# Books like Butterfly Yellow

**10** books similar to *Butterfly Yellow* by Thanhhà Lại, 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

- [The Hired Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/the-hired-girl) by Laura Amy Schlitz _(Grades 7–12)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list, overlapping grades (7–12), and the same era (2010s).
- [African Town](https://readinglist.school/book/african-town) by Irene Latham _(Grades 7–12)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [The Color of a Lie](https://readinglist.school/book/the-color-of-a-lie) by Kim Johnson _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Land](https://readinglist.school/book/the-land-mildred-taylor) by Mildred D. Taylor _(Grades 7–12)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [The River Between Us](https://readinglist.school/book/the-river-between-us) by Richard Peck _(Grades 7–12)_ — Both on the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction list and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [1919 The Year That Changed America](https://readinglist.school/book/1919-the-year-that-changed-america) by Martin W. Sandler _(Grades 7–12)_ — Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2010s).
- [A Few Red Drops](https://readinglist.school/book/a-few-red-drops) by Claire Hartfield _(Grades 7–12)_ — Overlapping grades (7–12) and the same era (2010s).
- [After the Snow](https://readinglist.school/book/after-the-snow) by S. D. Crockett _(Grades 9–12)_ — Overlapping grades (9–12) and the same era (2010s).
- [All We Have Left](https://readinglist.school/book/all-we-have-left) by Wendy Mills _(Grades 9–12)_ — Overlapping grades (9–12) and the same era (2010s).
- [Anger Is a Gift](https://readinglist.school/book/anger-is-a-gift) by Mark Oshiro _(Grades 9–12)_ — Overlapping grades (9–12) and the same era (2010s).

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