15 must-read middle grade books like The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2) by Jacqueline Kelly

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The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

By: Jacqueline Kelly

3.70

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Callie Vee, Travis, Granddaddy, and the whole Tate clan are back in this charming follow-up to Newb…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2) by Jacqueline Kelly , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Door to Time (Ulysses Moore, #1)

By: Pierdomenico Baccalario , Iacopo Bruno , Laura Zuccotti , None , None

3.98

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

An action-packed series full of mysteries, puzzles, and codes that will keep kids turning the pages… read more

Similar categories in Pierdomenico Baccalario's The Door to Time (Ulysses Moore, #1) book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Long-Lost Map (Ulysses Moore #2) by Pierdomenico Baccalario, Iacopo Bruno, None, Ulysses Moore, Inc Scholastic

2. The Long-Lost Map (Ulysses Moore #2)

By: Pierdomenico Baccalario , Iacopo Bruno , None , Ulysses Moore , Inc Scholastic

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An action-packed series full of mysteries, puzzles, and codes that will keep kids turning the pages… read more

Similar categories in Pierdomenico Baccalario's The Long-Lost Map (Ulysses Moore #2) book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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3. Gone-Away Lake

By: Elizabeth Enright , Joe Krush , Beth Krush

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Summer has a magic all its own. When Portia sets out for a visit with her cousin Julian, she exp… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Enright's Gone-Away Lake book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Things are always happening to my socks. One's always going off someplace. I don't know why."

-Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

"Self-pity is the hens' besetting sin," remarked Mr. Payton. "Foolish fowl. How they came to achieve anything as perfect as the egg I do not know! I cannot fathom."

-Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

"Yes, except that nothing sleeps inside but furniture, and that's probably gone to pieces by now. Time gets into anything; yes, indeed it does; and weather helps it."

-Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

"Mr. Payton was at work on his pipe again, lighting and coaxing it. "They need constant attention, pipes, like babies and guinea hens," he said, and sucked in the smoke."

-Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

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4. Cañas y barro

By: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Publicada en 1902, Cañas y barro es sin duda una de las novelas donde el vigor expresivo de Vicente… read more

Similar categories in Vicente Blasco Ibáñez's Cañas y barro book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • fiction
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5. Summer Term at St Clare's

By: Enid Blyton

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A classic childrens story from the worlds best-loved childrens author, Enid Blyton. School life has… read more

Similar categories in Enid Blyton's Summer Term at St Clare's book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"You are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly - and that is a great thing. Never lose that honesty, Bobby - always be honest with yourself, know your own motives f…"

-Enid Blyton, Summer Term at St Clare's

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6. Il rinomato catalogo di Walker & Dawn

By: Davide Morosinotto

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Eravamo partiti in quattro. Te Trois il coraggioso, che voleva dominare la vita. Eddie lo sciamano,… read more

Similar categories in Davide Morosinotto's Il rinomato catalogo di Walker & Dawn book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The House Of Mirrors (Ulysses Moore #3)

By: Pierdomenico Baccalario , Ulysses Moore Scholastic

3.00

Format: 48 pages,

The long-awaited, all-new third installment in the Ulysses Moore series! Everyone in Kilmore Cove i… read more

Similar categories in Pierdomenico Baccalario's The House Of Mirrors (Ulysses Moore #3) book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

8. The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Ada's clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she's not what her moth… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Breaking Stalin's Nose

By: Eugene Yelchin

3.84

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

One of Horn Book's Best Fiction Books of 2011 Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet You… read more

Similar categories in Eugene Yelchin's Breaking Stalin's Nose book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Charlotte Sometimes

By: Penelope Farmer , Chris Connor

3.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A time-travel story that is both a poignant exploration of human identity and an absorbing tale of … read more

Similar categories in Penelope Farmer's Charlotte Sometimes book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Fresh from the Country

By: Miss Read

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Miss Read in this humorous and charming story draws us magically into the world of the primary scho… read more

Similar categories in Miss Read's Fresh from the Country book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Olive's Ocean

By: Kevin Henkes

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sometimes life can change in an instant Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends, but… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Henkes's Olive's Ocean book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2) by Jacqueline Kelly

13. The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

By: Jacqueline Kelly

3.70

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Callie Vee, Travis, Granddaddy, and the whole Tate clan are back in this charming follow-up to Newb… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2) book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

14. The Summer of the Swans

By: Betsy Byars

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Sometimes you don't know what you love--until you almost lose it. Sara's fourteenth summer was turn… read more

Similar categories in Betsy Byars's The Summer of the Swans book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

15. Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Pamela Smith Hill

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Hardcover

Pioneer Girlfollows the Ingalls family's journey through Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Io… read more

Similar categories in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

Cover of The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (The Penderwicks, #3) by Jeanne Birdsall

16. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (The Penderwicks, #3)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.36

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick fam… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (The Penderwicks, #3) book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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17. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Penderwick sisters are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2) book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons. - Mr. Penderwick"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

"I got a C because she has no imagination. Who cares about writing essays, anyway, when you can write stories?"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

"The referee told me this league has never had a brawl of that magnitude," said Mr. Penderwick after a long, painful silence. "Of course, at the time I was pretending to be a casual passerby and not a…"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

"[The kitchen] was also messy--delightfully so, thought Jane--and it didn't look as though lots of cooking went on there. There was a laptop computer on the counter with duck stickers on it, the spice…"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)

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18. Oh, qué espléndida música

By: Dorothy Evelyn Smith

4.54

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

¡Oh, qué espléndida la música de los días de la infancia, cuando todo era inmenso, el mundo entero … read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Evelyn Smith's Oh, qué espléndida música book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • historical
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. L'Orco

By: George Sand

3.69

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Conocida bajo el alias de George Sand, Amantine Aurore Dupin fue una escritora de espíritu rebelde … read more

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20. La sfolgorante luce di due stelle rosse

By: Davide Morosinotto

4.21

Format: 432 pages, ebook

This middle grade mystery adventure, told using diary entries, maps and photos, takes readers along… read more

Similar categories in Davide Morosinotto's La sfolgorante luce di due stelle rosse book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Scat

By: Carl Hiaasen

3.96

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Mrs Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school … read more

Similar categories in Carl Hiaasen's Scat book and Jacqueline Kelly's The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
"So for a while, they sat peacefully in the swamp, listening to Mrs. Starch hum while the little panther slurped happily and the emerald leaves overhead shimmered and shook in the sunlight."

-Carl Hiaasen, Scat

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3.98

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4.14

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Margarita Engle

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