What books are similar to Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy?

The 10 closest matches to Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks on ReadingList include Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, The Sun is Also a Star, Check & Mate, Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard, and Today Tonight Tomorrow. Each is scored on shared themes (graphic novels, romance, and lgbti), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 9–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 9–12), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

How does ReadingList choose similar books?

Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Books like Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy

If you liked Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy, read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, The Sun is Also a Star, or Check & Mate — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Closest match: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs — shares graphic novels

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Looking for books like Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks (Graphic Novel · grades 9–12)? It’s most often read for its themes of graphic novels, romance, and lgbti. The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 9–12 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Childrengrades 9–12: Shares themes of graphic novels, same genre (Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
The Sun is Also a Stargrades 9–12: Shares themes of romance, both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Check & Mategrades 9–12: Shares themes of romance and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullardgrades 9–12: Same genre (Graphic Novel), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Today Tonight Tomorrowgrades 9–12: Shares themes of romance and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Eat Your Heart Outgrades 9–12: Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
I Must Betray Yougrades 9–12: Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Loregrades 9–12: Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
The Inheritance Gamesgrades 9–12: Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
The Killer's Cousingrades 9–12: Both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →