# Books like A Sudden Silence

**10** books similar to *A Sudden Silence* by Eve Bunting (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–12), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, 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:** death, brothers, drunk driving, children: grades 3-4
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## Similar books

- [The Face at the Edge of the World](https://readinglist.school/book/the-face-at-the-edge-of-the-world) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Is by Eve Bunting, the same author, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Night Kites](https://readinglist.school/book/night-kites) by M. E. Kerr _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of brothers, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [The Truth Trap](https://readinglist.school/book/the-truth-trap) by Frances A. Miller _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [A Summer to Die](https://readinglist.school/book/a-summer-to-die) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Breaking Boxes](https://readinglist.school/book/breaking-boxes) by A. M. Jenkins _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of brothers, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Jumping the Nail](https://readinglist.school/book/jumping-the-nail) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Is by Eve Bunting, the same author, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Silver Kiss](https://readinglist.school/book/the-silver-kiss) by Annette Curtis Klause _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Say Goodnight, Gracie](https://readinglist.school/book/say-goodnight-gracie) by Julie Reece Deaver _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [As I Lay Dying](https://readinglist.school/book/as-i-lay-dying) by William Faulkner _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Izzy, Willy-Nilly](https://readinglist.school/book/izzy-willy-nilly) by Cynthia Voigt _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).

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