Books like In the Beautiful Country

Looking for books like In the Beautiful Country by Jane Kuo (Verse Novel · grades 3–6)? It’s most often read for its themes of immigration, family, and resilience. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, 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 3–6 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to In the Beautiful Country

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Why each is a match

Parachute Kidsgrades 3–7
Shares themes of immigration, family, and resilience and overlapping grades (3–7).
Front Desk640L
Shares themes of immigration, family, and resilience and overlapping grades (3–7).
Inside Out & Back Again800L
Shares themes of immigration, family, and resilience and overlapping grades (4–8).
Other Words for Home930L
Shares themes of immigration and family, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (4–7).
A Work in Progressgrades 4–8
Shares themes of resilience, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Something Like Homegrades 6–8
Shares themes of family, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (6–8).
Stand Up, Yumi Chung!grades 3–6
Shares themes of immigration and family and overlapping grades (3–6).
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hoopermangrades 6–9
Shares themes of family and resilience and overlapping grades (6–9).
Dragonwings870L
Shares themes of immigration and family and overlapping grades (6–8).
Rebound780L
Shares themes of family, same genre (Verse Novel), and overlapping grades (5–8).

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