# Books like Hanging on to Max

**10** books similar to *Hanging on to Max* by Margaret Bechard (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–12), 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:** teenage parents, teenage fathers, fathers and sons, parent and child, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Ironman](https://readinglist.school/book/ironman) by Chris Crutcher _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of fathers and sons, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Just Like Martin](https://readinglist.school/book/just-like-martin) by Ossie Davis _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of fathers and sons, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Mississippi Trial, 1955](https://readinglist.school/book/mississippi-trial-1955) by Chris Crowe _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of fathers and sons, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Breathing Underwater](https://readinglist.school/book/breathing-underwater) by Alex Flinn _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Define "Normal"](https://readinglist.school/book/define-normal) by Julie Anne Peters _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [My Sister's Keeper](https://readinglist.school/book/my-sisters-keeper) by Jodi Picoult _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Everything, Everything](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-everything) by Nicola Yoon _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Girl, Stolen](https://readinglist.school/book/girl-stolen) by April Henry _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [I Must Betray You](https://readinglist.school/book/i-must-betray-you) by Ruta Sepetys _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [If You Come Softly](https://readinglist.school/book/if-you-come-softly) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).

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