# Books like Ajeemah and His Son

**10** books similar to *Ajeemah and His Son* by James Berry (Children's · grades 4–9), 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.

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## Similar books

- [Catherine, Called Birdy](https://readinglist.school/book/catherine-called-birdy) by Karen Cushman _(Grades 4–9)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (1990s).
- [Chicken Sunday](https://readinglist.school/book/chicken-sunday) by Patricia Polacco _(Grades K–5)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (1990s).
- [Franklin Delano Roosevelt](https://readinglist.school/book/eleanor-roosevelt-a-life-of-discovery) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (1990s).
- [Franklin Delano Roosevelt](https://readinglist.school/book/eleanor-roosevelt) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (1990s).
- [Goldengrove ; Unleaving](https://readinglist.school/book/unleaving) by Jill Paton Walsh _(Grades 4–9)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (1990s).
- [Home Place](https://readinglist.school/book/home-place) by Crescent Dragonwagon _(Grades K–5)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (1990s).
- [Jambo Means Hello](https://readinglist.school/book/jambo-means-hello) by Muriel Feelings _(Grades K–5)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (1990s).
- [John Henry](https://readinglist.school/book/john-henry) by Julius Lester _(Grades K–5)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (1990s).
- [Kids at Work](https://readinglist.school/book/kids-at-work-lewis-hine-and-the-crusade-against-child-labor) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (1990s).
- [Martha Graham](https://readinglist.school/book/martha-graham-a-dancers-life) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_ — Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (1990s).

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