# Books like Good Different

**10** books similar to *Good Different* by Meg Eden Kuyatt (Verse Novel · grades 6–9), 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:** neurodiversity, identity, acceptance
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**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [A Work in Progress](https://readinglist.school/book/a-work-in-progress) by Jarrett Lerner _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the Georgia Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Verse Novel).
- [Something Like Home](https://readinglist.school/book/something-like-home) by Andrea Beatriz Arango _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of identity, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Two Tribes](https://readinglist.school/book/two-tribes) by Emily Bowen Cohen _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Georgia Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2020s).
- [Farther Than the Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/farther-than-the-moon) by Lindsay Lackey _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Georgia Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2020s).
- [The Lost Year](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lost-year) by Katherine Marsh _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (6–8), and the same era (2020s).
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of identity, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Booked](https://readinglist.school/book/booked) by Kwame Alexander _(Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Verse Novel), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2020s).
- [Other Words for Home](https://readinglist.school/book/other-words-for-home) by Jasmine Warga _(930L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Verse Novel).
- [Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost) by Jason Reynolds _(730L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the Washington Sasquatch Book Award list, and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Duel](https://readinglist.school/book/duel) by Jessixa Bagley _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Garden State Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (2020s).

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