# Books like Booked

**10** books similar to *Booked* by Kwame Alexander (Verse Novel · grades 5–8), 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.

**Themes:** soccer, words, family
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**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [Final Word (The Winterton Deception #1)](https://readinglist.school/book/final-word) by Janet Sumner Johnson _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of words and family and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [In the Beautiful Country](https://readinglist.school/book/in-the-beautiful-country) by Jane Kuo _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Something Like Home](https://readinglist.school/book/something-like-home) by Andrea Beatriz Arango _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Other Words for Home](https://readinglist.school/book/other-words-for-home) by Jasmine Warga _(930L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Rebound](https://readinglist.school/book/rebound) by Kwame Alexander _(780L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [A Work in Progress](https://readinglist.school/book/a-work-in-progress) by Jarrett Lerner _(Grades 4–8)_ — Same genre (Verse Novel), overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s).
- [Amari and the Night Brothers](https://readinglist.school/book/amari-and-the-night-brothers) by B. B. Alston _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Amir and the Jinn Princess](https://readinglist.school/book/amir-and-the-jinn-princess) by M. T. Khan _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Bea and the New Deal Horse](https://readinglist.school/book/bea-and-the-new-deal-horse) by L. M. Elliott _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (3–5).

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