21 must-read middle grade books like The Fort by Gordon Korman

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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…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Fort by Gordon Korman , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. How to Become a Planet

By: Nicole Melleby

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For Pluto, summer has always started with a trip to the planetarium. It’s the launch to her favorit… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Melleby's How to Become a Planet book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"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

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5. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"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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7. The Switch

By: Roland Smith

3.89

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

What happens when the power goes out? And doesn't come back for days... weeks... even longer? Maste… read more

Similar categories in Roland Smith's The Switch book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • audiobook
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8. Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (Charlie Thorne #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.33

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

From author Stuart Gibbs comes the first novel in a new series about the world’s youngest and smart… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (Charlie Thorne #1) book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Lasagna Means I Love You

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Library Binding

What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's Lasagna Means I Love You book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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10. Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

By: Muhammad Najem

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A teenage boy risks his life to tell the truth in this gripping graphic memoir by youth activist Mu… read more

Similar categories in Muhammad Najem's Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • middle grade
  • family
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11. Rain Rising

By: Courtne Comrie

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more

Similar categories in Courtne Comrie's Rain Rising book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. Ode to a Nobody

By: Caroline Brooks DuBois

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A devastating tornado tears apart more than just houses in this striking novel in verse about a gir… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Brooks DuBois's Ode to a Nobody book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"It's eighth grade - laugh or be laughed at."

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"I'm afraid to want it, but I want to be a writer"

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"Maybe tomorrow, I'll try to turn this into a poem."

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

"(Maybe if more homes were concrete they wouldn't be damaged so easily.)"

-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody

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13. Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

By: Susan Hood

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her s… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hood's Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • middle grade
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14. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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15. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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16. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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17. Dinged

By: Tommy Greenwald

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A star football player watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very sa… read more

Similar categories in Tommy Greenwald's Dinged book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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18. Air

By: Monica Roe

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An action-packed, empowering middle grade novel about a girl who has to speak up when her wheelchai… read more

Similar categories in Monica Roe's Air book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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19. The Problem with Prophecies (The Celia Cleary Series, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

4.24

Format: 352 pages, ebook

“A sweet yet deeply moving portrait of the highs and lows involved in finding one’s place in a wild… read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's The Problem with Prophecies (The Celia Cleary Series, #1) book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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20. Undercover Latina

By: Aya de León

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Latina teen spy goes undercover as a white girl to stop a white supremacist terrorist plot in a f… read more

Similar categories in Aya de León's Undercover Latina book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. The Last Hope in Hopetown

By: Maria Tureaud

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about one girl’s dilemma over the decision to save her vampire parents or do what’s r… read more

Similar categories in Maria Tureaud's The Last Hope in Hopetown book and Gordon Korman's The Fort

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook

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