13 best-selling realistic fiction books like Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol

Cover of Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol

Be Prepared

By: Vera Brosgol

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and hilarious middle-grade summer camp memoir from the author of Anya's Ghost. All Ve…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

1. Ghosts

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Ma… read more

Similar categories in Raina Telgemeier's Ghosts book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of In Real Life by Cory Doctorow, Jen Wang

2. In Real Life

By: Cory Doctorow , Jen Wang

3.81

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role-playing game where she spends most of … read more

Similar categories in Cory Doctorow's In Real Life book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
"– Here, take this. It'll give you a boost. – You spent 90 gold on this?? – 90 gold is nothing when you're the baddest bitch in the virtual universe."

-Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

"– I understand the world can be cruel place and there are people out there counting on naive kids like you to take advantage of. Don't just think because it's video games people can't get hurt."

-Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

"Most of the people you see going to work today are LARPing (live-action role playing) an incredibly boring RPG (role-playing game) called "professionalism" that requires them to alter their vocabular…"

-Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

"When I was an activist in the 1980s, ninety-eight percent of my time was spent stuffing envelopes and writing addresses on them. The remaining two percent was the time we spent figuring out what to p…"

-Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

Cover of All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson

3. All's Faire in Middle School

By: Victoria Jamieson

3.90

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

The author of Roller Girlis back with a graphic novel about starting middle school, surviving your … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Jamieson's All's Faire in Middle School book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
Cover of Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

4. Roller Girl

By: Victoria Jamieson

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

For fans of Raina Telgemeier’s Smile, a heartwarming graphic novel about friendship and surviving j… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Jamieson's Roller Girl book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • juvenile

5. Sunny Side Up

By: Jennifer L. Holm , Matthew Holm , Lark Pien

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. At first sh… read more

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6. The Witch Boy

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

3.26

Format: 32 pages,

In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to … read more

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7. Real Friends

By: Shannon Hale , LeUyen Pham

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When best friends are not forever . . . Shannon and Adrienne have been best friends ever since the… read more

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8. Snapdragon

By: Kat Leyh

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Kat Leyh’s Snapdragon is a magical realist graphic novel about a young girl who befriends her town’… read more

Similar categories in Kat Leyh's Snapdragon book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
Cover of Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol

9. Be Prepared

By: Vera Brosgol

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and hilarious middle-grade summer camp memoir from the author of Anya's Ghost. All Ve… read more

Similar categories in Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • memoir
  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd

10. Allergic

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to… read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Allergic book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • juvenile
"Your heart’s expanded enough, Mom! Let’s go!"

-Megan Wagner Lloyd, Allergic

Cover of Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

11. Frizzy

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embra… read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • juvenile
"We learn things from our parents, who learn things from their parents, who learned that from their parents. It doesn't make those things okay to believe..."

-Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy

Cover of Squished: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd

12. Squished: A Graphic Novel

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

From the Eisner-nominated duo behind the instant bestseller Allergic comes a fun new graphic novel … read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Squished: A Graphic Novel book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • juvenile
Cover of Click (Click #1) by Kayla Miller

13. Click (Click #1)

By: Kayla Miller

4.07

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Olive wants to get in on the act . . . . . . Any act! Olive “clicks” with everyone in the fifth… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Miller's Click (Click #1) book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • juvenile
Cover of Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley

14. Stepping Stones

By: Lucy Knisley

4.03

Format: 224 pages, None

Jen is used to not getting what she wants. So suddenly moving to the country and getting new stepsi… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Knisley's Stepping Stones book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • juvenile
Cover of Stargazing by Jen Wang

15. Stargazing

By: Jen Wang

4.17

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

Moon is everything Christine isn’t. She’s confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both… read more

Similar categories in Jen Wang's Stargazing book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • juvenile
Cover of This Was Our Pact by Ryan  Andrews

16. This Was Our Pact

By: Ryan Andrews

4.08

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

It's the night of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival, when the town gathers to float paper lanterns… read more

Similar categories in Ryan Andrews's This Was Our Pact book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
"No one is going to force you to, but if you don't jump in, you'll always think back on this moment and wish that you had."

-Ryan Andrews, This Was Our Pact

"Sometimes I wish I could join them... The fish, I mean. Really, could you imagine? How splendid it would be... to swim among the stars? Sigh."

-Ryan Andrews, This Was Our Pact

"I figure the only way we can make it back to the river and our lanterns is if we're a team. Maybe you'd rather be with the other guys from class, or, I don't know, maybe just by yourself—but for now—…"

-Ryan Andrews, This Was Our Pact

Cover of Making Friends (Making Friends, #1) by Kristen Gudsnuk

17. Making Friends (Making Friends, #1)

By: Kristen Gudsnuk

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Sixth grade was SO much easier for Danielle. All her friends were in the same room and she knew wha… read more

Similar categories in Kristen Gudsnuk's Making Friends (Making Friends, #1) book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
Cover of The Okay Witch (The Okay Witch, #1) by Emma Steinkellner

18. The Okay Witch (The Okay Witch, #1)

By: Emma Steinkellner

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Magic is harder than it looks. Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things witchy. But she’s ab… read more

Similar categories in Emma Steinkellner's The Okay Witch (The Okay Witch, #1) book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I was afraid once... And because I was afraid, my magic was weak and full of fear... If you do not trust in yourself, then you shall indeed fall. Trust in yourself, Moth. When you set your magic free…"

-Emma Steinkellner, The Okay Witch (The Okay Witch, #1)

Cover of Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1) by Sarah Sax

19. Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1)

By: Sarah Sax

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Library Binding

Everyone knows the most stressful day of middle school is picture day ! And that's exactly where th… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sax's Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1) book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • juvenile
Cover of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) by Rey Terciero

20. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1)

By: Rey Terciero

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Little Women with a twist: four sisters from a blended family experience the challenges and triumph… read more

Similar categories in Rey Terciero's Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
"Beth, you have such great potential. Please accept this gift and foster your voice."

-Rey Terciero, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1)

Cover of All Summer Long (Eagle Rock, #1) by Hope Larson

21. All Summer Long (Eagle Rock, #1)

By: Hope Larson

3.86

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel about summer and friendships, written and illustrated by… read more

Similar categories in Hope Larson's All Summer Long (Eagle Rock, #1) book and Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared

  • childrens
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics

15 Top childrens books like Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol

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Ghosts

Raina Telgemeier

4.22

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All's Faire in Middle School

Victoria Jamieson

3.90

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Roller Girl

Victoria Jamieson

4.28

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Be Prepared

Vera Brosgol

4.06

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18 Top fiction books like Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) by Rey Terciero

Transform Your Habits

Allergic

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

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Claudia and the Bad Joke: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #15)

Arley Nopra

4.16

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Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5)

Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

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Best Friends (Sweet Valley Twins Graphic Novels #1)

Nicole Andelfinger

3.93

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