# Books like If You Come Softly

**10** books similar to *If You Come Softly* by Jacqueline Woodson (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:** african americans, family life, interracial dating, schools
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## Similar books

- [Shadow of the Dragon](https://readinglist.school/book/shadow-of-the-dragon) by Sherry Garland _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of family life and interracial dating, 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 african americans, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Tears of A Tiger](https://readinglist.school/book/tears-of-a-tiger) by Sharon M. Draper _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of schools, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [The Face at the Edge of the World](https://readinglist.school/book/the-face-at-the-edge-of-the-world) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of african americans, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Plague Year](https://readinglist.school/book/plague-year) by Stephanie S. Tolan _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of schools, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes](https://readinglist.school/book/staying-fat-for-sarah-byrnes) by Chris Crutcher _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of schools, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [A Taste of Honey](https://readinglist.school/book/a-taste-of-honey) by Shelagh Delaney _(Grades 9–10)_ — Shares themes of interracial dating, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [Room](https://readinglist.school/book/room) by Emma Donoghue _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of family life, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [After](https://readinglist.school/book/after) by Francine Prose _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of schools, 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 (+1 more shared list), same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).

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