# Books like Everything We Never Had

**10** books similar to *Everything We Never Had* by Randy Ribay (Young Adult Fiction · grades 7–12), 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, identity, immigration
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## Similar books

- [Never Thought I'd End Up Here](https://readinglist.school/book/never-thought-id-end-up-here) by Ann Liang _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of family and identity, both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list, and same genre (Young Adult Fiction).
- [The Forbidden Book](https://readinglist.school/book/the-forbidden-book) by Sacha Lamb _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list, and same genre (Young Adult Fiction).
- [The Silence That Binds Us](https://readinglist.school/book/the-silence-that-binds-us) by Joanna Ho _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the Battle of the Books (state reading programs) list, and same genre (Young Adult Fiction).
- [The Reappearance of Rachel Price](https://readinglist.school/book/the-reappearance-of-rachel-price) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of family and identity, both on the Battle of the Books (state reading programs) list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [The Poet X](https://readinglist.school/book/the-poet-x) by Elizabeth Acevedo _(800L · Grades 8–12)_ — Shares themes of family and identity, both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, and same genre (Young Adult Fiction).
- [Shut Up, This Is Serious](https://readinglist.school/book/shut-up-this-is-serious) by Carolina Ixta _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of family and identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Sky's End](https://readinglist.school/book/skys-end) by Marc J. Gregson _(Grades 7–12)_ — Both on the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award list, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [The Joy Luck Club](https://readinglist.school/book/the-joy-luck-club) by Amy Tan _(930L · Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of family, identity, and immigration and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Patron Saints of Nothing](https://readinglist.school/book/patron-saints-of-nothing) by Randy Ribay _(Grades 9–12)_ — Is by Randy Ribay, the same author and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [American Born Chinese](https://readinglist.school/book/american-born-chinese) by Gene Luen Yang _(530L · Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, same genre (Young Adult Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–12).

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