16 Top middle grade books like Home for the Holidays by Heather Vogel Frederick

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Home for the Holidays

By: Heather Vogel Frederick

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This Christmas season, join the girls of the mother-daughter book club for a variety of holiday-the…

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Cover of 13 Gifts (Willow Falls, #3) by Wendy Mass

1. 13 Gifts (Willow Falls, #3)

By: Wendy Mass

4.23

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Wendy Mass turns to another magical 13! When Tara, a self-proclaimed shrinking violet, steals the… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's 13 Gifts (Willow Falls, #3) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The sidelines may be safer but life is played on the field"

-Wendy Mass, 13 Gifts (Willow Falls, #3)

"the sidelines may be safer, but life is played on the field"

-Wendy Mass, 13 Gifts (Willow Falls, #3)

"I've learned that everyone can do their part to repair the world"

-Wendy Mass, 13 Gifts (Willow Falls, #3)

"I've learned that the universe doesn't care what our motives are, only our actions. So we should do things that will bring about good, even if there is an element of selfishness involved. Like the ki…"

-Wendy Mass, 13 Gifts (Willow Falls, #3)

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2. My Life in Pink & Green (Pink & Green, #1)

By: Lisa Greenwald

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Lucy Desberg is a natural problem solver. After the local homecoming queen shows up… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Greenwald's My Life in Pink & Green (Pink & Green, #1) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • romance
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1)

By: Lois Lenski , Maud Hart Lovelace

4.08

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Best Friends Forever There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy's age.… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lenski's Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"This was Betsy and Tacy's private corner. Betsy's mother was a great believer in people having private corners, and the piano box was plainly meant to belong to Betsy and Tacy, for it fitted them so …"

-Lois Lenski, Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1)

"Did we bring a lunch?' asked Tacy. 'Yes,' said Betsy. 'It's under the seat. There are chicken sandwiches and hard-boiled eggs and potato salad and watermelon and chocolate cake and sweet pickles and …"

-Lois Lenski, Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1)

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4. Betsy-Tacy and Tib (Betsy-Tacy, #2)

By: Lois Lenski , Maud Hart Lovelace

3.82

Format: 224 pages,

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Similar categories in Lois Lenski's Betsy-Tacy and Tib (Betsy-Tacy, #2) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy, #5) by Maud Hart Lovelace, Vera Neville

5. Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy, #5)

By: Maud Hart Lovelace , Vera Neville

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

High School is Heaven! It's Betsy Ray's freshman year at Deep Valley High School, and she and her b… read more

Similar categories in Maud Hart Lovelace's Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy, #5) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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6. The Penderwicks in Spring (The Penderwicks, #4)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.01

Format: 175 pages, Hardcover

Springtime is finally arriving on Gardam Street, and there are surprises in store for each member o… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks in Spring (The Penderwicks, #4) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Pretty Little Secrets: A Pretty Little Liars Collection (Pretty Little Liars, #4.5)

By: Sara Shepard

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Rewind to junior year in Rosewood, Pennsylvania, to a winter break no one has ever heard about... F… read more

Similar categories in Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Secrets: A Pretty Little Liars Collection (Pretty Little Liars, #4.5) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of 11 Birthdays (Willow Falls, #1) by Wendy Mass

8. 11 Birthdays (Willow Falls, #1)

By: Wendy Mass

4.16

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

GROUNDHOG DAY meets FLIPPED in this tale of a girl stuck in her birthday.It's Amanda's 11th birthda… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's 11 Birthdays (Willow Falls, #1) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Mom said it’s too violent for me. I would argue, but after being terrified by a SpongeBob balloon, I’m pretty sure she’s right."

-Wendy Mass, 11 Birthdays (Willow Falls, #1)

"Is that what we're doing?" I whisper as he slides in next to me. "Saving the world or saving ourselves?" "Maybe it's the same thing," he whispers back"

-Wendy Mass, 11 Birthdays (Willow Falls, #1)

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9. Finally (Willow Falls, #2)

By: Wendy Mass

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A humorous look at what it means to FINALLY turn twelve years old. You can pierce your ears when yo… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's Finally (Willow Falls, #2) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6) by Ally Carter

10. United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6)

By: Ally Carter

4.43

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Cammie Morgan has lost her father and her memory, but in the heart-pounding conclusion to the best-… read more

Similar categories in Ally Carter's United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"What is a Gallagher Girl?"

-Ally Carter, United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6)

"Tell me, Cameron Ann Morgan, what do you want to be when you grow up?" "Alive."

-Ally Carter, United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6)

"That’s the thing about spies. Most of the secrets we keep are from each other."

-Ally Carter, United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6)

"You wanted to be treated like grown-ups? Well, that includes both the good and the bad."

-Ally Carter, United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6)

11. The Candymakers (The Candymakers, #1)

By: Wendy Mass

4.21

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Four children have been chosen to compete in a national competition to find the tastiest confection… read more

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12. Life Just Got Real

By: Sadie Robertson

4.33

Format: 228 pages, ebook

From Dancing with the Stars runner-up and Duck Dynasty star Sadie Robertson comes a fun novel about… read more

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13. Things Not Seen (Things, #1)

By: Andrew Clements

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bobby Phillips is an average fifteen-year-old boy. Until the morning he wakes up and can't see hims… read more

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14. The Shadow Throne (The Ascendance Trilogy, #3)

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

3.66

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

One war. Too many deadly battles. Can a king save his kingdom when his own survival seems unlikely?… read more

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Cover of Palace of Stone (Princess Academy, #2) by Shannon Hale

15. Palace of Stone (Princess Academy, #2)

By: Shannon Hale

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this second book in New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale's Prin… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Hale's Palace of Stone (Princess Academy, #2) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • romance
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"You forgot to cough!"

-Shannon Hale, Palace of Stone (Princess Academy, #2)

"You can be who you will,"

-Shannon Hale, Palace of Stone (Princess Academy, #2)

"Listen to your second thought, or the third might be too late."

-Shannon Hale, Palace of Stone (Princess Academy, #2)

"I feel like a tiny bug, and the world is a hungry bird looking down at me."

-Shannon Hale, Palace of Stone (Princess Academy, #2)

16. Betsy and Joe (Betsy-Tacy, #8)

By: Maud Hart Lovelace , Vera Neville

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Made for Each Other?Betsy Ray has always thought that she and the fascinating Joe Willard would mak… read more

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17. Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (Betsy-Tacy, #3)

By: Lois Lenski , Maud Hart Lovelace

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Betsy, Tacy, and Tib can't wait to be ten. After all, getting two numbers in your age is the beginn… read more

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18. The Geography of You and Me

By: Jennifer E. Smith

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Lucy and Owen meet somewhere between the tenth and eleventh floors of a New York City apartment bui… read more

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19. Braced

By: Alyson Gerber

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first contemporary novel about a disorder that bends the lives of ten percent of all teenagers:… read more

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20. Graceful (Willow Falls, #5)

By: Wendy Mass

4.43

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Angelina D'Angelo has left town to see the world. It's now Grace's turn to use her magic to protect… read more

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21. Home for the Holidays

By: Heather Vogel Frederick

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This Christmas season, join the girls of the mother-daughter book club for a variety of holiday-the… read more

Similar categories in Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • romance
  • childrens
  • holiday
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • books about books
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22. 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 Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"...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)

23. Rapunzel: The One with All the Hair (Twice Upon a Time, #1)

By: Wendy Mass

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

There are two sides to every story -- even fairy tales. A he said/she said series with a prince and… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's Rapunzel: The One with All the Hair (Twice Upon a Time, #1) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

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24. The Vanderbeekers on the Road (The Vanderbeekers, #6)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.29

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

A surprise road trip turns rocky when the younger siblings try to keep their family from ever facin… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's The Vanderbeekers on the Road (The Vanderbeekers, #6) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"There was a brief pause. Then Laney pointed a finger at Oliver and exclaimed, 'You want to keep them! 'No!' said Mama and Papa. 'I'm just saying,' Oliver said, looking at the two cats, who were stret…"

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers on the Road (The Vanderbeekers, #6)

Cover of The Last Present (Willow Falls, #4) by Wendy Mass

25. The Last Present (Willow Falls, #4)

By: Wendy Mass

4.32

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

Amanda and Leo have a history with birthdays. Now their friend's little sister, Grace, has fallen i… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Mass's The Last Present (Willow Falls, #4) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Dust by Dusti Bowling

26. Dust

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust. After Avalyn nearly die… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Dust book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Sandcastle Inn (Hope Harbor, #10) by Irene Hannon

27. Sandcastle Inn (Hope Harbor, #10)

By: Irene Hannon

4.37

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Vienna Price never intended to return for more than a passing visit to Oregon and all the bad memor… read more

Similar categories in Irene Hannon's Sandcastle Inn (Hope Harbor, #10) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of 12 Before 13 by Lisa Greenwald

28. 12 Before 13

By: Lisa Greenwald

4.22

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Fans of Lauren Myracle and Wendy Mass will adore the second book in this hilarious series about two… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Greenwald's 12 Before 13 book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of 13 and Counting (Friendship List #3) by Lisa Greenwald

29. 13 and Counting (Friendship List #3)

By: Lisa Greenwald

4.23

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Fans of Lauren Myracle and Rachel Renee Russo's Dork Diaries will adore the third book in this laug… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Greenwald's 13 and Counting (Friendship List #3) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Warrior's Curse (The Traitor's Game, #3) by Jennifer A. Nielsen

30. The Warrior's Curse (The Traitor's Game, #3)

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

3.98

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

The third book in the Traitor's Game series! Simon and Kestra are hurtling down paths ever farth… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's The Warrior's Curse (The Traitor's Game, #3) book and Heather Vogel Frederick's Home for the Holidays

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"I want my final words before death to simply be that I lived."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Warrior's Curse (The Traitor's Game, #3)

"It takes great courage to relive one's past," Loelle said. "But you are the sum of all your memories. To withhold the bad would be to deprive yourself of all that those difficult times taught you. Yo…"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Warrior's Curse (The Traitor's Game, #3)

19 Top fiction books like Home for the Holidays by Heather Vogel Frederick

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13 Gifts (Willow Falls, #3)

Wendy Mass

4.23

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My Life in Pink & Green (Pink & Green, #1)

Lisa Greenwald

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1)

Lois Lenski , Maud Hart Lovelace

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Betsy-Tacy and Tib (Betsy-Tacy, #2)

Lois Lenski , Maud Hart Lovelace

3.82

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Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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A Work in Progress

Jarrett Lerner

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Remember Us

Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

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Good Different

Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

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