12 Best middle grade books like The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm, Tad Carpenter

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The Fourteenth Goldfish

By: Jennifer L. Holm , Tad Carpenter

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleve…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm, Tad Carpenter , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Rules by Cynthia Lord

1. Rules

By: Cynthia Lord

3.97

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This Newbery Honor Book is a heartfelt and witty story about feeling different and finding acceptan… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"rules"

-Cynthia Lord, Rules

"No toys in the fish tank "

-Cynthia Lord, Rules

"Just this once, let it be easy."

-Cynthia Lord, Rules

"...choosing words is harder than I thought."

-Cynthia Lord, Rules

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2. A Snicker of Magic

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.08

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

Introducing an extraordinary new voice---a magical debut that will make your skin tingle, your eyes… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Sometimes you don't need words to feel better; you just need the nearness of your dog."

-Natalie Lloyd, A Snicker of Magic

"Home isn't just a house or a city or a place; home is what happens when you're brave enough to love people."

-Natalie Lloyd, A Snicker of Magic

"And if you say 'I love you,' and you mean it, then love makes up for a whole lifetime of mistakes. That's some kind of magic."

-Natalie Lloyd, A Snicker of Magic

"Believe is a powerful word to see and to say. But that morning, I felt it. And feeling it was the best of all. I knew something wonderful was about to happen to me. I didn't know what, or why, or how…"

-Natalie Lloyd, A Snicker of Magic

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3. 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

Similar categories in Holly Goldberg Sloan's Counting by 7s book and Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"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 Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1) by Rob Buyea

4. Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)

By: Rob Buyea

4.35

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

It’s the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There’s . . . Jessica, the new gi… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"I didn't want anyone to get hurt."

-Rob Buyea, Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)

"We watched, and he taught us like he did every day we were with him. He showed us how to forgive."

-Rob Buyea, Because of Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #1)

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5. Rain Reign

By: Ann M. Martin

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Rose Howard has Asperger's syndrome, and an obsession with homonyms (even her name is a homonym). S… read more

Similar categories in Ann M. Martin's Rain Reign book and Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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6. 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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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm, Tad Carpenter

7. The Fourteenth Goldfish

By: Jennifer L. Holm , Tad Carpenter

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleve… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish book and Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

8. 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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9. Hello, Universe

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and… read more

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10. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

By: Dusti Bowling

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

*"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even a… read more

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11. Fish in a Tree

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The author of the beloved One for the Murphysgives readers an emotionally-charged, uplifting novel … read more

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12. Ban This Book

By: Alan Gratz

4.41

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

-Readers, librarians, and all those books that have drawn a challenge have a brand new hero.... Sta… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Ban This Book book and Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Probably because for all the amazing things books can do, they can't make you into a bad person"

-Alan Gratz, Ban This Book

"She was disappointed, I could tell, and suddenly the only thing I wanted in the world was to please her."

-Alan Gratz, Ban This Book

13. The Harlem Charade

By: Natasha Anastasia Tarpley

3.57

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

WATCHER. SHADOW. FUGITIVE. Harlem is home to all kinds of kids. Jin sees life passing her by from t… read more

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14. Save Me a Seat

By: Sarah Weeks , Gita Varadarajan

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL.… read more

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15. Stella by Starlight

By: Sharon M. Draper , None

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When the Ku Klux Klan's unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella's segregated southern town, bravery b… read more

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16. 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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17. At the Bottom of the World (Jack and the Geniuses, #1)

By: Gregory Mone , Bill Nye , Nicholas Iluzada

3.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling authors Bill Nye the Science Guy and Gregory Mone take middle-grade reade… read more

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18. Chester Keene Cracks the Code

By: Kekla Magoon

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Cracking the code isn't all it's cracked up to be in this scavenger hunt adventure from a Coretta S… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's Chester Keene Cracks the Code book and Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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19. Shouting at the Rain

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

4.14

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's … read more

Similar categories in Lynda Mullaly Hunt's Shouting at the Rain book and Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"So."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"the sun is always in the sky but sometimes you just can't see it"

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"I'm lucky. When the waves are rolling in, my friends are the jetties."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"He was the one who told me a man is not made by his mistakes. He's made by what he does about them."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

Cover of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty

20. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lightning strike gave her a super power... but even a super genius can't solve the problem of mid… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl book and Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Shine On, Luz Véliz! by Rebecca Balcárcel

21. Shine On, Luz Véliz!

By: Rebecca Balcárcel

4.28

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful coming-of-age story for fans of Front Desk and Merci Suárez Changes Gears , this book c… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Balcárcel's Shine On, Luz Véliz! book and Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"The self is not discovered, but created."

-Rebecca Balcárcel, Shine On, Luz Véliz!

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Natalie Lloyd

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4.14

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Chris Grabenstein

4.12

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3.97

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