Books Like Maniac Magee

Loved Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli? If its middle grade, children's and hopeful hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Wild Robot and The Tea Dragon Festival:. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Maniac Magee: Middle Grade · Children's · Hopeful · Racism · Orphans

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Lyman Frank Baum

Children's · Middle Grade · Belonging · Heartwarming · Hopeful

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The Wild Robot
Peter Brown

Middle Grade · Children's · Belonging · Heartwarming · Hopeful

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The Tea Dragon Festival:
K. O'Neill

Children's · Middle Grade · Belonging · Hopeful · Heartwarming

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl

Children's · Middle Grade · Uplifting · Heartwarming · Underdog

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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride

Belonging · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Racism · Small Town

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All the Lonely People
Mike Gayle

Uplifting · Belonging · Racism · Heartwarming · Found Family

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Nowhere Boy
Katherine Marsh

Middle Grade · Belonging · Heartwarming · Racism · Hopeful

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Red: A Crayon's Story
Michael Hall

Children's · Belonging · Uplifting · Heartwarming · Hopeful

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A Kind of Spark
Elle McNicoll

Middle Grade · Belonging · Heartwarming · Small Town · Hopeful

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A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle

Middle Grade · Belonging · Uplifting · Hopeful · Underdog

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The House in the Cerulean Sea
Tj Klune

Belonging · Racism · Uplifting · Heartwarming · Hopeful

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis

Middle Grade · Children's · Uplifting · Hopeful

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The Reading List
Sara Nisha Adams

Uplifting · Belonging · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Found Family

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The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Children's · Heartwarming · Middle Grade · Hopeful · Bittersweet

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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert C O'Brien

Middle Grade · Children's · Uplifting · Hopeful

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Becoming Ted
Matt Cain

Uplifting · Small Town · Heartwarming · Found Family · Hopeful

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The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd

Belonging · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Racism · Found Family

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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill

Middle Grade · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Found Family · Bittersweet

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Rules
Cynthia Lord

Middle Grade · Belonging · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Emotional

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The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst

Belonging · Small Town · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Found Family

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