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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorClaudia and the Genius of Elm Street
Ann M. Martin · 140 pages
Claudia, the most artistic member of the Baby-sitters Club, has her hands full working on an art project and babysitting for a seven-year-old genius.
Little Darlings
Jacqueline Wilson
Sunset lives a life of luxury with her beautiful ex-model mum, a world-famous ex-rocker dad and two little celeb siblings. But life on the red carpet is no compensation for rowing parents, constant nagging, being exposed to the media’s spotlight, and having no real friends. Meanwhile, Destiny is an only child living on a rundown estate, whose loving but sickly mother constantly reminds her that sh
The Girl with 500 Middle Names
Margaret Peterson Haddix · 81 pages
You might know how it feels to be a new kid at a school. For Janie, being a new girl is hard. All the kids have expensive clothes and big houses, but her parents have very little for her new life. Now Janie is going to do something that will make her stand out from the other students, and something tha will set the other kids wondering if this is actually Janie.
Viola in the Spotlight
Adriana Trigiani
Sparrow Road
Sheila O'Connor
Twelve-year-old Raine spends the summer at a mysterious artists colony and discovers a secret about her past.
Rules
Cynthia Lord · 200 pages
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules-from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public"-in order to stop his embarrassing behaviors. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a paraplegic boy, and Kris
Isabelle
Laurence Yep · 124 pages
Isabelle is excited about starting her first year at Anna Hart School of the Arts, but her classmates are so talented -- especially her older sister, Jade. Isabelle loves ballet, but she wonders if she'll always be dancing in her sister's shadow. Isabelle's mood takes a leap when her mom asks for her help designing costumes for the Autumn Festival. Back in the dance studio, though, Isabelle sti
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
When push comes to shove, two Kentucky girls find strength in each other.Ivy June Mosely and Catherine Combs, two girls from different parts of Kentucky, are participating in the first seventh-grade student exchange program between their schools. The girls will stay at each other's homes, attend school together, and record their experience in their journals. Catherine and her family have a beautif
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
Gennifer Choldenko · 224 pages
Shoeshine Girl
Clyde Robert Bulla · 90 pages
Determined to earn some money, ten-year-old Sarah Ida gets a job at a shoe shine stand and learns a great many things besides shining shoes.
Finding Perfect
Elly Swartz · 308 pages
A classic-feeling middle-grade novel with a modern twist about a girl dealing with friendship, family, and OCD.
Reel Life Starring Us
Lisa Greenwald · 320 pages
Dina is used to being popular but starting a new school in eighth grade is difficult, especially where cliques rule, and although working with "queen bee" Chelsea on a video project should help, Chelsea is hiding huge family problems that could mean trouble for both girls.
The Healing Spell
Kimberley Griffiths Little · 354 pages
Eleven-year-old tomboy Livie is sure that she is responsible for the accident that has put her mother into a coma, so, trying to make amends, she travels through the Louisiana swamps to get a spell that will make her mother well again.
Wild Things
Clay Carmichael · 241 pages
Stubborn, self-reliant, eleven-year-old Zoe, recently orphaned, moves to the country to live with her prickly half-uncle, a famous doctor and sculptor, and together they learn about trust and the strength of family.
Amina's Voice
Hena Khan · 208 pages
"A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community"-- A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school. After her local mosque if vandalized, she is devastated. Her friend Soojin is talking about chan
The Clique
Lisi Harrison · 220 pages
Enter the world of the clique - where the only thing harder than getting in is staying in.
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.
Kate Messner · 224 pages
Gianna has less than one week to complete her leaf project if she wants to compete in the upcoming cross-country sectionals, but issues like procrastination, disorganization--and her grandmother's declining health--seem destined to keep her from finishing.
Chrissa
Mary Casanova · 136 pages
Chrissa Maxwell moves to a new school in the middle of the year, and the girls in her fourth-grade class are decidedly unfriendly. On the advice of her grandmother, Chrissa tries first to be nice, and then to ignore the mean girls. But they just won't quit, and when the teasing turns into serious bullying, Chrissa must find the courage to stand strong and speak out.
The Janitor's Boy
Andrew Clements · 140 pages
Fifth grader Jack finds himself the target of ridicule at school when it becomes known that his father is one of the janitors, and he turns his anger onto his father.
Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
Katherine Hannigan · 256 pages
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.
Double Dutch
Sharon M. Draper · 183 pages
Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the class bullies.
Waiting for Normal
Leslie Connor · 304 pages
Addie is waiting for normal. But Addie's mom has an all-or-nothing approach to life: a food fiesta or an empty pantry, jubilation or gloom, her way or no way. All or nothing never adds up to normal. All or nothing can't bring you all to home, which is exactly where Addie longs to be, with her half-sisters, every day. In spite of life's twists and turns, Addie remains optimistic. Someday, maybe, sh
Prairie Evers
Ellen Airgood
"Ten-year-old Prairie is happy being home-schooled and raising her flock of chickens, so transferring to regular school is a big change, but fortunately she meets a wonderful friend"--