# Books like Grounded

**10** books similar to *Grounded* by Aisha Saeed, S.K. Ali, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow & Huda Al-Marashi (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 4–8), 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:** friendship, identity, adventure
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## Similar books

- [Boy 2.0](https://readinglist.school/book/boy-2-0) by Tracey Baptiste _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of identity and adventure, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Operation Final Notice](https://readinglist.school/book/operation-final-notice) by Matthew Landis _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Washington Sasquatch Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Roll for Initiative](https://readinglist.school/book/roll-for-initiative) by Jaime Formato _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Washington Sasquatch Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [The Season of Styx Malone](https://readinglist.school/book/the-season-of-styx-malone) by Kekla Magoon _(510L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship and adventure, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [The Whipping Boy](https://readinglist.school/book/the-whipping-boy) by Sid Fleischman _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship and adventure, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Confessions of a Class Clown](https://readinglist.school/book/confessions-of-a-class-clown) by Arianne Costner _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship and identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Control Freaks](https://readinglist.school/book/control-freaks) by J.E. Thomas _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship and identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The First State of Being](https://readinglist.school/book/the-first-state-of-being) by Erin Entrada Kelly _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship and identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Rewind](https://readinglist.school/book/rewind-graff) by Lisa Graff _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Washington Sasquatch Book Award list, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The Partition Project](https://readinglist.school/book/the-partition-project) by Saadia Faruqi _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).

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