# Books like A Long Walk to Water

**10** books similar to *A Long Walk to Water* by Linda Sue Park (Historical Fiction · 720L · grades 5–8), matched on shared themes, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** survival, perseverance, war, water access, hope
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## Similar books

- [Salt to the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/salt-to-the-sea) by Ruta Sepetys _(560L · Grades 8–12)_ — Shares themes of survival, war, and hope, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (560L vs 720L).
- [Refugee](https://readinglist.school/book/refugee) by Alan Gratz _(800L · Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of survival, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (800L vs 720L).
- [I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912](https://readinglist.school/book/i-survived-the-sinking-of-the-titanic-1912) by Lauren Tarshis _(590L · Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of survival, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (590L vs 720L).
- [Dragonwings](https://readinglist.school/book/dragonwings) by Laurence Yep _(870L · Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of perseverance, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (870L vs 720L).
- [Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy](https://readinglist.school/book/wings-of-fire-the-dragonet-prophecy) by Tui T. Sutherland _(720L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of war and a close reading level (720L vs 720L).
- [One Crazy Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/one-crazy-summer) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction), a close reading level (750L vs 720L), and the same era (2010s).
- [Pax](https://readinglist.school/book/pax) by Sara Pennypacker _(760L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of war and a close reading level (760L vs 720L).
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of perseverance, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (950L vs 720L).
- [The Book Thief](https://readinglist.school/book/the-book-thief) by Markus Zusak _(730L · Grades 8–11)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction) and a close reading level (730L vs 720L).
- [The Devil's Arithmetic](https://readinglist.school/book/the-devils-arithmetic) by Jane Yolen _(730L · Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction) and a close reading level (730L vs 720L).

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