19 must-read fiction books like The Elephant Girl by James Patterson

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The Elephant Girl

By: James Patterson

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

James Patterson and award-winning author Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable story of a girl,…

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1. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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2. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. 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 James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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 James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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6. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3) book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

Similar categories in Allie Millington's Olivetti book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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8. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

Cover of The Elephant Girl by James  Patterson

9. The Elephant Girl

By: James Patterson

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

James Patterson and award-winning author Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable story of a girl,… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's The Elephant Girl book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • africa
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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10. The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

By: Lora Senf

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces , this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A. Craig, New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Lora Senf's The Clackity (Blight Harbor) book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Time made the missing different, but it didn't make it go away."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

"I'd gotten so close, so close to being the hero of my own story..."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

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11. Tumble

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more

Similar categories in Celia C. Pérez's Tumble book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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12. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

Cover of The Book of Stolen Dreams by David Farr

13. The Book of Stolen Dreams

By: David Farr

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, awe-inspiring debut from a master storyteller writing for children for the first t… read more

Similar categories in David Farr's The Book of Stolen Dreams book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) by Kelly Yang

14. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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15. The Last Beekeeper

By: Pablo Cartaya

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Last Beekeeper follows twelve-year-old Yolanda Cicerón as she fights to the save the last known… read more

Similar categories in Pablo Cartaya's The Last Beekeeper book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Road Home

By: Rex Ogle

4.67

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This final, essential chapter in Rex Ogle’s memoir trilogy recounts being forced from his home and … read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Road Home book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

Cover of It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds

17. It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit

By: Justin A. Reynolds

3.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway has concocted his most genius plan ever to avoid chores... es… read more

Similar categories in Justin A. Reynolds's It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Dude, I haven't even picked the sleep outta my eyeball crevices yet. Like this can't be life."

-Justin A. Reynolds, It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit

"Mom made me watch this boring documentary where this kid my age - twelve, if it matters to you - is hand-scrubbing clothes against a block of wood for hours, which, ugh, brutal. And you wanna know ho…"

-Justin A. Reynolds, It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit

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18. The Elephant's Girl

By: Celesta Rimington

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An elephant never forgets...but Lexington Willow can't remember her past. When she was a toddler, a… read more

Similar categories in Celesta Rimington's The Elephant's Girl book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Boy Who Met a Whale by Nizrana Farook

19. The Boy Who Met a Whale

By: Nizrana Farook

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant comes another brilliant escapade. A thrilling adv… read more

Similar categories in Nizrana Farook's The Boy Who Met a Whale book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Turtles of the Midnight Moon by Maria Jose Fitzgerald

20. Turtles of the Midnight Moon

By: Maria Jose Fitzgerald

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

TURTLES OF THE MIDNIGHT MOON, by Honduran American debut author Maria Jose Fitzgerald, is a middle-… read more

Similar categories in Maria Jose Fitzgerald's Turtles of the Midnight Moon book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Millie (Best Friends Dog Tales, #3) by McCall Hoyle

21. Millie (Best Friends Dog Tales, #3)

By: McCall Hoyle

4.37

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Stella—nominated for fourteen Best Book of the Year state awards—this heartwarmi… read more

Similar categories in McCall Hoyle's Millie (Best Friends Dog Tales, #3) book and James Patterson's The Elephant Girl

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

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