# Books like Heroes

**10** books similar to *Heroes* by Alan Gratz (Historical Fiction (Middle Grade) · grades 6–8), matched on shared themes, 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:** courage, friendship, history
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## Similar books

- [Number the Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/number-the-stars) by Lois Lowry _(670L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of courage and friendship, same genre (Historical Fiction (Middle Grade)), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Code Name Kingfisher](https://readinglist.school/book/code-name-kingfisher) by Liz Kessler _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of courage and history and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Dogtown](https://readinglist.school/book/dogtown) by Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of courage and friendship and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Iceberg](https://readinglist.school/book/iceberg) by Jennifer A. Nielsen _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of courage and history and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Impossible Creatures](https://readinglist.school/book/impossible-creatures) by Katherine Rundell _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of courage and friendship and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [It Came from the Trees](https://readinglist.school/book/it-came-from-the-trees) by Ally Russell _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of courage and friendship and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Mid-Air](https://readinglist.school/book/mid-air) by Alicia D. Williams _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of courage and friendship and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Not Nothing](https://readinglist.school/book/not-nothing) by Gayle Forman _(Grades 4–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship and history and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [Simon Sort of Says](https://readinglist.school/book/simon-sort-of-says) by Erin Bow _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of courage and friendship and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Skyriders](https://readinglist.school/book/skyriders) by Polly Holyoke _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of courage and friendship and overlapping grades (6–8).

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