# Books like Before the Ever After

**10** books similar to *Before the Ever After* by Jacqueline Woodson, 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

- [Brown Girl Dreaming](https://readinglist.school/book/brown-girl-dreaming) by Jacqueline Woodson _(990L · Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [New Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/new-kid) by Jerry Craft _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [A Rover's Story](https://readinglist.school/book/a-rovers-story) by Jasmine Warga _(Grades 4–5)_ — Both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–5), and the same era (2020s).
- [A Work in Progress](https://readinglist.school/book/a-work-in-progress) by Jarrett Lerner _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s).
- [Freewater](https://readinglist.school/book/freewater) by Amina Luqman-Dawson _(Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Author Award list, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2020s).
- [Ground Zero](https://readinglist.school/book/ground-zero) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list, overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2020s).
- [Heroes](https://readinglist.school/book/heroes) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list, overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2020s).
- [Impossible Creatures](https://readinglist.school/book/impossible-creatures) by Katherine Rundell _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s).
- [Not Nothing](https://readinglist.school/book/not-nothing) by Gayle Forman _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s).
- [Odder](https://readinglist.school/book/odder) by Katherine Applegate _(Grades 3–5)_ — Both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list, overlapping grades (3–5), and the same era (2020s).

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