# 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, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [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).
- [Loot](https://readinglist.school/book/loot) by Jude Watson _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Red Midnight](https://readinglist.school/book/red-midnight) by Ben Mikaelsen _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, same genre (Adventure), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Riding Freedom](https://readinglist.school/book/riding-freedom) by Pam Muñoz Ryan _(Grades 3–8)_ — Same genre (Adventure), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [The River](https://readinglist.school/book/the-river) by Gary Paulsen _(Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Adventure), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [A Royal Conundrum](https://readinglist.school/book/a-royal-conundrum) by Lisa Yee _(Grades 3–6)_ — Same genre (Adventure) and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Among the Hidden](https://readinglist.school/book/among-the-hidden) by Margaret Peterson Haddix _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (1990s).
- [Frindle](https://readinglist.school/book/frindle) by Andrew Clements _(830L · Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1990s).

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