21 must-read middle grade books like Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

Cover of Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

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…

"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

If you liked the middle grade plot in Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

1. Swim Team

By: Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Swim Team book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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2. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

3. 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 Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
"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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4. 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 Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

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

-Megan Wagner Lloyd, Allergic

Cover of Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration by Elizabeth Partridge

5. Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

By: Elizabeth Partridge

4.53

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

This important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration c… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Partridge's Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

6. 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 Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • 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

7. 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 Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Freestyle: A Graphic Novel by Gale Galligan

8. Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

By: Gale Galligan

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan, a fun, high-energy graphic novel about friend… read more

Similar categories in Gale Galligan's Freestyle: A Graphic Novel book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Saving Sunshine

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.06

Format: 224 pages, ebook

It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. … read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's Saving Sunshine book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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10. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Invisible book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
Cover of Curlfriends: New in Town (Curlfriends, #1) by Sharee Miller

11. Curlfriends: New in Town (Curlfriends, #1)

By: Sharee Miller

4.26

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

New Kid meets The Baby-sitters Club in this graphic novel series opener about the Curlfriends, four… read more

Similar categories in Sharee Miller's Curlfriends: New in Town (Curlfriends, #1) book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
Cover of Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee

12. Growing Pangs

By: Kathryn Ormsbee

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

New grade. New friends. New worries? Introducing a graphic novel about friendship, anxiety, and gro… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Ormsbee's Growing Pangs book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1) by Rex Ogle

13. Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1)

By: Rex Ogle

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and findi… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1) book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang

14. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo

15. Miss Quinces

By: Kat Fajardo

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anythin… read more

Similar categories in Kat Fajardo's Miss Quinces book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of School Trip (New Kid, #3) by Jerry Craft

16. School Trip (New Kid, #3)

By: Jerry Craft

4.20

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, L… read more

Similar categories in Jerry Craft's School Trip (New Kid, #3) book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
Cover of Hoops: A Graphic Novel by Matt Tavares

17. Hoops: A Graphic Novel

By: Matt Tavares

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the histo… read more

Similar categories in Matt Tavares's Hoops: A Graphic Novel book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
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18. Marshmallow & Jordan

By: Alina Chau

4.22

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Jordan’s days as star player for her school’s basketball team ended when an accident left her paral… read more

Similar categories in Alina Chau's Marshmallow & Jordan book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Smaller Sister by Maggie Edkins Willis

19. Smaller Sister

By: Maggie Edkins Willis

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Maggie Edkins Willis's Smaller Sister is a debut middle grade graphic novel about body image, confi… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Edkins Willis's Smaller Sister book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks #1) by Sarah Sax

20. 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 Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of The Tryout (The Tryout #1) by Christina Soontornvat

21. The Tryout (The Tryout #1)

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

STAND TALL. BE LOUD. GAME FACE ON. When cheerleading tryouts are announced, Christina and … read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Tryout (The Tryout #1) book and Claribel A. Ortega's Frizzy

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

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