Captain Superlative

9 best books like Captain Superlative (J.S. Puller): 24 Hours in Nowhere, The Cardboard Kingdom, Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams, The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle, Harbor Me, Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring, Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School, The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story about an Accidental Invention (Really!), Saving Winslow

24 Hours in Nowhere

Author

Dusti Bowling

When you come from Nowhere, can you ever really make it anywhere? Author Dusti Bowling (Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus) returns to the desert to create a gripping story about friendship, hope, and finding the power we all have within ourselves.​
 
Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona,...

The Cardboard Kingdom

Author	Chad Sell
ISBN	1524719374

Welcome to a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary boxes into colorful costumes, and their ordinary block into cardboard kingdom. This is the summer when sixteen kids encounter knights and rogues, robots and monsters--and their own inner demons--on one last quest before school starts again.

In...

Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams

Author

Lesa Cline-Ransome

An ALA Notable Book

“This lovingly crafted picture book biography centers on the incredible bond between Venus and Serena Williams…An important selection for biography and sports collections.” —School Library Journal (starred review)

“Will appeal to children and...

The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle

Author

Christina Uss

A determined 12-year-old girl bikes across the country.

Introverted Bicycle has lived most of her life at the Mostly Silent Monastery in Washington, D.C. When her guardian, Sister Wanda, announces that Bicycle is going to attend a camp where she will learn to make friends, Bicycle says no...

Harbor Me

Author	Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN	0399252525

Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories.

It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There,...

Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring

Author

Angela Cervantes

A room locked for fifty years.

A valuable peacock ring.

A mysterious brother-sister duo.

Paloma Marquez is traveling to Mexico City, birthplace of her deceased father, for the very first time. She's hoping that spending time in Mexico will help her unlock memories of the...

Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School

Author

Julie Falatko

Little dog Waldo and big dog Sassy are the best at what they do. They keep out squirrels and imminent intruders. They make sure there are no stray meatballs or muffin crumbs in the kitchen. And most of all, they protect their boy, Stewart. But something is wrong. Every day Stewart trudges off to an awful...

The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story about an Accidental Invention (Really!)

Author	Barry Wittenstein
ISBN	1632895579

A young couple meet and marry. Josephine is prone to accidents and getting cuts. Her husband, Earle, has a father that is a doctor and Earle works in medical supplies. You know what happens next: Earle creates the Band-Aid.

This is the evolution of what we now know as our go to bandage. They even...

Saving Winslow

Author	Sharon Creech
ISBN	0062570730

Perfect for fans of Charlotte’s Web and The One and Only Ivan, Saving Winslow is an uplifting modern classic in the making about a young boy who befriends an ailing newborn donkey and nurses him back to health, from New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech.

Louie doesn't...