28 best-selling middle grade books like The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3) by Dan Gutman

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The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

By: Dan Gutman

4.23

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Eccentric billionaire Miss Z is sending Luke, Julia, David, and Isabel on another mission back in t…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3) by Dan Gutman , here is a list of 28 books like this:

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1. A Murder in Music City: Corruption, Scandal, and the Framing of an Innocent Man

By: None , Richard Walter , Michael Lawson Bishop

4.08

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

Nashville 1964. Eighteen-year-old babysitter Paula Herring is murdered in her home while her six-ye… read more

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2. The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

By: Deborah Ellis

4.00

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from … read more

Similar categories in Deborah Ellis's The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"We have to remember this,"

-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

"They were going to turn her into a boy."

-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

"These are unusual times. They call for ordinary people to do unusual things, just to get by."

-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)

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3. Story Thieves (Story Thieves, #1)

By: James Riley

3.95

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Life is boring when you live in the real world, instead of starring in your own book series. Owen k… read more

Similar categories in James Riley's Story Thieves (Story Thieves, #1) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Embrace the impossible! Find the magic within! BE MORE FICTIONAL."

-James Riley, Story Thieves (Story Thieves, #1)

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4. How to be a Great Boss

By: Gino Wickman , René Boer

4.81

Format: 539 pages,

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5. Because of Winn-Dixie

By: Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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6. Prisoner B-3087

By: Alan Gratz

4.27

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Survive. At any cost. 10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, … read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Prisoner B-3087 book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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7. 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

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Ungifted book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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8. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

By: Kate DiCamillo , K.G. Campbell

3.88

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequence… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"So many miracles have not yet happened."

-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

"She liked the way the words sounded. She imagined them floating above her in a comic-strip bubble"

-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

"I love your round head, the brilliant green, the watching blue, these letters, this world, you. I am very, very hungry."

-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

"He would write and write. He would make wonderful things happen. Some of it would be true. All of it would be true. Most of it would be true."

-Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

9. 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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10. Flashback (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #7)

By: Shannon Messenger

4.34

Format: 848 pages, ebook

Sophie Foster doesn’t know what—or whom—to believe. And in a game with this many players, the worst… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Flashback (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #7) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"So,"

-Shannon Messenger, Flashback (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #7)

"What?"

-Shannon Messenger, Flashback (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #7)

"You okay?"

-Shannon Messenger, Flashback (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #7)

"Thank you,"

-Shannon Messenger, Flashback (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #7)

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11. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's City Spies (City Spies #1) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

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12. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)

By: Peter Brown

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The action-packed third installment in Peter Brown's internationally bestselling The Wild Robot ser… read more

Similar categories in Peter Brown's The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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13. The Superteacher Project

By: Gordon Korman

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart and The Unteachables, comes a hilarious new s… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Superteacher Project book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I understand," he announces finally. "It's because I'm‒different." Paul is amazed. "You learned that from the internet?" "Not directly Mr. Aidact explains. "But I accessed a database of books and mov…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

"Your jokes aren't even funny. What is this thing, anyway?' 'That's the beauty of it!' Oliver crows. 'It's nothing‒just some piece of junk from he supply closet. But you're freaking out because it cou…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

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14. The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

By: Shawn Peters

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Packed with superheroes, supervillains, and epic showdowns between good and evil, The Unforgettable… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Peters's The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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15. Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library)

By: Chris Grabenstein

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Library Binding

Before Mr. Lemoncello became everyone's favorite game maker, he was a kid who liked to roll the dic… read more

Similar categories in Chris Grabenstein's Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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17. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Two Degrees book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

Cover of Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

18. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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19. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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20. Allies

By: Alan Gratz

4.27

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Alan Gratz weaves an array of voices and stories into an epic tale of teamwork in the face of tyran… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Allies book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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22. The Unteachables

By: Gordon Korman

4.34

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what hap… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Kid, that was something!"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Everybody hates something,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Only ten months until June."

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"It’s not just for little kids,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

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23. Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)

By: Shannon Messenger

4.45

Format: 800 pages, Kindle Edition

In this stunning ninth book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Citi… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Won't you need my help with the cache?' Fitz asked her. It felt very good to tell him, 'I don't see why.' Ro snickered."

-Shannon Messenger, Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)

"I'll still check the house when I get home and let you know if I see your boy. If he's there, I'll hide him in my room and feed him some Rice Krispies or something."

-Shannon Messenger, Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)

"Keefe closed the distance between them. And then... everything was new. The soft press of his lips against hers. The way their breath seemed to fall perfectly into sync as her heart and brain screame…"

-Shannon Messenger, Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)

"Keefe?' Amy repeated, her lips curling into a grin. 'He's the supercute blonde guy you picked up cookies for, right? The one who keeps staring at you all intense when I met him, like you were the onl…"

-Shannon Messenger, Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)

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24. Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

By: Roshani Chokshi

4.09

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While he… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"It is not failure to fail."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

"Words had their own power."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

"Love looked different to everyone."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

"The world had a tendency to trick people."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)

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25. Legacy (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8)

By: Shannon Messenger

4.46

Format: 797 pages, Kindle Edition

Sophie Foster wants answers. But after a lifetime of lies, sometimes the truth is the most dangerou… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Legacy (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"You changed Iggy’s color?"

-Shannon Messenger, Legacy (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8)

"And keep in mind,' Oralie added, finally turning her azure eyes toward Sophie, ' true trust does not require absolute transparency. There is incredible power in accepting that there are some things y…"

-Shannon Messenger, Legacy (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8)

"I tried to warn you." "I know," Keefe told him. "And I tried to listen." "I know," Tam said quietly. "And ... here we are." "I'm pretty sure that was inevitable," Keefe agreed. "So I want you to know…"

-Shannon Messenger, Legacy (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8)

"The fact that they're shaped like tiny elves!" Keefe said, clapping his hands before he pointed to the label. "Hang on-THEY CALL THEM 'ELF WITCHES'?" "They do, Keefe. They do. And that's not even the…"

-Shannon Messenger, Legacy (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8)

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26. Unlocked (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8.5)

By: Shannon Messenger

4.25

Format: 764 pages, Kindle Edition

Book 8.5 in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series delivers … read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Unlocked (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8.5) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Love, Keefe"

-Shannon Messenger, Unlocked (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8.5)

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27. War Stories

By: Gordon Korman

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Restart, a story of telling truth from lies -- and… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's War Stories book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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28. The Memory Thief (Thirteen Witches, #1)

By: Jodi Lynn Anderson

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Rosie Oaks’s mom is missing whatever it is that makes mothers love their daughters.… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Lynn Anderson's The Memory Thief (Thirteen Witches, #1) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Sea of Always (Thirteen Witches, #2) by Jodi Lynn Anderson

29. The Sea of Always (Thirteen Witches, #2)

By: Jodi Lynn Anderson

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Follow Rosie as she hunts the remaining witches.After twelve-year-old Rosie Oaks’s triumph over a p… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Lynn Anderson's The Sea of Always (Thirteen Witches, #2) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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30. Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1)

By: Renée Watson

3.97

Format: 177 pages, Hardcover

Ryan Hart loves to spend time with her friends, loves to invent recipes, and has a lot on her mind—… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • middle grade
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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31. The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

By: Dan Gutman

4.23

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Eccentric billionaire Miss Z is sending Luke, Julia, David, and Isabel on another mission back in t… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3) book and Dan Gutman's The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3)

  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • time travel
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

27 must-read fiction books like The Pompeii Disaster (The Flashback Four, #3) by Dan Gutman

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Deborah Ellis

4.00

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Story Thieves (Story Thieves, #1)

James Riley

3.95

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Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

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Prisoner B-3087

Alan Gratz

4.27

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Dave Eggers

4.25

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Nicholas Day

4.15

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Katherine Marsh

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