# Books like Balloons over Broadway

**10** books similar to *Balloons over Broadway* by Melissa Sweet, 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.

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## Similar books

- [Pie in the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/pie-in-the-sky) by Remy Lai _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (3–6), and the same era (2010s).
- [11 Birthdays](https://readinglist.school/book/11-birthdays) by Wendy Mass _(Grades 3–5)_ — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (3–5), and the same era (2010s).
- [A Band of Angels](https://readinglist.school/book/a-band-of-angels) by Deborah Hopkinson _(Grades K–5)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2010s).
- [A Dance Like Starlight](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dance-like-starlight-one-ballerinas-dream) by Kristy Dempsey _(Grades K–5)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2010s).
- [A Green Place to be](https://readinglist.school/book/a-green-place-to-be-the-creation-of-central-park) by Ashley Benham Yazdani _(Grades K–5)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2010s).
- [A Visitor for Bear](https://readinglist.school/book/a-visitor-for-bear) by Bonny Becker _(Grades K–5)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2010s).
- [Abigail Adams](https://readinglist.school/book/abigail-adams) by Natalie S. Bober _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2010s).
- [Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass](https://readinglist.school/book/the-wright-brothers) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2010s).
- [Absolutely Positively Not](https://readinglist.school/book/absolutely-positively-not) by David LaRochelle _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [Al Capone Does My Shirts](https://readinglist.school/book/al-capone-does-my-shirts) by Gennifer Choldenko _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Golden Kite Award list, overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2010s).

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