# Books like Flight #116 Is Down!

**10** books similar to *Flight #116 Is Down!* by Caroline B. Cooney (Adventure · grades 3–8), 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:** aeronautics, fiction, airplanes, juvenile literature, airplanes, fiction, airplane crash
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## Similar books

- [Crash](https://readinglist.school/book/crash) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Jaguar](https://readinglist.school/book/jaguar) by Roland Smith _(Grades 3–5)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Rescue Josh McGuire](https://readinglist.school/book/rescue-josh-mcguire) by Ben Mikaelsen _(Grades 3–5)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [The Grand Escape](https://readinglist.school/book/the-grand-escape) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–5)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [7 X 9 = Trouble](https://readinglist.school/book/7-x-9-trouble) by Claudia Mills _(Grades 3–5)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [A Wolf Called Wander](https://readinglist.school/book/a-wolf-called-wander) by Rosanne Parry _(Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Cryptid Hunters](https://readinglist.school/book/cryptid-hunters) by Roland Smith _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Driver's Ed](https://readinglist.school/book/drivers-ed) by Caroline B. Cooney _(Grades 4–6)_ — Is by Caroline B. Cooney, the same author and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Freak the Mighty](https://readinglist.school/book/freak-the-mighty) by W. R. Philbrick _(Grades 6–9)_ — Both on the Nebraska Golden Sower Award list, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Frindle](https://readinglist.school/book/frindle) by Andrew Clements _(830L · Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1990s).

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