# Books like Fire on the Mountain

**10** books similar to *Fire on the Mountain* by Anita Desai (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–10), 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:** grandmothers, mothers and daughters, india, fiction
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## Similar books

- [The China Garden](https://readinglist.school/book/the-china-garden) by Liz Berry _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of mothers and daughters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson](https://readinglist.school/book/the-true-colors-of-caitlynne-jackson) by Carol Lynch Williams _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of mothers and daughters, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [I'm the King of the Castle](https://readinglist.school/book/im-the-king-of-the-castle) by Susan Hill _(Grades 9–10)_ — Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [A Summer to Die](https://readinglist.school/book/a-summer-to-die) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (1970s).
- [A Taste of Honey](https://readinglist.school/book/a-taste-of-honey) by Shelagh Delaney _(Grades 9–10)_ — Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [Blues for an Alabama Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/blues-for-an-alabama-sky) by Pearl Cleage _(Grades 9–10)_ — Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [Princess & the Hustler](https://readinglist.school/book/princess-the-hustler) by Chinonyerem Odimba _(Grades 9–10)_ — Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [The Late Great Me](https://readinglist.school/book/the-late-great-me) by Sandra Scoppettone _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (1970s).
- [What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/what-it-means-when-a-man-falls-from-the-sky) by Lesley Nneka Arimah _(Grades 9–10)_ — Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [When We Were Birds](https://readinglist.school/book/when-we-were-birds) by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo _(Grades 9–10)_ — Both on the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).

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