# Books like Ghost Boys

**10** books similar to *Ghost Boys* by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Realistic Fiction · 360L · grades 4–7), 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:** race, justice, family, identity
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## Similar books

- [Front Desk](https://readinglist.school/book/front-desk) by Kelly Yang _(640L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of race and family, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list (+2 more shared lists), and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Blended](https://readinglist.school/book/blended) by Sharon M. Draper _(610L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of race, family, and identity, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, and a close reading level (610L vs 360L).
- [Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost) by Jason Reynolds _(730L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list (+3 more shared lists), and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and identity, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list (+2 more shared lists), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Walk Two Moons](https://readinglist.school/book/walk-two-moons) by Sharon Creech _(770L · Grades 5–7)_ — Shares themes of family and identity, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of race, family, and identity, both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Black Brother, Black Brother](https://readinglist.school/book/black-brother-black-brother) by Jewell Parker Rhodes _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of justice and identity, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [So B. It](https://readinglist.school/book/so-b-it) by Sarah Weeks _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family and identity, both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise](https://readinglist.school/book/the-remarkable-journey-of-coyote-sunrise) by Dan Gemeinhart _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [One Crazy Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/one-crazy-summer) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of race and family, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, and overlapping grades (5–8).

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