16 must-read middle grade books like Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

Cover of Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

Daughter of the Deep

By: Rick Riordan

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan pays homage to Jules Verne in his exciting moder…

"I've fallen into a universe I don't understand and don't want to."

-Rick Riordan, Daughter of the Deep

"I've fallen into a universe I don't understand and don't want to."

-Rick Riordan, Daughter of the Deep

"The best science fiction can shape how humans see their own future."

-Rick Riordan, Daughter of the Deep

"The best science fiction can shape how humans see their own future."

-Rick Riordan, Daughter of the Deep

If you liked the middle grade plot in Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Exile (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #2) by Shannon Messenger

1. Exile (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #2)

By: Shannon Messenger

4.20

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Sophie Foster thought she was safe. Settled into her home at Havenfield, surrounded by friends, and… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Exile (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #2) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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2. Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1)

By: Shannon Messenger

3.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster has a secret. She's a Telepath--someone who hears the thoughts of eve… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy

3. Dragon Pearl

By: Yoon Ha Lee

4.75

Format: 118 pages,

Space opera based on Korean mythology. A standalone middle grade novel starring Min, a teenage fox … read more

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4. Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #4)

By: Shannon Messenger

3.20

Format: 160 pages,

Sophie Foster is on the run--but at least she's not alone. Her closest friends from the Lost Cities… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #4) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

Cover of Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

5. Daughter of the Deep

By: Rick Riordan

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan pays homage to Jules Verne in his exciting moder… read more

Similar categories in Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • retellings
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"I've fallen into a universe I don't understand and don't want to."

-Rick Riordan, Daughter of the Deep

"The best science fiction can shape how humans see their own future."

-Rick Riordan, Daughter of the Deep

"The impossible is merely the possible for which we don't yet know the science"

-Rick Riordan, Daughter of the Deep

"Prefect Romero, the impossible is merely the possible For which we don't yet know the science."

-Rick Riordan, Daughter of the Deep

Cover of City Spies (City Spies #1) by James Ponti

6. 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 Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"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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7. The Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans, #2)

By: Graci Kim

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

For Riley Oh, life as the Godrealm’s last fallen star is not all it’s cracked up to be. Her new div… read more

Similar categories in Graci Kim's The Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans, #2) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Hey, Realist Riley, you know we write our own realities, don't you? You have to put the things you want out into the world. If you don't demand the best for yourself, you're guaranteed not to receive…"

-Graci Kim, The Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans, #2)

"Watch out for Jungkook, though, won't you?" she says over her shoulder, pointing to the smallest imugi in the bunch. "He may be the youngest, but he's got the biggest bite." I pause. Namjoon? Jungkoo…"

-Graci Kim, The Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans, #2)

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8. Paola Santiago and the River of Tears (Paola Santiago, #1)

By: Tehlor Kay Mejia

4.04

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

Space-obsessed 12-year-old Paola Santiago and her two best friends, Emma and Dante, know the rule: … read more

Similar categories in Tehlor Kay Mejia's Paola Santiago and the River of Tears (Paola Santiago, #1) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) by B.B. Alston

9. Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)

By: B.B. Alston

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full schol… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. Aru Shah and the City of Gold (Pandava, #4)

By: Roshani Chokshi

4.45

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

Aru Shah and her sisters--including one who also claims to be the Sleeper's daughter--must find the… read more

Similar categories in Roshani Chokshi's Aru Shah and the City of Gold (Pandava, #4) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"I hereby declare you an official…Potato."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the City of Gold (Pandava, #4)

"May your journey be bright but not blinding."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the City of Gold (Pandava, #4)

"Sometimes the best way to win is to walk away."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the City of Gold (Pandava, #4)

"If you seek revenge, you should dig two graves."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the City of Gold (Pandava, #4)

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11. Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5)

By: Roshani Chokshi

4.50

Format: None pages, None

The Pandavas only have until the next full moon to stop the Sleeper from gaining access to the nect… read more

Similar categories in Roshani Chokshi's Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Vasuki’s great eyes closed. His head swung a little. Aru crouched, ready for the snake king to lunge…but he didn’t. Instead, he…bopped to the music? "Did not expect that one," said Brynne."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5)

"First things first," said Aru, lifting her hand. "I cannot speak to you in iambic pentameter. I'm in high school. And I'm in Otherworld training. So, I've got, like, three brain cells left, and it wo…"

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5)

" S. saw that you might need this. The helmets should block Aiden's hypnotic apsara stuff so no one does anything embarrassing... again >:) -N & S P.S. The tambourine? hahaha "Amazing," said Aru, cros…"

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5)

"Aru teetered backward, her arms pinwheeling as she scrambled for secure footing. Someone caught hold of her wrist. 'I've got you, Shah,' said Aiden fiercely. It was the last thing she heard before so…"

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Pandava, #5)

Cover of Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2) by B.B. Alston

12. Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2)

By: B.B. Alston

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestsel… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, #2) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1) by Roshani Chokshi

13. 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

Similar categories in Roshani Chokshi's Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"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)

Cover of Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava, #2) by Roshani Chokshi

14. Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava, #2)

By: Roshani Chokshi

4.32

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Aru is only just getting the hang of this whole Pandava thing when the Otherworld goes into full pa… read more

Similar categories in Roshani Chokshi's Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava, #2) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"But I am more than my moment of anger."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava, #2)

"Answering a wrong with a wrong doesn't make it right."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava, #2)

"What is fair and what is just do not always look the same."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava, #2)

"Don't forget that misguided intentions are often the most dangerous."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava, #2)

Cover of Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (Pandava, #3) by Roshani Chokshi

15. Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (Pandava, #3)

By: Roshani Chokshi

4.39

Format: 349 pages, ebook

War between the devas and the demons is imminent, and the Otherworld is on high alert. When intelli… read more

Similar categories in Roshani Chokshi's Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (Pandava, #3) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Anger makes one blind to happiness."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (Pandava, #3)

"Rein in the optimism Shah, It's too much."

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (Pandava, #3)

"GET OUT, YOU FLATTENED DISCOUNT ARTICHOKES!"

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (Pandava, #3)

"We’re trapped in the mountains with no camping supplies—"

-Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (Pandava, #3)

Cover of The Fire Keeper (The Storm Runner, #2) by J.C. Cervantes

16. The Fire Keeper (The Storm Runner, #2)

By: J.C. Cervantes

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Zane Obispo's new life on a beautiful secluded tropical island, complete with his family and closes… read more

Similar categories in J.C. Cervantes's The Fire Keeper (The Storm Runner, #2) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Yes. I'm ready to die."

-J.C. Cervantes, The Fire Keeper (The Storm Runner, #2)

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17. The Last Fallen Realm (Gifted Clans, #3)

By: Graci Kim

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the thrilling conclusion to Graci Kim's best-selling Gift… read more

Similar categories in Graci Kim's The Last Fallen Realm (Gifted Clans, #3) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of The Shadow Crosser (The Storm Runner, #3) by J.C. Cervantes

18. The Shadow Crosser (The Storm Runner, #3)

By: J.C. Cervantes

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents J.C. Cervantes' epic finale to the Storm Runner trilogy, … read more

Similar categories in J.C. Cervantes's The Shadow Crosser (The Storm Runner, #3) book and Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"The turtles came to a halt, and before any of us could say another word, they swiftly joined themselves together, the sides of their shells connecting like Legos with a loud click. “What are they doi…"

-J.C. Cervantes, The Shadow Crosser (The Storm Runner, #3)

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Rebecca Roanhorse

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