Laura Monster Crusher

6 best books like Laura Monster Crusher (Wesley King): Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess, The Stone Heart, Bent not Broken: Madeline and Justin, And Then the Sky Exploded, No Fixed Address, Hawk

Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess

Author	Shari Green
ISBN	1772780170

Sixth grade is coming to an end, and so is life as Macy McMillan knows it. Already a For Sale sign mars the front lawn of her beloved house. Soon her mother will upend their little family, adding an unwelcome stepfather and pesky six-year-old twin stepsisters. To add insult to injury, what is Macy s final...

The Stone Heart

Author	Faith Erin Hicks
ISBN	1626721599

Kaidu and Rat have only just recovered from the assassination attempt on the General of All Blades when more chaos breaks loose in the Nameless City: deep conflicts within the Dao nation are making it impossible to find a political solution for the disputed territory of the City itself.

To complicate...

Bent not Broken: Madeline and Justin

Author

Lorna Schultz Nicholson

I got this as a Goodreads giveaway and I finished it in one day!
I'm probably a little biased since I found out the author is from my city (I loved the part about the Oilers actually winning) but really I can't remember a contemporary fiction book that deals with such important content and is so well written....

And Then the Sky Exploded

Author	David A. Poulsen
ISBN	1459736370

When Christian learns his great-grandfather helped build the A-bombs dropped on Japan, he wants to make amends…somehow.

While attending the funeral of his great-grandfather, ninth-grader Christian Larkin learns that the man he loved and respected was a member of the Manhattan Project,...

No Fixed Address

Author	Susin Nielsen
ISBN	0735262756

A touching and funny middle-grade story about family, friendship and growing up when you're one step away from homelessness.

Felix Knuttson, twelve, is an endearing kid with an incredible brain for trivia. His mom Astrid is loving but unreliable; she can't hold onto a job, or a home. When they...

Hawk

Author	Jennifer Dance
ISBN	1459731840

Hawk, a First Nations teen from northern Alberta, is a cross-country runner who aims to win gold in an upcoming competition between all the schools in Fort McMurray. But when Hawk discovers he has leukemia, his identity as a star athlete is stripped away, along with his muscles and energy. When he finds...