# Books like Echo

**10** books similar to *Echo* by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Historical Fiction · 680L · grades 5–8), 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:** music, family, war, courage
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/echo
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [A Long Walk to Water](https://readinglist.school/book/a-long-walk-to-water) by Linda Sue Park _(720L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of war, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (720L vs 680L).
- [Allies](https://readinglist.school/book/allies) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of war and courage, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [Refugee](https://readinglist.school/book/refugee) by Alan Gratz _(800L · Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Historical Fiction).
- [The War That Saved My Life](https://readinglist.school/book/the-war-that-saved-my-life) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley _(580L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of family and war, both on the California Young Reader Medal list (+1 more shared list), and a close reading level (580L vs 680L).
- [A Night Divided](https://readinglist.school/book/a-night-divided) by Jennifer A. Nielsen _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and courage, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Historical Fiction).
- [Esperanza Rising](https://readinglist.school/book/esperanza-rising) by Pam Muñoz Ryan _(750L · Grades 4–7)_ — Is by Pam Muñoz Ryan, the same author and a close reading level (750L vs 680L).
- [One Crazy Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/one-crazy-summer) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family, same genre (Historical Fiction), and a close reading level (750L vs 680L).
- [Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie](https://readinglist.school/book/drums-girls-and-dangerous-pie) by Jordan Sonnenblick _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of music and family, both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list, and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Becoming Naomi Leon (Scholastic Gold)](https://readinglist.school/book/becoming-naomi-leon) by Pam Muñoz Ryan _(Grades 4–7)_ — Is by Pam Muñoz Ryan, the same author, overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (2010s).
- [The Downstairs Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/the-downstairs-girl) by Stacey Lee _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).

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