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If you loved Maniac Magee

Books like Maniac Magee

If you loved Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli, these are the books its readers love most, closest first: chosen from the ratings and recommendations of the readers who loved it.

No. 1

Holes (Holes, #1)

Louis Sachar, Louis Sachar

No. 2

Walk Two Moons

Sharon Creech

No. 3

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo, Chris Sheban

No. 4

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

No. 5

The Giver (The Giver, #1)

Lois Lowry

No. 6

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

No. 7

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

Mildred D. Taylor

No. 8

Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)

Jerry Spinelli

No. 9

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Avi

No. 10

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson

No. 11

Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)

Gary Paulsen

No. 12

A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2)

Richard Peck

No. 13

Frindle

Andrew Clements, Brian Selznick

No. 14

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

No. 15

The View from Saturday

E.L. Konigsburg

No. 16

The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin

No. 17

The Great Gilly Hopkins

Katherine Paterson

No. 18

Shiloh (Shiloh, #1)

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

No. 19

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

E.L. Konigsburg

No. 20

Hoot

Carl Hiaasen

No. 21

Loser

Jerry Spinelli

No. 22

Tuck Everlasting

Natalie Babbitt

No. 23

Catherine, Called Birdy

Karen Cushman

No. 24

A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

Richard Peck