Books like Secrets of the shopping mall by Richard Peck

In Camp Green Lake, a boy named Stanley Yelnats must dig endless holes for a supposedly reformatory camp that really hides a buried truth.

The story of a greaser and his friend, who are torn apart by the world's two types of people and must learn to cope with their differences.

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 follows eighth‑grader Ramona as she navigates a new school, new friends, and the challenges of growing up, all while balancing family expectations and her mischievous sense of humor.

A Newbery‑winning middle‑grade novel about a girl who spends a summer with her spirited grandmother, whose mischievous ways upend the town and leave Mary Alice with unexpected adventures.

A story about Nick Allen, who invents a new word and becomes a local hero by spreading it across the country.

In fifth grade, a geek, a class clown, a teacher’s pet, a slacker, and their teacher and mothers team up when a computer is programmed to do their homework, turning the classroom into a chaotic experiment of friendship and tech.

Four students form a bond and compete in an academic competition.

A middle‑grade story about Ally, a girl who struggles with dyslexia, and her journey to find acceptance and help at school.

In this work of fiction, a gritty exploration of gang dynamics unfolds, revealing the complex power struggles, loyalty, and hidden motives that drive criminal groups.

From a young age, Matthew Newton understood that the shopping mall offered visitors far more than a collection of stores, it was a place of curiosity, ritual, and fantasy. The mall near Newton's childhood home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-the state's first enclosed shopping mall, and the backdrop for filmmaker George A. Romero's zombie opus *Dawn of the Dead*-was a destination that drew hundreds of strangers together at any given time; a climate-controlled pleasuredome that boasted the first indoor ice skating rink on the East Coast; and a place where waterfalls, fish ponds, and a monolithic clock tower were illuminated year-round beneath a canopy of interconnected skylights. Part memoir and part case study, *Shopping Mall* examines the modern mythology of the shopping mall-not only for the place it holds in our collective memory, but also for the significant role that this ubiquitous public space has played in our shared cultural history.

A fast‑moving thriller that follows a protagonist drawn into a violent world of gangs, murder, and revenge.

"In the whole state of Montana, there's nowhere to hide. Laurel Hodges has changed her identity twice. She's been on the run for the past four years, trying to outdistance the men who blame her for the death of one of their own. She's finally found the peace and stability she needs, for herself and her two children, in the small town of Pineview, Montana. But just when she thinks they're safe-- the nightmare starts all over again. The Crew, a ruthless prison gang with ties to Laurel's brother, will never forget and they'll never forgive. And now that they've finally found her again, they'll stop at nothing. It could all end in seconds. Only Sheriff Myles King stands between Laurel and the men who want her dead" -- author's web site.

The Unicorn Club gets trapped in the mall after it's closed.