# Books like Between Two Brothers

**10** books similar to *Between Two Brothers* by Crystal Allen (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 4–8), 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:** family, brothers, grief, hope
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## Similar books

- [The Labors of Hercules Beal](https://readinglist.school/book/the-labors-of-hercules-beal) by Gary D. Schmidt _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of family and grief, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Boy 2.0](https://readinglist.school/book/boy-2-0) by Tracey Baptiste _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Mid-Air](https://readinglist.school/book/mid-air) by Alicia D. Williams _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of grief, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Old Yeller](https://readinglist.school/book/old-yeller) by Fred Gipson _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and grief, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Puzzleheart](https://readinglist.school/book/puzzleheart) by Jenn Reese _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [The Partition Project](https://readinglist.school/book/the-partition-project) by Saadia Faruqi _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [The Wrong Way Home](https://readinglist.school/book/the-wrong-way-home) by Kate O'Shaughnessy _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Wildful](https://readinglist.school/book/wildful) by Kengo Kurimoto _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family and grief, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Diary of a Wimpy Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid) by Jeff Kinney _(950L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/wonder) by R.J. Palacio _(790L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).

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