Books like How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe

If you liked How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe, read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Burn Down, Rise Up, or Furia — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared award lists and reading level.

Looking for books like How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland? 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.

10 books similar to How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universegrades 9–12
Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Burn Down, Rise Upgrades 9–12
Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Furiagrades 9–12
Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Saints of the Householdgrades 9–12
Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Shut Up, This Is Seriousgrades 9–12
Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novelgrades 9–12
Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2020s). Amazon → books like this →
Enchanted Airgrades 6–10
Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (6–10). Amazon → books like this →
The Poet Slave of Cubagrades 7–12
Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →
The Poet X800L
Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (8–12). Amazon → books like this →
The Surrender Tree / El ábol de la rendicióngrades 7–12
Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and overlapping grades (7–12). Amazon → books like this →

Books like How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

  • Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros · grades 4–7 — Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and the same era (2020s).
  • Frizzy by Claribel Ortega · grades 4–5 — Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and the same era (2020s).
  • Lola by Karla Arenas Valenti · grades 3–6 — Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and the same era (2020s).
  • The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera · grades 4–7 — Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and the same era (2020s).

Books like How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

  • Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros · grades 4–7 — Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and the same era (2020s).
  • Lola by Karla Arenas Valenti · grades 3–6 — Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and the same era (2020s).
  • Mexikid by Pedro Martín · grades 6–8 — Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and the same era (2020s).
  • The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera · grades 4–7 — Both on the Pura Belpré Author Award list and the same era (2020s).

Common questions

What books are similar to How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe?
The 10 closest matches to How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland on ReadingList include Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Burn Down, Rise Up, Furia, Saints of the Household, and Shut Up, This Is Serious. Each is scored on shared themes, 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 How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe 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.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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