12 must-read middle grade books like A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle

Cover of A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

By: Madeleine L'Engle

3.98

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

It was a dark and stormy night. Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry hou…

"Believing takes practice."

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

"Wild nights are my glory!"

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

"Believing takes practice."

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

"Wild nights are my glory!"

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

If you liked the middle grade plot in A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

1. James and the Giant Peach

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags. Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that loo… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans."

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"- ¡Lo que haces es reptar! - Me deslizo, dijo orgulloso el Gusano. - Eres un bicho viscoso, replicó el Ciempipes. - No soy un bicho viscoso - dijo el Gusano -. Soy una criatura útil y apreciada. Preg…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything. Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed abou…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything? Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed abou…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

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2. Number the Stars

By: Lois Lowry

4.00

Format: None pages,

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war.… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Wonder (Wonder #1) by R.J. Palacio

3. Wonder (Wonder #1)

By: R.J. Palacio

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August (Auggie) P… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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4. Green Eggs and Ham

By: Dr. Seuss

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

"Do you like green eggs and ham?" asks Sam-I-am in this Beginner Book by Dr. Seuss. In a house or w… read more

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  • fantasy
  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. Matilda

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“The Trunchbull” is no match for Matilda! Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be tru… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"If you are good life is good."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda

"You chose books. I chose looks."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda

"Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous..."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda

"She resented being told constantly that she was stupid, when she knew she wasn't."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda

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6. Where the Red Fern Grows

By: Wilson Rawls

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann—a boy and his two dogs... A loving threesome, they ranged the dar… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"I looked at his grave and, with tears in my eyes, I voiced these words: "You were worth it, old friend, and a thousand times over."

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

"I know it is still there, hiding its secret beneath those long, red leaves, but it wouldn't be hidden from me for part of my life is buried there, too."

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

"I know it is still there, hiding its secret beneath those long, red leaves, but it woukdn't be hidden from me for part of my life is buried there, too"."

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

"What I saw was more than I could stand. The noise I heard had been made by Little Ann. All her life she had slept by Old Dan's side. And although he was dead, she had left the doghouse, had come back…"

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

7. The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dear Reader, I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. … read more

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

8. The Cat in the Hat

By: Dr. Seuss

4.15

Format: 384 pages,

Poor Sally and her brother. It's cold and wet and they're stuck in the house with nothing to do . .… read more

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9. The Phantom Tollbooth

By: Jules Feiffer , Norton Juster

4.20

Format: 24 pages,

Librarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click . Hailed as "a classic. .… read more

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10. The Outsiders

By: S.E. Hinton

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Pon… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • childrens
  • young adult
"We saw the same sunset."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Nothing sparkly can stay."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Things are rough all over."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Okay greasers, you've had it."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

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11. The Secret Garden

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

In a house full of sadness and secrets, can young, orphaned Mary find happiness? Mary Lennox, a … read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Might I,"

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

"They're a pair of young Satans."

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

"You said th' Magic was in my back. Th' doctor calls it rheumatics."

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

12. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

They open a door and enter a world NARNIA...the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known … read more

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Cover of The BFG by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

13. The BFG

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.23

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"let your love out"

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"Don't gobblefunk around with words."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"You is getting nosier than a parker."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"Twenty-four feet is puddlenuts in Giant Country."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

14. Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)

By: Gary Paulsen

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane … read more

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15. Holes (Holes, #1)

By: Louis Sachar

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishmen… read more

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16. Where the Sidewalk Ends

By: Shel Silverstein

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Where the Sidewalk Ends turns forty! Celebrate with this anniversary edition that features an eye-c… read more

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Cover of The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry

17. The Giver (The Giver, #1)

By: Lois Lowry

4.12

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Memories are forever."

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"Thnks fr th mmrs- Gabe"

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"Didn't life consist of the things you did each day?"

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless."

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

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18. Charlotte’s Web

By: E.B. White , Garth Williams , Rosemary Wells

4.20

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Don't write about Man; write about a man."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"We take to the breeze, we go as we please."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"With the right words you can change the world."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

19. The Giving Tree

By: Shel Silverstein

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

"Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception… read more

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20. Bridge to Terabithia

By: Katherine Paterson

4.05

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

The 40th anniversary edition of the classic Newbery Medal-winning title by beloved author Katherine… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Impressed. Lord. He had nearly drowned."

-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia

"Just close your eyes and keep your mind wide open."

-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia

"It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you."

-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia

"You never know ahead of time what something's really going to be like."

-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia

Cover of A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle

21. A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

By: Madeleine L'Engle

3.98

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

It was a dark and stormy night. Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry hou… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) book and Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

  • classics
  • childrens
  • time travel
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Wild nights are my glory!"

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

"Believing takes practice."

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

"People are more than just the way they look."

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

"I do not know everything; still many things I understand."

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

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4.03

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4.00

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3.95

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