's getting towards autumn now. And it's so pretty up in Connecticut. All the trees change color. The days get very clear―with a little smoke…"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

"Just this once, in the very heart of the busiest of cities, everyone was perfectly content not to move and hardly to breathe. And for those few minutes, while the song lasted, Times Square was still …"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

"Chester's playing filled the station. Like ripples around a stone dropped into still water, the circles of silence spread out from the newsstand. And as people listened, a change came over their face…"

-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)

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4. The Westing Game

By: Ellen Raskin

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. W… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Egypt Game (Game, #1) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

5. The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

By: Zilpha Keatley Snyder

3.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she's not sure they'll have anything in common. But s… read more

Similar categories in Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1) book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

  • childrens
  • egypt
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Chocolate Touch by Margot Apple, Patrick Skene Catling

6. The Chocolate Touch

By: Margot Apple , Patrick Skene Catling

3.91

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

In this zany twist on the legend of King Midas and his golden touch, a boy acquires a magical gift … read more

Similar categories in Margot Apple's The Chocolate Touch book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

7. Ghost Cat

By: Beverly Butler

3.76

Format: None pages,

Being stuck with a bunch of unfriendly relatives was definitely not the way Annabel wanted to spend… read more

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8. Honus & Me (A Baseball Card Adventure, #1)

By: Dan Gutman

3.31

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Joe Stoshack lives for baseball. He knows everything there is to know about the game -- except how … read more

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9. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

By: Rodman Philbrick

3.69

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A dramatic, witty Civil War tale from bestselling author Rodman Philbrick Master storyteller Rodma… read more

Similar categories in Rodman Philbrick's The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Keep marching boys and girls. Keep marching"

-Rodman Philbrick, The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

"As far as I'm concerned, taking a bath is sort of like drowning, with soap."

-Rodman Philbrick, The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

"I think in some ways it's like that for all of us, living with the ghosts of things that used to be, or never were. We're all of us haunted by yesterday, and we got no choice but to keep marching int…"

-Rodman Philbrick, The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

10. All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown (All-of-a-Kind Family, #4)

By: Sydney Taylor

3.93

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Based on the author's family and childhood, these charming books capture the everyday life of a hom… read more

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Cover of More All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #3) by Sydney Taylor, Mary Stevens

11. More All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #3)

By: Sydney Taylor , Mary Stevens

4.24

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In the third book of Sydney Taylor's classic children's series, Ella finds a boyfriend and Henny di… read more

Similar categories in Sydney Taylor's More All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #3) book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

12. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, #1)

By: Robert C. O'Brien

3.83

Format: 35 pages, Paperback

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarter… read more

Similar categories in Robert C. O'Brien's Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, #1) book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

13. Piper Reed: Navy Brat (Piper Reed #1)

By: Kimberly Willis Holt , Christine Davenier

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

It's not easy being the middle child, especially when your dad is a Navy Chief. Meet Piper Reed, a … read more

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14. The Moorchild

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Half moorfolk and half human, and unable to shape-shift or disappear at will, Moql threatens the sa… read more

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Cover of All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #2) by Sydney Taylor

15. All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #2)

By: Sydney Taylor

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sydney Taylor grew up among immigrant families on New York City's Lower East Side prior to World Wa… read more

Similar categories in Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #2) book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

16. Island of the Aunts

By: Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

When the kindly old aunts decide that they need help caring for creatures who live on their hidden … read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hawkes's Island of the Aunts book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

17. The Whipping Boy

By: Peter Sís , Sid Fleischman

3.69

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

A shout comes echoing up the stairway "Fetch the whipping boy!" A young orphan named Jemmy rouses … read more

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18. The View from Saturday

By: E.L. Konigsburg

4.28

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

How has Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But we… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Konigsburg's The View from Saturday book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

Cover of Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

19. 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

Similar categories in Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"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

Cover of The Book of Bill (Gravity Falls) by Alex Hirsch

20. The Book of Bill (Gravity Falls)

By: Alex Hirsch

4.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Did you miss him? Admit it, you missed him. The demon that terrorized Gravity Falls is back from… read more

Similar categories in Alex Hirsch's The Book of Bill (Gravity Falls) book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Moon Rising: The Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire #6) by Tiu T. Sutherland

21. Moon Rising: The Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire #6)

By: Tiu T. Sutherland

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

1360172 read more

Similar categories in Tiu T. Sutherland's Moon Rising: The Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire #6) book and Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game (Game, #1)

  • fantasy

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E.L. Konigsburg

3.76

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Jean Merrill

3.63

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Garth Williams , George Selden

4.04

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Ellen Raskin

3.42

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

Chris Grabenstein

4.12

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No Talking

Andrew Clements

3.97

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Scott O'Dell

3.76

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3.76

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